Paul McCartney & Wings BAND ON THE RUN UK LP 1 PL MINT-
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WINGS - BAND ON THE RUN
IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION
PLAYED JUST THE ONCE EVER!!
- CATALOGUE:APPLE PAS 1007
- MATRIX: YEX 929-2 / 930-5 (EARLY PRESS NOT THE VERY FIRST)
- WITH THE FIRST ISSUE POSTER
- WITH THE FIRST ISSUE LYRIC INNER SLEEVE
ONE OF THE MOST SOLD ALBUMS ON THE PLANET SO YOU WOULD SAY CERTAINLY NOT RARE.
HOWEVER A FIRST PRESS IS RARE, AND HARD TO FIND BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS OF THIS ALBUM IT WAS REPRESSED MANY MANY TIMES, SO TO FIND AN ORIGINAL WITH THE LYRIC INNER SLEEVE, AND THE POSTER, AND IN VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED CONDITION IS RARE!!!
THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
THE APPLE PICTURE LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. THERE IS NOT A MARK ON THEM AND EVERYTHING IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE SPINDLE HOLE IS TOTALLY UNWORN, AND STILL HAS SHARDS OF RESIDUE VINYL INSUDE FROM THE FACTORY PRESSING MACHINE. I ANNOT SEE ANY SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE AT ALL, SO WHILST I AM SUGGESTING IT HAS BEEN PLAYED ONCE (SURELY IT HAD TO HAVE BEEN PLAYED) ACTUALLY IT MIGHT NOT HAVE, ALTHOUGH I HAVE TEST PLAYED IT TODAY SO NOW IT HAS HAD ONE PLAY
THE VINYL
A BEAUTIFUL HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL, THAT GLEAMS LIKE NEW. LOOKS LIKE IT WAS JUST PRESSED.
THERE ARE NO MARKS ON THE SURFACE WHATSOEVER, AND EVEN WHEN I OFFERED IT UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION, I COULD ONLY SPOT A COUPLE OF REALLY WISPY HAIRLINES. IT IS QUITE REMARKABLE THAT THIS ALBUM SHOULD IN IN THIS MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. ONE OF THE MOST LOVED ALBUMS OF ALL TIMES, AND THIS ONE HAS SAT UNPLAYED FOR 27 YEARS!!!
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 FOUR THREE MINUTE EXCERPTS FROM THIS ALBUM, I HAVE RECORDED THE FIRST TRACK FROM EACH SIDE WHICH INCLUDES THE DEAD WAX RUN IN, AND ONE OTHER RANDOM TRACK FROM EACH SIDE INCLUDING THE LINKING GROOVE
I TUSSLED WITH PLAYING IT AT ALL, BUT AS I HAVE MENTIONED MANY TIMES UNPLAYED DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN MINT OR NOISE FREE, SO I DECIDED THAT I WOULD GIVE IT ONE EXTREMELY CAREFUL PLAY.
PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN TO THE RECORDINGS AND I SURE YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE FINEST COPY OF THIS LP YOU COULD EVER WISH TO OWN.
NO BACKGROUND NOISES, NO CRACKLES, POPS OR STATIC WHATSOEVER. JUST A MAGNIFICENT FIRST PRESS QUALITY WITH A PRODUCTION THAT IS BOTH CRISP AND CLEAR
I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT
THE SLEEVE
NON LAMINETD SINGLE SLEEVE.
THE FRONT SURFACE HAS RETAINED VIRTUALLY ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL BROWN COLOUR WITH JUST A VERY VERY LIGHT SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES, OR CREASE LINES, NOR ARE THERE ANY BENDS OR DINGS, JUST A FEW SMALL LINES CLOSE TO THE PERIMETER EDGES.
THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE UNWORN, AND THE TOP EDGE HAS THAT SECOND SPINE TYPEFACE THAT ALL OF THE EARLY PRESSES HAD.
THE SPINE ITSELF IS ALSO TOTALLY UNWORN WITH PERFECTLY LEGIBLE TYPEFACE.
THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP WITH NO EVEIDENCE OF THE LP HAVING BEEN REMOVED AT ALL. THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME BRILLIANT CONDITION AS THE FRONT
THE INNER SLEEVE IS IN MINT CONDITION. AMAZINGLY THERE ARE NO SPLITS TO ANY OF THE SEAMS AND THE PAPER IS CREASE FREE
FINALLY THE POSTER IS ALSO IN MINT CONDITION HAVING RAZOR SHARP FOLD LINES
HAPPT TO GRADE THE SLEEVE NEAR MINT MINUS
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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