The Michael Schenker Group BUILT TO DESTROY UK LP 1ST 100% UNPLAYED AND MINT
  £   60
  $   80

 


£ 60 Sold For
Mar 17, 2013 Sold Date
Mar 10, 2013 Start Date
£   19 Start price
8   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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THE MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP - BUILT TO DESTROY

IN MAGNIFICENT UNPLAYED MINT !!! CONDITION

COMPLETE WITH NEAR MINT !!!!  SLEEVE

TIME VAULT CONDITION!!!!

 

 

  • CATALOGUE:CHRYSALIS CHR 1441 
  • MATRIX: CHR1441 Av 2 420 0 11  1 1 / B v 1 420
  • TOWN HOUSE STAMPED INTO DEAD WAX BOTH SIDES

I HAVE UNEARTHED A LARGE COLLECTION OF ROCK ALBUMS THAT ARE IN A CONDITION THAT DEFIES BELIEF!!

THEY BELONGED TO A COLLECTOR WHO DID EXACTLY THAT - COLLECT THEM!!!

NEVER PLAYED!!! AND NEVER HANDLED!!!

THEY WERE FOUND INSIDE A LOCKED ROOM WHERE THAT HAVE SAY UNMOLESTED FOR ALL THESE YEARS.

IT IS AS THOUGH THEY WERE BRAND NEW SHOP STOCK, BUT OF COURSE THERE IS ONLY ONE COPY OF EACH RECORD.

SO OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS I AM GOING TO BE LISTING THESE NIGHTLY. YOU HAVE JUST THE ONE CHANCE TO SNAP UP SOMETHING UNIQUE IN THE COLLECTING INDUSTRY NAMELY ' A VINTAGE UNPLAYED VINYL!!!

NOW HAVING SAID THAT I WILL BE RUNNING A TEST PLAY ON EACH OF THEM TO RECORD THE VINYL FOR BIDDERS TO LISTEN TO, BECAUSE UNPLAYED DOESN'T ACTUALLY GUARANTEE MINT!!! WHAT I DO GUARANTEE IS THAT MY VERY CAREFUL TEST PLAY WILL GO UNDETECTED

 

THE RECORDS

 

THE LABELS

THE BLUE AND WHITE CHRYSALIS LABELS ARE JUST MAGNIFICENT. DEEP BLUE BASE COLOUR THAT IS FREE FROM ANY BLEMISHES. NO MARKS OR STAINS AND NO SIGNS OF HANDLING WHATSOEVER.

NO RUBBING TO THE TYPEFACE OR LOGO'S AND THE WHITE SECTION IS STILL PURE WHITE

THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE WHATSOEVER,

THE VINYL

THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR. IN DAYLIGHT IT IS FLAWLESS, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS JUST NOTHING TO SEE APART FROM A COUPLE OF TINY WISPY HAIRLINES

 

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 ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH. I AM CONVINCED THAT ANY POTENTIAL BIDDER WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING BIDDING ON, BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH PERFECTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS ALBUM SOUNDS.

THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE SUPERB STEREO REPRODUCTION AT ANY POINT.

NOR IS THERE ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE OR LOUD CLICKS

NO VINYL NOISE WHATSOEVER, AND NOT EVEN ANY STATIC AT ANY POINT

I DIDN'T EVEN HEAR ANY DUST POPS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

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

BUT PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE THIS SUPERB DISC FOR YOURSELF

 

THE SLEEVE

 

SEMI-LAMINATED  SINGLE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS VERY VERY CLEAN AND IMPORTANTLY  HAS NO HEAVY CREASES OR BENDS. IT HAS BEEN STORED UPRIGHT IN A LOCKED ROOM FOR ALL OF IT'S LIFE AND BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN TOUCHED HAS HAD NO OPPORTUNITY TO GET SERIOUSLY MARKED

THERE ARE JUST THREE LAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, SEVEN SMALL ONES ALONG THE TOP AND JUST ONE MICROSCOPIC ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE. NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE  

THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE  UNBLEMISHED WITH ALL OF THE GLOSSY BLACK SURFACE RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER UNBLEMISHED, AND EVEN THE TIPS ARE UNMARKED.

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED ALL THE WAY FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIP ENDS HAVE A TINY SPECK OF RUBBING ON EACH ONE, PLUS TWO MORE PIN PRICKS OF WHITE ON THE MAINSURFACE . ONE ON THE LETTER 'O' OF TO AND THE OTHER JUST ABOVE THE CATALOGUE NUMBER

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP, AND SHOWS WHY THIS ALBUM HAS JUST NOT BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN EXACTLY THE SAME MINT CONDITION THAT THE FRONT IS IN!!!

THE PICTURE INNER SLEEVE IS THE CORRECT ISSUE FOR THIS ALBUM AND IS  IN MINT CONDITION. NO SPLITS, NO CREASES, NO WRINKLES AND JUST A COUPLE OF LIGHT LINES

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS  SLEEVE NEAR MINT!!!

 

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

GARRY

 

 


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