BILLY FURY " BILLY " 1963 UK LP 1ST PRESS 100% MINT
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BILLY FURY - BILLY
ABSOLUTELY INCRIDIBLE 1963 PRESSING IN MINT CONDITION
HAS ONLY HAS ONE PLAY SINCE 1963
CATALOGUE NUMBER LK 4522 DECCA RECORDS
MATRIX NUMBERS: ARL 5849-2A . ARL 5850-2A
STAMPERS: 1H / 1B
BRITAINS ANSWER TO ELVIS PRESLEY. BILLY FURY HAS A UNIQUE VOICE AND SOLD MANY RECORDS.
BUT HOW OFTEN WILL YOU EVER COME ACCROSS A MINT CONDITION ORIGINAL PRESSING. THIS IS TRULY A UNIQUE FIND
THIS IS BILLY FURY'S 4TH RELEASE AND HAS 16 CLASSIC TRACKS ON IT.
THE SLEEVE
IT'S DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW UP A MINT DESCRIPTION WITH ANY WORDS BUT HERE GOES. THE SLEEVE HAS A LAMINATED FRONT, AND NON LAMINATED BACK. THE FRONT IS PERFECTLY FLAT AND TOTALLY BLEMISH FREE. OPENING EDGE AS SHARP AS A RAZOR BLADE, AND A SPINE THAT IS PERFECTLY FLAT, THE BACK OF THE SLEEVE HAS PERFECT FLIPBACKS WHICH ON THIS SLEEVE ARE ONLY AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM. THE BACK IS ALSO PERFECTLY WHITE, AND HAS CLEARLY BEEN KEPT IN A PROTECTIVE SLEEVE SINCE NEW. TO SAY IT IS STUNNING IS AN YNDERSTATEMENT. I SUPPOSE IF I AM BEING REALLY PICKY THERE IS ONE SMALL (VERY SMALL) LAMINATE LINE BY BILLY'S EAR ON THE FRONT COVER, BUT IT IS SO SMALL IT'S HARDLY WORTH THE MENTION. TO SUM UP IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS JUST BEEN PULLED FROM THE SHELVES TO BUY, AND IT'S 1963 ALL OVER AGAIN.
THE INNER SLEEVE IS A PRISTINE EXAMPLE OF A POLY LINED "HANDLE WITH CARE" DECCA INNER SLEVE. A COUPLE OF SMALL CREASES.
THE LABELS
THESE ARE JUST STUNNING. IT IS HERE ON THE LABELS THAT THE HISTORY OF THE DISC BEGINS TO TAKE SHAPE. MANY PEOPLE IN THE 60'S CHOSE TO WRITE ON THE LABELS OR PUT A STICKER ON THEM TO IDENTIFY WHO THEY BELONGED TO. THIS WAS ONLY BECAUSE SO MANY TURNED UP AT PARTIES AND PEOPLE NEEDED TO KNOW WHICH WAS WHICH AND WHAT ONE BELONGED TO WHOM.
A GLORIOUS COLOUR RICH RED AND SILVER DECCA LABEL WITH BLEMISHES AT ALL.
IT IS AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE THAT YOU CAN REALLY BEGIN TO TELL WHAT SORT OF LIFE THE LP HAS HAD.
BECAUSE SO MANY OF THESE DISCS WENT TO PARTIES AND WERE PLAYED ON AUTOCHANGER RECORD PLAYERS THE SPINDLE HOLES GOT VERY WORN. IF YOU SEE A BEATLES LP ON EBAY FOR EXAMPLE AND THE LABEL IS WHITE AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE WHERE IT SHOULD BE BLACK, THEN THIS IS PROOF THAT THIS RECORD HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO THE WORST CRIME KNOWN TO COLLECTORS "THE AUTOCHANGER"
THIS SPINDLE HOLE ON THIS LP IS ABSOLUTELY AND TOTALLY PRISTINE. NOT ONE BLEMISH. IT HAS CLEARLY BEEN VERY CAREFULLY HANDLED. IT ALSO SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THE ORIGINAL OWNER. MY BEST GUESS IS SOMEONE WHO WAS OVER 30 AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE WHO APPRECIATED THE JOY IN KEEPING AN LP IN PRISTINE CONDITION.
THE OTHER WAY OF INDICATING HISTORY IS TO CAREFULLY EXAMINE SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE. WE HAVE ALL AT SOME POINT TRIED TO PLACE AN LP ON A DECK AND NOT BEEN ABLE TO MATCH THE HOLE WITH THE SPINDLE, AND IN OUR FRUSTRATION WE HAVE RUBBED THE LABEL ACCROSS THE SPINDLE SO THAT THE HOLE FINDS THE SPINDLE. IT IS THIS VERY MOTION THAT CAUSES SPIDER LINES AND THE MORE THERE ARE, THE MORE CARELESS THE ORIGINAL OWNER. IT IS ALSO A GREAT INDICATOR OF HOW MANY TIMES A RECORD HAS BEEN PLAYED.
WELL I COUNT ONE SPIDER LINE ON EACH SIDE. TO ME THIS CLEARLY INDICATES THAT THE LP HAS ONLY EVER HAD ONE PLAY SINCE 1963. WHY IS THIS?. WELL A LOT OF LP COLLECTORS IN THE 60'S RECORDED VINYL ONTO REEL TO REEL TAPE, AND USED THE TAPE AS THEIR PLAYING MEDIA. NOW WHILST I CANNOT BE CERTAIN OF THIS IT IS IN MY OPINION THE MOST LIKELY ANSWER, EITHER THAT OR THE ORIGINAL OWNER DIDN'T LIKE THE RECORD AND NEVER PLAYED IT AGAIN.
THE VINYL
THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE THIS VINYL THAN "MINT" AS NEW. NO MARKS, BLEMISHES OR ANY THING THAT WOULD DETRACT FROM A MINT PRESSING.
I HAD TO MAKE A DECISION WHETER OR NOT TO PLAY THIS DISC. IN THE END MY CURIOSITY GOT THE BETTER OF ME, AND ADDED TO THE FACT THAT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT A TRUE REFLECTION OF THE SOUND I HAVE DECIDED TO PLAY TEST THE RECORD. I HAVE PLAYED IT ON MY REGA PLANAR AND I HAVE HANDLED IT LIKE A BABY AND HAVE NOT ADDED TO THE SPIDER LINE. THE STYLUS WAS AT FEATHER WEIGHT. HERE IS THE RESULT.
TOTALLY PERFECT, NOT ONE CLICK CRACKLE OR POP. SILENT RUN IN AND TRACK LINKING GROOVES, AND A CRSTAL CLEAR SOUND.
IT CANNOT BE ANY BETTER THAN THIS
A TRUE MINT RECORD THE BEST COLLECTIBLE GRADE TO OWN
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