YES: FIRST ALBUM DEBUT 1969 SUPERB EX+ UK RED/PLUM ATLANTIC LP G/F LYRIC SHEET

	£		40
	$		53

YES
YES LP
1969 1st PRESSING WITH THE FOLLOWING FEATURES:
RED / PLUM LABELS
PUBLISHING CREDITS DO NOT MENTION 'RONDOR MUSIC'
'PRODUCED BY PAUL CLAY & YES' IN BOLD TYPE ABOVE WHITE ATLANTIC BAND
SLEEVE IS A 'UNIPAK' STYLE GATEFOLD WITH ONLY ONE CARD LAYER FOR THE FRONT LAP
ATLANTIC (588190)
1969
RECORD WEIGHT: 145g
MATRIX Nos: 588190 A//1 1113 / 588190 B//1 1111 (ALL STAMPED)
SLEEVE CONDITION: VG++
EDGES TOP & BOTTOM: TINY RUB MARK TO REAR TOP EDGE AND THE ODD TINY RUB MARK TO REAR BOTTOM EDGE. FRONT PART OF COVER IS A SINGLE CARD SHEET WITH A LITTLE VERY LIGHT FEATHERING TO THE EDGES. NO SPLITS OR TEARS.
SPINE: SOME LIGHT PATCHY RUBBING TO THE SPINE BUT THE WORDING IS STILL LEGIBLE. OTHER THAN A TINY SPLIT IN THE OUTER CARD LAYER ONLY AT THE VERY TOP, THERE ARE NO SPLITS OR TEARS.
FRONT COVER: HAS THE ODD SMALL LIGHT CREASE, A TINY BIT OF RUBBING AND THE ODD LITTLE 'DIG' MARK. NO OBVIOUS RINGWEAR. THIS FRONT PIECE IS FORMED FROM A SINGLE SHEET OF CARD AND IS OFTEN FOUND BADLY DAMAGED BECAUSE OF THIS WEAKNESS. HOWEVER, THIS COPY HAS NO RIPS, TEARS, WRITING OR STICKERS AND STILL LOOKS GOOD FOR IT'S AGE. 
BACK COVER:  JUST A COUPLE OF SMALL CREASES AND A COUPLE OF FAINT COMPRESSION LINES (ONLY SEEN IF YOU TILT THE COVER IN THE LIGHT). OTHER THAN THAT THERE IS JUST THE ODD LIGHT RUB MARK. OPENING EDGE IS STRAIGHT WITH BARELY ANY FEATHERING. NO RIPS, TEARS, WRITING OR STICKERS. OVERALL, STILL NICE FOR IT'S AGE.
INSIDE GATEFOLD: VERY TIDY WITH JUST A LITTLE LIGHT DISCOLOURATION ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE (ONLY OBVIOUS BECAUSE IT'S MAINLY WHITE). NO RINGWEAR AND NO SPLITS, RIPS, STICKERS OR WRITING. OVERALL STILL VERY NICE FOR IT'S AGE.
LYRIC SHEET: BARELY ANY CREASING AND JUST A TINY FOLD TO ONE CORNER. VERY SLIGHT 'FOXING' TO ONE EDGE BUT STILL LOOKING CLEAN. TINY INITIAL WRITTEN IN ONE CORNER
INNER SLEEVE: STANDARD WHITE POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE. NO RIPS, TEARS OR SPLITS. INITIALS AT BOTTOM ON BOTH SIDES AND THE WORD 'YES' WRITTEN AT THE TOP EDGE ON BOTH SIDES. THIS IS HOWEVER JUST A GENERIC SLEEVE.
RECORD CONDITION:
TAKING AN INITIAL CURSORY GLANCE AT THE ALBUM IN NATURAL LIGHT, IT LOOKS PRETTY CLOSE TO MINT. A CLOSER INSPECTION SHOWS JUST A COUPLE OF FAINT SURFACE LINES ON SIDE TWO AND A COUPLE OF TINY NEEDLE TYPE MARKS ON THE LAST TRACK OF SIDE TWO. OTHER THAN THAT THERE IS NOTHING ELSE AT ALL. NO SCUFFS OR OBVIOUS SCRATCHES WHATSOEVER. UNDER BRIGHT LIGHT THERE IS JUST A VERY FEW FAINT WISPY HAIRLINES. I WOULD GRADE SIDE ONE AS EXCELLENT PLUS AND SIDE TWO AS EXCELLENT. AN ORIGINAL 1969 PRESSING ON THE RED/PLUM ATLANTIC LABEL WITH BLACK TEXT. 
BOTH LABELS ARE EXCELLENT WITH JUST A COUPLE OF BARELY VISIBLE SPINDLE TRACES ON EITHER SIDE. NO STICKERS OR OTHER DAMAGE. SMALL INITIALS WRITTEN ON EACH SIDE AT 3 'O' CLOCK. THE LABELS OMIT THE LATER RONDOR PUBLISHING CREDITS.
PLAYBACK: EXCELLENT PLAYBACK THROUGHOUT. BACKGROUND NOISE IS PRETTY MUCH NON EXISTANT WITH NICE QUIET RUN IN'S. THE TRACK CROSSOVERS ARE CRACKLE FREE. THE TWO TINY MARKS ON THE LAST TRACK GIVE A LITTLE TICK/CLICK FOR A HANDFUL OF REVOLUTIONS BUT THAT'S IT. OVERALL THIS PLAYS THROUGH BEAUTIFULLY WITH CLEAR DISTORTION FREE SOUND. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.
SO NICE TO SEE OLD 1960s LPs IN THIS KIND OF CONDITION AS THEY ARE BECOMING HARDER TO FIND.
10 DAY AUCTION WITH NO RESERVE
 POSTAGE WILL BE 24 HOUR WITH TRACKING