Trevor Rabin (Yes) DEBUT SOLO ALBUM 1978 UK LP 1st Press ONE PLAY 100% MINT

	£		19
	$		25

TREVOR RABIN - TREVOR RABIN

IN MAGNIFICENT ONE PLAY MINT  !!!! CONDITION

BLUE CHRYSALIS FIRST PRESS

NEAR MINT SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:CHRYSALIS CHR 1196
• MATRIX: CHR1196 A//2 P 11 / B//2 P 11

  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

• THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE BLUE AND WHITE LABELS  ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION, THE COLOURS ARE UNBLEMISHED AND FULLY STRETCH INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALSO CLEAR AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS THAT THERE IS JUST ONE SMALL SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE HOLE.

THE VINYL

THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR AND IN DAY LIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION IT IS STILL FLAWLESS

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 AS I DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID.

THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE FIRST THING TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE CLARITY OF REPRODUCTION IS SUPERB. THE CRYSTAL CLEAR INSTRUMENTATION AND VOCALS ARE PURE FIRST PRESS. THERE IS CERTAINLY NO GROOVE WEAR TO THIS  RECORDING WHICH WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN SOME DISTORTION TO THE SOUND. THERE IS NONE. ISLAND/CHRYSALIS  RECORDINGS HAVE LONG BEEN LAMBASTED FOR THE POOR QUALITY OF VINYL USED IN THEIR  LP'S WHICH HAVE OFTEN RESULTED IN UNWANTED VINYL NOISE EVEN WHERE THERE ARE NO MARKS. HERE HOWEVER THE VINYL PLAYS MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITH JUST THE ODD SPECK OF LIGHT STATIC HERE AND THERE 

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST FANTASTIC, AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD TO PERFECTION.

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND CERTAINLY NO LOUD CLICKS

I HEARD NO MORE THAN A SECOND OR TWO OF STATIC A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND NOT ONE DUST POP THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM HAPPY TO  GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH MINT

PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

UNLAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS CLEAN AND FLAT AND HAS NO MARKS OR STAINS ON IT WHATSOEVER. IMPORTANT AS THIS IS A WHITE SLEEVE AND WOULD LOOK POOR IF GRUBBY, BUT THE WHITE HAS REMAINED NEAR PERFECT WITH JUST A TINY SHADOW OF AGE ON THE EDGES

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES NOR ARE THERE ANY  DEEP CREASE LINES EITHER, ONE SMALL LINE NEAR THE SPINE .  FIVE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE. 

THE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT, AND ARE PERFECT AND UNRUBBED

ALSO NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE. THERE IS A LITTLE DING TO THE TOP RIGHT AND BOTTOM LEFT CORNERS

THE TOP EDGE HAS A LITTLE SCUFF IN THE MIDDLE, BUT EVERYWHERE ELSE IS PERFECT.  THE BOTTOM EDGE JUST HAS A SPECK OF RUB TO THE CORNER TIPS

 THE SPINE IS 100% FLAT, A TINY SHADE OF AGE TO THE COLOUR AND THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS ARE UNRUBBED

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP 

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME CLEAN CONDITION AS THE FRONT . 

THE POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO IN NEAR PRISTINE CONDITION, HAVING HARDLY BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE, IT SHOWS JUST LIGHT GLUE AGEING AT THE EDGES. AND A COUPLE OF LIGHT CORNER CREASE LINES

THIS SLEEVE GRADES NEAR MINT!!!

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

GARRY