AC/DC TNT 1ST PRESS AUSTRALIAN ONLY ISSUED 2ND ALBUM
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AC/DC - TNT
IN SUPERB CONDITION
AUSTRALIAN ONLY 1ST PRESS
- CATALOGUE:ALBERT PRODUCTIONS APLPA 016
- MATRIX: VAPAX1213 / 1214
AC DC RELEASED THEIR FIRST ALBUM IN THEIR NATIVE AUSTRAILIA IN FEB 1975. THIS WAS TITLED HIGH VOLTAGE, EVEN THOUGH IT DIDN'T HAVE THE TRACK HIGH VOLTAGE ON IT. IT WAS A VERY WEAK ALBUM BY THE BAND'S STANDARDS. DECEMBER OF THE SAME YEAR SAW THE RELEASE OF TNT WHICH WAS FAR MORE IN THE VEIN OF WHAT WAS TO BE THE STANDARD AC/DC SOUND. THIS ALBUM DOES INCLUDE HIGH VOLTAGE AMONGST OTHER STANDARDS SUCH AS TNT, ROCKER, IT'S ALONG WAY TO THE TOP, AND A RARE CHUCK BERRY COVER 'SCHOOL DAY'
IT WASN'T UNTIL 1976 THAT THE INTERNATIONAL VERSION OF HIGH VOLTAGE WAS ISSUED, BUT THIS VERSION FEATURED THE BEST TRACKS FROM THE FIRST TWO AUSSIE ALBUMS. MOST OF THE TRACKS CAME FROM TNT.
THIS THEREFORE IS THE GENUINE AUSSIE LP THAT STARTED THE WHOLE THING ROLLING. A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE AND A SUPERB LP
THE RECORD
THE LABELS
THE PURPLE AND GOLD LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND HAS NO MARKS OR STAINS AT ALL. THE GOLD RIM IS ALSO UNRUBBED. THE SILVER TYPEFACE AGAIN IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE HOLE, BUT AS THIS HAS COME FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION I CAN SAY 100% THAT THIS HAS ONLY EVER HAD 2 PLAYS PRIOR TO TODAY WHEN IT RECEIVED IT'S TEST/ RECORDING PLAY
THE VINYL
THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION AND HAS NOT LOST ANY OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. NO MARKS AT ALL ON THE VINYL AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE
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 FOUR THREE MINUTE EXCERPTS FROM THIS ALBUM, I HAVE RECORDED THE FIRST TRACK FROM EACH SIDE WHICH INCLUDES THE DEAD WAX RUN IN, I HAVE ALSO RECORDED THE LINKING GROOVES TO THE START OF THE OTHER TRACKS THAT HAVE BEEN RECORDED.
THERE IS SOME VERY LIGHT VINYL NOISE IN PLACES, NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY MARKS AS THERE ARE NONE. THIS IS TOTALLY DUE TO THE PRESS, BUT TAKE A LISTEN TO THE RECORDINGS
I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS
THE SLEEVE
THIS NO LAMINATED GATEFOLD IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. I PLACED IT DIRECTLY INTO A PLASTIC SLEEVE WHEN I PURCHASED IT, AND IT HAS STAYED THERE EVER SINCE
THE FRONT SURFACE IS DELICATE AND I HAVE SEEN SOME OF THESE PREVIOUSLY WITH TERRIBLE RING WEAR. this one is pristine again due to the fact that it has been kept in plastic from new
NO CREASES OR BENDS AND NO WEAR OR RUBBING TO THE COLOURS, AND NO RING WEAR. JUST A FEW TINY LINES DOWN THE SPINE. THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE TOTALLY UNWORN, AND THE SPINE IS ALSO IN PRISTINE CONDITION WITH ALL TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND SHOWS EXACTLY WHY THIS LP IS IN SUCH SUPERB CONDITION
THE REAR SURFACE IS ALMOST AS PRISTINE AS THE FRONT WITH JUST THE BAREST TRACE OF RECORD SHAPE IN THE TOP SECTION.
OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE INTERIOR SURFACE. I DON'T THINK I EVER OPENED THE GATEFOLD MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES.
THE INNER SLEEVE WAS NOTHING MORE THAN A THIN POLY BAG, WHICH I HAVE KEPT SEPERATE AND PLACED THE LP IN A NEW POLY LINED INNER. THE ORIGINAL IS STILLIN MINT CONDITION THEREFORE
HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE NEAR MINT
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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