AC / DC IF YOU WANT BLOOD UK LP 1ST press PORKY PRIME CUT PLAYS 100% MINT
  £   21
  $   28

 


£ 21 Sold For
Sep 23, 2012 Sold Date
Sep 16, 2012 Start Date
£   19 Start price
2   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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Description

AC / DC - LET THERE BE ROCK

IN MAGNIFICENT MINT!!! ONE PLAY!! CONDITION

OUTSTANDING  NEAR MINT SLEEVE

' a porky prime cut'

 

  • CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC K50532
  • MATRIX: K50532 A-2 / B-2
  • ' A PORKY PRIME CUT ' ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE ONE
  • ' PECKO' ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 2

 

A FIRST PRESS OF THIS ALBUM MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES

  • THE UK PRESS HAS THE GREEN AND ORANGE MATT ATLANTIC LABELS
  • THE 'W' LOGO MUST BE AT 3 O'CLOCK ON THE LABEL
  • MATRIX NUMBERS MUST BE K50532 A-2 / B-2
  • THE MATRIX NUMBERS MUST ALSO BE ETCHED NOT STAMPED
  • 'A PORKY PRIME CUT' MUST BE ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX SIDE ONE
  • 'PECKO' MUST BE ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX SIDE TWO
  • THE SLEEVE MUST BE MADE BY 'GOTHIC' PRINTERS
  • THE INNER SLEEVE IS PLAIN WHITE WITH ANGLED CORNERS AND JUST THE UK PATENT NUMBER IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER, AND ' MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN' IN THE RIGHT

 

THE RECORDS

 

THE LABELS

THE TWO ORANGE AND GREEN LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. BOTH BASE COLOURS ARE IMMACULATE AND UNWORN, AND FULLY STRETCH INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE WHITE BAND ACROSS THE MIDDLE IS PURE WHITE AND UNBLEMISHED.

THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS TOTALLY UNRUBBED AND EVERY LETTER PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THERE IS JUST ONE MICROSCOPIC  SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE HOLE SHOWING JUST WHY THE LP IS IN THE INCREDIBLE CONDITION THAT IT IS!!

THERE IS ALSO STILL RESIDUAL VINYL INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE HANDLING MARKS,AND IN DAYLIGHT IS IS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS IT LOOKS TODAY SOME 34 YEARS ON AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED. EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE, APART FROM A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES, AND A ONE NEAR INVISIBLE AND NON SOUNDING ANGEL HAIRLINE HANDLING LINE ON 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 WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER 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.

THE SILENT BITS ARE  SILENT, AND THE MUSIC COMES THROUGH CRISPLY AND CLEARLY.

THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THIS SUPERB SOUND WHATSOEVER AT ANY POINT.

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AT ANY POINT AND CERTAINLY NO LOUD CLICKS

THERE IS NO STATIC OR ANY VINYL NOISE WHATSOEVER, AND THE RUN IN RUN OUT GROOVES ARE TOTALLY SILENT!

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT !!! IT IS THAT GOOD

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

 

 

 

 

THE SLEEVE

 

SEMI LAMINATED AND DELICATE  GOTHIC PRINTERS SLEEVE . THIS IS SUCH A HARD SLEEVE TO FIND IN THIS SORT OF CONDITION. THE FACT THAT IT IS UNLAMINATED USUALLY ASSURES THE SEVERE COLOUR LOSS TO THE DELICATE  SURFACE.

 

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND TOTALLY CLEAN. THERE IS NOT ONE MARK ON IT ANYWHERE. THE  SURFACE HAS A SMALL SCUFF TO THE TOP RIGHT CORNER WHERE THERE ARE TWO WHITE LINES VISIBLE

THERE IS NO RING WEAR WHATSOEVER ON ANY PART OF THE SLEEVE,AND NO RECORD SHAPE EITHER.

THERE ARE THREE MINUSCULE LINES NEAR THE SPINE. ONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE AND NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE. NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS OFTEN ABUSED SLEEVE,

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR. APART FROM THAT BOTTOM RIGHT TIP END AS MENTIONED WHICH IS LIGHTLY RUBBED, PLUS THERE IS A SPECK OF WHITE SHOWING ON THE TOP RIGHT CORNER TIP

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. ALL OF THE COLOUR IS PRESENT AND THERE IS JUST A PIN PRICK OF WHITE SHOWING ON THE VERY BOTTOM TIP END, AND ANOTHER RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SPINE WHERE THE SMALL LINE ON THE FRONT SURFACE HAS CREPT ROUND ONTO THE SPINE ITSELF.ALSO ONE TINY CHIP IN BETWEEN THE F AND Y OF IF YOU

ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS JUST AS NEW!! RAZOR SHARP AND LOOKING AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PRINTED AND PUT TOGETHER. FURTHER PROOF THAT THE RECORD HAS REMAINED INSIDE THE SLEEVE.JUST ONE TINY THUMB NAIL NICK VISIBLE

THE REAR SURFACE IS ALSO IN SUPERB CONDITION . NO COLOUR LOSS, NO RING WEAR , NO RECORD SHAPE, NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASING. NOT ONE LINE NEAR THE SPINE OR TOP EDGE, AND JUST ONE THIN ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE

THE PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE PURE WHITE, TOTALLY UNSPLIT, AND UNCREASED

THE SLEEVE GRADES NEAR MINT WITH EASE

 

 

 

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

GARRY

 

 


On 17-Sep-12 at 06:17:58 BST, seller added the following information:






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