The Moody Blues IN SEARCH OF THE LOST CHORD 1968 UK LP 1st DSS 1W/1W NEAR MINT

	£		69
	$		92

THE MOODY BLUES - IN SEARCH OF THE LOST CHORD

THE RAREST COPY 1W/1W VERY FIRST PRESS

INCREDIBLE NEAR MINT AUDIO

STUNNING MINT MINUS SLEEVE

DSS LABEL NOT DERAM!!!

THIS IS TRULY A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS CLASSIC MOODY BLUES ALBUM.

 TO FIND ONE IN TOP CONDITION IS RARE ENOUGH BUT TO FIND A VERY FIRST PRESS IN THIS CONDITION IS ALMOST UNHEARD OF. 

• CATALOGUE:DERAM SML 711
• MATRIX:ZAL-8270-1W / 8271-1W
• MOTHERS/ STAMPERS: 1 U / 1 BB 

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE RED AND WHITE LABELS DSS LABELS ARE IN TOP CONDITION. DSS LABELS INDICATE THE FIRST PRESSES AS LATER ISSUES HAD THE RED AND WHITE DERAM LABELS. ADDED TO THE FACT THAT THE MATRIX NUMBERS ON THIS PRESS ARE BOTH STAMPED 1W, AND YOU HAVE A GENUINE VERY FIRST PRESS COPY OF THIS VINTAGE ALBUM

THE WHITE AREA IS VERY WHITE WITH JUST  A TINY BIT OF BROWNING AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE. THE RED AREA IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND UNRUBBED. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND CLEAR. THERE ARE JUST 3-4 SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE HOLE INDICATING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED

THE VINYL

BEAUTIFULLY GLOSSY ALBUM HAVING RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LUSTRE. 

THERE ARE NO MARKS ON THE SURFACE, AND IN DAYLIGHT THIS LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE

A PERFECT MINT DISC

PLAYING THE RECORD

THE LP PLAYS MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES

THE CLARITY OF THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST SUBLIME, WITH EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD CRISPLY AND CLEARLY.

THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND MEANING THAT WHAT LITTLE PLAY THIS HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS.

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS ANYWHERE

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

I HEARD NO MORE THAN A FEW SPLIT SECOND OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN A COUPLE OF SILENT PASSAGES

NO DUST POPS WHATSOEVER, AND NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TINY STATIC TICS EITHER

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS VINYL NEAR MINT

THE SLEEVE

ROBERT STACE LAMINATED GATEFOLD.

THIS IS THE FIRST PRESS LAMINATED SLEEVE, AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE REAR SURFACE YOU WILL SEE THE DSS LOGO NEXT TO THE DERAM LOGO IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER. THIS WAS NOT PRESENT ON LATER PRESSES

THE FRONT SURFACE IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING, NOT A MARK ON IT. IT GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR AND JUST LOOKS IMMACULATE. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE.

THERE ARE TWO MINUSCULE LAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE. THERE IS THE TINIEST SLIVER OF LAMINATE LIFT NESTLED AGAINST THE SPINE.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE TOTALLY FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR, WITH ALL OF THE LAMINATE FULLY RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER, AND EVEN THE TIP ENDS REMAIN UNRUBBED

THE LAMINATED SPINE IS 100% FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. AGAIN ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECT. THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS ARE IMMACULATE AND THE TYPEFACE ALL PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP. AND SHOWS CLEARLY WHY THIS ALBUM HAS VIRTUALLY NEVER BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE

THE REAR SURFACE ALSO GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND IS IN THE SAME MAGNIFICENT CONDITION AS THE FRONT. AGAIN JUST TWO TINY PRESSURE LINES NEAR THE SPINE

NO RING WEAR OR EVEN A HINT OF RECORD SHAPE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A SUPERB PAIR OF PURE WHITE PANELS. MOST OF THESE YOU WILL COME ACROSS WILL BE HEAVILY STAINED OR MOTTLED, OR AT LEAST BADLY FINGERMARKED. THIS ONE HAS JUST THE BAREST TRACE OF HANDLING AND AGEING

THE ORIGINAL DECCA BLUE AND WHITE POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT AND UNCREASED AND FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT THIS RECORD HAS JUST NOT BEEN ANYWHERE NEAR A TURNTABLE. UNSPLIT AND JUST PRISTINE. ALSO BEING A BLUE AND WHITE POLY LINED INNER IT MATCHED THE DATE OF THE ALBUM AS THESE WERE THE INNERS USED WITH 1968 DECCA PRESSINGS

THE SLEEVE EASILY GRADES MINT MINUS

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

GARRY