Wishbone Ash UK DEBUT LP PINK/RED 1ST PRESS MINT-

	£		88
	$		117

WISHBONE ASH - DEBUT ALBUM

IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

• CATALOGUE:MKPS 2014
• MATRIX: 7-224 / 7-225
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 2D U/ 1 U

THE SUPERB DEBUT ALBUM FROM WISHBONE ASH. IN THE BEST CONDITION IMAGINABLE. IT IS IN SUBLIME CONDITION, BOTH THE VINYL AND THE SLEEVE

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

FIRST PRESS LABELS ON EARLY MCA LP'S CAME IN THREE TWO TONE COLOURS, AND EACH ONE IS A VALID FIRST PRESS AS THEY WERE PRODUCING ALL THREE AT THE SAME TIME. THERE IS PINK AND RED, YELLOW AND RED, AND BROWN AND RED.

THIS IS THE PINK AND RED LABEL IN SUPERB CONDITION. BOTH COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND THE PINK BAND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SILVER TYPEFACE REMAINS UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THERE ARE JUST 2-3 SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE INDICATING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED SINCE  1970

THE VINYL

THIS HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND HAS LOST NONE OF IT'S ORIGINAL LUSTRE.THERE ARE NO MARKS ON THE SURFACE OF THIS DISC, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE BUT A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES. CLEARLY A WELL CARED FOR RECORD

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 FOUR THREE MINUTE EXCERPTS  FROM THIS  ALBUM,  I HAVE RECORDED THE FIRST TRACK FROM EACH SIDE WHICH INCLUDES THE DEAD WAX RUN IN, I HAVE ALSO RECORDED THE LINKING GROOVES TO THE START OF THE OTHER TRACKS THAT ON OFFER. THE REPORDUCTION IS PURE FIRST PRESS

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS LP SOUNDS. THE CLARITY IS THERE FOR ALL TO HEAR, AND IT'S PURE FIRST PRESS.

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES AND NO CLICKS. PERHAPS THE VERY ODD  RANDOM DUST POP. THIS IS A VERY VERY HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE ALBUM

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS

THE SLEEVE

THIS NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE IS RARELY FOUND IN ANYTHING OTHER THAN 'WORN OUT' CONDITION. THIS ONE HOWEVER IS IN ASTOUNDING CONDITION. I WANT TO START WITH THE SPINE, AS IT WAS ALWAYS THE WEAK POINT ON THIS SLEEVE. SO MANY OF THEM ARE SQUASHED AND CREASED, BUT THIS ONE HAS REMAINED PERFECTLY FLAT WITH EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. IT IS ALMOST UNHEARD OF TO GET A SQUARE SPINE ON THIS SLEEVE. TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES

THE FRONT SURFACE IS ASLO IMMACULATE. CLEARLY THIS SLEEVE HAS BEEN PROTECTED SINCE NEW IN A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE. THERE IS NO LOSS OF COLOUR WHATSOEVERE, AND THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES, NO CREASE LINES, NO BENDS AND MOST OF ALL NOT EVEN ANY OF THE SMALL LINES THAT YOU WOULD USUALLT FIND NEAR THE SPINE. IT IS THE BEST THAT IT CAN BE.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE THE MOST MINISCULE SHELF WEAR, AND THE OPENING EDGE IS AS NEW JUST RAZOR SHARP AND DOESN'T EVEN HAVE THUMB NAIL NICKS. CLEARLY THE LP HAS REMAINED INSIDE THE SLEEVE FOR VIRTUALLY ALL OF IT'S LIFE.

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME SUPERB CONDITON AS THE FRONT, AND DOSN'T EVEN HAVE ANY RECORD SHAPE LIKE MOST COPIES YOU WILL SEE. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF TINY LITTLE WHITE SPOTS WHERE THE COLOUR HAS COME AWAY, BUT THESE ARE VERY VERY SMALL INDEED

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A TOTALLY PRISTINE LEFT INNER SURFACE WITH THE RIGHT SIDE AGAIN HAVING ONE SMALL WHITE CHIP ON IT.

THIS IS THE FIRST PRESS UK SLEEVE AS NOTED BY THE MOORE AND MATHEWS LTS WORDING IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER

THE BLUE AND WHITE POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION TO MATCH THE REST OF THE PACKAGE

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS

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

GARRY