The Sweet DESOLATION BOULEVARD UK LP 1st A1/B1 + Insert NEAR MINT AUDIO - LISTEN

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THE SWEET - DESOLATION BOULEVARD

SUPERB BARELY PLAYED NEAR MINT AUDIO

MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS SLEEVE

INCLUDES DIE CUT RCA SLEEVE, AND INSERT SHEET

• CATALOGUE:RCA  LPL1 5082
• MATRIX: LPL1-5080-A-1 / B-1

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE FIRST PRESS OF THIS ALBUM MUST HAVE MATT ORANGE LABELS, NOT GLOSSY. THESE FIRST PRESS LABELS ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION, HAVING A DEEP RICH ORANGE COLOUR, FREE FROM ANY MARKS OR STAINS, AND NO RUBBING TO EITHER THE COLOUR, ALL THE BLACK TYPEFACE. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST ONE MICROSCOPIC SPIDER LINE, SHOWING THAT THIS VINYL HAS BARELY BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE.

THE VINYL

THIS FIRST PRESS VINYL, HAS A DEEP RICH SHEEN, AND CLEARLY HAS NOT BEEN PLAYED MORE THAN ONCE OR TWICE. IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS, WHILST UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION I CAN MAKE OUT A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES, AND A LITTLE PATCH OF DULL SPECKLES ON SIDE TWO TRACK ONE. A BEAUTIFUL LOOKING DISC.

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 AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS IN THE FIRM BELIEF THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID.

THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

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

PLAYING THE VINYL YOU ARE IN FOR A TREAT, THE CRYSTAL CLEAR STEREOPHONIC REPRODUCTION THAT IS PURE FIRST PRESS.

THE FIRST THING TO MENTION IS THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND, MEANING THAT WHAT LITTLE PLAY THIS VINYL HAS RECEIVED HAS BEEN PLAYED ON A HI-FI SYSTEM THAT HAD CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND BALANCED, AND UNWORN STYLUS.

ALSO PLAYING THIS VVINYL YOU WILL NOT HEAR ANY EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE, NOR ARE THERE ANY LOUD POPS OR CLICKS, AND FOR THAT MATTER NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE EITHER.

I DID HEAR A FEW ODD RANDOM TINY LITTLE SPECKS OF STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND, AND A LITTLE MORE ON THE TRACK MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM, WHICH IS THE FIRST TRACK ON SITE TWO. IN ADDITION NO MORE THAN TWO OR THREE TINY LITTLE STATIC TICS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PLAY THROUGH.

AND ON THAT BASIS I AM DELIGHTED TO GRADE THE AUDIO REPRODUCTION OF THIS FINAL NEAR MINT

 PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

A NEAR  IMMACULATE MCNEILL PRESS FIRST ISSUE UNLAMINATED  GATEFOLD SLEEVE.

THE FRONT SURFACE OF THE OF THIS ICONIC ALBUM IS FLAT CLEAN, AND HAS DEEP RICH UNRUBBED COLOURS ACROSS THE SURFACE.

THE CORNERS ARE ALSO SHARP AND VERY SQUARE.

THERE ARE JUST TOO TINY LITTLE LINES NESTLED AGAINST THE SPINE. TWO MORE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR OR ANYWHERE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE. 

THE TOP EDGE WHICH USUALLY RUBS BADLY ON THIS PARTICULAR COPY IS IMMACULATE PERFECT COLOURING ALL THE WAY FROM THE LEFT-HAND SIDE TO THE RIGHT CORNERS WITH JUST ONE MINISCULE PINPRICK OF WHITE ON THE REAR RIGHT CORNER. THE BOTTOM EDGE IS ALMOST IDENTICAL WITH A LITTLE WHITE RUBBING BOTH THE RIGHT-HAND CORNER TIPS.

THE SPINE IS FLAT AND TOTALLY UN-SQUASHED. ONCE AGAIN ALL OF THE COLOURS ARE PRESENT, DEEP AND RICH AND IMPORTANTLY NOT FADED. THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS LITERALLY HAVE A COUPLE OF LITTLE WHITE DOTS ON THE VERY ENDS, AND THE WHITE TYPEFACE IS ABSOLUTELY IMMACULATE.

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP AND EVERY BIT AS GOOD AS THE DAY THAT THIS SLEEVE WAS PUT TOGETHER.

THE REAR SURFACE LIKE THE FRONT IS IMMACULATE, JUST A COUPLE OF TINY LINES BY THE SPINE, AND ONE VERY THIN AND BARELY VISIBLE LINE NEAR THE TOP LEFT CORNER.

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TO SUPERBLY BLACK AND UNRUBBED INNER SURFACES, NO DAMAGE NO MARKS AND NO STAINS ANYWHERE.

THE LYRIC INSERT SHEET IS ALSO IN PRISTINE CONDITION. NO CREASES, NO MARKS OR STAINS, JUST PERFECT.

THE RCA DIECUT INNER SLEEVE,  IS IN CLEAN CONDITION, NO SPLIT STILL SEEMS, JUST ONE LIGHT CORNER CREASE.

I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO FIND A BETTER EXAMPLE

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

GARRY