UFO OBSESSION UK LP 1ST PRESS A1/B1 WITH POSTER UNPLAYED PLAYS MINT MINUS

	£		46
	$		61

UFO - OBSESSION

IN MAGNIFICENT UNPLAYED MINT MINUS !!!! CONDITION

BLUE CHRYSALIS FIRST PRESS

OUTSTANDING SLEEVE AND POSTERu

• CATALOGUE:CHRYSALIS CDL 1182
• MATRIX: CHR1182 A1 / B1
• FIRST PRESS MATRIX NUMBERS
• TML-S STAMPED INTO DEAD WAX BOTH SIDES
• 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 ARE NO SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE HOLE.

THE VINYL

THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR AND IN DAY LIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES, AND ONE NONE SOUNDING SMALL HANDLING LINE ON TRACK ONE OF SIDE 2

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

I HAVE DECIDED TO PLAY THE LP FOR THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE DESCRIBING AN ALBUM AS UNPLAYED DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN MINT!!

MY ONE CAREFUL PLAY WILL GO UNDETECTED

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 RARE 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 A COUPLE OF TINY DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM HAPPY TO  GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH MINT MINUS!!! 

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. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES NOR ARE THERE ANY CREASE LINES EITHER, JUST ONE SMALL LINE NEAR THE SPINE. ONE ONE THE TOP EDGE, NONE 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

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% UNRUBBED,APART FROM THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP WHICH DOES HAVE LIGHT RUBBING

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT APART FROM ONE TINY SQUASH WHERE THE TINY LINE NEAR THE SPINE IS. IT IS RIGHT AT THE TOP END OF THE SPINE. OTHER THAN THIS THE SPINE IS 100% FLAT, AND UNSQUASHED, PLUS NO COLOUR LOSS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE TOP TIP END. ALL THE  RED TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND UNBLEMISHED AND SHOWS WHY THIS LP HAS BARELY BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME MAGNIFICENT CONDITION AS THE FRONT . TOTALLY PRISTINE AND UNBLEMISHED, AND JUST THE ONE TINY LINE NEAR THE SPINE AS ON THE FRONT

THE POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO IN NEAR PRISTINE CONDITION, HAVING HARDLY BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE, IT SHOWS JUST LIGHT AGEING TO THE EDGES. OTHER THAN THIS IT REMAINS UNCREASED AND UNSPLIT

THE POSTER IS ALSO IN PRISTINE CONDITION. CLEAN AND UNCREASED WITH ALL OF THE FOLD LINES PERFECT AND RAZOR SHARP. NO SPLITS OR TEARS

THIS SLEEVE GRADES MINT MINUS!!!!!!

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

GARRY