GREGORY ISAACS:SOON FORWARD 1979 VIRGIN LP 1st PRESS A1/B1 EX
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GREGORY ISAACS
SOON FORWARD LP
VIRGIN FRONTLINE FL 1044
1979
RECORD WEIGHT: 140g
MATRIX Nos: FL 1044 A1 / FL 1044 B1
SLEEVE CONDITION: VG
EDGES TOP & BOTTOM: A LITTLE LIGHT RUBBING IN PLACES. NO SPLITS. A LITTLE LIGHT WEAR TO THE CORNERS.
SPINE: INTACT WITH A FEW LITTLE MARKS. NO SPLITS. TEXT IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.
FRONT: ORIGINAL 1st PRESS JAMES UPTON LTD. SLEEVE WITH SEMI MATT FINISH. A FEW LITTLE EDGE CREASES AND A VERY LIGHT HINT OF RINGWEAR. TWO SMALL ABRASION MARKS NEAR TOP RIGHT CORNER. OPENING EDGE IS TIDY WITH BARELY ANY FEATHERING. NO SPLITS, RIPS, WRITING OR TEARS. OVERALL, TIDY FOR IT'S AGE.
REAR: SEMI MATT FINISH LIKE THE FRONT WITH A FEW LITTLE EDGE CREASES AND A LITTLE LIGHT CREASING IN ALL FOUR OF THE CORNER AREAS. NO OBVIOUS RINGWEAR BUT DOES HAVE A VERTICAL COMPRESSION MARK WHICH CAN BE SEEN WHEN TILTING THE SLEEVE IN THE LIGHT. NO SPLITS, RIPS, WRITING OR TEARS. OPENING EDGE IS STRAIGHT WITH BARELY ANY FEATHERING. OVERALL IN TIDY CONDITION FOR IT'S AGE.
RECORD CONDITION:
RECORD SHOWS THE ODD SURFACE MARK/LINE BUT NO SCRATCHES AND NOTHING THAT IS GOING TO CAUSE ANY AUDIBLE ISSUES. I WILL GRADE IT VISUALLY AS AN EX-. EVEN IN BRIGHT LIGHT THERE IS ONLY A LIGHT SMATTERING OF SLEEVE REMOVAL TYPE HAIRLINES. PROBABLY HASN'T BEEN PLAYED A GREAT DEAL. AN ORIGINAL 1979 1st PRESSING ON THE YELLOW VIRGIN FRONTLINE LABEL WITH BLACK LETTERING.
BOTH LABELS ARE EXCELLENT WITH JUST A FEW FAINT SPINDLE TRACES ON THE 'A' SIDE AND JUST A COUPLE ON THE 'B' SIDE. NO STICKERS, WRITING OR OTHER UNWANTED MARKS.
PLAYBACK IS A SUPERB STRONG EXCELLENT WITH ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO SPOIL THE SOUNDTRACK ON EITHER SIDE. BACKGROUND NOISE IS VIRTUALLY NON EXISTANT AND THERE IS NO SURFACE NOISE BETWEEN TRACKS. TO BE ULTRA CRITICAL, THERE IS THE ODD TINY SOLITARY TICK ON THE RUN IN'S BUT THAT IS IT. PLAYS THROUGH BEAUTIFULLY WITH CLEAR DISTORTION FREE SOUND. DEEP BASS AND CRYSTAL CLEAR TOP END. I DIDN'T HEAR A SINGLE TICK OR CLICK THROUGHOUT BOTH SIDES. A REAL TREAT TO HEAR IT PLAY THROUGH WITHOUT THE USUAL BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NUMEROUS SCRATCHES SO OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH 40+ YEAR OLD RECORDS. THIS RECORD HAS NOT BEEN PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED SO MAY BENIFIT FROM A SPIN ON A PRO CLEANER ALTHOUGH PERSONALLY I THINK IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO IMPROVE THE NEAR PERFECT SOUND.
7 DAY AUCTION WITH LOW STARTING BID
POSTAGE WILL BE SIGNED FOR WITH TRACKING
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