Yes - YES 1969 UK DEBUT LP 1st Press Red/Plum Label PLAYS NR MINT / EX (side2)
  £   52
  $   69

 


£ 52 Sold For
Jul 20, 2019 Sold Date
Jul 13, 2019 Start Date
£   19 Start price
7   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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Description

YES - YES

PLAYS TO A NEAR MINT / EX++ GRADE

EXCELLENT SLEEVE

COMPLETE WITH INSERT

 

  • CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC 588190
  • MATRIX: 588190 A//1   11 / B//1  11 1 3
  • FIRST PRESS
  • RED AND PLUM LABEL

THE DEBUT ALBUM FROM YES. RELEASED IN 1969, IT INCLUDES A SUPERB VERSION OF THE BEATLES 'EVERY LITTLE THING'

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THE RECORDS

 

THE LABELS

THE RED AND PLUM LABELS ARE IN LOVELY 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 JUST THERE ARE 6-7  SPIDER LINES SHOWING THAT THE ALBUM HAS LIMITED PLAY IN 50 YEARS . 

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. IN DAYLIGHT THE VINYL LOOKS NEAR FLAWLESS, AND  WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE  SOME VERY FINES WISPY HAIRLINES VISIBLE AND SOME ULTRA FINE HANDLING LINES, ONE LIGHT SCRATCH ON SIDE TWO TRACK TWO WHICH CAUSES A FEW TICS

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, MEANING THAT THE  LIMITED PLAY THAT THIS ALBUM HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD AN UNWORN AND CORRECTLY TRACKED STYLUS

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION OF THIS FIRST PRESS IS BOTH CRYSTAL CLEAR AND LOUDLY MIXED. IT IS ALSO AUDIBLY PERFECT

FROM START TO FINISH, THIS ALBUM PLAYS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENTLY. ALL OF THE SILENT BITS ARE SILENT, AND THE MUSIC PLAYS CLEARLY THOUGH BOTH SIDES

THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD EXACTLY AS WAS INTENDED

THERE ARE ALSO NO LOUD CLICKS, SKIPS OR JUMPS AT ANY POINT EITHER

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE 

SIDE ONE PLAYS SUPERBLY WITH JUST THE ODD SPECK OF STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND AND A FEW TINY RANDOM LITTLE STATIC TICS

SIDE TWO HAS THAT LIGHT SCRATCH ON TRACK TWO WHICH DOES CAUSE A FEW LIGHT TICS DURING THE PLAY. AFTER TRACK TWO THE REOCRD PLAYS EVERY BIT AS WELL AS SIDE ONE

PLEASE PLAY THE RECORDINGS AND YOU WILL HEAR THAT THE RECORD PLAYS SUPERBLY WELL THROUGH VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE TWO SIDES

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THE PLAYTHROUGH AS NEAR MINT FOR SIDE ONE AND EX FOR SIDE TWO

BUT PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

 

 THE SLEEVE

 

NON LAMINATED FRAGILE GATEFOLD SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND TOTALLY MARK FREE. THERE IS SOME LIGHT RUBBING TO THE BLACK SURFACE JUST UNDER THE TOP EDGE. THERE IS A LARGE BUT LIGHT CREASE LINE ACROSS THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, AND A SMALLER ONE NEARER TO THE CORNER TIP

THERE ARE SIX SMALL PRESSURE LINES BY THE SPINE. ONE JUST UNDER THE TOP EDGE, TWO ON THE BOTTOM EDGE. NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM COLOURED EDGES HAVE ALL OF THE COLOUR RUNNING ACROSS THE SURFACE WITH JUST A SPECK OF RUB TO THE CORNER TIPS

THE OVERLAPPING CARD HAS SOME BURRING TO THE SURFACES

THE SPINE IS FLAT AND UN-SQUASHED BUT DOES HAVE SOME SOME CONSIDERABLE RUB TO THE BOTTOM LEADING EDGE. THE TYPEFACE IS LEGIBLE HOWEVER

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP 

THE REAR SURFACE HAS A LITTLE RUB AS WELL UNDER THE TOP EDGE, BUT IS OTHERWISE ON REALLY CLEAN CONDITION. SOME PRESSURE LINES BY THE SPINE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS SOME AGEING TO THE EDGES AND INNER SPINE. THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT PANEL IS PERFECT

THE LYRIC INSERT SHEET IS IN  MINT CONDITION. 

THE ORIGINAL POLYDOR MADE INNER SLEEVE IS UNSPLIT, ANAGED AND HAS CORNER CREASES. THE DATE 069 IS PRINTED IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER

THE SLEEVE GRADES AS EXCELLENT

 

 

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

GARRY


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