Sun Ra And His MS Arkestra - Angels And Demons At Play El Saturn 407 *1st PRESS*

$

1,050

Record Grading Scale (VISUAL ONLY - NOT PLAY GRADED)

Mint - Virtually Brand New minus the plastic
Near Mint - As close to mint as possible without being mint (maybe a super small hairline or two)
VG++ - Very good condition that looks very clean but might have a few superficial marks
VG+ - Overall nice condition with some feel able and non feel able marks
VG - Feel able marks, superficial marks and other noted issues
Good - Playable with lots of noise, feel able marks, superficial marks
Poor - Technically playable with lots of everything, worst condition possible without being thrown out. ___________________________________________________________________________________
Sun Ra And His Myth Science Arkestra - Angels And Demons At Play El Saturn 407 *1st PRESS*

Record: VG+ (good amount of superficial and feelable marks, some marks on labels from TT's spindle, see below listening notes as I listened to entire record and wrote detailed notes on the sound (SEE BELOW)
Jacket: VG+ (Few marks, slight ringwear, creasing, minor seam deterioration on left side's seam on it's outer paper layer, writing on back, minor discoloration issues with some darkening and the drip looking things on the front, for its age its in overall very nice shape -----> (see photos)

NOTES: ULTRA RARE RECORD!!!!, RED LABELS, 1st US PRESSING, MONO, cleaned on a VPI 16.5 record cleaning machine and de-static gunned then put into an anti static sleeve which will be mailed outside of the main sleeve and overnighted via FedEx Standard Overnight for no charge within the CONUS as a part of this listing
LISTENING NOTES:
SIDE NOTE: To get my listening notes I played this on a Clearaudio Ovation TT (Hana SL Needle), through an Audio Research GSi 75 Tube Amp with Transparent Audio cables and Wilson Audio W/P 7 Speakers. My receiver has a MONO setting. I went back and forth between both mono and stereo settings in case someone buys this and does NOT have access to a MONO setting then they would hear more crackle with the stereo setting, but it should be played with the MONO setting and/or MONO needle since this is a MONO record.

Side 1

Song 1
Drums sound muffled and have crackling highs, flute and orchestra sound clearer. Constant distortion for drums throughout track. Minor ticks at end of song.

Song 2
Much better sound than track 1 but still slight distortion. Trumpet sounds good overall. Highs still have a slight distortion to them. Minor bg noise in parts.

Song 3
Cleanest track so far. Slightest high end distortion on parts but beyond that it’s a pleasure to listen to. Overall a clean song.

Song 4
Bass starts off with some distortion. Flutes come in with overall clear sound but some high end distortion in louder parts which is not the nicest sounding. The quieter flute is almost normal. Little to no bg noise after and the slightest distortion in parts thereafter. Few ticks at very end of track.

Side 2

Song 1
Intro has some minor distortion but much better than side 1 as a whole. Overall a nice sound that’s pretty clear. Highs do have some distortion especially if I swap over from mono to stereo on my audio research GSi75 receiver. But record is a mono so mono sounds overall nice. Little if any that distracts me on this song as it was a nice listening experience. One tick deep in towards end then one more rogue light tick.

Song 2
Slight lower end distortion on intro but muted trumpet sounds nice and clear to me on the mono setting. Some high end crunchiness when set to stereo. Light bg noise is present.

Song 3
Still has some distortion. It’s clear for some instruments and slight distortion for others. Overall clear but def some distortion is present. Overall a nice sound but bass has a top end type distortion present and the piano. Deeper in the song the distortion is still present. Just some bg noise here and there.

Song 4
Intro overall sounds pretty clear. Slight high end distortion. Enjoyable listen so far.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched): SR-9956-2-O -BP- El Saturn
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched): SR-9956-2-P -BP- El Saturn