Uriah Heep SWEET FREEDOM UK LP 1ST PRESS A2/B2 MINT-

	£		44
	$		58

URIAH HEEP - SWEET FREEDOM

IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

FIRST PRESS SECOND BATCH A-2/B-2

• CATALOGUE:BRONZE ILPS 9245
• MATRIX: ILPS 9245 A-2 / B-2

THE SUPERB URIAH HEEP AT ARGUABLY THEIR BEST. PRODUCED IN 1973 ON THE BRONZE RECORD LABEL. AT THIS EARLY STAGE BRONZE ALBUMS WHICH WERE A SUBSIDIARY OF THE ISLAND LABEL STILL HAD THE ISLAND CATALOGUE NUMBERS HENCE THE ILPS

APART FROM ONE TINY BLEMISH THIS IS AN ALBUM THAT HAS NO BACKGROUND NOISES WHATSOEVER,

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

THE LIGHT TAN LABELS ARE IN TOP CONDITION SHOWING NO STAINS OR MARKS AND NO LOSS OF COLOUR. THE TYPEFACE IS EQUALLY PRISTINE AND ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. I HAD TO REALLY LOOK CLOSE TO SEE ANY SPIDER LINES AT ALL, BUT DID SPOT ONE REALLY SMALL ONE WHEN I ANGLED THE LABEL INTO THE INTESE ILLIMINATION OF A SPOTLIGHT, AND EVEN THEN I HAD TO PLAY AROUND TO SPOT TIT. THIS LP HAS JUST NOT BEEN PLAYED MORE THAN ONE TIME (TWO NOW) SINCE 1973

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION AND HAS NOT LOST ANY OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. YOU CAN TELL THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN PLAYED JUST BY LOOKING AT HOW THE RECORD STILL GLEAMS. IT IS JUST MAGNIFICENT AND THE ONLY TINY LITTLE BLEMISH IS RIGHT AT THE VERY END OF SIDE ONE ON THE RUN OUT GROOVE WHERE THERE IS A SMALL WHITE MARK. IT OVERLAPS THE RECORDS GROOVES BY ABOUT 4 ROTATIONS (SEE BELOW)

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, INCLUDING THE RUN OUT'S, THE RUN IN'S AND THE LINKING GROOVES. IT HAS LONG BEEN SAID THAT BUYING FROM EBAY IS A LOTTERY, AND THAT YOU CAN BUY A 'MINT' ALBUM ONLY TO REVEIVE IT AND IT PLAYS TERRIBLY. THE ARGUMANET THAT YOU CAN CHECK THE REORD OVER IN A SHOP OR RECORD FAIR IS COMPELLING. BEING ALBLE TO LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE ALBUM IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME I BELIEVE IS THE WAY FORWARD, AND I HOPE THAT AS YOU ARE READING THIS YOU MIGHT WELL AGREE WITH ME. ANYWAY HERE FOR YOUR PERUSAL IS THE ENTIRE RECORD. YOU CAN'T EVEN GET THIS AT A RECORD FAIR.

WHAT THIS VINYL GIVES YOU IS A TRULY FIRST PRESS STEREO REPRODUCTION, WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION AND NO BACKGROUND CRACKLING. THERE IS JUST NOTHING TO HEAR APART FROM THE INCREDIBLE SOUND THIS ALBUM GENERATES. AND THAT LITTLE BLEMISH I MENTIONED ABOUVE CAUSES 4 ROTATIONAL POPS AS THE FINAL TRACK ON SIDE ONE FADES OUT

I WOULD HAVE GRADED THIS INCREDIBLE DISC MINT HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THAT, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT STILL WARRANTS A MINT MINUS GRADE FOR THE 4 SMALL POPS

THE SLEEVE

ORIGINAL 'ROBOR' UNLAMINATED GATEGOLD SLEEVE WHICH IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB. I HAVE TAKEN AN WHOLE BUNCH OF PICTURES THAT SHOW IT OFF.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND HAS NO HEAVY CREASES, NO LIGHT CREASES, AND NOT EVEN ANY OF THE SMALL LINES TO USUALLY FIND DOWN THE SPINE. THE COLOURS ON THIS SLEEVE ALWAYS RUB DUE TO THE POWDERY NATURE OF THE FINISH. MOST COPIES YOU WILL COME ACCROSS ARE HEAVILY RUBBED, BUT THIS SUPERB EXAMPLE HAS ABSOLUTELY NONE WHATSOEVER. THIS IS THE FIRST COPY I HAVE EVER COME ACCROSS THAT HAD NO COLOUR LOSS TO THE FRONT OR BACK SURFACES. THERE IS ONE SMALL DENT IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER AND THATS ALL THERE IS TO SAY ABOUT THIS SUPERB SLEEVE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR, AND THIS IS DUE TO THE LP BEING HOUSED IN A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE FOR ALL OF ITS 37 YEARS

THE SPINE IS ABSOLOUTELY PRISTINE. AGAIN THIS USUALLY SUFFERES FROM SEVERE RUBBING. HERE IS ONE THAT IS MINT. NO LOSS OF COLOUR AND EVERY LETTER OF THE YELLOW TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS VERY VERY SHARP BUT THERE IS A SLIGHT WAVE TO THE REAR SURFACE WHICH SHOWS ON THE OPENING EDGE, BUT CHECK OUT THE PICTURES AND YOU WILL SEE THAT IT IS REALLY MINOR

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS CLEAN AS THE FRONT,JUST THAT VERY LIGHT TRACE OF REDORD SHAPE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE, BUT AGAIN THE COLOURS ARE ALL PRISTINE UNRUBBED.

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO SECTIONS TO THE INNER AREA MAKING 4 PANELS. EACH ONE IS IN PRISTINE, MINT CONDITION AND COUPLD NOT LOOK ANY BETTER

THE ORIGNAL INNER SLEEVE IS INPRISTINE UNSPLIT CONDITION

THE SLEEVE GRADES NEAR MINT

I AM CERTAIN THAT THIS INCREDIBLE VINYL AND SLEEVE WILL NEVER NEED UPGRADING

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

GARRY