JOHN BARRY: THUNDERBALL OST 1965 U/A 1st PRESS BOND

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"THUNDERBALL ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK"

12" LONG PLAYER BY JOHN BARRY

U.K. UNITED ARTISTS RECORDS (ULP 1110) STEREO ORIGINAL 1st PRESSING

YEAR: 1965

MATRIX No: SULP 1110 A-1/SULP 1110 B-1

VINYL WEIGHT: 135g

VISUAL GRADING SIDE ONE:

IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS LP IS 44 YEARS OLD AS THIS COPY LOOKS ABSOLUTELY BRAND NEW. THE VINYL IS IN PRISTINE ARCHIVE CONDITION AND LOOKS AS IF IT HAS NEVER BEEN PLAYED. EVEN IN STRONG SUNLIGHT THERE ARE VIRTUALLY NO MARKS TO BE SEEN EXCEPT THE ODD ULTRA LIGHT SLEEVE REMOVAL TRACE, AND THAT'S BEING EXCEPTIONALLY FUSSY. THIS IS AS CLOSE TO MINT AS YOU WILL EVER GET.  

VISUAL GRADING SIDE TWO:

IDENTICAL IN APPEARANCE TO SIDE ONE IN THE FACT THAT IT IS COMPLETELY UNMARKED BAR THE ODD NEAR INVISIBLE SLEEVE REMOVAL HAIRLINE WHEN VIEWED IN STRONG SUNLIGHT. ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE ARCHIVE CONDITION. SUPERB!!!

LABELS:

THIS RECORD IS AN ORIGINAL 1st PRESSING ISSUED ON THE BLACK UNITED ARTISTS LABEL WITH SILVER LETTERING. THERE WERE SEVERAL LATER ISSUES OF THIS LP ON DIFFERENT LABELS, BUT THIS IS THE VERY FIRST. BOTH LABELS ARE IN SUPERB NEAR MINT CONDITION WITH NO WRITING, TEARS OR STICKERS. THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF BARELY VISIBLE, ULTRA LIGHT SPINDLE LINES ON EITHER SIDE AND NO WEAR AT ALL AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE. THERE IS NO FADING TO THE LABEL AND THE SILVER PRINT IS CLEAR. (SEE PHOTOS). 

COVER GRADING:

FRONT:  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1st PRESS GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE PATENTS PENDING SLEEVE WITH LAMINATED FRONT. THE FRONT OF THE COVER IS IN STUNNING CONDITION AND IS ABOUT AS CLOSE TO MINT AS YOU COULD POSSIBLY GET FOR A 44 YEAR OLD LP. THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO CREASES AT ALL, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A COUPLE OF TINY, BARELY VISIBLE EDGE CREASES. THE LAMINATE IS VIRTUALLY PERFECT, WITH JUST ONE TINY WRINKLE NEAR THE CENTRE. THERE IS NO RINGWEAR WHATSOEVER AND NO OTHER PRESSURE LINES OR MARKS. THE OPENING EDGE IS PERFECTLY STRAIGHT WITH NO FEATHERING. THERE ARE NO DIRT MARKS OR SPOTS AND NO STICKERS, TEARS OR WRITING. OVERALL, A SUPERB ARCHIVE COPY IN PRISTINE CONDITION.

BACK:  VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL TO THE FRONT WITH NO CREASES, MARKS, PRESSURE LINES OR RINGWEAR. ALL THREE FLIPBACKS ARE PERFECTLY INTACT. THE SLEEVE HAS RETAINED IT'S ORIGINAL WHITENESS WITH NONE OF THE USUAL BROWNING AND SOILING. THE ONLY MINOR IMPERFECTIONS ARE A TINY DIRT SPOT IN THE LOWER LEFT QUARTER AND THE ODD ULTRA LIGHT 'AGE SPOT' ALONG THE BOTTOM PART OF THE COVER, BUT THESE ARE SO LIGHT THEY ARE HARDLY VISIBLE. HOWEVER, FOR THE MOST PART, THIS SLEEVE IS STILL IN THE KIND OF PRISTINE CONDITION THAT YOU WOULD ONLY NORMALLY DREAM ABOUT FOR A 44 YEAR OLD RECORD. EXCEPTIONALLY TIDY AND VERY WELL CARED FOR.  

EDGES:  BOTH TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE IN MINT CONDITION WITH NO DAMAGE WHATSOEVER. NO NICKS, MARKS, SHELF WEAR OR RUBBING. PRISTINE, AS NEW APPEARANCE. ALL FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP WITH NO WEAR OR FEATHERING.

SPINE:  THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY INTACT AND IN VIRTUALLY MINT CONDITION. THERE ARE NO SPLITS OR CREASES AND NO NICKS OR RUB MARKS. ALL THE TEXT IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE WITH NO COMPRESSION. IT STILL RETAINS A NICE SQUARE SHAPE. THERE IS NO WEAR OR FURRING AT THE ENDS. SUPERB. 

INNER SLEEVE:  THIS RECORD COMES WITH IT'S ORIGINAL POLY LINED EMI INNER SLEEVE. THIS IS IN LOVELY CLEAN CONDITION HAVING RETAINED 99% OF IT'S WHITENESS WITH JUST A LITTLE ULTRA LIGHT CREASING. 

AUDIO GRADING:

SIDE ONE:  I THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT THIS RECORD PLAYS AS GOOD AS IT LOOKS, IN OTHER WORDS, MINT. THE RUN IN IS SILENT AND COMPLETELY FREE OF POPS, TICKS AND OTHER BACKGROUND NOISE. SOUND REPRODUCTION IS PERFECT THROUGHOUT THE TONAL RANGE WITH CRYSTAL CLEAR, DISTORTION FREE SOUND AND IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THIS LP HAS HARDLY EVER BEEN PLAYED. APART FROM THE ODD ULTRA LIGHT SOLITARY STATIC TICK BETWEEN TRACKS THERE IS NO AUDIO INTERFERENCE WHATSOEVER AND THE SOUND CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS PERFECT. I HAVE BOUGHT BRAND NEW LPs WITH MORE SURFACE NOISE THAN THIS!!! OVERALL, AS PERFECT A COPY AS YOU ARE EVER LIKELY TO FIND AND A VERY RARE STEREO 1st PRESSING. 

SIDE TWO:  THE AUDIO QUALITY OF THE SECOND SIDE IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS SIDE ONE. THE RUN IN IS SILENT WITH NO OBVIOUS BACKGROUND NOISE AND THE SOUNDTRACK IS CLEAR AND FREE OF ANY DISTORTION. ONCE AGAIN, NO AUDIBLE FLAWS WHATSOEVER THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SIDE AND AS PERFECT AS THE 'A' SIDE.   

SUMMARY:

  THIS IS THE KIND OF FIND THAT EVERY COLLECTOR DREAMS OF. A TRUE PRISTINE ARCHIVE COPY THAT HAS BEEN TREATED AND STORED WITH THE UTMOST CARE. IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO BELIEVE THAT THIS RECORD IS 44 YEARS OLD BECAUSE IT LOOKS VIRTUALLY BRAND NEW. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THIS IS THE EXCEPTIONALLY RARE 'STEREO' PRESS WHICH WOULD HAVE SOLD IN TINY QUANTITIES WHEN ORIGINALLY RELEASED AND IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND TODAY, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. A TRULY STUNNING ADDITION TO ANY 'JAMES BOND' COLLECTION OR FOR THE DISCERNING SOUNDTRACK COLLECTOR. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT YOU WILL NEVER NEED TO UPGRADE THIS COPY SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU WILL NEVER FIND A BETTER ONE. TRULY STUNNING IN EVERY RESPECT AND A COLLECTORS ITEM TO BE PROUD OF!!!

I WILL REFRAIN FROM GIVING A 'MINT' GRADE FOR THE VINYL AS I HAVE PLAYED IT AND I BELIEVE THAT ONLY UNPLAYED/NEW RECORDS SHOULD BE GIVEN A 'MINT GRADE, THEREFORE I HAVE GRADED AS 'NEAR MINT'. 

GRADING:

SLEEVE:  EX+/NM

SIDE ONE (visual):  NM

SIDE TWO (visual):  NM

SIDE ONE (audio):  NM

SIDE TWO (audio):  NM

GUIDE TO GRADINGS

    MINT: As new condition/unplayed

    NEAR MINT: No obvious marks or imperfections. May have very light paper lines/hairlines visible under strong light. Sound quality will be virtually perfect.

    EXCELLENT +: Record will display just the odd very light surface line/mark. No needle lines or scratches. Background/surface noise will be virtually non existent with the possibility of the occasional solitary tick. There will be nothing on the record to cause any audible flaws or distortion.

    EXCELLENT: Record will display one or two surface lines and/or light scuff marks. No needle lines or scratches. There may be a little very light background noise only audible on the run in/out. No obvious audible flaws or distortion and will only have had light use. Records graded as Excellent will still be very acceptable copies.

    EXCELLENT -: Record will show slightly more marks than an Excellent but not sufficient to drop it into the Very Good Plus catagory. Any marks will be purely superficial and will not be audible. a record that would otherwise be Excellent but has, perhaps, one light needle line will fall into this catagory. There may be very light audible noise on the run in/out but no scratches. The sound quality will still be perfectly acceptable although it will be obvious that the record has had a few plays.

    VERY GOOD +: Record will display light surface lines/scuffs, light needle lines and hairlines although there will not be any heavy or obvious scratches. Sound quality will still be perfectly acceptable although there will probably be a little light background noise, most obvious on the run in/out and a little minor distortion occasionally. Records graded VG+ will have had moderate use but have not been overplayed.

    VERY GOOD: Record will display several surface lines/marks, light needle lines and light scratches, some of which may be audible. The record has obviously been played many times but will still produce a good sound, albeit with some mild distortion occasionally. There will be no sticks or jumps and the record will play through fine.

I WILL NOT NORMALLY ADVERTISE ANY RECORD THAT FALLS BELOW A VERY GOOD GRADE UNLESS IT IS EXCEPTIONALLY RARE. I ALWAYS DO MY BEST TO GRADE RECORDS AS ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE. HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE NOT 100% HAPPY WITH YOUR PURCHASE PLEASE CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY SO THAT THE PROBLEM CAN BE SORTED. ALL ITEMS CARRY A FULL MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. 

THANKS FOR LOOKING AND HAPPY BIDDING.