Jethro Tull BENEFIT UK LP 1ST GREEN LABEL WHITE i NMINT

	£		63
	$		83

JETHRO TULL - BENEFIT

IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

GREEN CHRYSALIS LABEL 1ST PRESS EVER!!!

• CATALOGUE:ISLAND ILPS 9123
• MATRIX: ILPS 9123 A//2   /  ILPS 9123 B//1
• FIRST PRESS MATRIX NUMBERS
• ONLY THE FIRST PRESS LABELS HAVE THE WHITE i AT THE VERY TOP OF THE LABEL

WOW!! A GENUINE FIRST UK PRESS ON THE GREEN CHRYSALIS LABEL

YOU MAY HAVE SEEN OTHER GREEN LABEL PRESSES OF THIS ALBUM, BUT ONLY A VERY FIRST PRESS WILL HAVE THE SMALL WHITE i AT THE VERY TOP OF THE LABEL, AS THIS ONE DOES.

IN ADDITIONTHE FIRST ISSUE VINYL IS FAR HEAVIER THAN ANY OTHER PRESSING AS ITWAS PRESSED ON THE SAME VINYL THAT THE HEAVY PINK ISLAND DISCS WERE MADE FROM, WHICH ALSO UNFORTUNATELY MEANS THAT IT ALSO HAS THE VINYL NOISE THAT MOST EARLY ISLAND PRESSINGS HAD

SO TO SHOW JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS FIRST PRESS REALLY IS, I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH OVER SIX SOUNDBITES, SO SIT BACK AND TAKE A LISTEN TO PIECE OF TULL HISTORY

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE GREEN LABELS TEXTURED LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION, THE PASTEL  GREEN COLOUR IS UNBLEMISHED AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALSO CLEAR AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS A SMALL PIECE OF VINYL STILL INSIDE THE HOLE, LEFT FROM THE PRESSING PLANT, SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED.

IN FACT THERE IS JUST ONE TINY SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE HOLE ON SIDE ONE, AND 2-3 ON SIDE TWO

THE VINYL

IT IS A WELL DOCUMENTED FACT THAT EARLY ISLAND VINYL WAS POOR QUALITY, AND THUS IT IS REALLY HARD TO FIND A COPY OF ANYTHING FROM THIS AGE THAT DOESN'T HAVE INHERRANT VINYL NOISE. THE VINYL HERE LOOKS MAGNIFICENT ON SIDE ONE, WHILST ON SIDE TWO THERE ARE SOME VERY VERY LIGHT AND CERTAINLY SUPERFICAIL SURFACE LINES. I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT HAS CAUSED THEM, BUT THEY CARTAINLY DO NOT SOUND WHEN PLAYING THE DISC. I SUSPECT THEY MAY HAVE BEEN THERE FROM THE PRESSING PLANT, ANYWAY IT WAS SEEING THIS UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THAT MADE ME DECIDE TO RECORD THE ENTIRE ALBUM, SO THAT I AM ABLE TO PROVE THAT THE VINYL PLAYS SUPERBLY.

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 PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED

THE FIRST THING TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE CLARITY OF REPRODUCTION IS SUPERB. THE CRYSTAL CLEAR INSTRUMENTATION AND VOCALS ARE PURE FIRST PRESS. THERE IS CERTAINLY NO GROOVE WEAR TO THIS RARE RECORDING WHICH WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN SOME DISTORTION TO THE SOUND. THERE IS NONE. ISLAND RECORDINGS HAVE LONG BEEN LAMBASTED FOR THE POOR QUALITY OF VINYL USED IN THEIR EARLY LP'S WHICH HAVE OFTEN RESULTED IN UNWANTED VINYL NOISE EVEN WHERE THERE ARE NO MARKS. THERE IS THE BEAREST TRACE OF THIS IN THE QUIETEST OF MOMENTS, BUT AGAIN THIS IS ONLY DUE TO THE VINYL USED AND NOT ANY MAN MADE ISSUE. TAKE A LISTEN TO JUDGE FOR YOURSELF. OTHER THAN THIS THERE ARE SOME RANDOM LITTLE DUST POPS HERE AND THERE WHICH ARE NO MORE THAN A MILD IRRITANT AND REALLY ONLY EVER HEARD IN THE LINKING GROOVES, BUT AGAIN THE PROOF IS IN THE LISTENING, SO PLEASE DO

I WOULD GRADE THIS ALBUM NEAR MINT

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED SLIGHTLY TEXTURED SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS CLEAN AND HAS NO MARKS OR STAINS ON IT WHATSOEVER. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES NOR ARE THERE ANY CREASE LINES EITHER, AND EVEN THE TINY LINES THAT USUALLY FORM NEAR THE SPINE ARE RESTRICTED TO JUST ONE NEAR INVISIBLE ONE.THE COLOURS REMAIN PERFECT AND UNRUBBED.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE VERY LIGHT SHELF WEAR

THE SPINE IS UNWORN AND ALL OF THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND UNBLEMISHED AND SHOWS WHY THIS LP HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED

THE REAR SURFACE IS ALMOST AS SUPERB AS THE FRONT, BUT HAS A COUPLE OF MINISCULE SHADES OF LIGHT RUBBING AT THE VERY BOTTOM AND VERY TOP

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN IMMACULATE NEAR MINT UNSPLIT AND UNCREASED CONDITION

THE SLEEVE LIKE THE LP GRADES EXCELLENT PLUS

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

GARRY