The Yardbirds FIVE LIVE YARDBIRDS 1964 UK LP 1st MONO NEAR MINT AUDIO - LISTEN

	£		117
	$		155

THE YARDBIRDS - FIVE LIVE YARDBIRDS

ORIGINAL BLUE / BLACK LABEL  MONO CORRECT 1ST ISSUE KT TAX CODE ON LABELS 

SOLD IN THE UK STATEMENT

VERY CLOSE TO FIRST RELEASE 1M/1G MOTHERS & STAMPERS

SUPERB NEAR MINT AUDIO PLAYTHROUGH

EX+ SLEEVE WITH CORRECT INNER

• CATALOGUE:COLUMBIA 33SX 1677

• MATRIX: XAX 2725-1N / 2726-1N

• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 M/  1 G

• KT TAX CODE 

 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 BLACK LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. NO STAINS OR HANDLING MARKS. 

THE COLOUR STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SILVER TYPEFACE AND BLUE LOGOS ARE ALL UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. 

THERE ARE SOME SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING EVIDENCE OF IT'S PLAY OVER THE YEARS. 

THE VINYL

THIS HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS IN GLEAMING ORIGINAL CONDITION, REALLY GLOSSY AND NOT DULL LIKE MOST WORN OUT COPIES. IN DAY LIGHT THE VINYL LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS. AND ONLY UNDER A SPOTLIGHT  CAN I SEE A FEW TINY WISPY HAIRLINES. AND A COUPLE OF SURFACE SCUFF LINES

THERE IS NOTHING FEELABLE AND NO SCRATCHES ANYWHERE

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 AM DOING WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WILL 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. I HAVE ALSO RECORDED THIS IN MONO SO THAT IT CAN BE HEARD AS WAS INTENDED

THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION TO THE SOUND, MEANING THAT THE  PLAYS THE LP HAS RECEIVED WERE COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY TRACKED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THE MONO REPRODUCTION IS CRISP AND CLEAR AS A BELL WITH EVERY NOTE HEARD AS WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED

THIS LP PLAYS WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLES, OR LOUD CLICKS

ABSOLUTELY NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE. 

THE MONO SOUND IS LOUD AND POWERFUL AND CLEAR AS A BELL

ALL I HEARD WAS THE OCCASIONAL AND VERY LIGHT STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN SOME OF THE LINKING GROOVES, BUT ONLY BECAUSE I SIT NO MORE THAN TWO FEET AWAY FROM MY SPEAKERS AS I TYPE THIS OUT WHILST LISTENING TO THE RECORD

NO DUST POPS WHATSOEVER. ANYWHERE! AND ONLY A COUPLE OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC TICS

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS  RECORD'S AUDIO PERFORMANCE VERY VERY CLOSE TO   NEAR MINT

PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN AND SATISFY YOURSELF AS TO IT'S GRADE

 YOU BE THE JUDGE AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

 FIRST ISSUE FROM DECEMBER 1964, GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE SINGLE SLEEVE. LAMINATED ON THE FRONT AND NON LAMINATED WITH FLIPBACKS ON THE REAR

SO STARTING WITH THE FRONT SURFACE. THE FIRST THING TO SAY IS THAT THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR. IT HAS NOT LOST ONE IOTA OF IT'S ORIGINAL DAY OF RELEASE SHEEN, AND LOOKS AS GOOD TODAY AS IT DID BACK IN 1964

THERE IS NOT ONE HEAVY CREASE ANYWHERE, AND NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE, AND THE FOUR CORNERS ONLY HAVE A LITTLE RUB AT THE TIPS

THERE ARE JUST FIVE LAMINATE PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE SPINE . TWO ALONG THE TOP EDGE, SIX ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND THREE SMALL THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

ANOTHER RARITY IS THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO LAMINATE LIFT ANYWHERE!!!

TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE  LAMINATED. NO FLAKE OR DAMAGE AND THIS IS PERFECT ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE EDGE OTHER THAN SOME RUB AT THE CORNERS. ALITTLE MORE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER THAN THE OTHERS

THE SPINE IS ONCE AGAIN FULLY LAMINATED, NO PEEL OR FLAKE, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. IT IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UN-SQUASHED AND ONLY THE VERY TOP TIP END HAS A SPECK OF RUB

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL SHARP WITH JUST A FEW TINY SPECKS OF BURRING

THE REAR SURFACE HAS THE FLIPBACKS THAT ARE ALL PERFECTLY ADHERED AND ARE UNDAMAGED, AND VERY CLEAN. THE WHITE SURFACE IS VERY WHITE WITH A LITTLE GREYING WHICH LOOKS TO ME LIKE SOMEONE HAS TRIED TO CLEAN THE SURFACE AND SOME OF THE BLACK HAS SLIGHTLY EMBEDDED INTO THE WHITE IN PARTS, MAINLY ON THE OPENING EDGE SIDE, HOWEVER DESPITE THIS IT STILL LOKS REALLY GOOD

THE ORIGINAL GREASE PROOF PAPER INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IN EXCEPTIONAL UNSPLIT CONDITION, ONE CORNER CREASE, AND A LITTLE AGEING . 

THE SLEEVE GRADES

EXCELLENT PLUS

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

GARRY