Jethro Tull HEAVY HORSES UK LP A1 / B2 1st Embossed/Textured 1 PLAY MINT MINUS

	£		32
	$		43

JETHRO TULL -HEAVY HORSES

IN MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS PLAYTHROUGH CONDITION

NEAR MINT MINUS SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:CHRYSALIS CHR 1175 
• MATRIX: CHR1175 A1 / B2
• FIRST PRESS MATRIX NUMBERS

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE BLUE AND WHITE LABELS  ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION, THE  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 ONE TINY SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE HOLE, SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS LP HAS BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE

 THE VINYL

 THE VINYL IS JUST PERFECT. GLEAMING SHEEN TO IT, AND IN DAYLIGHT IT IS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS. AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TINY WISPY HAIRLINES VISIBLE

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. I HAVE TAKEN THIS EXTRA TIME AND EFFORT AS I BELIEVE IT'S WHAT EBAYERS WANT FROM SELLERS. IT IS OFTEN SAID AND FAIRLY SO THAT BUYING FROM EBAY CAN BE A TOTAL LOTTERY, AND THAT SELLERS OF LIMITED KNOWLEDGE DESCRIBE LP'S AS MINT AND ARE ACTUALLY ANYTHING BUT. WELL HERE YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THE ACTUAL ALBUM YOU ARE THINKING OF BIDDING ON. 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 PERFECT IN EVERY WAY. THERE IS CERTAINLY NO GROOVE WEAR TO THIS RARE RECORDING WHICH WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN SOME DISTORTION TO THE SOUND. THERE IS NONE.

ISLAND/CHRYSALIS  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.

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO CLICKS ANYWHERE

THE ODD SEMI SECOND OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES, AND NO MORE THAN 1-2 TINY DUST POPS AND OR STATIC TICS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

I WOULD GRADE THIS ALBUM MINT MINUS WITH EASE

BUT PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

UNLAMINATED TEXTURED AND EMBOSSED FIRST ISSUE SINGLE SLEEVE 

THE FRONT SURFACE IS CLEAN AND HAS NO MARKS OR STAINS ON IT WHATSOEVER. THE TEXTURED SURFACE IS NEAR PERFECT WITH THE ONLT TINY WHITE CHIP SITTIN RIGHT ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND EVEN THIS IS REALLY TINY. THE EMBOSSED LETTERS ARE ALSO IN PRISTINE UNRUBBED CONDITION.

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 REALLY SMALL ONE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE GREEN BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT . THERE IS A SPECK OF RUB TO THE CORNER TIP ENDS

THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE

THE TOP EDGE IS NEAR PRISTINE AND FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR OTHER THAN A LITTLE WHITE FLECKING SHOWING THROUGH NEAR TYHE LEFT CORNER. THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS THAT TINY WHITE PIN PRICK IN THE MIDDLE AS DESCRIBED EARLIER, AND A TINY SPECK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT CORNER TIP.

THE SPINE IS FLAT AND 100% UNSQUASHED. THE WHITE TYPEFACE IS ALL PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE GREEN BASE COLOUR HAS A COUPLE OF MINUSCULE WHITE PIN PRICKS ON THE TOP LEADING EDGE, AND A SPECK OF RUB AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS.

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP WITH JUST TWO TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS VISIBLE

THE REAR SURFACE IS   JUST PERFECT. NO COLOUR LOSS AND NO SMALL LINES ALONG ANY OF THE EDGES. AGAIN THE TEXTURED AND EMBOSSED AREAS ARE PRISTINE

THE LYRIC INNER SLEEVE IS IN PERFECT, UNSPLIT, UNCREASED CONDITION

THE SLEEVE LIKE THE LP GRADES NEAR MINT

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

GARRY