The Move MESSAGE FROM THE COUNTRY UK LP Harvest MINT-
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THE MOVE - MESSAGE FROM THE COUNTRY
- LABEL: HARVEST
- CATALOGUE: SHSP 4013
- MATRIX: SHSP4013-A3 / B4
- MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 OR / 1 H
A STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THIS 1971 AND LAST OFFERING FROM THE MOVE. WILL NOT NEED UPGRADING EVER!!!
THE SLEEVE
A HORRIBLE SLEEVE TO FIND IN GREAT CONDITION, AND THIS IS PURELY BECAUSE IT IS BOTH NON LAMINATED, AND TEXTURED, ADD TO THIS THE FACT THAT THE CARD IS VERY THIN, AND YOU HAVE THE PERFECT RECIPE FOR A DISASTER. CREASING, COLOUR LOSS, RINGWEAR, AND STAINS ARE AND WOULD BE THE MAIN CULPRITS.
HOWEVER NOT SO IN THIS CASE, HERE WE HAVE A SLEEVE THAT HAS BEEN PROTECTED FROM DAY ONE. TAKING THE FRONT TEXTURED SURFACE FIRST, THE INITIAL THING TO SAY IS THAT IS IS RICH IN COLOUR, AND TIME HASN'T AGED IT.
THERE ARE NO BENDS OR CREASES TO THE SLEEVE, SAVE FOR A COUPLE OF REALLY SMALL LINES NEAR THE SPINE, NEAR INVISIBLE. ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTFUL TO LOOK AT. THE SPINE IS FLAT, AND LEGIBLE, AND HAS THE PINCHED ENDS. THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 95% FREE OF ANY SHELF WEAR, AND THE OPENING EDGE SHOWS ONLY VERY MINIMAL SIGNS OF USE.
TURNING THE SLEEVE OVER WE FIND THE MAKERS ARE GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE, AND THAT IT IS A FLIPBACK SLEEVE.
THERE IS NO SIGNS OF GRUBBINESS TO THE WHITE SURFACE, AND THE FLIPBACK ARE PRISTINE. THERE IS ONE TINY TRACE OF RINGWEAR WHICH YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IN THE PICTURE, IT IS JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE OPENING EDGE.
SO A SUPERB EXAMPLE AND ONE I AM HAPPY TO GRADE EX+
ALSO INCLUDED IS THE ORIGINAL ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE WHICH IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION
THE LABELS
THE STANDARD GREEN HARVEST LABELS WHICH ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION. THERE IS NO SPINDLE HOLE WEAR AT ALL, AND I CAN BARELY MAKE OUT ANY SPIDER LINES. CLEARLY THE RECORD ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO SOMEONE WHO TOOK GREAT PAINS NOT TO DAMAGE THE LABELS IN ANY WAY, AND WAS METICULOUS IN THEIR HANDLING OF THIS ALBUM
THE VINYL
SHINES LIKE NEW, AND IS JUST A DELIGHT TO HOLD AND ADMIRE. CLOSE SCRUTINY DOES NOT REVEAL ANY MARKS OR SCRATCHES, AND ONLY UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION ARE THERE A COUPLE OF NEAR INVISIBLE HAIRLINES.
THIS REALLY IS A RECORD THAT HAS HAD ONLY A COUPLE OF PLAYS EVER!!
GENTLY LOWERING THE STYLUS ONTO SIDE ONE, THERE IS A SILENT RUN IN TO THE OPENING TRACK "MESSAGE FROM THE COUNTRY"
I AM DELIGHTED TO SAY AS WELL THAT THERE IS NO HINT OF DISTORTION TO THE SOUND QUALITY, AND THE STEREO PRODUCTION IS INCREDIBLE. I ACTUALLY HAD NEVER HEARD THIS LP BEFORE DESPITE LIKING ALL THINGS ROY WOOD, AND I HAVE TO SAY IT IS VERY VERY GOOD.
EACH LINKING GROOVE IS SILENT, AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT I HAVE NOT HEARD ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLES OR POPS OF ANY KIND ANYWHERE ON THE LP.
I AM PERFECTLY HAPPY TO AWARD THIS FINE COLLECTIBLE A MINT MINUS GRADE, AND AS I SAID AT THE TOP OF THIS LISTING, THIS WILL NEVER NEED UPGRADING
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