Yes TIME AND A WORD UK 1ST RED AND PLUM LABEL A1/B2 WITH INSERT 100% MINT-

	£		129
	$		171

YES - TIME AND A WORD

IN MAGNIFICENT BARELY PLAYED CONDITION

COMPLETE WITH  LYRIC INSERT

• CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC 2400 006
• MATRIX: 2400006 A1  11 11/ B2  11 9
• FIRST PRESS
• LYRIC INSERT

TIME AND A WORD WAS THE SECOND ALBUM FROM YES. RELEASED IN MID 1970 ON THE RED AND PLUM ATLANTIC LABEL.

THIS PARTICULAR COPY HAS THE CORRECT SLEEVE WITH THE RED AND PLUM CATALOGUE NUMBER ON THE SPINE. THE NUMBER ON THE BACK OF THE SLEEVE HAS BEEN OVERSTUCK WITH THE KINNEY STICKER SHOWING THE SOON TO BE GREEN AND ORANGE LABEL WITH THE K40085 CATALOGUE NUMBER ON IT

A FIRST PRESS TIME AND A WORD MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES

THE RECORD LABELS MUST BE THE RED AND PLUM ATLANTIC LABELS NOT THE GREEN AND ORANGE

THE MATRIX NUMBER MUST END A1 / B2 AND HAVE 11 FOLLOWING EACH OD THE '1' DIGITS

THERE IS NO A1/B1 PRESSING TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE

THE SLEEVE MUST HAVE THE CATALOGUE NUMBER 2400 006 ON THE SPINE AND THE REAR SURFACE (SOME LATER ORIGINALS HAVE THE KINNEY STICKER OVER THE CATALOGUE NUMBER ON THE REAR SURFACE SHOWING K40085)

THE FIRST PRESSES CAME WITH A LYRIC INSERT

THE CORRECT 2400006 CATALOGUE NUMBER MUST BE AT THE FOOT OF THE INSERT 

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. THERE ARE 4-5 SMALL SPIDER LINES SHOWING THAT THE ALBUM HAS BEEN BARELY PLAYED

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL ISSTILL MAGNIFICENT, AND GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR. THERE ARE NO MARKS ON THE VINYL WHATSOEVER, AND IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION, THERE ARE JUST A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN. A REALLY STUNNING COPY

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.

THIS SUPERB FIRST PRESS PLAYS ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION WHATSOEVER, MNEANING THAT THE FEW PLAYS IT HAS RECEIVED WERE COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD AN UNWORN AND CORRECTLY WEIGHTED STYLUS

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

THERE IS NO SERIOUS BACKGROUND CRACKLE, AND NO LOUD CLICKS AT ANY POINT ON THE PLAYTHROUGH

THE VINYL PLAYS TO PERFECTION, WITH JUST A COUPLE OF RANDOM SPLIT SECONDS OF STATIC IN A COUPLE OF SPOTS, AND I HEARD NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF THE TINIEST DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS!!!!

BUT PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED AND DELICATE MACNEILL SINGLE SLEEVE . THIS IS SUCH A HARD SLEEVE TO FIND IN GREAT CONDITION DUE TO THE POROUS WHITE AND GREY SURFACE WHICH ATTRACTED DIRT AND GRIME LIKE A MAGNET

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND FREE FROM ANY HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES. THERE THREE SMALL ONES NEAR THE  SPINE,

THERE IS NO GRIME OR GRUBBINESS TO THE DELICATE COLOURS AND THE SLEEVE LOOKS SUPREMELY CLEAN COMPARED TO MOST COPIES.THERE IS JUST ONE SLIVER OF A WHITE SHADOW ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE

THE SPINE IS FLAT AND UNSQUASHED WHICH IS A RARITY ON THIS SLEEVE. ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, WITH JUST THE VERY BOTTOM LINE OF THE LETTER 'E' IN YES SHOWING SOME SLIGHT RUB, BUT THIS PICTURE YOU CAN SEE IS TAKEN ON MACRO AND TO THE NAKED EYE IS VIRTUALLY INVISIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP

 THE REAR SURFACE IS ALSO IN THE SAME LOVELY CONDITION AS THE FRONT, AND INCREDIBLY NO EVIDENCE OF RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE, WHICH USUALLY BLIGHTS THIS SURFACE

THE ORIGINAL POLYDOR MADE INNER SLEEVE IS UNSPLIT, AND IN CLEAN CONDITION WITH JUST A LITTLE GLUE BROWNING ALONG THE TOP EDGE, AND JUST THE CORNERS LIGHTLY CREASED

THE LYRIC INSERT IS IN FLAT WITH JUST ONE VERY LIGHT LINE ACROSS THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. IT IS STILL VERY VERY WHITE AND HAS THE CORRECT 2400 006 CATALOGUE ON THE BOTTOM OF IT

THE SLEEVE GRADES NEAR MINT WITH EASE

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

GARRY