Jimi Hendrix ELECTRIC LADYLAND UK 2LP 1st Polydor Press SUPERB MINT MINUS AUDIO
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JIMI HENDRIX - ELECTRIC LADYLAND
MAGNIFICENT ONE PLAY!!! MINT MINUS AUDIO
FIRST POLYDOR PRESS FROM 1973
NEAR MINT SLEEVE
- CATALOGUE:POLYDOR 2310269 /70
- SET NUMBER: 2657-012
- MATRIX: SIDE A 2310269 A 1 4-11 (etched)
- SIDE D 2310269 D//2 420 02 1 3 2
- SIDE B 2310270 B//5 420 04 1 3
- SIDE C 2310270 C//2 420 4 1 3
TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY
Powered by eCommercePlayer.com Powered by eCommercePlayer.com Powered by eCommercePlayer.com Powered by eCommercePlayer.comORIGINALLY RELEASED ON THE TRACK LABEL IN 1968. THIS 1ST REISSUE WAS PRESSED ON THE POLYDOR LABEL IN 1973. THERE WAS A SECOND REISSUE AGAIN ON POLYDOR BUT IT HAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CATALOGUE NUMBER SPDLP 3
THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
THE ORANGY RED POLYDOR LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. THERE IS NOT ONE BLEMISH ON THEM AND THE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SPINDLE HOLES ARE REALLY TIGHT AS THEY ARE PLACED OVER THE SPINDLE . THERE IS ONE TINY SPIDER LINE VISIBLE BY THE SPINDLE HOLES
THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND TOTALLY UNRUBBED AND UNWORN
THE VINYL
BOTH VINYLS ARE JUST IMMACULATE. THEY GLEAM LIKE THE DAY THEY WERE PRESSED, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE I NO MORE THAN JUST A COUPLE OF NEAR INVISIBLE WISPY HAIRLINES
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 SET FROM START TO FINISH, AS I BELIEVE 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 OFFER MY CUSTOMERS
I CANNOT BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I WAS BY FINDING AND THEN HEARING THIS ONE PLAY LP SET.
THE WHOLE THING PLAYS TO A MAGNIFICENT STANDARD. WITH CRYSTAL CLEAR REPRODUCTION,EVERY BIT AS GOOD AS THE ORIGINAL TRACK PRESSING FROM 1967. I AM CERTAIN THE SAME MASTERS MUST HAVE BEEN USED.
THE LP'S PLAY WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER, MEANING THAT WHAT LITTLE PLAY THIS SET HAS RECEIVED WAS CONDUCTED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS
THERE IS NOT ONE IOTA OF BACKGROUND CRACKLE, AND NO STATIC OR VINYL NOISE EITHER
IN FACT THE ONLY THING THAT STOPS ME GIVING THIS A FULL MINT GRADE IS THE FACT THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 4-5 RANDOM LITTLE DUST POPS/TICS ON SIDE ONE, AND ONE ON SIDE THREE
I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS. IT IS THAT GOOD!!!
THE SLEEVE
THE SLEEVE IS A LAMINATED GATEFOLD FROM HOWARDS OF SLOUGH.
THE FRONT SURFACE FLAT AND CLEAN AND GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR. THERE ARE NO BENDS OR FOLDS, AND ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PERFECTLY INTACT. NO PEEL OR FLAKE, AND NO LAMINATE LIFT EITHER.
THE ONLY BLEMISHES ARE THE LAMINATE PRESSURE LINES ON THE EDGES. THERE ARE FIVE AGAINST THE SPINE, CLUSTERED TOGETHER, AND ONE OF THEM IS QUITE DEEP COMPARED TO THE OTHER FOUR. THERE ARE SEVEN REALLY TINY ONES ON THE TOP EDGE, AND JUST THREE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE. NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE OR ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE SURFACE
THERE IS NO RING WEAR EITHER. JUST THE BAREST SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE.
THE TOP EDGES ARE IN NEAR PERFECT CONDITION. THE LAMINATE FULLY STRETCHES ACROSS BOTH SURFACES WITH ONLY A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT CORNER TIP ENDS.
THE BOTTOM EDGES ARE IDENTICAL WITH A SPECK MORE RUB TO THE FRONT RIGHT CORNER TIP
THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS HAVE A MINUSCULE SPECK OF RUB, AND WHERE THE ONE LARGER PRESSURE LINE BY THE SPINE ON THE FRONT SURFACE HAS CREPT ROUND THERE IS A SMALL AREA OF SURFACE THAT IS SCUFFED
BOTH OPENING EDGES ARE RAZOR SHARP AND IT'S OBVIOUS BY LOOKING AT THIS THAT THE LP'S HAVE JUST NOT BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES, AS THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS ALONG THE OPENING EDGES
THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS GLOSSY AS THE FRONT.THREE PRESSURE LINES BY THE SPINE, FIVE ON THE TOP EDGE, ANDTWO ON THE BOTTOM EDGE
OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A NEAR PRISTINE PAIR OF INNER PANELS. GLEAMING WITH JUST A LITTLE LAMINATE LOSS ON THE INNER SPINE
FINALLY THE TWO ORIGINAL POLYDOR POLY LINED INNER SLEEVES ARE IN UNSPLIT CONDITION. LIGHTLY AGED AROUND THE PERIMETER EDGES
I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO HESITATION IN GRADING THE SLEEVE NEAR MINT
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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