Melvin Van Peebles SWEET SWEETBACKS BAADASSSSS SONG O.S.T US 1st PROMO NR MINT
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MARIO VAN PEEBLES - SWEET SWEETBACKS BAADASSSSS SONG
FREATURING BRER SOUL AND EARTH WIND & FIRE
U.S 1st press
NEAR MINT AUDIO
EX+ SLEEVE
PROMOTIONAL COPY
- CATALOGUE: STAX STS 3001
- MATRIX:SS-0221-1 / 0237-2
I HAVE IN MY POSESSION A COLLECTION OF ALBUMS THAT CAME DIRECT FROM THE USA TO THE UK IN THE EARLY 70'S. THEY WERE AQUIRED BY A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS A DJ ON A RADIO STATION. HE WROTE TO STAX IN MEMPHIS IN THE MID 60'S AND ASKED HOW HE COULD GET HIS HANDS ON SOME SOUL MUSIC AS HE WANTED TO PLAY IT ON HIS RADIO STATION. TO HIS SURPRISE STAX ADDED HIM TO THEIR MAILING LIST AND CONTINUED TO SEND PARCELS OF LP'S AND SINGLES TO HIM WELL INTO THE 70'S. A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF THEM WERE THEREFORE DJ PROMO COPIES. THEY MAILED BOTH ALBUMS AND SINGLE, AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE ALBUMS HAVE REMAINED UNPLAYED.
THIS IS INDEED A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO CLAIM A PIECE OF HISTORY IN PRISTINE CONDITION. I CANNOT IMAGINE JUST HOW FEW UNPLAYED COPIES OF GENUINE STAX AND ASSOCIATED LABELS HAVE REMAINED IN THIS CONDITION.
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
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THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
THE WHITE PROMO LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR HAS REMAINED UNRUBBED, AND THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE. THIS COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLES REVEALS ZERO SPIDER LINES
THE VINYL
THE RECORD GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND COULDN'T LOOK ANY BETTER. ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE HAS BEEN RETAINED.AND IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS!!! THERE ARE NO VISIBLE MARKS OR ANY SIGNS OF HANDLING ON THE DISCS, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS ONLY SOME VERY MILD NATURAL DULLING, AND A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES
THE PLAYTHROUGH
THE VINYL PERFORMS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
THE CLARITY OF THE FIRST PRESS IS VERY AUDIBLE AND THE RECORDING IS JUST SUPERB
THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS
SOME LIGHT SPECKS OF BARELY AUDIBLE VINYL NOISE
A SPECK OR TWO OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC AND A FEW TINY DUST POPS OR STATIC TICS
FOR ME THE AUDIO GRADES NEAR MINT
BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE WHOLE ALBUM YOU WILL BE ABLE TO JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS
THE SLEEVE
NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE
THE FRONT SURFACE STILL HAS ALL OF THE RICH COLOURS RETAINED WITH THE EXCEPTION THE TOP RIGHT CORNER WHICH HAS SUSTAINED A LITTLE DAMAGE, AND THE BOTTOM TWO CORNER TIPS HAVE TINY DINGS
THERE ARE ZERO PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE SPINE. NONE ON THE TOP EDGE. NONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES BY THE OPENING EDGE
THE TOP EDGES HAVE RUBBING THROUGH TO THE UNDERCARD AT THE RIGHT CORNER AND A LITTLE ON THE LEFT CORNER.
THE BOTTOM EDGES HAVE A LITTLE LIGHT RUB TO THE CORNER AREAS
THE SPINE HAS SOME SOME RUB TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS, AND A ONE SMALL WHITE SPECK ON THE TOP LEADING EDGE
THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP
OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO PRISTINE INNER PANELS
THE REAR SURFACE HAS DINGS TO THE CORNER TIPS, BUT IS OTHERWISE IN SOLID RUB FREE CONDITION
I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS SLEEVE EX+
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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