The Electric Prunes ELECTRIC PRUNES UK DEBUT LP 1ST PRESS TRI COLOUR NEAR MINT-

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THE ELECTRIC PRUNES - THE ELECTRIC PRUNES

IN MAGNIFICENT BARELY PLAYED NEAR MINT MINUS !!!CONDITION

LAMINATED MIRROR FINISH SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:REPRISE RLP6248
• MATRIX: RLP6248 A-1*M / B-1*M
• MONO PRESSING

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE ORIGINAL STEAMBOAT TRICOLOUR LABELS ARE IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION. THE COLOURS ARE UNFADED OR UNRUBBED, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE COLOURS STRETCH INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.

THERE ARE JUST 4-5 REALLY TINY SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING JUST WHY THIS ALBUM IS IN THE SUPERB CONDITION THAT IT IS

THE VINYL

THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND IS CLEAR BY LOOKING AT IT THAT IT HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED.THERE ARE NO VISIBLE MARKS OF ANY DESCRIPTION,AND IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS FLAWLESS AND ONLY WHEN OFFERED UPTO INTENSE ILLUMINATION ARE THERE SOME LIGHT WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN, PLUS A COUPLE OF LIGHT FINE HANDLING LINES AND A COUPLE OF SMALL SUPERFICIAL MARKS

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

A TRUE FIRST PRESS PERFORMANCE WITH A MONO REPRODUCTION THAT IS JUST MAGNIFICENT. A CLEAN CLEAR SOUND.

THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THIS SOUND WHATSOEVER SHOWING THAT THE DISC WAS PLAYED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THERE IS NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE ANYWHERE AND NO LOUD CLICKS

SIDE ONE PLAYS WITH JUST A SPECK OF STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN A FEW SPOTS, MAINLY THE LINKING GROOVES, AND A FEW LITTLE DUST POPS AND TICS AT RANDOM, BUT CERTAINLY NOTHING TO MAR THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE

SIDE 2 HAS A LITTLE MORE TICS AND POPS DURING THE FIRST COUPLE OF TRACKS, BUT AS IN SIDE ONE NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE

HAVING SAID THAT REPRISE VINYL HAS A TRACK RECORD OF HAVING EMBEDDED STATIC BACKGROUND, AND THIS ONE IS BETTER THAN MANY

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL NEAR MINT MINUS

THE SLEEVE

LAMINATED FRONT SURFACE AND NON LAMINATED REAR SURFACE GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE SLEEVE IN NEAR MINT CONDITION.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND THE LAMINATE SHINES LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR. THIS IS THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN THIS SLEEVE AS IT IS USUALLY CREASED ALL OVER.

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES, AND THE FOUR CORNERS ARE STILL REALLY SHARP AND SQUARE

ON THIS ONE THERE IS JUST FOUR SMALLLAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE AND ONE SMALL THUMB LINE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE . NO LAMINATE LINES ALONG EITHER THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR OR LAMINATE LOSS,AND THIS RUNS FULLY FROM TIP TO TIP WHERE JUST THE VERY TIP ENDS ARE LIGHTLY RUBBED

THE SPINE HAS THE TAPERED ENDS AND IS 100% FLAT AND UNSQUASHED, AND PRISTINE ALL THE WAY DOWN. THE TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF SMALL LAMINATE LINES ACROSS THE SURFACE WHICH HAVE CREPT ROUND FROM THE FRONT SURFACE.

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL EXTREMELY SHARP WITH JUST A TINY SPECK OF ROUGHNESS AT THE LOWER END 

THE REAR SURFACE HAS PERFECTLY ADHERED FLIPBACKS THAT ARE ALL INTACT, AND STILL VERY WHITE.

THE PLAIN WHITE UNLAMINATED SURFACE IS STILL IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION, JUST A LIGHT SHADOW OF HANDLING TO THE OPENING EDGE, BUT ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND UNRUBBED, AS ARE THE PICTURES AND THE GREY AREA.

THE VERY THIN GREY/GREEN REPRISE INNER SLEEVE HAS INCREDIBLY NO SPLITS TO THE SEAMS, AND IS UNMARKED. THE CORNERS ARE LIGHTLY WRINKLED BUT THAT'S ALL

A STUNNING SLEEVE THAT EASILY GRADES NEAR MINT

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY