Yes THE YES ALBUM 1972 UK LP 1st GREEN AND BROWN LABEL MINT MINUS AUDIO LISTEN

	£		50
	$		66

FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED PRIOR TO LISTING SO YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING

YES - THE YES ALBUM

 MAGNIFICENT  MINT MINUS AUDIO

OUTSTANDING  NEAR MINT  SLEEVE!!!

THE FIRST GREEN AND BROWN LABEL

• CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC K40106
• MATRIX:  K 40106-A2 / B2
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THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE GREEN AND BROWN LABELS INDICATE A FIRST REISSUE. WHEN THIS LP WAS REISSUED IN 1972 THE VERY FIRST ONES OFF THE PRESS HAD THE RARER GREEN AND BROWN LABELS, NOT THE MORE COMMON GREEN AND ORANGE LABELS

ALSO THESE FIRST REISSUES DID NOT HAVE THE WARNER 'W' AT 3 O'CLOCK ON THE LABEL LIKE THE LATER ISSUES

THEY 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.

THERE IS JUST ONE SPIDER LINE SHOWING , EVEN USING A MAGNIFYING GLASS I DON'T SEE ANY MORE

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. IN DAYLIGHT THE VINYL IS UNMARKED.

THERE ARE NO MARKS WHATSOEVER ON THE VINYL AND EVEN UNDER SPOTLIGHT THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE

THE TEST PLAY

THIS SUPERB FIRST GREEN AND BROWN PLAYS ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION WHATSOEVER

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION OF THIS  PRESS IS BOTH CRYSTAL CLEAR AND LOUDLY MIXED, AND THE REPRODUCTION IS JUST MAGNIFICENT

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NO LOUD CLICKS ANYWHERE

SILENT LINKING GROOVES

NO DUST POPS OR STATIC TICS

JUST A COUPLE OF SPLIT SECONDS OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN A COUPLE OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES

MY GRADE FOR THIS SUPERB AUDIO IS MINT MINUS

DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT 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 UNLAMINATED USUALLY ASSURES THE SEVERE COLOUR LOSS TO THE DELICATE POWDERY BLACK SURFACE.

MOST COPIES YOU WILL SEE ARE TERRIBLY WORN AND EVEN RING WORN. THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT SLEEVE TO FIND IN A HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE CONDITION

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND TOTALLY CLEAN. THERE IS NOT ONE MARK ON IT ANYWHERE. THE BLACK SURFACE IS TOTALLY UNBLEMISHED, UNRUBBED, AND FREE FROM ANY RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE

THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER HAS A SMALL DING. THE BOTTOM RIGHT TIP HAS A PIN PRICK OF RUB

THERE ARE THREESMALL PRESSURE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, WHICH HAVE REMAINED BLACK AND NOT WHITE WHICH THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN HAD THE CREASE LINES BEEN DEEP

NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, AND NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE. NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

ONR L;IGHT CREASE LINE JUST A BOVE THE BOTTOM EDGE TO THE LEFT OF MIDDLE. IT IS HIDDEN IN THE BLACK SURFACE

THE TOP EDGES ARE VIRTUALLY PRISTINE. STILL VERY BLACK SHOWING NO RUBBING ALONG THE EDGES. A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE  RIGHT TIP ENDS

THE BOTTOM EDGES HAS A LITTLE SLIVER OF RUB TO THE LEFT CORNERS AND THE REAR RIGHT CORNER

THE SPINE ITSELF IS NEAR  PRISTINE. TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED, ALL OF THE BLACK COLOUR IS THERE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE EXTREME BOTTOM TIP WHICH HAS  MINUSCULE RUBBING. EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. A FANTASTIC EXAMPLE AND FURTHER PROOF OF THE PROTECTION AFFORDED THE SLEEVE FROM NEW

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS TO SHOW WHERE THE LP HAS BEEN PLUCKED FROM THE SLEEVE A FEW TIMES.

THE REAR SURFACE IS ALSO IN THE SAME MAGNIFICENT CONDITION AS THE FRONT. TWO SMALL PRESSURE LINES BY THE SPINE AND THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP HAS A TINY DING

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

THE ORIGINAL DIE CUT INNER SLEEVE IS UNSPLIT, AND IN CLEAN CONDITION 

THE SLEEVE EASILY GRADES NEAR MINT

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