Groundhogs SCRATCHING THE SURFACE UK LP 1ST BLUE LIBERTY STEREO PLAYS NEAR MINT

	£		140
	$		185

THE GROUNDHOGS - SCRATCHING THE SURFACE

IN ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT  NEAR MINT!!!!CONDITION

ORIGINAL UK BLUE LIBERTY LABEL

• CATALOGUE:LBS 83199 
• MATRIX:LBS83199 A//1 420  /  B//1  420
• RARER 1968 STEREO PRESS 

DESPITE CLAIMS TO THE CONTRARY, THE MONO PRESSING WAS THE MORE COMMON ON THIS ALBUM A FACT THAT IS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE SLEEVE WHICH IS A MONO SLEEVE AND HAS A STEREO STICKER PLACED OVER THE MONO CATALOGUE NUMBER IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF THE REAR SURFACE. CLEARLY THE LP WAS PRESSED TO BE MONO!!!

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

THE 2 SHADES OF BLUE ARE IN MINT CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR FULLY EXTENDS INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE AND THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS BOTH UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THERE ARE JUST TWO  SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE  , SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED IN ITS 44 YEARS.

THE VINYL

SUPERB GLEAMING ORIGINAL HEAVYWEIGHT DISC THAT LOOKS FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE SOME OF THE USUAL WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN, A FEW DULL SPOTS TO THE VINYL AND SOME TINY AND NEAR INVISIBLE HANDLING LINES AND MARKS

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 WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE 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 FIRST THING TO MENTION IS THE TOTAL LACK OF DISTORTION TO THE SUPERB STEREO SOUND, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN EVIDENT IF THIS ALBUM HAD EVER BEEN PLAYED WITH A WORN OR HEAVY STYLUS

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS MAGNIFICENT WITH EVERY NOTE HEARD EXACTLY AS WAS INTENDED

THIS ALBUM PLAYS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE. NO VINYL NOISE AND NO STATIC EITHER

THE ONLY THING THAT STOPS ME GRADING THIS MINT, IS THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF TINY DUST POPS /TICS WHICH I HEAR DURING A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES AND ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS IN THE QUIETER MOMENTS ON THE TRACKS. THIS IS BEING VERY PICKY THOUGH

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL NEAR MINT!!!

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

FULLY LAMINATED MACNEILL PRESS LTD SINGLE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE HAS A FULLY GLOSSY AND MIRROR LIKE SHINE TO IT. THE FIRST THING TO STATE IS THAT THERE IS A SMALL AREA IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER THAT HAS SUFFERED SOME CREASING TO IT. IT LOOKS LIKE AT SOME POINT THE CORNER HAS BEEN ACCIDENTALLY FOLDED UP A LITTLE CAUSING A CREASE LINE RUNNING ACROSS THE CORNER, AND SOME SMALLER ONES SPIDERING OFF OF IT DOWN INTO THE CORNER TIP ITSELF

THERE IS A SLIVER OF LAMINATE LIFT RUNNING DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE SPINE AND FIVE SMALL LAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE AS WELL. THE TOP EDGE HAS NO LINES BUT AGAIN TWO TINY PATCHES OF LIFT. THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS ONE FURTHER SMALL LINE AND A LITTLE RUB TO THE LEFT CORNER TIP. NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE, AND ONLY THE BAREST SHADOW OR RECORD SHAPE IF THE SLEEVE IS ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT.

THE TOP EDGE IS 100% LAMINATED FROM CORNER TIP TO CORNER TIP, WHILST THE BOTTOM EDGE IS SIMILAR WITH JUST A SPECK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT CORNER TIP

THE SPINE IS ALSO IN TO CONDITION. THE LAMINATE IS PERFECTLY ADHERED ALL THE WAY ALONG, AND THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE SPINE IS VERY FLAT WITH JUST A COUPLE OF SEMI FINGER TO THUMB SQUASHES

THE OPENING EDGE IS SHARP WITH JUST A LITTLE BURRING TO THE EDGES

THE REAR SURFACE IS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THE FRONT, WITH THE MAIN BODY OF THE SURFACE BEING PRISTINE AND THE ONLY EVIDENCE IS LAMINATE WEAR BEING TO THE PERIMETER EDGES IN THE FORM OF SMALL LINES, AND A LITTLE SLIVER OF LIFT ALONG THE SPINE

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED  AND IS IN NEAR PRISTINE CONDITION WITH JUST A SMALL NICK TO ONE SIDE OF THE DIE CUT HOLE. FLAT AND BARELY A WRINKLE ON IT

THE SLEEVE EASILY GRADES EXCELLENT PLUS

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

GARRY