The Moody Blues OCTAVE 1978 UK LP INCREDIBLE MINT AUDIO AND SLEEVE FINAL UPGRADE

	£		26
	$		34

THE MOODY BLUE - OCTAVE

STUNNING TWO PLAY MINT AUDIO

SUPERB MINT SLEEVE COMPLETE WITH INNER

FINAL UPGRADE COPY 

• CATALOGUE:DECCA TXS 129 
• MATRIX:XZAL-15736P-2C / 15737P-4C
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 2 BK /1 BU  

  TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE BLUE DECCA LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR IS JUST PERFECT. NO MARKS OR STAINS, OR SIGNS OF HANDLING, JUST WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT ON A RECORD THAT HAS ONLY BEEN ON A TURNTABLE JUST ONCE OR TWICE

THE SILVER LOGO'S AND TYPEFACE ARE ALL PRISTINE AND UNRUBBED. THE SPINDLE HOLE IS TOTALLY UNWORN. JUST OA COUPLE OF TINY SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE, AND ON SIDE TWO SOME RESIDUAL VINYL ATTACHED TO THE HOLE

THE VINYL

ABSOLUTELY GLEAMING PRISTINE VINYL. HAS A MIRROR LIKE FINISH TO IT, AND LOOKS AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED. THERE ARE NO MARKS AT ALL ON THE DISC, AND EVEN WHEN PRESENTED TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION, THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE OTHER THAN PNE VERY LIGHT AND BARELY VISIBLE LINE ON SIDE TWO

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 LP FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE 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 LP PLAYS WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION TO THE SOUND AT ALL

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND CERTAINLY NO LOUD CLICKS ANYWHERE

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

DUE TO THE MANY SILENT PASSAGES ON THIS LP,  ANY NOISE AT ALL WILL BE DETECTED, AND I WOULD SAY THIS

THERE IS NO AUDIBLE AUDIBLE STATIC AND NO TICS OR POPS

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT FOR THE AUDIO AND VISUALLY AS WELL

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF 

THE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS IMMACULATE!!

THE FIRST THING TO NOTE IS THAT THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF COLOUR LOSS WHATSOEVER, AND NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE. I STRESS AGAIN THIS IS REALLY RARE ON THIS SLEEVE. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST I HAVE EVER COME ACROSS!!

THERE IS JUST ONE MICROSCOPIC LINE CLOSE TO THE SPINE. NONE AT ALL ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE , AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE CORNER

THE TOP EDGES HAVE THE DELICATE BLUE COLOUR STRETCHING ACROSS THE THE SLEEVE FROM CORNER TO CORNER WITH JUST ONE PIN PRICK OF WHITE ON THE REAR SURFACE. THE CORNER TIPS ARE UNBLEMISHED

THE BOTTOM EDGE  IS ALMOST AS PERFECT. AGAIN ONE PIN PRICK OF WHITE NEAR THE LEFT CORNER THIS TIME, AND ANOTHER PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT TIP ENDS

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND 100% UNSQUASHED. ALL OF THE DELICATE COLOUR IS THERE, AND ONLY THE VERY BOTTOM TIP END SHOWS A SPECK OF WHITE. 

WHITE TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND PRISTINE.

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND DOESN'T HAVE ANY THUMB NAIL NICKS, WHICH IS FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT THE LP HAS REMAINED INSIDE THE SLEEVE FROM NEW

THE LYRIC INSERT SHEET IS IN MINT CONDITION TUCKED INSIDE THE SLEEVE.

THE REAR SURFACE IS IMMACULATE. AGAIN NO COLOUR LOSS AND NO LINES NEAR ANY OF THE PERIMETER EDGES. 

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A TRULY PRISTINE PAIR OF INNER PANELS

THE BLUE AND WHITE POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN IMMACULATE UNSPLIT, UNCREASED, AND PERFECTLY FLAT. IT HAS JUST A SPECK OF GLUE AGEING TO THE BOTTOM EDGE

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT

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

GARRY