Yes RELAYER UK LP 1ST PRESS A4/B1 UNPLAYED AND 100% MINT

	£		86
	$		114

YES RELAYER

IN MAGNIFICENT UNPLAYED MINT!!! CONDITION

OUTSTANDING MINT!!!! SLEEVE

TIME TRAVEL CONDITION

• CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC K50096 
• MATRIX: K50096 A4 / B1
• ' PORKY ' ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE ONE
• ' PORKY ' ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE TWO 

RECENTLY I SOLD A BATCH OF 80'S ROCK LP'S THAT WERE IN THE MOST OUTSTANDING CONDITION. I BELIEVE I HAVE BETTERED THAT NOW WITH A COLLECTION OF 70'S ROCK ALBUMS THAT ARE IN A CONDITION THAT DEFIES BELIEF.

THEY BELONGED TO A COLLECTOR WHO WAS ABSOLUTELY METICULOUS WITH THEM. MOST ARE PLAYED JUST ONCE OR SOME NOT AT ALL, WITH A FEW HAVING 2-4 PLAYS AT MOST. THE VINYLS ARE JUST PERFECT AS YOU WILL HEAR WHEN YOU PLAY THE SOUNDBITES.

BACK IN THE 70'S RECORD SHOPS LIKE W.H SMITHS SOLD NUMBERING SYSTEMS SO THAT COLLECTORS COULD CATALOGUE THEIR RECORDS. IT INVOLVED A SHEET OF GUMMY NUMBERS IN SMALL SQUARES, WHICH WERE PLACED ON THE ALBUM SLEEVE. THE CORRESPONDING NUMBER WAS ALSO ON A RECORD CARD WHICH THE OWNER FILLED IN WITH THE ALBUM DETAILS. WHILST THIS DOES CAUSE A SMALL RESIDUAL MARK ON THE SLEEVE, ANYONE WHO COLLECTED RECORDS IN THIS WAY USUALLY CARED FOR THEM AND PROTECTED THEM LIKE THEY WERE THE MOST PRECIOUS THING IN THEIR LIVES.

THIS COLLECTION IS NO DIFFERENT. THE LP'S WERE ALL HOUSED INSIDE STRONG RECORD CASES, MEANING THAT THEY WERE PROTECTED FROM THE LIGHT, SO THERE HAS BEEN NO FADING OF THE COLOURS, AND BECAUSE THERE WERE ONLY 20 IN EACH CASE, THERE HAS BEEN NO RUBBING OR SHELF WEAR, AND IN MOST CASES THE SLEEVES ARE THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN. YES IT MAY NOT BE EVERY COLLECTORS DESIRE TO HAVE THE SMALL NUMBER SQUARE ON THE SLEEVE, AND I COULD REMOVE THEM WITHOUT DAMAGING THE SLEEVE, BUT I AM GOING TO LEAVE THE DECISION TO THE NEW OWNER WHETHER TO REMOVE OR NOT.

ALSO WORTH A MENTION IS THE FACT THAT THE INNER SLEEVES ON MOST OF THE LP'S ARE ABSOLUTELY FLAT AND UNWRINKLED. JUST NEVER BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVES!!!!

LET ME JUST SAY THAT IN MY OPINION YOU WILL NEVER EVER GET A BETTER CHANCE TO GET A ONCE PLAYED, UNPLAYED OR BARELY PLAYED 70'S CLASSIC ROCK ALBUM!!!

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 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 AND NO LOUD CLICKS WHATSOEVER

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND ONLY THE VERY OCCASIONAL BARELY AUDIBLE SPECK OF STATIC IN A FEW OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES

I CAN'T SAY THAT I HEARD ANY DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

FOR ME THE PLAYTHOUGH GRADES MINT!!!, MINT MINUS AT THE VERY WORST

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

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 ASSURES 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  I AM DELIGHTED TO SAY THAT THE LP'S ORIGINAL OWNER HAD THE FORESIGHT 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, AND NO RECORD SHAPE ON ANY PART OF THE SLEEVE.

THERE ARE INCREDIBLY ZERO!!! LINES NEAR THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE EITHER

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE ABSOLUTELY IMMACULATE AND AGAIN THIS IS NIGH ON IMPOSSIBLE UNLESS THE SLEEVE HAS BEEN PROTECTED FROM NEW. ALL OF THE DELICATE COLOURS HAVE BEEN PRESERVED, AND THERE IS NO RUBBING OR SHELF WEAR, AND EVEN THE CORNER TIPS REMAIN UNBLEMISHED

THE SPINE ITSELF IS JUST MINT!!.  TOTALLY FLAT AND 100% UNSQUASHED. AGAIN EVERY SPECK OF COLOUR HAS BEEN RETAINED, AND THE WHITE TYPEFACE IS ALL PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. EVEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS ARE MINT

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 TOTALLY 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 !!!!

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

GARRY