Jimi Hendrix Experience SMASH HITS 1973 UK Polydor One Play MINT MINUS - LISTEN
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JIMI HENDRIX - SMASH HITS
IN MAGNIFICENT ONE PLAY MINT MINUS CONDITION
A STUNNING COLLECTIBLE SET WITH A TOP CONDITION MINT MINUS SLEEVE
This is the record club copy of this album. far rarer than the standard Polydor issue, as you hadeto be a member of the mail order record club in order to own a copy
CATALOGUE: POLYDOR ACB 00219
MATRIX NUMBERS :ACB219 A//2 v 420 / 2310268 (CROSSED OUT) ACB219 B//3 v 420
THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
THE ORANGY RED POLYDOR LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLES.
THE WHITE LOGO AND BLACK TYPEFACE WHICH ARE OFTEN FOUND RUBBED AWAY IS IN PERFECT CONDITION , WITH EACH LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE
I CAN'T SEE ANY SPIDER LINES WHATSOEVER AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE
THE VINYL
THE VINYL IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. IT GLEAMS LIKE IT WAS JUST PRESSED AND THERE IS NO FOGGING OR ANY MARKS EITHER . EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE APART FROM A FEW VERY VERY WISPY LINES
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 RECENTLY DECIDED TO RECORD ALL OF THE LP'S THAT I LIST FROM START TO FINISH. I AM CONVINCED THAT POTENTIAL BIDDERS WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR ALL OF THE ANY LP THAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING BIDDING ON.
I HOPE YOU AGREE THAT THE REPRODUCTION FROM THIS ALBUM IS JUST BRILLIANT. AND THE DISC PLAYS MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH. TRYING TO FIND A GREAT COPY OF THIS ALBUM IS VERY HARD AND MOST COPIES ARE TRASHED WITH SLEEVES TO MATCH. HERE WE HAVE WHAT I CAN ONLY DESCRIBE AS A NEAR FAULTLESS PERFORMANCE.
THE FIRST THING TO NOTE IS THAT THE SOUND IS DISTORTION FREE APART FROM THE GUITAR WORK THAT SHOULD SOUND DISTORTED OF COURSE. THIS SHOWS THAT THE LP WAS PLAYED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY TRACKED STYLUS, AND ONE THAT WASN'T DAMAGED EITHER.
SECONDLY THERE IS NO FRYING BACON OR LOUD CLICKS AND JUMPS. I DON'T KNOW WHY HAVE MENTIONED THAT AS I WOULD NEVER LIST ANY ALBUM THAT DID THAT ANYWAY, BUT JUST IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING.
I SAID NEAR FAULTLESS IN MY DESCRIPTION, BUT I AM BEING VERY PICKY HERE. THERE IS THE ODD BIT OF WHAT I CAN ONLY DESCRIBE AS LIGHT STATIC OR VINYL NOISE IN SOME OF THE QUIETEST SPOTS ( JUST A FEW EXAMPLES)
I HAVE ONLY MENTIONED THIS BECAUSE WHERE I SIT TYPING THIS OUT I AM NO MORE THAN 12 INCHES AWAY FROM MY SPEAKERS, AND AS I MOVE AWAY TO NORMAL LISTENING DISTANCE I CAN'T HEAR ANY OF IT. BUT ANYWAY IT IS BARELY AUDIBLE EVEN AT THE SHORT DISTANCE.
I ALSO HEARD ABOUT TWO SMALL STATIC TICS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PLAY .THERE ARE NO MARKS ON THE VINYL SO ANY AUDIBLE STUFF IS IN THE PRESS, BUT PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS SUPERB LP AND BE THE JUDGE
I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS BEAUTIFUL VINYL MINT MINUS
THE SLEEVE
I HAVE HAD MANY COPIES OF THIS ALBUM PASS THROUGH MY HANDS, BUT THIS SLEEVE WITHOUT QUESTION IS THE BEST COPY I HAVE EVER SEEN OR TOUCHED.
TO FIND A HALF DECENT SLEEVE IS RARE, BUT TO FIND ONE THAT HAS BEEN PRESERVED IN A PLASTIC OUTER FROM NEW IS JUST INCREDIBLE.
THE SLEEVE USUALLY SUFFERS BADLY FROM CREASING AND RING WEAR, BUT THIS COPY IS JUST ABOUT PERFECT
THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND JUST GLEAMS LIKE A MIRROR. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES, NO CREASE LINES, NO BENDS, AND ABSOLOUTELY NO RING WEAR OR EVEN MILD RECORD SHAPE. . THE ONLY MINISCULE LAMINATE LINE IS ONE MINUSCULE ON AT THE TOP OF THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE
THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE TOTALLY FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR WHATSOEVER, AND THIS IS DUE TO THE SLEEVE RESIDING INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SINCE NEW
THE SPINE IS JUST PERFECT. 100% OF THE LAMINATE IS PERFECTLY INTACT. NP PEEL OR FLAKE. EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING SPINE.
THE OPENING EDGE IS SHARP WITH JUST TWO MINUSCULE THUMB NAIL NICKS
THE REAR SURFACE USUALLT SUFFERS FROM SERIOUS GRUBBINESS TO THE WHITE SURFACE , BUT AGAIN DUE TO THE PROTECTION AFFORDED IT, THIS SURFACE IS JUST MAGNIFICENT, WITH JUST THE TINIEST SHADOW OF HANDLING AT THE OPENING EDGE. THE BLACK AREA ALSO USUALLY SUFFERS FROM RUBBING AND RING WEAR, BUT AGAIN THIS ONE IS PERFECT.
THE POLYLINED INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND BARELY HAVE A CREASE LINE ON IT. THERE IS A SHADE OF RECORD SHAPE, BUT TOTALLY UNSPLIT AND STILL WHITE!!
THIS SLEEVE EASILY GRADES MINT MINUS
THIS COPY WILL NEVER NEED UPGRADING AND WOULD GRACE ANY COLLECTION ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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