Yes FRAGILE 19701 UK LP 1st Pres Red/Plum W/ STAPLED BOOKLET MINT MINUS AUDIO

	£		67
	$		89

YES - FRAGILE

IN MAGNIFICENT TWO PLAY CONDITION

OUTSTANDING  NEAR MINT-  SLEEVE

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• CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC 2401 019
• MATRIX: 2401019 A//1  11 17/ B//1  11 13
• FIRST PRESS 

  TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE RED AND PLUM LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. BOTH BASE COLOURS ARE IMMACULATE AND UNWORN. AND THE WHITE BAND ACROSS THE MIDDLE IS STILL PURE WHITE AND STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. A DETAILED EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST 4-5 MINISCULE SPIDER LINES, SHOWING WHY THIS VINYL IS IN THE SUPERB CONDITION THAT IT IS. 

THE VINYL

AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE , GLEAMING AS NEW DISC THAT HAS LOST NONE OF IT'S LUSTRE. IT IS TOTALLY FLAWKESS IN DAYLIGHT AND EVEN WHEN EXAMINED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMNINATION, THERE IS JUST NOTHING TO SEE , OTHER THAN A COUPLE OF TOTALLY INSIGNIFICANT WISPY 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 AM NOW DOING WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY 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 LP PLAYS THROUGH SUPERBLY ON BOTH SIDES. 

THE FIRST THING TO ELIMINATE IS AN ISSUE WITH DISTORTION. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NONE, MEANING THAT THE LIMITED PLAY THAT THIS ALBUM HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED  WITH A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS.

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION OF THIS FIRST PRESS IS BOTH CRYSTAL CLEAR AND LOUDLY MIXED

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION REALLY CANNOT BE FAULTED AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD EXACTLY HOW IT WAS INTENDED

THERE IS NOT A JOT OF BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AN NO CLICKS

IF I AM BEING ULTRA PICKY THEN THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SECONDS OF VINYL NOISE IN ONE OR TWO RANDOM SPOTS, AND I CAN'T EVEN SAY THAT I HEARD ANY DUST POPS, JUST A COUPLE OF TINY STATIC TICS HERE AND THERE

A LITTLE STATIC LIKE NOISE IN THE FINAL TRACK ON SIDE TWO

I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS A CLEANER COPY OF THIS OUT THERE

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS FOR THE AUDIO

BUT PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED AND DELICATE MACNEILL GATEFOLD SLEEVE . 

THIS IS SUCH A HARD SLEEVE TO FIND IN THIS SORT OF CONDITION. THE FACT THAT IT IS UN-LAMINATED USUALLY ASSURES THE SEVERE COLOUR LOSS TO THE DELICATE BLUE SURFACE. 

THE FRONT SURFACE ON THIS COPY IS FLAT AND TOTALLY CLEAN. THERE IS NOT ONE MARK ON IT ANYWHERE. THE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT

THERE IS NO RING WEAR WHATSOEVER ON ANY PART OF THE SLEEVE, NOT EVEN ANY RECORD SHAPE

THE FOUR CORNER TIPS DO HAVE A LITTLE SPECK OF RUB ON THEM

THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY ZERO PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, ONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP EDGES HAVE A LITTLE RUB TO THE CORNER TIPS AND THERE ARE SIX TINY WHITE PIN PRICKS VISIBLE ON THE REST OF THE SURFACES

THE BOTTOM EDGES ALSO HAVE RUB TO THE CORNER TIPS AND SOME LIGHT SHELF RUB TO THE REST OF THE SURFACES

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED, AND APART FROM A COUPLE OF PIN PRICKS OF WHITE SHOWING THROUGH HAS RETAINED ALL OF THE COLOUR, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. A TINY BIT OF RUBBING TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS

THE OPENING EDGE IS JUST RAZOR SHARP AND LOOKING AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PRINTED AND PUT TOGETHER. A COUPLE OF REALLY TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS ARE ALL THAT IS EVIDENT

THE REAR SURFACE IS ALSO IN A SUPERB CONDITION, AGAIN NO CREASING OR CREASE LINES, AND NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE.A COUPLE OF TINY PIN PRICKS OF WHITE JUST ABOVE THE BOTTOM EDGE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE MINT CONDITION INTERIOR PAIR OF SURFACES.WITH A MINT CONDITION BOOKLET PROPERLY ATTACHED TO THE SLEEVE

THE POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN IMMACULATE WHITE CONDITION, AND IS TOTALLY UNCREASED AND FREE FROM SEAM SPLITS. THERE IS A LITTLE GLUE AGEING AT THE EDGES. IT ALSO HAS THE CORRECT DATE PRINTED IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER 1071 (OCT 1971) ONE MONTH BEFORE THE OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE OF NOVEMBER 1971

A REAL TREAT TO BE ABLE TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT 

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

GARRY