Shirley Alston WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS UK LP 1ST UNPLAYED AND MINT

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SHIRLEY ALSTON - WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS

IN MAGNIFICENT UNPLAYED MINT  !!!  CONDITION

OUTSTANDING MINT MINUS!!!!  SLEEVE

VERY 1ST PRESSING WITH THE FRONT LAMINATED SLEEVE

MUSEUM GRADE SET!!!

FEATURES THE RARE 1975 SINGLE ' I'D RATHER NOT BE LOVING YOU'

THIS LP RARELY BECOMES AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE

• CATALOGUE:LONDON   SHA 8491
• MATRIX: AAZ-3656-1W / 3657-2W
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:1 B / 1 U

I HAVE JUST COME ACROSS A COLLECTION OF 70'S VINYL THAT BELONGED TO A COLLECTOR WHO PURCHASED LP'S AND 90% OF THE TIME DIDN'T PLAY THEM AT ALL!!!. A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF THE COLLECTION WERE STILL IN THE SHOP CARRIER BAGS OR PAPER BAGS (BOOTS / W.H.SMITH ETC). TO SAY THAT THIS COLLECTION IS IN PERFECT CONDITION IS ALMOST AN UNDERSTATEMENT!. THE SLEEVES MATCH THE RECORDS AND ARE ALSO IN THE MOST AMAZING CONDITION. AND MOST HAVE PERFECT CORNERS WITH EVEN THE CORNER TIPS UNRUBBED!!!

I WILL BE RELEASING THESE OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS A FEW A DAY. HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET 40 YEAR OLD VINYL IN THE SAME CONDITION AS IT WAS IN THE SHOP!!!

SHIRLEY ALSTON LEAD SINGER WITH THE SHIRELLES ON HER DEBUT SOLO ALBUM. ALL TRACKS FEATURE THE ORIGINAL ARTISTS AS BACKING SINGERS AND MUSICIANS. SO FOR EXAMPLE THE DRIFTERS ACTUALLY PERFORM ON ' SAVE THE LAST DANCE'

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE MAUVE 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 A STUNNING 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 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

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.

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND NO STATIC EITHER APART FROM A SEMI SECOND OF BARELY AUDIBLE STUFF IN A COUPLE OF LINKING GROOVES

I DIDN'T HEAR ANY  DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH  MINT  !!!   

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

A TRULY EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF THIS FULLY LAMINATED  1ST PRESS SENOL SLEEVE.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND CLEAN. THERE IS NO RUBBING TO THE COLOUR AND THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES, OR BENDS .STUNNING MIRROR FINISH LAMINATE ACROSS THE WHOLE SURFACE

THERE ARE FIVE TINY LAMINATE LINES NEXT TO THE TOP OF THE SPINE. NONE 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 MINT, WITH ALL OF THE LAMINATE FULLY INTACT AND FULLY RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER, WITH EVEN THE CORNER TIPS TOTALLY UNBLEMISHED. IN FACT THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE.

THE SPINE IS 100% FLAT AND UNSQUASHED,  NO LOSS OF COLOUR WHATSOEVER, AND THIS EVEN INCLUDED THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS WHICH ARE IMMACULATE. THE WHITE TYPEFACE IS ALL PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. AGAIN THE LAMINATE IS PERFECT

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND TOTALLY AS NEW.

THE REAR SURFACE  IS ALSO IN MINT CONDITION, PERFECT WHITE UNLAMINATED SURFACE, AND LIKE THE FRONT THERE IS NO RUBBING AT ALL, AND NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE. A PRISTINE EXAMPLE

THE ORIGINAL BLUE TEXT POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IN UNSPLIT CONDITION .  NO STAINS OR CREASES. IN MINT CONDITION

HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE MINT MINUS!!!

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

GARRY