AUDIOPHILE VINYL - THE BEATLES SERGEANT PEPPER JAPANESE PRESSING
£
28
$
37
£ 28
Sold For
Jan 24, 2012
Sold Date
Jan 14, 2012
Start Date
£ 10
Start price
6
Number Of Bids
Great Britain
Country Of Seller
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Description
AUDIOPHILE VINYL - SERGEANT PEPPER JAPANESE PRESSING NEAR MINT
- The normal, original Sergeant Pepper album but manufactured in Japan resulting in superior and ultimate sound quality
- Housed inside a colour gatefold picture sleeve including original inserts and booklets as pictured, including original obi strip
- This was purchased in 1985 and is in superb condition.
- The vinyl has been played less than 10 times on the highest quality equipment and properly stored all this time.
- The vinyl is in near mint to perfect condition and has been stored in an E-Stat anti static sleeve as pictured.
- The inserts provided are in mint condition.
- The sleeve is in excellent condition with only one small crease at the top of the spine as pictured
- The obi is original but has been folded in half at one point resulting in a crease.
- The album will be properly packed, insured and shipped to ensure safe arrival. This will be at the buyer's expense, at the actual cost of the P&P, which is estimated to be around £15 in the UK and adjusted accordingly for international delivery.
- Overseas sellers please note that P&P costs will depend on your actual location.
Recent experience indicates £20 would cover postage, packing and insurance from the UK to continental Europe and even Japan.
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Japanese vinyl releases are premium quality pressings, much sought after by audiophiles and collectors alike. In the 1960s Toshiba pioneered top quality red vinyl pressings using their trademark ‘Ever-Clean’ process this utilised a special ingredient intended to prevent the build-up of static electricity on the vinyl. Japanese pressings are synonymous with quality - the vinyl shines like no other vinyl - everything about their releases feels special. When US audiophile label Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab first released their series of high quality pressings the records were manufactured in Japan. The sonic quality of Japanese pressings is considered to be among the best in the world and, in addition, they are beautifully presented, their covers usually printed on better quality heavy stock paper and often including a bonus lyric insert with dual language Japanese & English text. Nearly all Japanese LPs were issued with an ‘obi’ - literally translated this means ‘sash’ and is derived from the obi (sash) worn around the traditional kimono dress. This delicate paper strip, usually wrapped around the left side of the album cover, often contains marketing information and album content details, all printed in Japanese kanji and ~kana script. Obi designs can be as varied as the LPs they adorn, and some series of obi designs can be as collectable as the artists’ albums they decorate. ‘Hankake’ (3/4 length obis) are nearly impossible to find, and the ‘Rock Age’ series of obis are especially rare and valuable. Obis make a unique, attractive addition to the overall package and are becoming increasingly rare, especially on LPs from the 1960s and 70s. Their delicate and disposable nature meant that very early obis were routinely discarded, so that now they can often be worth several times more than the record they accompany. In addition to Japanese pressings of regular albums there are numerous Japanese-only releases. Labels and artists often issued exclusive records timed to coincide with their Far East tour, or they re-released back catalogue albums with a re-designed obi, displaying revised graphics and other consumer information. Regardless of your musical taste, Japanese records make a stunning addition to any collection. Audibly and visually they present the collector with a feast of delights. Genuine mint condition records, complete with inserts and obi, are becoming rarer every day. Whatever the digital age throws at you there is still a valid opinion that says vinyl sounds best; with Japanese records you get top quality pressings, a tactile picture sleeve that looks stunning and you can sing along from the lyric insert. This is the real alternative to a download!"
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