Santana & Alice Coltrane ILLUMINATIONS UK LP 1ST NMINT
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SANTANA & ALICE COLTRANE - ILLUMINATIONS
IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION
FIRST PRESS - ORANGE CBS LABELS
- CATALOGUE:CBS 69063
- MATRIX: S69063 A1 B1
- FIRST PRESS
- PLAYED 1-2 TIMES
APOLOGIES FOR USING THE SAME DESCRIPTION AS THE SANTANA / MILES ALBUM, BUT THEY BOTH COME FROM THE SAME COLLECTION, AND HAVE BEEN PLAYED AND CARED FOR IN EXACTLY THE SAME WAY
THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
CBS ORANGE LABELS IN PRISTINE CONDITION. NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE. THE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE, WHERE THERE IS EVEN SOME RESIDUE VINYL SHARDS LEFT OVER FROM THE PRESSING OF THE LP, PROVING THAT IT JUST HASN'T BEEN PLAYED. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS TOTALLY UNWORN AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. CLEARLY A WELL CARD FOR ALBUM
A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST TWO VERY SMALL SPIDER LINES SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS MARVELLOUS VINYL HAS BEEN PLAYED
THE VINYL
THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND LOOKS LIKE IT WAS FRESHLY PRESSED. THERE ARE NO MARKS HANDLING OR OTHERWISE ANYWHERE ON THE SURFACE, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLIUMINATION, THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A COUPLE OF REALLY WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN. A MAGNIFICENT DISC
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 4 THREE MINUTE SECTIONS FROM THIS ALBUM, INCLUDING THE DEAD WAX RUN IN AND EACH OF THE FIRST TRACKS ON EACH SIDE, FOLLOWED BY ONE RANDOM TRACK FROM EACH SIDE INCLUDING THE LINKING GROOVE.
THERE ARE SO MANY QUIET PASSAGES ON THIS ALBUM THAT FINDING ONE WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLES IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE, BUT HERE IS A COPY WITH JUST THE VERY VERY ODD LITTLE DUST POP AND MAYBE A SECOND OR TWO OF LIGHT AND BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN ONE OR TWO PLACES, BUT THATS BEING VERY VERY PICKY. THIS VINYL PERFORMS AS GOOD AS YOU COULD EVER WANT
PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN TO HEAR FOR YOURSELF
I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS NEAR MINT
THE SLEEVE
A METICULOUSLY CARED FOR SLEEVE, WHICH HAS BEEN PROTECTED FROM NEW IN A PLASTIC OUTER ENSURING THIS LOOKS AS GOOD TODAY AS IT DID IN 1974.
NON LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE
THE FRONT SURFACE IS VERY FLAT AND CLEAN. THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE. THERE ARE NO CREASES, CREASE LINES OR BENDS, AND THERE IS JUST ONE SMALL LINE NEAR THE SPINE EDGE. THE COLOUR IS IN PERFECT STATE. FREE OF ANY RUBBING, THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO SHELF WEAR, THE SPINE IS JUST INCREDIBLE. NO RUBBING, PERFECTLY SQUARE AND TYPEFACE UNHARMED.THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND DEPICTS WHY THIS LP HAS NOT BEEN PLAYED.THE REAR SURFACE IS PRISTINE JUST THE SAME INCREDIBLE CONDITION AS THE FRONT. THIS INNER IS THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE SLEEVE IN SUPERB CONDITION
THE ORIGINAL 1 PAGE INSERT IS ALSO HOUSED INSIDE THE SLEEVE AND IS ALSO IN PRISTINE CONDITION
I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS SLEEVE AN INCREDIBLE MINT MINUS
A TRULY VAULT COPY OF THIS ALBUM AND SLEEVE
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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