The Sweet LEVEL HEADED UK LP 1ST SUPERB UNPLAYED MINT

	£		165
	$		219

THE SWEET - LEVEL HEADED

IN MAGNIFICENT UNPLAYED CONDITION

• CATALOGUE:POLYDOR POLD5001
• MATRIX: 230277 A//2 UT  / 23077 B//1 U T

THIS IS JUST INCREDIBLE. I HAVE TO SAY I HAVE NEVER SEEN A COPY OF THIS ALBUM WITH A SLEEVE SO PRISTINE THAT YOU COULD FORGIVE YOURSELF FOR THINKING IT HAD JUST BEEN MADE. WITHOUT ANY DOUBT WHATSOEVER THIS SLEEVE HAS REMAINED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FROM NEW AND NEVER REMOVED!!

I AM SO CERTAIN OF THIS BECAUSE WHEN I TIED TO OPEN THE GATEFOLD TO TAKE THE PICTURES IT JUST WOULD NOT OPEN FLAT AT ALL, AND THATS BECAUSE THE LAMINATE IS SO TIGHT THAT IT REFUSES TO LET IT

THERE IS NOT ONE MARK ON IT ANYWHERE AND I NEVER GRADE SLEEVS MINT BUT THIS ONE IS MINT!!!!

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE RED LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE ON EITHER SIDE. THE BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE JET BLACK TYPEFACE IS CLEAR AND UNRUBBED AND THEREFORE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE NO SPIDER LINES AT ALL AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE, SHOWING THAT THIS LP HAS JUST NOT BEEN ANYWHERE NEAR A TURNTABLE

THE VINYL

THE RECORD GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND COULN'T LOOK ANY BETTER. ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE HAS BEEN RETAINED. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE MARKS OR ANY SIGNS OF HANDLING ON THE DISCS,APART FROM ONE TINY TINY LINE ON TRACK ONE WHIC DOESSN'T SOUND I PROMISE, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE APART FROM A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES

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 FOUR COMPLETE TRACKS  FROM THIS  ALBUM,  I HAVE RECORDED THE FIRST TRACK FROM EACH SIDE WHICH INCLUDES THE DEAD WAX RUN IN, I HAVE ALSO RECORDED THE LINKING GROOVES TO THE START OF THE OTHER TRACKS THAT ON OFFER. THE REPORDUCTION IS PURE FIRST PRESS

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS ALBUM SOUNDS. THE SILENT BITS ARE SILENT, AND THE MUSIC COMES THROUGH CRISPLY AND CLEARLY. RIGHT AT THE START OF EACH SIDE THERE IS SOME VERY LIGHT VINYL NOISE DURING THE RUN IN, BUT THATS ALL, NOTHING REALLY

I THOUGHT ABOUT NO PLAYING THE LP AND LEAVING IT IN IT'S UNPLAYED STATE, BUT AS I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES, UNPLAYED DOES NOT MEAN MINT, AND I THINK BIDDERS WOULD RATHER HEAR WHAT THIS LP SOUNDS LIKE THAN NOT

IT IS RARE TO FIND SUCH AN INCREDIBLE ALBUM CONDITION WISE, AND I CAN ONLY SAY AGAIN THAT IT IS MINT!!! AND CANNOT BE BETTERED

THE SLEEVE

FULLY LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE FROM HOWARDS

FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS SLEEVE HAS BEEN PROTECTED FROM DAY ONE INSIDE A PLASTIC SLEEVE AND IS JUST AS NEW!!.

I HAVE SEEN MANY OF THESE ALBUMS WHERE THE SLEEVE IS CREASED AND THE LAMINATE DULL AND UNCARED FOR. THIS COPY IS  AS GOOD AS YOU COULD EVER GET

THE FRONT SURFACE JUST MAGNIFICENT, INCREDIBLE EVEN AND GLEAMS LIKE A MIRROR. THIS IS BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN KEPT IN A PLASTIC SLEEVE FROM NEW. . THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES, NOT EVEN ANY LIGHT ONES OR THE REALLY SMALL ONES THAT GATHER NEAR THE SPINE EITHER.(APART FROM ONE MINISCULE ONE) THERE IS NO RING WEAR NOR IS THERE EVEN ANY RECORD SHAPE. NO BENDS OR DINGS OF ANY NATURE. NO LAMINATE LIFT ANYWHERE WHATSOEVER

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR AT ALL.AGAIN THIS IS BECAUSE THE ALBUM HAS BEEN PROTECTED FROM NEW

THE SPINE IS ALSO PERFECT. FLAT, CLEAN, UNSCUFFED, UNMARKED, FREE FROM ANY COLOUR LOSS AND HAS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE TYPEFACE. AND NO LAMINATE PEEL, FLAKE OR SPLIT

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP, AND DOESN'T EVEN HAVE ANY THUMB NAIL NICKS

THE REAR SURFACE IS JUST AS GLEAMING AND MARK FREE AS THE FRONT.THERE IS NO TRACE OF RECORD SHAPE AT ALL ANYWHERE

AS I MENTIONED AT THE TOP OF THE LISTING I DIDN'T FULLY OPEN THE GATEFOLD. IT IS IN MINT CONDITION INSIDE ANYWAY AS IT HAS NEVER BEEN OPENED

THE PICTURE AND LYRIC INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO IN PRISTINE MINT CONDITION, HAVING NEVER BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE MAYBE MORE THAN ONCE OR TWICE

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS MAGNIFICENT SLEEVE MINT!!!

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

GARRY