The Bee Gees IDEA UK LP 1ST PRESS 1968 STEREO 2-3 PLAYS MINT MINUS
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BEE GEES - IDEA
IN MAGNIFICENT ONE PLAY MINT MINUS CONDITION
RELEASED AUGUST 1968
NEAR MINT SLEEVE
- CATALOGUE:POLYDOR 583036
- MATRIX:583036 A//1 v 420 11 3 / B//1 v 420 11
- FIRST PRESS
I HAVE ACQUIRED A COLLECTION OF STUNNING VINYLS THAT BELONGED TO A COLLECTOR WHO HANDLED BOTH VINYL AND SLEEVE METICULOUSLY. INCREDIBLE ALBUMS THAT I WILL BE LISTING OVER THE COMING WEEKS. THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECT VINTAGE VINYL IN THE SORT OF CONDITION THAT YOU COULD ONLY DREAM ABOUT..LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE LP BEFORE LAYING A BID, AS I HAVE RECORDED EVERY SINGLE SECOND
THIS ALBUM HAS AN ANOMALY ON THE LABEL WHERE IT STATES MADE IN HOLLAND. IT CLEARLY IS A UK PRESS AS INDICATED BY THE MATRIX NUMBER. tHE 420 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MATRIX SEQUENCE INDICATES THAT THE LP WAS PRESSED IN A UK PLANT. THE NUMBER FOR A DUTCH PLANT PRESS IS 670 AND THUS IF IT HAD BEEN MADE IN HOLLAND IT WOULD READ A//1 v 670 11 3. SO QUITE HOW A MADE IN HOLLAND LABEL HAS GOT ONTO IT I HAVE NO IDEA UNLESS THE LABELS ALL CAME FROM THE SAME FACTORY AND WERE SHIPPED TO THE RELEVANT COUNTRY. IF THAT IS SO THEN ONE HAS BEEN LABELLED IN ERROR HERE. FURTHER EVIDENCE OF A UK ISSUE IS THE SLEEVE STATING PRINTED AND MADE BY ERNEST J DAY AND CO, AND THE INNER SLEEVE STATING MADE IN ENGLAND
THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
THE ORANGY RED TEXTURED MATT POLYDOR LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. THERE IS NOT ONE BLEMISH ON THEM AND THE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.THERE ARE JUST 2-3 TINY SPIDER LINES ON EACH SIDE OF THE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED
THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND TOTALLY UNRUBBED AND UNWORN
THE VINYL
THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE A BRAND NEW DISC. IT HAS NO MARKS OF ANY KIND AT ALL ON ANY PART OF THE SURFACE AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING. MORE THAN A COUPLE OF SPORADIC WISPY LINES
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 NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING ABID.
THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS
I HOPE THAT BY LISTENING TO THE SOUNDBITES THAT I HAVE RECORDED YOU ALSO REALISE JUST HOW CLEAN THIS IS.
THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER, AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD WITH PERFECT CLARITY. THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS PERFECT IN EVERY WAY
NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NO LOUD CLICKS EITHER
NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF SPLIT SECONDS OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN ONE OR TWO SILENT PASSAGES
I HEARD ABOUT 3-4 TINY STATIC TICS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH
I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS
PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS
THE SLEEVE
FULLY LAMINATED E.J.DAY SINGLE SLEEVE
THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT, CLEAN AND FREE FROM ANY MARKS, STAINS OR HEAVY CREASES. THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR. THERE IS A LITTLE RECORD SHAPE DULLNESS WHEN THE SLEEVE IS ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT.
THERE ARE THREE TINY LAMINATE LINES AGAINST THE SPINE. TWO ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE
THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR, AND ALL FOUR CORNER TIPS ARE IMMACULATE
THE SPINE IS PERFECT WITH JUST ONE FINGER TO THUMB PRESSURE POINT THE TAPERED ENDS ARE ALSO PRISTINE AND ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE
THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP WITH ONE MINUSCULE THUMB NAIL NICK AND AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PRINTED AND PUT TOGETHER, SHOWING EXACTLY HOW LITTLE THE SLEEVE AND RECORD HAS BEEN HANDLED.
THE REAR SURFACE IS IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION . TWO TINY LINES AGAINST THE SPINE AND THAT'S ALL
THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT UNCREASED AND UNSPLIT, THE SURFACE HAS AGED AND IS A LIGHT BROWN MAINLY AT THE EDGES
A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS SLEEVE AND I AM VERY HAPPY TO GRADE IT NEAR MINT
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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