Paper Lace FIRST EDITION 1972 UK 1st Press UNPLAYED AND MINT - LISTEN

	£		19
	$		25

PAPER LACE - FIRST EDITION

IN MAGNIFICENT UNPLAYED MINT !!!  CONDITION

NEAR MINT !!!!  SLEEVE

VERY RARE 1ST PRESS FROM 1972

• CATALOGUE:HALLMARK SHM 868 
• MATRIX: SHN868 A1 / B1 

THIS ALBUM IS VERY RARE. IT WAS RELEASED IN 1972 WELL BEFORE PAPER LACE CHARTED WITH 'BILLY DON'T BE A HERO' IN 1974. NATURALLY IT DIDN'T SELL VERY WELL, AND WAS QUICKLY DELETED. ONCE PAPER LACE MADE IT BIG, THIS ALBUM WAS REISSUED ON THE CONTOUR LABEL. THIS SENARIO IS EXACTLY LIKE THE FIRST SLADE ALBUM. TOTALLY FAILED TO SELL BUT ONCE THEY BECAME CHART TOPPERS IT TOO WAS REISSUED ON CONTOUR. HERE THEN IS A PRISTINE UNPLAYED 1972 FIRST PRESS

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE BLUE LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS AND THE  BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SILVER TYPEFACE AND LOGOS ARE UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE ZERO!!!!  SPIDER LINES NEAR THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

ABSOLUTELY IMMACULATE DISC.NOT A FINGERMARK ANYWHERE, AND IN DAYLIGHT IT IS TOTALLY FLAWLESS, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE WHATSOEVER. A TOTALLY PERFECT RECORD

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 LP FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I FIRMLY 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 BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

I DECIDED TO PLAY THIS PREVIOUSLY UNPLAYED DISC, AS UNPLAYED DOESN'T GUARANTEE A MINT PLAYTHROUGH. I DO GUARANTEE THAT MY CAREFUL TEST PLAY WILL GO UNDETECTED

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS LP SOUNDS.

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS PERFECT WITH EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD CLEARLY AND CLEANLY AS WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED

NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE EITHER, NOR ANY LOUD CLICKS

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND NO STATIC EVEN IN THE LINKING GROOVES

I DIDN'T HEAR ANY DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH, JUST A COUPLE IF TINY STATIC TICS

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH  MINT !!!     IT IS THAT GOOD

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

FULLY LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE HAS PERFECT LAMINATE WHICH GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR. NO LIFT, PEEL, OR FLAKE. NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE, AND THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE.THERE IS A VERY LIGHT SHADOW OF AGEING UNDER THE LAMINATE AROUND THE EDGES

THERE ARE TWO TINY LAMINATE LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE. THREE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE. AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE

THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE.

THE TOP  AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE BOTH  IMMACULATE WITH PERFECT UNRUBBED COLOUR RUNNING FULLY ACROSS BOTH SURFACES AND PRISTINE UNBLEMISHED CORNER TIPS.

THE SPINE IS 100% FLAT WITH ONW LIGHT FINGER TO THUMB IMPRESSION. NO LOSS OF COLOUR WHATSOEVER, AND THIS EVEN INCLUDED THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS WHICH ARE IMMACULATE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP WITH ONE TINY THUMB NAIL NICK

THE REAR SURFACE  IS ALSO IN NEAR PERFECT CONDITION, NO LINES ANYWHERE, AND NO MARKS OR STAINS, AND NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE.

THE ORIGINAL POLY LONED INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IN UNSPLIT CONDITION . EDGE AGEING

HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE NEAR MINT !!!

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

GARRY