Utopia RA UK LP 1ST PRESS COMPLETE WITH INSERT PLAYS 100% NEAR MINT

	£		19
	$		25

UTOPIA - RA

IN MAGNIFICENT NEAR MINT!!! PLAYTHROUGH CONDITION

COMPLETE WITH INSERT SHEET

OUTSTANDING SLEEVE!!

• CATALOGUE:BEARSVILLE
• MATRIX: k55514 A3 / B2

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE BROWN LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. ALL COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND FULLY STRETCH INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE

THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY CLEAR AND LEGIBLE AND UNRUBBED.

THERE ARE JUST 2-3 TINY SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE, SHOWING THE LIMITED PLAY THE RECORD HAS RECEIVED SINCE 1976

THE VINYL

THE  VINYL IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION AND HAS NOT LOST ANY OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. YOU CAN TELL THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN PLAYED JUST BY LOOKING AT HOW THE RECORD STILL GLEAMS. IN DAYLIGHT I CAN BARELY MAKE OUT ONE TINY NO SOUNDING HANDLING LINE, AND UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION A COUPLE MORE AND SOME WISPY HAIRLINES

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 WITH ALL MY LISTINGS , AS I BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY 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 VINYL PLAYS SUPERBLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND IT IS RIGHT TO STATE THAT THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT, MEANING THAT THE LITTLE PLAY THE VINYL HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAS A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THE DISC PLAYS WITHOUT ANY  BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NO LOUD CLICKS EITHER

A SUPERB STEREO REPRODUCTION AND A VERY LOUDLY PRESSED VINYL

THERE IS A COUPLE OF TINY SPECKS OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN ONE OR TWO OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES

I HEARD ONLY ABOUT 4-5 OF THE TINIEST DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL NEAR MINT!!!

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE THIS FOR YOURSELF THOUGH

THE SLEEVE

SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS NON LAMINATED GOTHIC PRINT FINISHERS SINGLE SLEEVE.

THIS SLEEVE IS VERY HARD TO COLLECT IN GREAT CONDITION DUE TO THE POWDERY RED SURFACE THAT WAS USED, WHICH ON MOST COPIES RUBS VERY EASILY AND LOOKS SHABBY. HERE HOWEVER WE HAVE ONE THAT HAS BEEN VERY WELL CARED FOR AND IS IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION.

THE ORIGINAL OWNER HAS PLACED ONE OF THOSE 1970'S NUMBERS IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER. THESE WERE AVAILABLE TO BUY IN SHEETS FROM RECORD STORES, AND IT WAS AN EARLY WAY OF CATALOGUING YOUR COLLECTION. WHILST IT MAY NOT BE EVERYONE'S CUP OF TEA, THE ONE THING I AM CONVINCED OF IS THAT EVERY TIME I HAVE COME ACROSS A NUMBERED SLEEVE LIKE THIS, IT HAS USUALLY FOLLOWED THAT THE OWNER WAS METICULOUS WITH THEIR RECORDS. I AM SURE THE NUMBER WILL COME OFF BUT I HAVE LEFT IT INTACT FOR THE NEW OWNER TO DECIDE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS NEAR PRISTINE HAVING NO CREASES OR BENDS WHATSOEVER.THERE IS JUST ONE NEAR INVISIBLE LINE CLOSE TO THE SPINE AND THAT'S ALL. NONE ALONG THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

THE COLOURS ARE ALSO IN INCREDIBLE CONDITION.  NO COLOUR LOSS WHATSOEVER ON THIS OFTEN ABUSED SLEEVE.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE NEAR PERFECT, WITH THE ONLY TRACES OF WHITE SHOWING ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER AND A SMALL SCUFF IN THE CENTRE OF THE TOP EDGE

THE SPINE ITSELF IS ALSO IN FIRST CLASS CONDITION WITH IT BEING FLAT, AND TOTALLY UNSQUASHED, WITH JUST ONE LIGHT FINGER TO THUMB IMPRESSION IN THE MIDDLE, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE WHITE TYPEFACE PRISTINE AND FULLY LEGIBLE. ONLY THE VERY BOTTOM TIP HAS A PIN PRICK OF WHITE SHOWING THROUGH

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP AND SHOWS CLEARLY THAT THE LP HAS HARDLY EVER BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE.

THE REAR SURFACE IS AS IMMACULATE AS THE FRONT. PRISTINE ALL OVER. NO LINES ANYWHERE

ALSO WORTH POINTING OUT THAT THERE IS NO RINGWEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE ON THE FRONT OR BACK

THE CARD INSERT IS IN 100% MINT!!! CONDITION

THE  PLAIN WHITE INNER IS ALSO INCLUDED. UNSPLIT WITH NO CREASES OR WRINKLES

THE SLEEVE GRADES NEAR MINT !!!

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

GARRY