Billy Fury BILLY UK LP 1ST MONO 1963 DECCA UNBOXED PLAYS EXCELLENT PLUS

	£		19
	$		25

BILLY FURY - BILLY

IN MAGNIFICENT LITTLE PLAYED CONDITION

RARE 1ST PRESS ON THE UNBOXED MONO DECCA LABEL

• CATALOGUE:DECCA LK4533
• MATRIX:ARL 5849-2A / 5850-2A
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 K  / 1 U 

• FIRST PRESS

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE RED AND SILVER LABELS ARE IN JUST MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THE DEEP RED COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND HAS NO MARKS OR STAINS ON IT ANYWHERE. IT ALSO STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SILVER TYPEFACE AND LOGO'S ARE ALSO IN PRISTINE UNRUBBED CONDITION, WITH EACH LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

A CLOSE STUDY OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST 4-5 REALLY SMALL AND BARELY VISIBLE SPIDER LINES, SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS INCREDIBLE VINYL HAS BEEN PLAYED IN THE PAST 48 YEARS

THE VINYL

A GLEAMING DISC THAT HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND SHEEN. THIS IS NATURALLY ALSO A HEAVY WEIGHT FIRST PRESS DISC.IN DAYLIGHT THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE ON THE SURFACE OF THE VINYL,APART FROM A COUPLE OF SUPERFICIAL HANDLING LINES. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION I CAN SEE A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES AND A COUPLE MORE 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 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

THE RICH AND POWERFUL MONO SOUND IS JUST MAGNIFICENT AND PURE FIRST PRESS. THE REPRODUCTION IS JUST SECOND TO NONE, AND EVERY NOTE IS CLEAR AND CRISP.

THERE IS NOT ONE SECOND OF DISTORTION TO THIS AMAZING SOUND, MEANING THAT THE FEW PLAYS THAT THE LP HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND CERTAINLY NO LOUD CLICKS

THERE IS SILENCE BETWEEN THE TRACKS AND APART FROM THE VERY ODD SECOND OR TWO OF LIGHT STATIC HEARD ONLY BETWEEN A COUPLE OF THE TRACKS.

THE RECORDING IS A VERY LOUD MONO CUT AND IS REPRODUCED SUPERBLY, SO PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE THIS GREAT ALBUM FOR YOURSELF

THE ONLY THING THAT STOPS ME GIVING THIS A FULL NEAR MINT GRADE IS THAT THERE ARE SOME RANDOM  TINY AND MOSTLY BARELY AUDIBLE LITTLE TICS AND POPS, AND STATIC HERE AND THERE, MOSTLY IN THE LAST 3 TRACKS ON BOTH SIDES

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH NEAR EXCELLENT PLUS

AN OUTSTANDING FIRST ISSUE VINYL

THE SLEEVE

LAMINATED FRONT SURFACE AND NON LAMINATED FLIPBACK ROBERT STACE SINGLE SLEEVE

THIS SLEEVE LIKE ALL OF THE EARLY DECCA SLEEVES HAS A HISTORY OF BADLY CREASING, DUE TO THE FLIMSY NATURE OF THE CARD USED MAKING THEM

HERE IS ONE THAT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME MUCH BETTER THAN MOST

THE FRONT SURFACE IS IN FLAT AND CLEAN CONDITION AND HAS NO HEAVY CREASING OR BENDING TO ANY PART OF IT.

THERE ARE 7-8 SMALL LAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, 2 ALONG THE TOP AND ONE RUNNING ACROSS THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP, AND THREE SMALL THUMB LINES CLOSE TO THE OPENING EDGE

THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR AND HAS NO PEEL, FLAKE OR LIFT.

THERE IS A TINY DING TO THE TOP RIGHT CORNER TIP

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE THE MOST MINUSCULE SHELF WEAR JUST TO THE CORNER ENDS

THE SPINE HAS SOME LIGHT SQUASHING TO THE SURFACE IS A COUPLE OF SPOTS. THE TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND THE LAMINATE ALL INTACT, WITH JUST THE TOP AND BOTTOM ENDS LIGHTS RUBBED 

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP WITH JUST MINUSCULE SPECK OF BURRING RIGHT AT THE VERY TOP

THE REAR SURFACE IS AGAIN FREE FROM ANY HEAVY CREASING AND BENDS.

THE WHITE SURFACE AS SOME VERY LIGHT AGEING AND HANDLING AND A FEW TINY MOTTLE STAINS

THE ORIGINAL WHITE POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE  IS UNSPLIT AND ONLY LIGHTLY CREASED, THERE IS NO DAMAGE AND ONLY HAS SOME LIGHT AGEING TO THE PERIMETER EDGES, WHERE THE GLUE HAS DRIED AND LIGHTLY BROWNED OVER TIME

THE SLEEVE GRADES EXCELLENT

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

GARRY