The Yardbirds FIVE LIVE YARDBIRDS UK LP 1ST MONO NMINT

	£		141
	$		187

THE YEARDBIRDS - FIVE LIVE YARDBIRDS

• CATALOGUE:COLUMBIA 33SX 1677
• MATRIX:XAX 2725-1N / XAX 2726-1N
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 GG / 1 M
• SOLD IN THE UK STATEMENT
• COLUMBIA GRAMOPHONE CO RIM WORDING

THE RECORD

GENUINE 1964 FIRST PRESS IN THE MOST MAGNIFICENT CONDITION IMAGINABLE

THE LABELS

BLUE AND BLACK CLABELS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. THE MATT BLACK SURFACE IS RICH AND DEEP IN COLOUR AND UNMARKED. THE COLOUR EXTENDS FULLY INTO THE SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLUE LOGO AND TYPEFACE IS CLEAN, AND UNFADED, WHILST THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS CLEAR, SHARP AND ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. , THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF REALLY MINISCULE SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE HOLE DENOTING JUST HOW CAREFULLY THE LP WAS HANDLED, AND THAT IT HAS HAD NO MORE THAN THREE PLAYS IN 45 YEARS. ABSOLUTELY UNHEARD OF

THIS ORIGINAL DEEP BLACK HEAVYWEIGHT EMI VINYL IS IN THE BEST CONDITION POSSIBLE. CONSIDERING IT IS 45 YEARS OLD, IT STILL LOOKS AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED. EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE NO MORE THAN A FEW VERY LIGHT HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN.

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 THYAT.

I AM SO PROUD OF THIS VINYL THAT I HAVE RECORDED SNIPPETS OF ALL OF THE TRACKS FROM SIDE ONE, WHICH OF COURSE INCLUDES THE DEAD WAX RUN IN, AND THE LINKING GROOVE BETWEEN THE TRACKS. I BELIEVE YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE FINEST COPY OF THIS CLASSIC BEATLES ALBUM THAT YOU HAVE HEARD.

IN ADDITION I HAVE RECORDED THE OPENING TRACK TO SIDE TWO, AGAIN WITH THE INTRO WAX, AND ALSO THE LAST TRACK WITH THE PRECEEDING LINKING GROOVE.

YOU WILL BE ABLE TO LISTEN WITH CARE FOR ANY SIGNS OF ANY UNWANTED NOISES, BUT I AM CERTAIN THERE ARE NONE.OTHER THAN THE OCCASIONAL LITTLE DUST POP

THE CLARITY OF THE SOUND IS PURE "FIRST PRESS" AND DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS EVER!!

AS THE OPENING TRACK STARTS TO PLAY IT IS CLEAR THAT THE LP IS PLAYING WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED IF IT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN PLAYED WITH A STYLUS THAT WAS WORN OR FAR TOO HEAVY. THIS IS NOT THE CASE AND THE SOUND IS PERFECTLY CLEAN. . THIS SUPERB PERFORMANCE CONTINUES ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES, WITH THE ONLY NOISE OTHER THAN THE PERFECT MONO SOUND BEING THE OCCASIONAL AND  VERY ODD LIGHT POP HERE AND THERE

THIS IS THE BEST COPY OF THIS I HAVE EVER HAD THE PLEASURE TO HOLD AND I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS NEAR MNT

THE SLEEVE

GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE FIRST PRESS SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE HAS REMEAINED IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A MIRROR, AND IS FREE FROM ANY CREASES OR HEAVY CREASE LINES.

THIS SLEEVE IS SUSEPTABLE TO LAMINATE LINES AROUND THE PERIMITER EDGES FOR SOME REASON, AND MOST YOU SEE WILL DISPLAY QUITE A FEW, PARTICULARLY ON THE BOTTOM. ON THIS COPY THERE ARE ONLY TWO SMALL ONES ALONG EACH OF THE THREE SEALED EDGES.

THE LAMINATE IS PERFECTLY ADHERED ALL OVER THE FRONT SURFACE AS WELL AS THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES AND OF COURSE THE SPINE, WHICH HAS PERFECT TYPEFACE  DOWN ITS EDGE. THERE IS ONE SMALL THUMB LINE CLOSE TO THE OPENING EDGE

THE OPENING EDGE IS ALMOST AS SHARP AS THE DAY IT WAS PRINTED, AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THIS VINYL HAS BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE NO MORE THAN 5  TIMES EVER.

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE MAIN WHITE WITH JUST SOME LIGHT SIGNS OF AGING DOWN THE OPENING EDGE AREA. THE FLIPBACKS ARE PERFECTLY STUCK IN PLACE AND HAVE NO DAMAGE TO THEM AT ALL.

THIS LP IS IN INCREDIBLE CONDITION AS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, AND I KNOW WHY. THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS, DECIDED TO PRESERVE IT BY LISTENING TO IT JUST THE ONCE OR TWICE AND THEN TAPE IT. HOW DO I KNOW THIS, WELL THE WORD TAPED IS WRITTEN VERY NEATLY ON THE TOP EDGE OF THE REAR SURFACE OF THE SLEEEVE

THE ORIGINAL EMITEX INNER SLEEVE IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION, BARELY A CREASE LINE ON IT, AND IT HAS NO SPLITS EITHER

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT MINUS

THE SET WILL COME TO YOU HOUSED IN A NEW PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE, AND THE VINYL IN A NEW POLY LINED INNER

I DON'T BELIEVE THIS WILL EVER NEED UPGRADING, AND HERE IS A BEATLES ALBUM THAT WOULD GRACE ANY COLLECTION IN THE WORLD

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

GARRY