Jethro Tull BENEFIT UK LP 1ST WHITE i A2/B1 PLAYS MINT-

	£		42
	$		56

JETHRO TULL - BENEFIT

IN MAGNIFICENT 3-4 PLAY CONDITION

THE RARE WHITE i FIRST ISSUE

• 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

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,

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 JUST THREE TO FOUR TINY SPIDERS LINE CLOSE TO THE HOLE, SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS LP HAS BEEN PLAYED.THERE IS ALSO SOME RESIDUAL VINYL SHARDS INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING AGAIN THAT THIS LP HAS JUST NOT BEEN ON A TURNTABLE VERY OFTEN

THE VINYL

THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS SHEEN AND LUSTRE. CLEARLY A BARELY PLAYED DISC. IN DAYLIGHT THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO MARKS ON THE SURFACE WHATSOEVERE, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES, AND A COUPLE OF SUPERFICIAL NEAR INVISIBLE HANDLING LINES  TO BE SEEN

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 NOW DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I AM CONVINCED 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 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. HERE HOWEVER THE VINYL PLAYS MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND APART FROM TWO OR THREE MINUTE AND BARELY AUDIBLE DUST POPS, AND A COUPLE OF SECONDS OR TWO OF LIGHT STATIC IN THE ALBUM PLAYS TO TOTAL PERFECTION

I WOULD GRADE THIS ALBUM MINT MINUS WITH EASE

BUT PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED SLIGHTLY TEXTURED SLEEVE (MACNEILL)

THE FRONT SURFACE IS CLEAN AND HAS NO MARKS OR STAINS ON IT WHATSOEVER. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES NOR ARE THERE ANY DEEP CREASE LINES EITHER, THERE IS ONE LIGHT LINE RUNNING DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE SPINE, AND TWO SMALL THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.THERE ARE NONE OF THE SMALL LINES THAT USUALLY FORM ACROSS THE SLEEVE NEAR THE SPINE.THE COLOURS REMAIN PERFECT AND UNRUBBED.

THE TOP EDGE HAS A COUPLE OF TINY PIN PRICKS OF WHITE SHOWING ALONG IT, WHILST THE BOTTOM EDGE IS VERY LIGHTLY RUBBED

THE SPINE IS UNWORN AND ALL OF THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. HAS THE FIRST PRESS TAPERED ENDS . THERE ARE A COUPLE OF HALF FINGER TO THUMB SQUASHES TO THE SPINE

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND UNBLEMISHED AND SHOWS WHY THIS LP HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED, WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS ALONG THE EDGE

THE REAR SURFACE IS  AS SUPERB AS THE FRONT

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