Focus MOVING WAVES 1971 UK LP 1st Press Blue Horizon Labels NEAR MINT AUDIO HEAR

	£		35
	$		46

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FOCUS - MOVING WAVES

 MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS AUDIO

GENUINE 1ST PRESS BLUE HORIZON LABELS

• CATALOGUE:BLUE HORIZON 2931 002

• MATRIX: SIDE 1: ETCHED 2931002 A (CROSSED OUT 2431011) FOLLOWED BY A//1 V 420 1 1 2 - SIDE 2: ETCHED 2931002 B (STAMPED NOT CROSSED OUT 243101) FOLLOWED BY B//1 V 420 11  3

• PLAYED 2-3 TIMES

FOCUS BY MOVING WAVES WAS AN ABSOLUTE MONSTER BACK IN 1971, AND REALLY LAUNCHED THE BAND INTO THE UK WITH THEIR HIT 'HOCUS POCUS'

HOWEVER THERE WERE MANY PRESSINGS DUE TO THE DEMAND FROM THE PUBLIC, AND FIRST ISSUES ARE NOW BECOMING VERY SOUGHT AFTER AND HARDER TO FIND

SO HOW TO TELL A FIRST PRESS?

FIRSTLY THE RECORD LABEL MUST BE BLUE HORIZON! PRODUCED BY POLYDOR THE PARENT COMPANY. EVERY OTHER REISSUE WAS ON THE STANDARD ORANGE POLYDOR LABEL. THE BLUE HORIZON LABEL IS PLAIN WHITE WITH BLUE LOGO AND TYPEFACE.

SECONDLY THE MATRIX NUMBER ON A FIRST PRESS HAS AN ETCHED NUMBER THAT MATCHES THE CATALOGUE NUMBER IN THE DEAD WAX

THERE IS A MACHINE STAMPED AND CROSSED OUT NUMBER NEXT TO THE ETCHED ONE WHICH IS POSSIBLE THE NUMBER IT WOULD HAVE BEEN RELEASED ON IF IT ORIGINALLY CAME OUT ON THE POLYDOR ORANGE LABEL (JUST A GUESS)

THE MATRIX NUMBERS MUST END A/1 11 AND B//1 11

FINALLY THE SLEEVE CAN HAVE THE BLUE HORIZON OR THE POLYDOR LOGO IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF THE REAR SURFACE. THE RECORD WAS ISSUED IN BOTH SLEEVES . ORIGINALLY THE BLUE HORIZON ONE AND THEN IN THE POLDOR ONE. THE LP IS THE SAME IN BOTH CASES

THE SLEEVE MUST BE MADE BY THE E.J.DAY GROUP

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE LABELS ARE WHITE AND REMAIN VERY CLEAN.  THERE ARE A 2-3 SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE 

THIS ALBUM HAS HAD VERY FEW PLAYS

THE VINYL

THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND IS CLEAR BY LOOKING AT IT THAT IT HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED.IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS.THERE ARE NO VISIBLE MARKS OF ANY DESCRIPTION, AND ONLY WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION AM I ABLE TO MAKE OUT A COUPLE OF TINY WISPY HAIRLINES

THE TEST PLAY

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH SUPERBLY WITH A CRISP CLEAN FIRST PRESS SOUND THAT CAN ONLY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE HEAVIER VINYL OFFERINGS. THE REPRODUCTION IS EXCEPTIONAL AND THIS PLAYS WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION WHATSOEVER

THERE ARE SO MANY SILENT PASSAGES ON THIS ALBUM THAT IT IS VITAL TO HAVE THE BEST COPY YOU CAN GET TO FULLY APPRECIATE THE INCREDIBLE MUSIC.

THERE IS THE ODD SECOND OF VINYL NOISE AND A FEW TINY SPECKS OF STATIC HERE AND THERE, BUT THAT'S ALL

CERTAINLY NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE OR LOUD CLICKS

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

A COUPLE OF RANDOM DUST POPS / STATIC TICS 

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH NEAR MINT

DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH, TAKE A LISTEN AND YOU BE THE JUDGE

THE SLEEVE

UNLAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE FROM THE E.J.DAY GROUP WHICH IS IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION.

SO MANY OF THESE ORIGINAL HAVE RUBBING TO THE DELICATE COLOURS THAT TO FIND ONE IN THIS CONDITION IS QUITE HARD

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND HAS NO CREASES OF ANY DESCRIPTION. THE CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE AND THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE

THERE IS A TINY SQUARE OF STICKER REMOVAL FADE IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER

THERE ARE JUST THREE TINY PRESSURE LINES BY THE SPINE.

TWO INVISIBLE ONES ON THE TOP EDGE,THREE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP EDGE IS UNRUBBED OR SHELFWORN. THE RIGHT CORNER TIP END HAS A SINGLE PIN PRICK OF RUB, WHILST THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS A LITTLE SHELF RUB TO THE CORNERS

THE SPINE IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. NO SQUASHING AND NO RUBBING. ALL THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND JUST BY LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT THERE ARE NO THUMB NAIL NICKS IT IS CLEAR THE LP HAS BARELY BEEN OUT OF THE COVER.

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN TOP CONDITION, WITH ALL OF THE COLOURS BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED. AGAIN NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES. AND JUST FIVE TINYPRESSURE LINES NEAR THE SPINE, AND VERY SMALL SLIVER OF RUB JUST UNDER THE TOP EDGE

THIS SLEEVE GRADES NEAR MINT

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