The Soul Children FRICTION U.S 1st Press STAX ONE PLAY NEAR MINT AUDIO
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THE SOUL CHILDREN - FRICTION
STAX ALBUM STILL IN ORIGINAL SHRINKWRAP
U.S 1st press
IN MAGNIFICENT NEAR MINT!!! CONDITION
MINT MINUS SLEEVE
- CATALOGUE: STAX STS 5507
- MATRIX:STX 0045-4 / 0046-4
I HAVE IN MY POSESSION A COLLECTION OF ALBUMS THAT CAME DIRECT FROM THE USA TO THE UK IN THE EARLY 70'S. THEY WERE AQUIRED BY A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS A DJ ON A RADIO STATION. HE WROTE TO STAX IN MEMPHIS IN THE MID 60'S AND ASKED HOW HE COULD GET HIS HANDS ON SOME SOUL MUSIC AS HE WANTED TO PLAY IT ON HIS RADIO STATION. TO HIS SURPRISE STAX ADDED HIM TO THEIR MAILING LIST AND CONTINUED TO SEND PARCELS OF LP'S AND SINGLES TO HIM WELL INTO THE 70'S. A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF THEM WERE THEREFORE DJ PROMO COPIES. THEY MAILED BOTH ALBUMS AND SINGLE, AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE ALBUMS HAVE REMAINED UNPLAYED.
THIS IS INDEED A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO CLAIM A PIECE OF HISTORY IN PRISTINE CONDITION. I CANNOT IMAGINE JUST HOW FEW UNPLAYED COPIES OF GENUINE STAX AND ASSOCIATED LABELS HAVE REMAINED IN THIS CONDITION.
TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY
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THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
THE YELLOW LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR HAS REMAINED UNRUBBED, AND THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE. THIS COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLES REVEALS ZERO SPIDER LINES AND THERE IS STILL SHARDS OF RESIDUAL VINYL ATTACHED TO THE SPINDLE HOLE
THE VINYL
THE RECORD GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND COULDN'T LOOK ANY BETTER. ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE HAS BEEN RETAINED.AND IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS!!! THERE ARE NO VISIBLE MARKS OR ANY SIGNS OF HANDLING ON THE DISCS, UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE SOME EMBEDDED DULL SPECKLES AND THATS ALL
THE PLAYTHROUGH
THE VINYL PERFORMS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH. FROM THE SECOND THE STYLUS IS PLACED ON THE RECORD THERE IS SILENCE IN THE RUN IN GROOVE. THIS CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE VOLUME.
THE CLARITY OF THE FIRST PRESS IS VERY AUDIBLE AND THE RECORDING IS JUST SUPERB
THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS
NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND NO UNWANTED NOISES WHATSOEVER
THE ODD SPECK OF VERY LIGHT STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND AND A FEW RANDOM LITTLE STATIC TICS
A STUNNING AUDIO PERFORMANCE THAT CAN ONLY GRADE NEAR MINT!!!
BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE WHOLE ALBUM YOU WILL BE ABLE TO JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS
THE SLEEVE
NON LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE WITH PASTE ON REAR SURFACE
THE ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP IS STILL IN PLACE. SPLIT AT THE OPENING EDGE TO ALLOW THE ALBUM TO BE REMOVED
THE FRONT SURFACE STILL HAS ALL OF THE RICH COLOURS PERFECTLY FREE FROM ANY RUBBING.. THERE IS A VERY SMALL LIGHT LINE RUNNING ACROSS THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP, AND A TINY DING TO THE SAME CORNER TIP
THERE ARE ZERO PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE SPINE. NONE ON THE TOP EDGE. NONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES BY THE OPENING EDGE
THE TOP EDGE HAS A SPECK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT CORNER TIP.
THE BOTTOM EDGE ALSO HAS A LITTLE RUB TO THE RIGHT CORNER TIP
THE SPINE IS ALSO FULLY COLOURED, HAS PERFECT TYPEFACE AND UNBLEMISHED TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS
THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL SHARP
THE REAR SURFACE IS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH JUST A LIGHT SHADOW OF AGEING TO THE OPENING EDGE
THE PLAIN INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT AND FREE FROM SPLITS AND JUST ONE CREASE LINE,FURTHER PROOF THAT THE LP HAS REMAINED INSIDE THE SLEEVE UNTOUCHED FOR MANY YEARS. THERE IS A LITTLE LIGHT AGEING
I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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