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