The Staple Singers BE ALTITUDE: RESPECT YOURSELF U.S 1st STAX 1 PLAY MINT MINUS
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THE STAPLE SINGERS - BE ALTITUDE: RESPECT YOURSELF
STAX ALBUM
U.S 1st press - ONE PLAY
PROMO COPY
IN MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS CONDITION
NEAR MINT SLEEVE
- CATALOGUE: STS 3002
- MATRIX:STXS 00030-3 / 00031-4
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
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 ALL I CAN SEE IS ONE ULTRA FINE SURFACE NEAR INVISIBLE HANDLING LINE
THE PLAYTHROUGH
THE VINYL PERFORMS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH. FROM THE SECOND THE STYLUS IS PLACED ON THE RECORD THERE IS NEAR 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
THE ODD SPECK OF VERY LIGHT STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND AND A COUPLE OF MINUSCULE STATIC TICS
A STUNNING AUDIO PERFORMANCE THAT CAN ONLY GRADE MINT MINUS
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 GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH PASTE ON INNER SURFACE
THE FRONT SURFACE STILL HAS ALL OF THE RICH COLOURS PERFECTLY FREE FROM ANY RUBBING, OTHER THAN A MINUSCULE SPECK UNDER THE TOP EDGE, AND A COUPLE OF WHITE FLECKS NEAR THE SPINE. ONE SMALL CREASE LINE RUNNING ACROSS THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP
THERE ARE ZERO PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE SPINE. NONE ON THE TOP EDGE. ONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES BY THE OPENING EDGE
THE TOP EDGE HAS A SPECK OF RUB TO THE CORNER TIPS ONLY
THE BOTTOM EDGE ALSO HAS A LITTLE RUB TO THE RIGHT CORNER AREA
THE SPINE IS ALSO FULLY COLOURED, HAS PERFECT TYPEFACE AND ONLY A LITTLE RUB TO THE TOP TIP END.
THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL SHARP
THE REAR SURFACE IS IN NEAR PERFECT CONDITION , JUST A COUPLE OF SMALL PRESSURE LINES BY THE SPINE
OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO PRISTINE INNER PANELS
THE PLAIN DIE INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT AND FREE FROM SPLITS .
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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