10cc DECEPTIVE BENDS UK LP 1st Press Mercury 9102502 MINT MINUS - LISTEN
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10cc - DECEPTIVE BENDS
ONE PLAY AND 100% MINT MINUS AUDIO
MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS SLEEVE
MUSEUM GRADE SET
- CATALOGUE:MERCURY 9102 502
- MATRIX: 9102502 1Y//4 IB 11 / 2Y//3 IB12
- ' MELY+ERIC+GRAHAM+PAUL LOVES YOU' ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE ONE
- ' MELYS' ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE TWO
THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
THE DEEP BLUE MERCURY LABELS ARE PERFECT IN COLOUR, TOTALLY UN-RUBBED, AND FREE FROM ANY MARKS OR STAINS. SIMILARLY THE SILVER MERCURY LOGO AND TRACK LISTING TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECT.
A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST ONE POSSIBLY TWO TINY SPIDER LINES INDICATING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE SINCE 1977
THE VINYL
THE FIRST THING TO SAY ABOUT THIS VINYL IS THAT THE HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL SHEEN AND IN DAY LIGHT APPEARS TO BE FLAWLESS. ONLY WHEN PLACED UNDER LED SPOTLIGHT AM I ABLE TO MAKE OUT A FEW WISPY SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL HAIRLINES, AND A COUPLE OF TINY LITTLE ANGEL HAIRLINE HANDLING LINES. NONE OF THESE I AM CERTAIN WILL HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE REPRODUCTION.
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
PLAYING THIS ALBUM WAS AN ABSOLUTE DELIGHT. FIRST THING TO MENTION WAS THAT THE STEREOPHONIC SOUND QUALITY IS JUST AWESOME. AN ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING WITH TRUE PERFECT SOUND.
FROM THE NEAR SILENT RUN INTO THE FADE OUTS ON EACH SIDE THE VINYL PLAYS TO NEAR PERFECTION.
FIRSTLY THERE IS NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE WHATSOEVER, NOR ARE THERE ANY LOUD CLICKS OR POPS.
IF I'M BEING PICKY THEN THERE IS ONLY THE OCCASIONAL VERY LIGHT BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND, WHICH I ONLY HEARD IN A FEW OF THE QUIETER SPOTS ON THE LP.
I CAN'T EVEN SAY THAT I HEARD ANY MORE THAN ONE TWO TINY LITTLE STATIC TEXT, AND ON THAT BASIS I AM DELIGHTED TO BE UP TO GRADE THIS VINYL FOR IT'S AUDIO QUALITY MINT MINUS
THE SLEEVE
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE.
STARTING WITH THE FRONT SURFACE, THE FIRST THING TO NOTE IS THAT THE ORIGINAL DEEP RICH COLOURS HAVE ALL BEEN PERFECTLY RETAINED, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE MINUSCULE AND I DO MEAN SMALL TINY PAPER NICK IN THE TOP RIGHT-HAND CORNER. I SUSPECT THAT AT SOME POINT PRICE STICKER WAS ATTACHED AND REMOVED AND TOOK A TINY TINY PIECE OF PAPER ALONG WITH IT..
SO OTHER THAN THIS VERY MINOR BLEMISH WE HAVE AN ALMOST PRISTINE SLEEVE. EVEN LOOKING AT THE SPINE THERE IS JUST ONE TINY LITTLE LINE NESTLED AGAINST THE BOTTOM OF THE SPINE. ONE MINUSCULE LINE ALONG THE TOP, AND ABSOLUTELY NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM, NOR ARE THERE ANY THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.
SO THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES OF THE SLEEVE, HAVE PERFECT PURPLE COLOURING RUNNING ALL THE WAY FROM THE LEFT-WING CORNER TO THE RIGHT-HAND CORNERS, AND ON THE TOP EDGE THERE ARE JUST TWO DOTS OF WHITE SHOWING ON THE VERY TIP ENDS, AND ON THE BOTTOM EDGE ONE TINY LITTLE SLIVER OF WHITE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT EDGE.
I'VE SEEN MANY COPIES OF THIS ALBUM WITH THE SPINE HAS FADED IN COLOUR, BUT THIS SLEEVE STILL HAS A PRISTINE RICH COLOURED SPINE WITH JUST A TINY PINPRICK OF WHITE ON EACH OF THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS. THE JET BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND THE ONLY OTHER SPECK OF COLOUR LOSS, IS ONE TINY LITTLE PINPRICK ON THE TOP LEADING-EDGE.
THE OPENING EDGES ARE BOTH RAZOR SHARP AND PERFECTLY AS NEW.
THE REAR SURFACE IS IDENTICAL TO THE FRONT IN THAT IT'S DEEP RICH, UNRUBBED, AND ONLY A COUPLE OF TINY LINES ON THE TOP EDGE.
OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TO PRISTINE INNER PANELS. POSITIONING THE SLEEVE FOR ITS PICTURE IT WAS EVIDENT THAT THE GATEFOLD WOULD NOT LIE FLAT, MEANING THAT IS VERY RARELY BEEN OPENED.
FINALLY THE LIGHT CARD PICTURE/LYRIC INNER SLEEVE, IS IN PERFECT UN SPLIT CONDITION.
THE ONLY MINOR IMPERFECTION IS A TINY SLIVER OF WHITE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE.
I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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