Yes RELAYER UK LP 1ST A1/B1 100% MINT MINUS

	£		56
	$		74

YES - RELAYER

IN MAGNIFICENT  CONDITION

WITH A MINT MINUS SLEEVE (FIRST ISSUE)

• CATALOGUE:ATLANTIX K50096
• MATRIX: K50096 A1 / B1
• PECKO ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 1
• PORKY ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 2

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE TWO ROGER DEAN LABELS ARE IN NEAR PRISTINE CONDITION. BOTH BASE COLOURS ARE IMMACULATE AND UNWORN. SO IS THE BLACK TYPEFACE. THE SPINDLE HOLE IS ALSO UNWORN

THERE ARE NO SPIDER LINES WHATSOEVER AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE, EVEN WHEN I EXAMINED BOTH WITH A MAGNIFYING GLASS

THE ONLY BLEMISH BEING A TINY BIT OF RUBBING TO THE RIM EDGE ON SIDE 2

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. IN DAYLIGHT THE VINYL LOOKS FLAWLESS, AND ONLY UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION ARE A COUPLE OF TINY DULL SPECKS AND A SOME VERY WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN

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, AS I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID.

THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

RELAYER HAS SO MANY SILENT PASSAGES THAT FINDING A COPY WITHOUT NOISE AND CRACKLE IS REALLY DIFFICULT

HERE HOWEVER WE HAVE AN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB EXAMPLE

THE FIRST THING TO POINT OUT IS THAT THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER, SHOWING THAT THE FEW PLAYS THE LP HAS RECEIVED WERE COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST MAGNIFICENT WITH EVERY NOTE HEARD TO PERFECTION

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AT ALL ON ANY PART OF EITHER SIDE, AND NO LOUD CLICKS EITHER, AND I HEARD JUST 2 TINY DUST POPS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH, AND ONE OF THESE IS IN THE RUN OUT TO SIDE ONE

NO STATIC EITHER JUST A PRISTINE AUDIO PLAYTHROUGH

MY SUGGESTION IS TO TAKE A FULL LISTEN TO THIS OUTSTANDING AND RARE FIRST ISSUE, AND YOU BE THE JUDGE OF IT'S QUALITY

FOR ME THE PLAYTHOUGH GRADES MINT  MINUS!!!

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED SHOREWOOD SLEEVE WITH THE ROGER DEAN ARTWORK. THIS IS SUCH A HARD SLEEVE TO FIND IN THIS SORT OF CONDITION. THE FACT THAT IT IS UNLAMINATED USUALLY ASURES THE SEVERE COLOUR LOSS TO THE DELICATE GREY AND WHITE SURFACE. THE ONLY WAY TO ENSURE THAT THIS COULD NOT HAPPEN WAS TO PROTECT IT FROM DAY ONE INSIDE A PLASTIC SLEEVE (AND LEAVE IT THERE). I AM DELIGHTED TO SAY THAT THE LP'S ORIGINAL OWNER HAD THE FORSIGHT TO DO JUST THAT. AND HERE WE HAVE WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A 99% PERFECT SLEEVE.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND TOTALLY CLEAN. THERE IS NOT ONE MARK ON IT ANYWHERE,ALL OF THE COLOURS HAVE REMAINED UNRUBBED, AND UNWORN..

THERE IS NO RING WEAR WHATSOEVER ON ANY PART OF THE SLEEVE, AND AMAZINGLY NOT ONE LINE BY THE SPINE AT ALL, AND THAT'S JUST UNHEARD OF

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE NEAR IMMACULATE AND AGAIN THIS IS NIGH ON IMPOSSIBLE UNLESS THE SLEEVE HAS BEEN PROTECTED FROM NEW. THERE IS JUST ONE PIN PRICK OF RUBBING TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP

THE SPINE ITSELF IS JUST NEAR IMMACULATE.  ONE SPECK OF COLOUR LOSS ON THE TOP EDGE BUT EVERY LETTER OF THE WHITE TYPEFACE IS LEGIBLE. ALSO IT IS TOTALLY FLAT AND HAS NO FINGER TO THUMB SQUASHING EITHER. THE TINIEST BIT OF RUBBING TO THE BOTTOM TIP

THE OPENING EDGE IS JUST AS NEW!! RAZOR SHARP AND LOOKING AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PRINTED AND PUT TOGETHER. FURTHER PROOF THAT THE RECORD HAS REMAINED INSIDE THE SLEEVE.

THE REAR SURFACE IS ALSO IN THE BEST POSSIBLE CONDITION THAT ANY COLLECTOR TO COULD WISH TO HOPE FOR. NO LINES NEAR THE SPINE AND TOTTALY RUB AND WEAR FREE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE MINT INTERIOR PAIR OF SURFACES.

FINALLY THE FRAGILE GREY INNER SLEEVE WHICH HISTORICALLY COMES SPLIT IS IN  MINT CONDITION. THERE ARE NO SPLITS TO ANY OF THE THREE SEAMS. NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES WHATSOEVER, AND NO STAINS OR MARKS

A REAL TREAT TO BE ABLE TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS!!!!

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

GARRY