UFO FORCE IT UK LP 1ST PRESS GREEN CHRYSALIS 3-4 PLAYS MINT MINUS AUDIO

	£		32
	$		43

UFO - FORCE IT

IN MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS PLAYTHROUGH!!!! CONDITION

GREEN CHRYSALIS FIRST PRESS

NEAR MINT SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:CHRYSALIS CHR 1074
• MATRIX: CHR1074 A-3U / B-3U

• THE RECORDS

I HAVE COME ACROSS A LARGE COLLECTION OF VINYL ALBUMS THAT BELONGED TO A COLLECTOR WHO TOOK CARE OF HIS ALBUMS IN A MOST MAGNIFICENT WAY. VIRTUALLY EVERY ALBUM IN THIS COLLECTION WAS REMOVED FROM THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE AND PLACED INTO A HIGH GRADE ANTI-STATIC INNER. THIS HAS MEANT THAT THE ALBUMS HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPLIT THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE FOR ONE, AND SECONDLY HAVE REMAINED IN THE MOST PRISTINE CONDITION. THE COLLECTOR ALSO TOLD ME THAT HE NEVER PLACED A FINGER ON THE VINYL AND ALWAYS HELD THEM BY THE EDGES. THEY WERE ALL PLAYED ON A LINN TURNTABLE

HERE THEN IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GRAB A 30 YEARS OLD PLUS ALBUM IN 'AS NEW' CONDITION. EVERY RECORD THAT I LIST FROM THIS LOT WILL BE RECORDED ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES AND AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO HEAR FROM THE LINK AT THE TOP OF THE AUCTION PAGE.

PLEASE NOTE I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO HEAR THE SOUNDS ON A SMARTPHONE OR TABLET, SO PLEASE USE A PC TO HEAR THE AUDIO!

THE LABELS

THE GREEN LABELS  ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION, THE PASTEL  GREEN COLOUR IS UNBLEMISHED AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALSO CLEAR AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS 3-4 SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE HOLE, SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS LP HAS BEEN PLAYED.

THE VINYL

THE VINYL HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND SHEEN,  UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES AND A COUPLE OF SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL 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 THE ENTIRE ALBUM 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.

THE FIRST THING TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE CLARITY OF REPRODUCTION IS SUPERB. THE CRYSTAL CLEAR INSTRUMENTATION AND VOCALS ARE PURE FIRST PRESS.

THERE IS CERTAINLY NO GROOVE WEAR TO THIS RARE RECORDING WHICH WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN SOME DISTORTION TO THE SOUND. THERE IS NONE. ISLAND/CHRYSALIS  RECORDINGS HAVE LONG BEEN LAMBASTED FOR THE POOR QUALITY OF VINYL USED IN THEIR EARLY LP'S WHICH HAVE OFTEN RESULTED IN UNWANTED VINYL NOISE EVEN WHERE THERE ARE NO MARKS. HERE HOWEVER THE VINYL PLAYS MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH .

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER AND NO LOUD CLICKS AT ALL

INCREDIBLY AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

THERE IS THE ODD SPECK OF LIGHT STATIC HEARD ONLY IN THE RUN IN TO BOTH SIDES FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST FANTASTIC, AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD TO PERFECTION, BUT PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS GREAT VINYL AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF

I HEARD NO MORE THAN 5-6 TINY STATIC TICS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

I BELIEVE THE PLAYTHROUGH GRADES EASILY MINT MINUS

PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

UNLAMINATED SINGLE  SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS CLEAN AND HAS NO MARKS OR STAINS ON IT WHATSOEVER.

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES AND NO DEEP CREASE LINES

THERE ARE SIX SMALL LINES AGAINST THE SPINE. TWO ALONG THE TOP EDGE, TWO ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE. NO RINGWEAR OR RECORD SHAPE.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE RETAINED ALL OF THE COLOURS WHICH RUN FULLY FROM CORNER TO CORNER, AND ONLY THE VERY CORNER TIPS HAVE A TINY SPECK OF RUB ON THEM

THE SPINE IS FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF LIGHT DIMPLES ON THE SURFACE, BUT THE COLOUR IS ALL THERE WITH JUST A SPECK OF RUB TO THE  TOP TIP. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL SHARP .

THE REAR SURFACE IS FINE CONDITION. ALL OF THE COLOURS ARE THERE, NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE, AND JUST A FEW TINY EDGE LINES AND A SMALL CREASE LINE ACROSS THE TOP RIGHT CORNER

THE POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO IN PERFECT, UNSPLIT CONDITION, JUST A LITTLE AGEING TO THE EDGES

THE SLEEVE  GRADES NEAR MINT

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

GARRY