The Kinks THE KINKS UK 2LP SET MONO 1ST PRESS NMINT

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	$		62

THE KINKS - THE KINKS

UK 1ST PRESS IN MONO

• CAT:NSPL 18326
• MATRIX: NSPL18326 A-1 *H *T/B-1 *H / C-1 *H / D-1 *H
• THE GENUINE FIRST PRESS INDICATORS

 I HAVE RECENTLY AQUIRED A SELECTION OF RECORDS FROM A COLLECTION OWNED BY THE LATE KEVIN DUBROW WHO WAS THE LEAD SINGER WITH THE USA BAND QUIET RIOT. SADLY KEVIN DIED IN NOVEMBER 2007 AT HIS HOME IN LAS VEGAS AND I FOUND MYSELF IN VEAGS LAST WEEK, WHERE I WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE WHAT AMOUNTS TO A FABULOUS SELECTION OF UK ALBUMS THAT KEVIN OWNED. I GUESS I WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME WHEN THEY WERE BEING SOLD. I HAVE PURCHASED ONLY THOSE ALBUMS THAT WERE OF UK ORIGIN, AND MOST ARE IN AMAZING CONDITION AND RARE. IT HAS BEEN INTERESTING READING A LITTLE ABOUT KEVIN SINCE I RETURNED HOME AND I NOW HAVE A REASONABLE UNDERSTANDING OF WHY THESE WERE IN HIS COLLECTION AS HE LOVED THE BRITISH INVASION MUSIC OF THE 60'S. WILKPEDIA HS A GREAT ARTICLE ON THE LIFE OF KEVIN DUBROW AND WOULD RECOMMEND A READ AS YOU MAY WELL BE THE NEW OWNER OF ONE OR MORE OF HIS SELECT COLLECTION AFTER THIS AUCTION CLOSES.

EACH OF THE INNER SLEEVES OF THIS COLLECTION IS STAMPED TWICE WITH A PERSONALISED PRINT OF KEVINS AUTOGRAPH, SOMETHING HE MUST HAVE DONE TO PERSONALISE EACH OF THE LP'S IN HIS COLLECTION.

AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS RARELY PRESENTS ITSELF, AND EACH OF THE LP'S HAVE BEEN METICULOUSLY PRESERVED AND WILL COME TO YOU IN THE SAME SUPERB CONDITION

I WILL BE LISTING A FEW RECORDS AT A TIME OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR SO FROM THIS SUPERB COLLECTION SO CHECK BACK DAILY

THE RECORD LABELS

THE FIRST PRESS LIGHT BLUE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND FREE FROM AND MARKS OR STAINS. THIS COLOUR FULLY EXTENDS INTO THE SPINDLE HOLE ON BOTH SIDES. THERE IS SOME VINYL RESIDUE LEFT OVER FROM THE PRESSING  WHICH IS STILL INSIDE OF THE SPINDLE HOLE PROVING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED AS IT WOULD HAVE NATURALLY WORN OFF WITHIN THE FIRST FEW PLAYS.  . THE ACTUAL SPINDLE HOLE IS TOTALLY UNWORN AND CLEARLY KEVIN WAS SOMEONE THAT HANDLED HIS ALBUMS WITH CARE AND ACCURACY AROUND THE SPINDLE BECAUSE I AM ONLY ABLE TO MAKE OUT NO MORE THAN 5 SMALL SPINDLE LINES ON EACH SIDE OF THE FIRST DISC AND ONLY TWO ON THE SECOND DISC, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS TYPE OF HITS ALBUM WOULD ALWAYS BE PLAYED FAR MORE THAN ANY OTHER MENS THAT TO ONLY HAVE HAD IT PLAYED 5 OR SO TIMES IS QUITE REMARKEABLE.. IT IS LIKELY THAT THE LP WAS PLAYED ONCE AND RECORDED TO TAPE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE, CLEAR AND SHARP AND ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THE VINYL

ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE CONDITION LP. YOU DO NOT FIND THEM LIKE THIS VERY OFTEN

ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE GLOSSY BLACK HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL. REMOVING IT FROM THE SLEEVE AND GENTLY AND CAREFULLY EXAMINING THE DISC REVEALS A  NEAR SPOTLESS SURFACE. THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF REALLY WISPY HANDLING LINES WHICH ARE VERY MUCH NON SOUNDING. THIS VINYL APPEARS EXACTLY HOW A NEW VINYL WOULD HAVE LOOKED BACK IN 1970 WHEN THIS DISC WAS ORIGINALLY PRESSED. ETCHED INTO THE RUN OFF WAX ARE THE DIGITS THAT IDENTIFY THIS ALBUM AS A FIRST  PRESS. NAMELY THE CATALOGUE NUMBER NSPL 18326 A-1 *H/ NSPL 18326 B-1 *H / NSPL18326 C-1*H / 18326 D-1*H THE HIGH GLOSS AND MARK FREE DISC IS WITHOUT A DOUBT ONE OF THE CLEANEST I HAVE EVER SEEN. EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO A SPOTLIGHT (WHICH ARGUABLY ISN'T REALLY A TRUE REFLECTION OF HOW GOOD A VINYL IS, AS THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOMETHING TO SEE THIS WAY) THE VINYL DISPLAYS NO MORE THAN A FEW RIDICULOUSLY WISPY HAIRLINES

PLAYING THE RECORD

I HAVE INCLUDED 8 SHORT EXAMPLES OF JUST HOW GREAT THIS RECORD SOUNDS. PLEASE CLICK ON THE MEDIA PLAYER BELOW TO HEAR THEM. I ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT THE INTRODUCTION (RUN IN GROOVE) IS A REALLY GOOD REFLECTION OF THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THE DISC. SO I HAVE STARTED THE RECORDING FROM THE RUN IN GROOVE, HENCE A FEW SECONDS BEFORE THE MUSIC STARTS. HOWEVER YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CLEARLY HEAR WHAT THAT RUN IN SOUNDS LIKE, WHETHER IT HAS ANY NOISE ETC. IN ADDITION I HAVE RECORDED SIDE 2'S OPENING TRACK, AND ONE OTHER TRACK FROM EACH SIDE INCLUDING THE LINKING GROOVE. I HAVE REPEATED THIS PROCESS FOR THE SECOND ALBUM

THE RUN IN IS SILENT, AND AS THE RECORD STARTS TO PLAY "YOU REALLY GOT ME" IT IS VERY OBVIOUS THAT YOU ARE LISTENING TO SOMETHING SPECIAL. THE FIRST THING THAT IS CLEAR IS THAT THE SOUND IS DISTORTION FREE. ALMOST POINTLESS STATING THIS IN LIGHT OF HOW LITTLE THE ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT THE PLAY THAT THE RECORD HAS HAD WAS DONE WITH A GOOD QUALITY STYLUS AND NOT ONE THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE GROOVE SUCH AS A WORN, CHIPPED STYLUS, OR INDEED ONE THAT WAS TRACKING TOO HEAVILY.

EACH TRACK PLAYS THROUGH WITH UTMOST CLARITY. THE PERFORMANCE ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES IS JUST OUTSTANDING. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND NOISE ANYWHERE ON EITHER SIDE, AND EACH LINKING GROOVE IS AS SILENT AS THE RUN IN THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD BY NOW. EVEN THE RUN OUT WHICH HISTORICALLY HAS NOISE ON MOST ALBUMS IS AS CLEAR AS A BELL. I WAS BEING PICKY THEN PERHAPS THERE IS THE VERY ODD LIGHT POP BARELY AUDIBLE AND SOME ULTRA LIGHT STATIC IN ONE OR TWO PLACES, BUT AS I SAY THATS BEING VERY PICKY

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS DISC NEAR MINT

THE SLEEVE

THE OVERALL GRADING OF THE SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT

VULNERABLE NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD, WHICH IS TRUE BECAUSE OF THE BLACK SURFACE WHICH IS ORTEN FOUND WITH SEVERE COLOUR LOSS AND VERY HEAVY CREASES

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FREE FROM AND HEAVY CREASES OR BENDS THAT USUALLY MAR THIS TYPE OF COVER, BUT THERE ARE SOME LIGHT LINES NEAR THE SPINE AND PERIMETER EDGES, AND THREE OR FOUR THIUMB LINES WHERE THE LPS WERE PLUCKED FROM THE SLEEVE FOR THE FEW TIMES THAT THEY WERE ON A TURNTABLE. THE BLACK SURFACE HOWEVER HAS RETAINED VIRTUALLY EVERY BIT OF ITS ORIGINAL DEPTH WITH JUST THE MILDEST LOSS IN THE FORM OF LIGHT RECORD SHAPE. THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES DO SHOE LIGHTSHELF WEAR, AND THE SPINE SIMILARLY BUT THE TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. INCIDENTALLY THIS IS A VERY WIDE SPINE ISSUE. THEREAR SURFACE IS THE SAME AS THE FRONT WITH AGAIN JUST LIGHT THUMB LINES. OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS ONCE AGAIN A VERY DEEP BLACK SURFACE WITH JUST LIGHT COLOUR LOSS IN THE FORM OF DUSTING.

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVES ARE 100% UNSPLIT AND FLAT. THERE IS SOME AGING IN THE FORM OF LIGHT BROWNING ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGES.

THE RUBBER STAMPED AUTOGRAPH THAT KEVIN PLACED ON ALL OF HIS INNER SLEEVES IS PLACED NEATLY ON BOTH SIDES OF ONE SIDE OF THE INNER SLEEVE

THE RECORD HAS BEEN PRESERVED IN A NEW POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE, THE ORIGINAL IS INCLUDED AND LEFT INSIDE THE SLEEVE. THE LP WILL BE SENT VERY CAREFULLY PACKAGED AND I WILL PLACE THE LP OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE FOR MAXIMUM PROTECTION. YOUR NEW PURCHASE WILL ALSO COME HOUSED IN A NEW STIFF PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE.

SO ONCE AGAIN THIS IS A VERY VERY HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE ALBUM IN THE MOST SUPERB CONDITION IMAGINABLE, SO BID WITH CONFIDENCE, AND GOOD LUCK IF YOU DECIDE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY