Free TONS OF SOBS UK LP 1ST PINK RIM 2 PLAY NEAR MINT

	£		29
	$		38

FREE - TONS OF SOBS

IN MAGNIFICENT 2-3 PLAY CONDITION

1ST PRESS E J DAY SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:ISLAND ILPS 9089
• MATRIX: ILPS A-3U / B-3U (STAMPED INTO DEAD WAX)
• MOTHERS / STAMPERS: 1 GH / 1 GH
• 'PORKY & PECKO' ETCHED ON BOTH RUN OUT DEAD WAX AREAS
• E.J DAY SLEEVE (NOT ROBOR LATER ISSUE)

A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS CLASSIC AND SOUGHT AFTER ALBUM. THE VERY FIRST ISSUES OF THIS LP WERE ISSUED ON THE PINK ISLAND LABEL, AND SOLD POORLY. THIS PINK RIM PRESS HAS ALL THE MARKING S OF A FIRST ISSE, IN THAT IT HAS THE HEAVY VINYL, THE FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE, NOT THE LATER ROBOR ONE, AND VERY EARLY MOTHERS AND STAMPERS

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE ISLAND PALM TREEE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB NEAR MINT CONDITION. , THE COLOURS ARE WHITE WHERE THEY NEED TO BE AND RICH AND VIBRANT WHERE THERE IS NO WHITE. THERE IS JUST ONE TINY SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE ON EACH SIDE TO SHOW WHERE THIS LP HAS HAD JUST ONE CAREFUL PLAY

THE VINYL

THIS HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL LOOKS ABSOLUTELY SUPERB, AND IN DAYLIGHT IS NEAR FLAWLESS WITH JUST ONE GINE WISPY HANDLING LINE BARELY VISIBLE, AND TOTALLY SUPERFICIAL, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE ONLY A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN. A SUPERB LOOKING DISC IN EVERY WAY

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 DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I FIRMLY BELIEVE 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 LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS LP SOUNDS.

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

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS ALSO SUBLIME WITH EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD TO THE EXACT STANDARD IT WAS SUPPED TO. CRISP AND CLEAR THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER. NOR ARE THERE ANY LOUD CLICKS EITHER

BEARING IN MIND HOW LAMBASTED ISLAND VINYL IS FOR NOISE, THIS ONE HAS NO INBUILT VINYL NOISE AT ANY POINT, APART FROM A FEW SECONDS AT THE VERY START OF SIDE 2 WHERE THERE IS A VERY LIGHT SHUSSHING FOR A FEW ROTATIONS. IN ACTUAL FACT THIS IS MOSTLY HIDDEN BEHIND THE MUSIC. TAKE A LISTEN

THERE IS THE VERY ODD SECOND OR TWO OF STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND, BARELY AUDIBLE AND ONLY HEARD IN THE LINKING GROOVES IF AT ALL. AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE RIGHT AT THE VERY START OF SIDE ONE DURING THE RUN IN, AND THE LINKING GROOVE BETWEEN THE PENULTIMATE AND LAST TRACK ON SIDE ONE

OTHER THAN THIS TOTALLY INSIGNIFICANT SECOND OR TWO, I HEARD NO MORE THAN 2-3 TINY TINY DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHOUGH, AND ON THAT BASIS I AM PERFECTLY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL NEAR MINT!!

BUT DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED E.J.DAY GATEFOLD IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION.

THE FRONT SURFACE WHICH OFTEN HAS COLOUR LOSS, IS JUST SUPERB. RICH AND VIBRANT AND UNRUBBED.NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES, NOR ANY BENDS OR DINGS, AND ONLY THREE NEAR INVISBILE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, AND ON VERY LIGHT SCUFF ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE. OTHER THA THAT THE TOP LEFT AND BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIPS ARE LIGHTLY RUBBED. VERY HARD TO FIND THIS SLEEVE IN THIS UNCREASED CONDITION

THE SPINE IS JUST FANTASTIC! IT IS PERFECTLY SQUARE, HAS NO RUBBING OR COLOUR LOSS ANYWHERE,APART FROM THE VERY TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS AND EVERY SINGLE LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THE TOP EDGE HAS SOME VERY LIGHT RUBBING TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT CORNER TIPS, WHILST THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS THE SAME WITH THE ADDITION OF A LIGHT SCUFF IN THE MIDDLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS ABSOLUTELY RAZOR SHARP AND DOESN'T EVEN HAVE ANY OF THOSE THUMB NAIL NICKS ALONG EITHER EDGE

THE REAR SURFACE, IS IN NEAR PRISTINE CONDITION. ONCE AGAIN NO CREASES ANYWHERE AND ONLY TWO TINY LINES NEAR THE SPINE. ALL OF THE COLOURS ARE INTACT, AND THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE ON THE FRONT OR THE BACK

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO PRISTINE BLACK AND WHITE INNER PANELS, AGAIN NO COLOUR LOSS ANS NO MARKS OR STAINS.

THIS IS A GENUINE 1ST PRESS E.J DAY SLEEVE

I AM PERFECTLY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT MINUS

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

GARRY