Bedlam ( Cozy Powell ) SELF TITLED DEBUT ALBUM UK LP 1ST 2-3 PLAYS NEAR MINT

	£		22
	$		29

BEDLAM - BEDLAM (FEATURING COZY POWELL)

IN MAGNIFICENT NEAR MINT 2-3 PLAY CONDITION

EXCELLENT PLUS  SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:CHRYSALIS CHR 1048
• MATRIX:CHR1048 A-1U / B-1U  
• FIRST PRESS MATRIX NUMBERS
• ' RAYS ' ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX BOTH SIDES

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE GREEN LABELS  ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION, THE PASTEL  GREEN COLOUR IS UNBLEMISHED AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALSO CLEAR AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST TWO MINUSCULE SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE HOLE, SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS LP HAS BEEN PLAYED.

THE VINYL

IT IS A WELL DOCUMENTED FACT THAT EARLY ISLAND / CHRYSALIS VINYL WAS POOR QUALITY, AND THUS IT IS REALLY HARD TO FIND A COPY OF ANYTHING FROM THIS AGE THAT DOESN'T HAVE INHERENT VINYL NOISE. THE VINYL HERE HOWEVER LOOKS MAGNIFICENT ON BOTH SIDES AND ONLY UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION CAN I SPOT SOME WISPY HAIRLINES. PLUS A COUPLE OF ULTRA FINE HANDLING LINES

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 PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. I HAVE TAKEN THIS EXTRA TIME AND EFFORT AS I BELIEVE IT'S WHAT EBAYERS WANT FROM SELLERS. IT IS OFTEN SAID AND FAIRLY SO THAT BUYING FROM EBAY CAN BE A TOTAL LOTTERY, AND THAT SELLERS OF LIMITED KNOWLEDGE DESCRIBE LP'S AS MINT AND ARE ACTUALLY ANYTHING BUT.

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.

THE FIRST THING TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE CLARITY OF REPRODUCTION IS SUPERB. THE CRYSTAL CLEAR INSTRUMENTATION AND VOCALS ARE PURE FIRST PRESS. THERE IS CERTAINLY NO GROOVE WEAR TO THIS RARE RECORDING WHICH WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN SOME DISTORTION TO THE SOUND. THERE IS NONE. ISLAND RECORDINGS HAVE LONG BEEN LAMBASTED FOR THE POOR QUALITY OF VINYL USED IN THEIR EARLY LP'S WHICH HAVE OFTEN RESULTED IN UNWANTED VINYL NOISE EVEN WHERE THERE ARE NO MARKS. HERE HOWEVER THE VINYL PLAYS MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER, INDICATING THAT WHAT LITTLE PLAY THIS RECORD HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THERE IS NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS

THERE IS THE OCCASIONAL SPECK OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN SOME OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES AND I HEARD NO MORE THAN 1-2 TINY DUST POPS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH AS NEAR MINT !!

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF THOUGH AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED MACNEILL FIST ISSUE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS CLEAN AND HAS NO MARKS OR STAINS ON IT WHATSOEVER. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES THE COLOURS REMAIN PERFECT AND UNRUBBED.

THERE ARE A CLUSTER OF THE SMALL LINES NEXT TO THE MIDDLE OF THE SPINE AND ONE RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM. A TINY DING TO THE TOP LEFT CORNER TIP , AND ONE SMALL LINE RUNNING ACROSS THE TOP RIGHT TIP. ONE LIGHT LINE RUNNING FROM THE BOTTOM EDGE NEAR THE RIGHT CORNER UPWARDS AND ACROSS PART OF THE CORNER. NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

THE TOP EDGE HAS ALL OF THE COLOUR FULLY RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER WITH JUST A TINY SPECK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT TIP. THE BOTTOM EDGE IS ALMOST AS GOOD WITH BOTH CORNER TIPS LIGHTLY RUBBED.

THE SPINE HAS ONE FINGER TO THUMB SQUASH RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, BUT IS OTHERWISE FLAT. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE TAPERED ENDS ARE ALSO  UNRUBBED

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS ALONG THEM

THE REAR SURFACE JUST HAS FIVE MINUSCULE LINES NEAR THE SPINE,  AND ONE LINE RUNNING ACROSS THE LEFT CORNER. THE TOP RIGHT TIP HAS THE DING THAT MATCHED THE TOP LEFT ON THE FRONT. ALL OF THE COLOUR IS THERE AND UNRUBBED.

THE ORIGINAL  PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE IS IN  NEAR MINT UNSPLIT AND UNCREASED CONDITION. LIGHTLY AGED AT THE EDGES

THE SLEEVE GRADES EXCELLENT PLUS

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

GARRY