Jethro Tull Benefit UK Vinyl ILPS 9123 First 1970 pressing green textured tabels

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                                                                        Jethro Tull
                                                                           Benefit
                                                             UK First 1970 Pressing

                                                                       Item Details
                                                       Manufactured by: Island Records Ltd.
                                                   Lacquer cut and pressed at: Phonodisc Ltd.
                  This pressing: First based on Discogs identifiers and original inner sleeve (see photo)
                                                            Recorded at: Morgan Studios
                                                                 Issued: March, 1970
                                                           Label: Chrysalis ILPS 9123

                                                       Runout Deadwax Matrix Numbers:
                                                 Side 1: (stamped:) ILPS 9123 A//2 1 1 1
                                                 Side 2: (stamped:) ILPS 9123 B//1 1 1 1

Was bought new by this seller many years ago and now offered from his private collection (you
have absolutely known provenance). Has had limited plays only on an expertly setup high-end
audiophile turntable, arm, and cartridge. Has never been exposed to heat or tobacco smoke
and always stored vertically in a specially designed record cabinet (Rackit) to prevent warpage.

Was cleaned on a VPI HW 16 with Audio Intelligent solutions and ultra-pure water rinse
(50X purer than distilled water) after photos taken and before my pre-sale sound check.

Very sensitive play testing was performed straight off my Ayre P-5xe fully balanced phono preamp
over Sennheiser HD 600 headphones thru a Schiit Audio Valhalla 2 tube headphone amp fitted with
Voskhod Soviet matched tubes (see last photo).

Track list
1: With You There To Help Me, Nothing To Say, Alive and Well Living In, Son, For Michael Collins,
    Jeffrey And Me.
2: To Cry You A Song, A Time For Everything?, Inside, Play In Time, Sossity You're A Woman.

I never take "distant" photos nor the so-prevalent type with the LP sticking halfway out of the jacket.
I take close-ups under photo lamps so you can see nearly everything I describe in the jacket and
label grading.

Grading 
Note: record grading by text characters is subjective and does not fully describe quality 
levels. Please see photos and my detailed descriptions below.

Outer Jacket: VG++ (Very Good Plus Plus) Both front and back have a crease/bend extending about
1/4" from the sleeve end in the upper right corner. There is another milder crease right at the upper
right front corner about 3/4' long.There is a light crease on the front lower left corner. Some very
mild ring wear is detectable on the bottom front 1/4" from that edge. The rear jacket face has some mild
ring wear limited to about 1" from the top and bottom edges. The bottom edge has some mild rubbing
wear. The remaining majority of the front and back surfaces are near mint with smooth matte surfaces
and vibrant color. The spine is clean and there are no split seams. Considering its age of 50 years,
this album is in really fine shape.

Vinyl: NM (Near Mint) Surface visuals were first inspected under high intensity halogen light.
As hard as I looked I just couldn't find any hairlines. I thought I had found one on side 2 to listen through
when I got to that side, but when I flipped over from side 1 I just couldn't find it again. Both labels have near
perfect surfaces.There are no "spindle scribbles" from rubbing on the turntable post and zero wear on both
spindle hole sides. Extensive play testing was performed after cleaning. I listened to all silent grooves and
the beginning and end of each track with some of them played all the way thru as I digitally transferred my
favorites to 192k/24-bit WAV files. My first impression was that this is an exceptionally quiet pressing.
Even low level pressing crackle was just plain absent as well as any clicks. In all of my play testing I only
heard about 3 of them. I thought the best audio sound quality was on S1:T2 ,T5 and S2: T1, T5. However,
the whole record plays clear and strong as if it was just pulled out of shrink wrap. I think whoever wins this
auction will be very pleased with the quality of this previously owned LP. Maybe this is one of those
 legendary  "hot stampers."

Packaging
Record will be placed outside the jacket to protect against seam splitting.
Original inner sleeve is included separately.
Record has been placed into a new "rice paper" sleeve, as the original, even if plastic lined, may be holding
onto some dust. This will keep vinyl surface clean during shipping and ultimate
buyer usage.
Outer jacket is contained in a new clear polyethylene protective sleeve.
Sent in good quality record mailer with cardboard stiffeners.

Shipping
Shipping will be via USPS Media Mail for a flat charge of $3.98 per single album sale.
A combined shipping discount is available on multiple sales completed within 5 business days
($3.98 plus $0.50 for each additional LP). If you intend to buy more than one LP do not pay immediately
but wait for my all-combined invoice. A discount for the combined items will show on that invoice.
Then, once payment is received, the items will ship