Wishbone Ash PILGRIMAGE UK LP 1ST PRESS RARE ORANGE & MAGENTA LABEL PLAYS MINT-

	£		104
	$		138

WISHBONE ASH - PILGRIMAGE

IN MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS!!!! PLAYTHROUGH CONDITION

RARER MAGENTA AND ORANGE LABELS

INVESTMENT GRADE COPY

• CATALOGUE:MDKS8004
• MATRIX: 7-LNMG-244 2L / 7-245 1L
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 G / 1 JUST A QUICK WORD ABOUT FIRST ISSUE MCA RECORDINGS OF THIS ERA

THE FIRST TWO ASH ALBUMS MUST HAVE THE DOGBONE LABEL TO BE A FIRST PRESS. THIS LABEL CAME IN NUMEROUS 2 TONE PATTERNS.

RED AND BROWN, RED AND YELLOW, RED AND PINK ARE THE THREE MOST COMMON BUT THERE ARE OTHERS.AND THIS ORANGE AND MAGENTA IS THE RAREST ONE

BY THE TIME ARGUS WAS RELEASED THIS HAD CHANGED TO THE BLUE AND BLACK LABELS.

VOLUME FOUR HAD YET ANOTHER CHANGE TO THE LABEL. THIS TIME IT WAS COMPLETELY BLACK WITH SILVER TYPEFACE

AFTER THIS CAME THE RAINBOW LABEL AND SO ON......

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

FIRST PRESS LABELS ON EARLY MCA LP'S CAME IN THREE TWO TONE COLOURS, AND EACH ONE IS A VALID FIRST PRESS AS THEY WERE PRODUCING ALL THREE AT THE SAME TIME. THERE IS PINK AND RED, YELLOW AND RED, AND BROWN AND RED.

THIS IS THE FAR RARER ORANGE AND MAGENTA 'DOGBONE' FIRST ISSUE LABEL IN SUPERB CONDITION. BOTH COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND THE ORANGE BAND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SILVER TYPEFACE REMAINS UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THERE ARE JUST 3-4 SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE INDICATING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED SINCE  1971

THE VINYL

THIS HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND HAS LOST NONE OF IT'S ORIGINAL LUSTRE.IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS FLAWLESS. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE SOME FINE AND WISPY HAIRLINES AND SOME SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL LINES

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 AM CONVINCED 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 BE ABLE TO GIVE 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.

THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND AT ANY POINT MEANING WHAT LITTLE PLAY THE RECORD HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM WITH A CORRECTLY TRACKED, WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THE SOLO GUITAR WORK IS JUST MAGNIFICENTLY REPRODUCED

THIS VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NO LOUD CLICKS EITHER

DURING SOME OF THE LINKING GROOVES A VERY LIGHT AND BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC LIKE VINYL NOISE CAN SOMETIMES BE HEARD.

I HEARD NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TINY DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH 

AN OUTSTANDING FIRST PRESS, THAT I AM VERY HAPPY TO GRADE MINT MINUS. I BELIEVE IT IS THAT GOOD

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN FOR YOURSELF AND BE THE JUDGE

THE SLEEVE

THIS NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE IS RARELY FOUND IN ANYTHING OTHER THAN 'WORN OUT' CONDITION. THIS ONE HOWEVER IS IN AN AMAZING MINT MINUS CONDITION.

THIS IS THE CORRECT FIRST ISSUE 'ROBERT STACE PRINTED IN ENGLAND' SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND HAS RETAINED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL COLOURS WHICH ARE OFTEN FOUND RUBBED AWAY ON MOST COPIES. THERE IS  NO EVIDENCE OF ANY RING WEAR, WHICH IS ANOTHER PROBLEM THIS SLEEVE SUFFERS WITH.

THIS FRONT SURFACE IS PERFECT SHOWING NO HEAVY CREASES, NO FOLD, BENDS OR ANY OBVIOUS BLEMISH.ALL OF THE YELLOWS AND BROWNS ARE PRISTINE, RICH AND UNRUBBED. THERE ARE FOUR BARELY VISIBLE TINY LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, BUT THAT'S IT. NO COLOUR LOSS AND NO PAPER SNAGS  OR STICKER MARKS

INCREDIBLY NO RING WEAR, AND NOT EVEN A HINT OF RECORD SHAPE EITHER

THE TOP EDGE IS PRISTINE AND UNWORN,, WHILST THE BOTTOM EDGE DOES HAVE THE MOST MINIMAL OF RUBBING

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR  SHARP WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS.

THE SPINE IS AS GOOD AS I HAVE EVER SEEN ONE ON THIS ALBUM. TOTALLY FLAT AND 100% UNSQUASHED. ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND ONLY THE ABSOLUTE TIP ENDS HAVE THE MILDEST BIT OF RUB.

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME SUPERB CONDITION AS THE FRONT, AGAIN NO COLOUR LOSS AND NO HEAVY CREASES, JUST FOUR TINY LITTLE LINES NEAR THE SPINE. AGAIN NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A TOTALLY PRISTINE  INNER SURFACE .

THIS IS THE FIRST PRESS UK SLEEVE AS NOTED BY THE HIPGNOSIS CREDITATION ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TYPEFACE.ALSO THE ROBERT STACE INFO ON THE REAR SURFACE

THE BLUE AND WHITE POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN MINT MINUS CONDITION NO SPLITS AND NO CREASES, AND THE ORIGINAL OWNER PLACED AN ANTI STATIC LINER INSIDE THE SLEEVE WHICH FURTHER PROTECTS BOTH THE VINYL AND THE INNER

THE CORRECT 6-71 SITS IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER DENOTING THE DATE JUNE 1971

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS

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

GARRY