U2 - UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY 1983 UK 1st Press FINAL UPGRADE MINT AUDIO
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MAGNIFICENT MINT AUDIO
1ST PRESS WITH LOW MATRIX NUMBERS
COMPLETE WITH A MINT MINUS SLEEVE
FINAL UPGRADE EXAMPLE - THERE CANNOT BE A BETTER COPY THAN THIS
CATALOGUE:ISLAND IMA 3
MATRIX:IMA3 A-3U-1- / B-1U-1
GRAEME ETCHED IN DEAD WAX
THE RECORD
THE LABELS
THE PICTURE LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. A SOLID BLACK BASE COLOUR THAT IS FREE FROM ANY MARKS OR STAINS. THE WHITE TYPEFACE AND LOGO'S ARE ALL UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.
THE SPINDLE HOLE IS TOTALLY UNWORN AND THERE IS ONE TINY VISIBLE SPIDER LINES AROUND THE ONE SIDE OF THE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE.
THE VINYL
THE VINYL ABSOLUTELY GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR. THE SHEEN IS FLAWLESS AND IN DAYLIGHT IT IS TOTALLY MINT, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THE VINYL STILL LOOKS PRISTINE. ABSOLUTELY IMMACULATE DISC
THE TEST PLAY
MAGNIFICENT AUDIO FROM START TO FINISH - THE BEST I HAVE HEARD
THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER.
THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND CERTAINLY NO LOUD CLICKS ANYWHERE
NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE, AND THE LINKING GROOVES ARE SILENT
NO TICS OR POPS
I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH AS MINT
THE SLEEVE
NON LAMINATED GLOSSY SINGLE SLEEVE
THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND FREE FROM ANY HEAVY CREASES OR DEEP CREASE LINES.
ALL OF THE ORIGINAL COLOUR IS THERE AND TOTALLY UNRUBBED. A MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE THE ORANGE COLOUR HAS REMAINED FREE FROM ANY MARKS OR STAINS. NO FADING TO THE COLOURS EITHER
THERE ARE TWO MICROSCOPIC PRESSURE LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE ,TWO ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.
THERE IS NO RING WEAR AND NO RECORD SHAPE . THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE WITH JUST A PIN PRICK OF RUB ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT TIP END
THE TOP EDGE IS MINT WITH ALL OF THE COLOUR FULLY RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER AND THE CORNER TIPS REMAIN UNBLEMISHED
THE BOTTOM EDGE IS VIRTUALLY AS PERFECT JUST A SPECK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT CORNER TIP
THE SPINE IS IN FLAT AND UNSQUASHED CONDITION, THERE ARE SOME PIN PRICKS OF WHITE ON THE LEADING EDGES, AND A DOT AT EACH TIP
THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP, AND SHOWS WHY THIS ALBUM HAS JUST NOT BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE
THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME SUPERB CONDITION AS THE FRONT.
THE BLACKINNER SLEEVE IS ALSO IN PRISTINE CONDITION. NO CREASES AND NO SPLITS.
I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS
GARRY
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