CLIFF RICHARD: CLIFF 1st LP 1959 GREEN/GOLD COLUMBIA EX

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"CLIFF"

12" LONG PLAYER BY CLIFF RICHARD

U.K. COLUMBIA RECORDS (33SX 1147) MONO ORIGINAL 1ST PRESSING

YEAR: 1959

MATRIX No: XAX 1633-2N/XAX 1634-2N

VINYL WEIGHT: 155g

VISUAL GRADING SIDE ONE:

A VERY TIDY COPY OF AN ALBUM THAT IS DIFFICULT TO FIND IN GOOD CONDITION DUE TO IT'S POPULARITY AND THE FACT THAT MOST COPIES WERE PLAYED TO DEATH. THIS SIDE SHOWS JUST THE OCCASIONAL VERY FAINT SURFACE TRACE/HAIRLINES WHICH ONLY REALLY BECOME OBVIOUS WHEN TILTING THE DISC BACK AND FORTH IN THE LIGHT. THERE ARE NO SCRATCHES AT ALL, NO OBVIOUS SURFACE LINES OR MARKS, JUST THE OCCASIONAL TINY, NEAR INVISIBLE NEEDLE MARK AND NOTHING THAT IS GOING TO HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON PLAYBACK. THERE IS NOTHING ON THE VINYL THAT WILL CAUSE ANY AUDIBLE INTERFERENCE WHATSOEVER. ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS RECORD HAS ONLY HAD LIGHT USE. I WILL GRADE THIS SIDE OF THE RECORD VISUALLY AS EX- TO EX. (PLEASE SEE MY GRADING SYSTEM BELOW). 

VISUAL GRADING SIDE TWO:

THIS SIDE HAS ONE SMALL SCRATCH ON TRACK FOUR THAT CAUSES A LIGHT CLICK DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE TRACK, BUT, OTHER THAN THAT  IS VERY SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE TO SIDE ONE SHOWING NOTHING BUT THE ODD FAINT SURFACE RUB/HAIRLINES AND THE ODD ULTRA LIGHT NEEDLE TRACE. AS BEFORE, NO OBVIOUS SURFACE MARKS AND NO SCRATCHES OTHER THAN THE ONE MENTIONED ABOVE. THERE IS NOTHING HERE THAT WILL HAVE ANY EFFECT ON PLAYBACK. ONCE AGAIN, IT APPEARS THAT THIS RECORD HAS HAD FAIRLY LIGHT USE ONLY. I WOULD GRADE AS EX- BUT DUE TO THE SMALL MARK I WILL DOWNGRADE TO VG.

LABELS:

THIS RECORD IS AN ORIGINAL 1959 1st PRESSING ISSUED ON THE GREEN COLUMBIA LABEL WITH GOLD LETTERING. BOTH LABELS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO WRITING, TEARS OR STICKERS. THERE ARE A FEW FAINT SPINDLE LINES ON EITHER SIDE BUT NO OTHER WEAR AT ALL. THERE IS NO FADING TO THE LABEL WITH THE GOLD PRINT STILL BEING VIVID. THERE IS AN 'ET' TAX CODE STAMPED VERY FAINTLY ON THE 'B' SIDE. OVERALL, IN LOVELY CONDITION.

COVER GRADING:

FRONT:  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1st PRESS GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE PATENTS PENDING SLEEVE WITH LAMINATED FRONT AND THREE FLIPBACKS. OVERALL, THE FRONT OF THE COVER IS IN VERY NICE CONDITION FOR IT'S AGE SHOWING JUST THE ODD TINY CREASE AROUND THE EDGES AND ONE VERY LIGHT CREASE ACROSS THE TOP LEFT CORNER. THERE IS A VERY LIGHT HINT OF RINGWEAR, BUT THIS IS ONLY REALLY OBVIOUS WHEN TILTING THE COVER BACK AND FORTH IN THE LIGHT AND A LITTLE VERY MILD RUBBING. THE LAMINATE IS INTACT WITH NO DAMAGE OR PEELING OTHER THAN A TINY FLAKE ON THE OPENING EDGE. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF TINY MARKS ALONG THE OPENING EDGE BUT IT REMAINS STRAIGHT WITH NO FEATHERING. NO WRITING, STICKERS OR TEARS AND STILL VERY TIDY FOR A 50 YEAR OLD SLEEVE.

BACK:  SIMILAR TO THE FRONT WITH JUST A FEW TINY EDGE CREASES ALONG THE FLIPBACKS. NO OTHER OBVIOUS CREASES AND NO OBVIOUS RINGWEAR. ALL THREE FLIPBACKS ARE PERFECTLY ATTACHED WITH NO LIFTING. THERE ARE NO STICKERS, TEARS OR WRITING. LIGHT DISCOLOURATION/AGEING AROUND THE EDGES, PARTICULARLY THE OPENING EDGE WITH A LITTLE VERY LIGHT FEATHERING. THIS SIDE OF THE COVER IS NOT LAMINATED.

EDGES:  TOP EDGE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO EVIDENCE OF SHELF WEAR AND NO 'FEELABLE' MARKS. THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS A VERY THIN SPLIT NEAR THE CENTRE BUT IT IS VERY WELL DISGUISED (IN FACT, I NEARLY DIDN'T SEE IT). NO OTHER DAMAGE OR WEAR.

SPINE:  THE SPINE IS INTACT AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO SPLITS AND JUST A COUPLE OF TINY CREASES. NO RUBBING AND ALL THE TEXT IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE IS A LITTLE VERY VERY LIGHT WEAR AT THE EXTREME ENDS BUT NO COMPRESSION MARKS AND IT HAS RETAINED IT'S SHAPE. OVERALL, STILL VERY TIDY. 

INNER SLEEVE:  THIS RECORD COMES WITH IT'S ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE. THIS IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION ALTHOUGH HAS BROWNED A LITTLE OVER TIME. 

AUDIO GRADING:

SIDE ONE:  WHILE THE VINYL DOES SHOW THE ODD VERY FAINT SURFACE TRACE/HAIRLINE, AS MENTIONED ABOVE, THESE ARE PURELY SUPERFICIAL AND THE AUDIO QUALITY IS ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT THROUGHOUT. THERE IS BARELY ANY BACKGROUND NOISE ON THE RUN IN AT ALL AND THE SOUND QUALITY IS EXCELLENT FROM THE BEGINNING WITH NO OBVIOUS DISTORTION OR CLIPPING AT ALL. IF I WERE TO BE EXTREMELY CRITICAL THERE IS JUST THE VERY, VERY LIGHTEST HINT OF STATIC TYPE BACKGROUND OCCASIONALLY AND THIS IS BEING VERY FUSSY. THIS RECORD HAS ONLY HAD LIGHT USE AND THIS IS OBVIOUS FROM THE QUALITY OF THE PLAYBACK. THE SOUNDTRACK COMES ACROSS LOUD AND STRONG AS YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM A VINTAGE COLUMBIA PRESSING. THERE IS THE ODD, VERY LOW LEVEL SOLITARY TICK OCCASIONALLY BUT THIS COULD IN NO WAY BE CLASSED AS DETRIMENTAL TO THE OVERALL SOUND. NO REPETITIVE TICKS OR CLICKS AT ALL. OVERALL, THIS SIDE PLAYS BRILLIANTLY WITH BARELY ANY EVIDENCE OF USE WHATSOEVER AND A STUNNING SOUND FOR A RECORD THAT IS 50 YEARS OLD. 

SIDE TWO:  THE AUDIO QUALITY OF THE SECOND SIDE IS VERY SIMILAR TO SIDE ONE. THE RUN IN IS EXTREMELY QUIET WITH VERY LITTLE BACKGROUND NOISE AND THE SOUNDTRACK IS CLEAR AND STRONG WITH BARELY ANY SIGNS OF USE. ONCE AGAIN, A STRONG POWERFUL SOUND FROM THE OUTSET ON THIS ORIGINAL COLUMBIA PRESSING. AS WITH SIDE ONE, THERE ARE NO REPETITIVE TICKS OR CLICKS THROUGHOUT THE SOUNDTRACK, EXCEPT THE SMALL SCRATCH ON TRACK FOUR AS MENTIONED ABOVE. OTHER THAN THAT THERE IS JUST THE OCCASIONAL SOLITARY LOW LEVEL TICK AND THE SIDE PLAYS PERFECTLY THROUGHOUT. ONCE AGAIN, THIS SIDE SHOWS ONLY VERY LIGHT EVIDENCE OF USE.  

SUMMARY:

  A NICE TIDY COPY OF A RECORD THAT IS NOW 50 YEARS OLD AND, ALTHOUGH IT SOLD IN LARGE QUANTITIES UPON IT'S RELEASE, IS BECOMING VERY HARD TO FIND IN DECENT CONDITION OWING TO THE FACT THAT MOST 1950s/1960s RECORDS SUFFERED VERY HEAVY PLAYING DUE TO THE POPULARITY OF THE ARTISTS, ESPECIALLY CLIFF.  THE SLEEVE IS SHOWING A LITTLE LIGHT WEAR BUT, OVERALL, IS STILL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. THE RECORD IS A NICE COPY WHICH JUST ONE MINOR FLAW, BUT WHICH PLAYS BRILLIANTLY AND APPEARS TO HAVE HAD ONLY VERY LIGHT USE. THIS IS BACKED UP WHEN PLAYING BECAUSE THE SOUND REPRODUCTION IS EXCELLENT. THIS IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP AND WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO ANY CLIFF COLLECTION.

GRADING:

SLEEVE:  VG+

SIDE ONE (visual):  EX-

SIDE TWO (visual):  EX

SIDE ONE (audio):  EX+

SIDE TWO (audio):  EX+

GUIDE TO GRADINGS

    MINT: As new condition/unplayed

    NEAR MINT: No obvious marks or imperfections. May have very light paper lines/hairlines visible under strong light. Sound quality will be virtually perfect.

    EXCELLENT +: Record will display just the odd very light surface line/mark. No needle lines or scratches. Background/surface noise will be virtually non existent with the possibility of the occasional solitary tick. There will be nothing on the record to cause any audible flaws or distortion.

    EXCELLENT: Record will display one or two surface lines and/or light scuff marks. No needle lines or scratches. There may be a little very light background noise only audible on the run in/out. No obvious audible flaws or distortion and will only have had light use. Records graded as Excellent will still be very acceptable copies.

    EXCELLENT -: Record will show slightly more marks than an Excellent but not sufficient to drop it into the Very Good Plus catagory. Any marks will be purely superficial and will not be audible. a record that would otherwise be Excellent but has, perhaps, one light needle line will fall into this catagory. There may be very light audible noise on the run in/out but no scratches. The sound quality will still be perfectly acceptable although it will be obvious that the record has had a few plays.

    VERY GOOD +: Record will display light surface lines/scuffs, light needle lines and hairlines although there will not be any heavy or obvious scratches. Sound quality will still be perfectly acceptable although there will probably be a little light background noise, most obvious on the run in/out and a little minor distortion occasionally. Records graded VG+ will have had moderate use but have not been overplayed.

    VERY GOOD: Record will display several surface lines/marks, light needle lines and light scratches, some of which may be audible. The record has obviously been played many times but will still produce a good sound, albeit with some mild distortion occasionally. There will be no sticks or jumps and the record will play through fine.

I WILL NOT NORMALLY ADVERTISE ANY RECORD THAT FALLS BELOW A VERY GOOD GRADE UNLESS IT IS EXCEPTIONALLY RARE. I ALWAYS DO MY BEST TO GRADE RECORDS AS ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE. HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE NOT 100% HAPPY WITH YOUR PURCHASE PLEASE CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY SO THAT THE PROBLEM CAN BE SORTED. ALL ITEMS CARRY A FULL MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. 

THANKS FOR LOOKING AND HAPPY BIDDING. 

I HAVE JUST NOTICED THAT I HAVE GIVEN THE WRONG GRADINGS FOR THIS RECORD. SLEEVE IS VG+. SIDE ONE VISUAL IS EX-/EX. SIDE TWO VISUAL IS VG (ONE SMALL SCRATCH). SIDE ONE AUDIO IS EX. SIDE TWO AUDIO IS VG (ONE SMALL SCRATCH OTHERWISE EX).

SORRY FOR ANY CONFUSION. JUST E-MAIL ME FOR ANY CLARIFICATION IF NEEDED.