The Flying Burrito Bros THE GILDED PALACE OF SIN 1969 UK LP 1st Press A & M

	£		25
	$		33

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE KHAKI COLOURED LABELS ARE IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. THE  BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND UNRUBBED. THE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE AND LOGOS ARE ALSO IN PRISTINE CONDITION.

THERE ARE SMALL SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. SIDE ONE SHOWS JUST A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES WHEN PLACED UNDER A SPOTLIGHT, SIDE TWO HAS A LONG THIN DULL NON SOUNDING STREAK RUNNING ACROSS MOST OF THE SURFACE, AND TWO HANDLING MARKS (SEE PICS) ON TRACK 4 AND THE LAST TRACK

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 NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID.

THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE INCREDIBLE STEREO SOUND COMES THROUGH CRISP AND CLEAR ON ALL TRACKS, WITHOUT ANY INDICATION OF GROOVE WEAR OR DISTORTION AT ANY POINT

THERE ARE NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES AND IT IS CLEAR THIS ALBUM HAS ONLY EVER BEEN PLAYED ON A DECENT WELL SET UP HI FI

THERE IS NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND ONLY THE VERY ODD SPLIT SECOND OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES, AND A COUPLE OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES

I HEARD JUST TWO MINUSCULE STATIC TICS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAY AND THAT'S ALL SIDE ONE PLAYS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND EASILY GRADES NEAR MINT FOR THE SOUND

SIDE TWO ALSO PLAYS WITH THE AUDIO CLARITY BUT ON TRACK FOUR THERE ARE 4 LIGHT ROTATIONAL TICS , AND A COUPLE ON THE LAST TRACK. CLEARLY MADE BY THE MARKS ON THE VINYL BUT PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN TO THE SECOND AUDIO PLAYER (SIDE 2) AND YOU WILL HEAR THAT THEY ARE THERE BUT PRETTY WELL HIDDEN BEHIND THE MUSIC. SIDE TWO PLAYS TO AN EXCELLENT GRADE

BUT DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

FULLY LAMINATED  SINGLE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. THE LAMINATE STILL SHINES WITH A DEEP RICH SHEEN. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR DEEP CREASE LINES, FOLDS OR BENDS.

THERE IS A THIN SLIVER OF LAMINATE LIFT RUNNING DOWN THE TOP THIRD OF THE SPINE, AND TEN MINUSCULE LAMINATE PRESSURE LINES. THREE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, TWO ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE AND ONE  THUMB LINE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE WAFER THIN TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE BOTH FREE FROM ANY SERIOUS SHELF WEAR,  THE TOP EDGE HAS A LITTLE ROUGHNESS TO THE RIGHT CORNER AREA AND A LITTLE RUB TO THE CORNER TIP. THE BOTTOM EDGE IS SMOOTH ALL THE WAY ACROSS WITH BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT CORNER TIPS RUBBED

THE WAFER THIN SPINE IS FLAT AND NOT SQUASHED . THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS ARE LIGHTLY RUBBED BUT OTHER THAN THAT THE SURFACE IS SMOOTH WITH JUST ONE TINY LAMINATE LINE RUNNING ACROSS THE SURFACE AND A COUPLE OF  BROWN PIN PRICKS JUST UNDER THE TOP EDGE

 THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP

THE LAMINATED REAR SURFACE IS ALSO IN NICE CONDITION. SOME EDGE PRESSURE LINES, AND THE TOP RIGHT CORNER HAS A LONGER LAMINATE CREASE LINE. THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER HAS LIGHTLY BROWNED UNDER THE LAMINATE

NO RIPS OR TEARS TO THIS SLEEVE, AND NO PEN MARKS OR OTHER MAN MADE BLEMISHES

HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE EXCELLENT PLUS