UFO NO PLACE TO RUN UK LP 1ST PRESS. JUST ONE PLAY EVER TOTALLY MINT AUDIO
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UFO - NO PLACE TO RUN
IN MAGNIFICENT ONE PLAY MINT !!!! CONDITION
BLUE CHRYSALIS FIRST PRESS
SUPERB MINT MINUS SLEEVE
- CATALOGUE:CHRYSALIS CHR 1239
- MATRIX: CHR1139 A//1 v EP 11 / B//3 v EP 11
- THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
THE BLUE AND WHITE LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION, THE COLOURS ARE UNBLEMISHED AND FULLY STRETCH INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALSO CLEAR AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS THAT THERE IS ONE MICROSCOPIC SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE HOLE.
THE VINYL
THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR AND IN DAY LIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION IT IS EQUALLY PERFECT
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 NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE 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
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 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 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
THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST FANTASTIC, AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD TO PERFECTION.
NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND CERTAINLY NO LOUD CLICKS
I HEARD NO MORE THAN A SECOND OR TWO OF STATIC A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND NO DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH
I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH MINT !!!
PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS
THE SLEEVE
UNLAMINATED SLIGHTLY GLOSSY SINGLE SLEEVE. FOR SOME REASON THIS ALBUM FROM THE UFO CATALOGUE HAS THE HARDEST SLEEVE TO FIND IN ANYTHING LIKE COLLECTIBLE CONDITION. THIS ONE IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS!!!
THE FRONT SURFACE IS CLEAN AND FLAT AND HAS NO MARKS OR STAINS ON IT WHATSOEVER. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES NOR ARE THERE ANY DEEP CREASE LINES EITHER.
THERE ARE TWO MICROSCOPIC LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE. NONE ONTHE TOP EDGE, ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE
THE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT, AND ARE PERFECT AND UNRUBBED
ALSO NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE
THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 99% UNRUBBED,APART FROM THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP WHICH DOES HAVE A TINY SPECK OF RUB, OTHERWISE THE COLOURS ARE PERFECT FROM CORNER TO CORNER.
THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND 100% UNSQUASHED, PLUS NO COLOUR LOSS ANYWHERE (APART FROM A TINY CHIP ON THE LETTER N OF RUN ) AND THIS EVEN INCLUDES THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS. ALL THE RED TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE
THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP WITH ONE TINY PATCH OF BURRING ON THE REAR EDGE
THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME MAGNIFICENT CONDITION AS THE FRONT . TOTALLY PRISTINE AND UNBLEMISHED, AND JUST THE THREE TINY LINES NEAR THE SPINE
THE POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO IN NEAR PRISTINE CONDITION, HAVING HARDLY BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE, IT SHOWS NO AGEING TO THE EDGES, AND IT REMAINS UNCREASED AND UNSPLIT, JUST ONE GLUE SPOT ON THE TOP EDGE
THIS SLEEVE GRADES MINT MINUS!!!!!!
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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