GINGER BAKER'S AIRFORCE UK 2LP SET UNPLAYED MINT

	£		22
	$		29

GINGER BAKER - GINGER BAKER'S AIRFORCE

SERIOUSLY RARE UNPLAYED 2LP SET

1970 DOUBLE ALBUM ON THE POLYDOR LABEL. IT'S IMMACULATE

• CAT:POLYDOR 2662 001
• MATRIX: 2383012 A-1 / B-1   2383013 A-1 / B-1
• FIRST PRESS INDICATORS

•  THE SECRET FANTASY OF EVER RECORD COLLECTOR IS TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL BACK IN TIME TO THE DAY THAT RARE RECORDS WERE RELEASED AND THEN BUY THEM AND KEEP THEM IN PRISTINE CONDITION UNLIKE WHAT THEY DID WITH THE COPIES THEY ORIGINALLY BOUGHT AND PLAYED TO DEATH. SOUND FAMILIAR?
• IF ONLY!
• WELL I HAVE HERE A SMALL BATCH OF RECORDS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESERVED IN ABSOLUTELY MINT CONDITION, FROM THE SLEEVES THROUGH TO THE VINYL,
• THIS ONE BEING UNPLAYED IS JUST AN AMZING FIND

THE RECORD LABELS

THE FAMOUS POLYDOR LABELS IN MINT CONDITION. THE COLOUR ON ALL 4 LABELS IS IMMACULATE, VIBRANT, AND MARK FREE. THE COLOUR FULLY EXTENDS INTO UNWORN SPINDLE HOLES ON ALL SIDES, AND THERE ARE NO SPIDER LINES SHOWING THAT THE LP'S HAVE NOT BEEN PLAYED.

TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THE SPINDLE HOLES AND YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE IS LOADS OF VINYL RESIDUE LEFT OVER FROM THE PRESSING OF THIS VINYL. THIS WOULD HAVE FALLEN OFF IF PLAYED, ANOTHER INDICATOR THAT THESE DISCS HAVE NEVER SEEN A RECORD DECK

IT HASN'T BEEN PLAYED. HOW FANTASTIC IS THAT?

THE VINYL

BOTH VINYLS ARE MINT. 100% UNMARKED PRISTINE BEAUTIFULLY GLOSSY ORIGINAL 1968 STEREO DISCS. I CAN SAY NO MORE THAN THEY ARE MAGNIFICENT

PLAYING THE RECORD

I CAN INCLUDE AS MANY WORDS AS I WANT BUT ONLY WHEN YOU HEAR THE RECORD WILL YOU TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS INDEED IN MINT CONDITION.

I WAS IN TWO MINDS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT TO PLAY THESE ALBUMS, BUT IN THE END CURIOUSITY GOT THE BETTER OF ME, BUT I HAVE ONLY LISTENED TO THE FIRST 90 SECONDS OF EACH OF THE 4 SIDES, BECAUSE I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO MAR A 100% UNPLAYED 40 YEAR OLD SET, BUT I FIGURED THAT AS A POTENTIAL BIDDER YOU MIGHT WANT TO HEAR THE QUALITY

THEREFORE I HAVE INCLUDED 4 SHORT EXAMPLES OF JUST HOW GREAT THIS RECORD SOUNDS. PLEASE CLICK ON THE MEDIA PLAYER AT THE TOP OF THE LISTING TO HEAR IT. I ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT THE INTRODUCTION (RUN IN GROOVE) IS A REALLY GOOD REFLECTION OF THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THE DISC. , AND SO I HAVE GIVEN YOU THE RUN INS TO ALL FOUR SIDES AND THE FIRST 90 SECONDS OF EACH INITIAL TRACK/

I PLACED EACH RECORD ON THE RUNTABLE WITH EXTREME CARE AND VERY SLOWLY POSITIONED THE SPINDLE HOLE SO THAT THE RESIDUE VINYL WOULD NOT BECOME DETATCHED

THE ONLY OTHER THING WORTH STATING ABOUT THE VINYL AND YOU WILL HEAR THE TRUTH ANYWAY, IS THAT THE ONE PLAY WAS CONDUCTED ON A DECENT SYSTEM THAT WAS A UNWORN STYLUS, THIS ENSURES THAT THE SOUND IS AS CLEAR TODAY AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED AND NOT AFFECTED IN ANY WAY BY AN OLD OR HEAVY STYLUS WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED GROOVE WEAR EVEN ON A ONCE PLAYED ALBUM

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS DISC MINT UNPLAYED

THE SLEEVE

THE OVERALL GRADING OF THE SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT PLUS

THIS IS A NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD AND IN EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION. THE ONLY THING THAT STOPS IT GRADING HIGHER IS ONE SMALL SLIVER OF PAPER STICKER REMOVAL TOP LEFT CORNER.

OTHER THAN THIS THE COLOURS ARE ALL UNWORN AND LOOK AMAZING. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES, JUST A COUPLE NEAR THE SPINE AND ONT THUMB LINE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE. THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES SHOW JUST THE ABSOLUTE MINIMAL WEAR, AND THE SPINE IS VIRTUALLY UNWORN, JUST A COUPLE OF PINHEADS OF COLOUR LOSS. THE REAR SURFACE IS UNMARKED. OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A SUPERB UNMARKED SILVER INNER VERY SIMILAR TO THE FRONT COVER OF WHEELS OF FIRE BY CREAM FOR WHICH OF COURSE GINGER WAS THE DRUMMER

THE RECORDS ARE HOUSED IN THE ORIGNAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVES WHICH ARE ALSO IN NMINT CONDITION

YOU WILL NEVER FIND A BETTER EXAMPLE OF THIS SET ANYWHERE

SO ONCE AGAIN THIS IS A VERY VERY HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE ALBUM IN THE MOST SUPERB CONDITION IMAGINABLE, SO BID WITH CONFIDENCE, AND GOOD LUCK IF YOU DECIDE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY