Bachman Turner Overdrive HEAD ON UK LP 1ST PRESS 1Y1/2Y1 UNPLAYED & 100% MINT

	£		140
	$		185

BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE - HEAD ON

UNPLAYED MINT!!!! CONDITION

100% MINT SLEEVE

LABEL ERROR!!!

• CATALOGUE: MERCURY 9100 020
• MATRIX:9100020 1Y//1 v 420  1 1 1 / 2Y//1 v 420   0 3 1 2 3

RECENTLY I SOLD A BATCH OF 80'S ROCK LP'S THAT WERE IN THE MOST OUTSTANDING CONDITION. I BELIEVE I HAVE BETTERED THAT NOW WITH A COLLECTION OF 70'S ROCK ALBUMS THAT ARE IN A CONDITION THAT DEFIES BELIEF.

THEY BELONGED TO A COLLECTOR WHO WAS ABSOLUTELY METICULOUS WITH THEM. MOST ARE PLAYED JUST ONCE OR SOME NOT AT ALL, WITH A FEW HAVING 2-4 PLAYS AT MOST. THE VINYLS ARE JUST PERFECT AS YOU WILL HEAR WHEN YOU PLAY THE SOUNDBITES.

BACK IN THE 70'S RECORD SHOPS LIKE W.H SMITHS SOLD NUMBERING SYSTEMS SO THAT COLLECTORS COULD CATALOGUE THEIR RECORDS. IT INVOLVED A SHEET OF GUMMY NUMBERS IN SMALL SQUARES, WHICH WERE PLACED ON THE ALBUM SLEEVE. THE CORRESPONDING NUMBER WAS ALSO ON A RECORD CARD WHICH THE OWNER FILLED IN WITH THE ALBUM DETAILS. WHILST THIS DOES CAUSE A SMALL RESIDUAL MARK ON THE SLEEVE, ANYONE WHO COLLECTED RECORDS IN THIS WAY USUALLY CARED FOR THEM AND PROTECTED THEM LIKE THEY WERE THE MOST PRECIOUS THING IN THEIR LIVES.

THIS COLLECTION IS NO DIFFERENT. THE LP'S WERE ALL HOUSED INSIDE STRONG RECORD CASES, MEANING THAT THEY WERE PROTECTED FROM THE LIGHT, SO THERE HAS BEEN NO FADING OF THE COLOURS, AND BECAUSE THERE WERE ONLY 20 IN EACH CASE, THERE HAS BEEN NO RUBBING OR SHELF WEAR, AND IN MOST CASES THE SLEEVES ARE THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN. YES IT MAY NOT BE EVERY COLLECTORS DESIRE TO HAVE THE SMALL NUMBER SQUARE ON THE SLEEVE, AND I COULD REMOVE THEM WITHOUT DAMAGING THE SLEEVE, BUT I AM GOING TO LEAVE THE DECISION TO THE NEW OWNER WHETHER TO REMOVE OR NOT.

ALSO WORTH A MENTION IS THE FACT THAT THE INNER SLEEVES ON MOST OF THE LP'S ARE ABSOLUTELY FLAT AND UNWRINKLED. JUST NEVER BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVES!!!!

LET ME JUST SAY THAT IN MY OPINION YOU WILL NEVER EVER GET A BETTER CHANCE TO GET A ONCE PLAYED, UNPLAYED OR BARELY PLAYED 70'S CLASSIC ROCK ALBUM!!!

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE BLUE MERCURY LABELS ARE IN MINT!!! CONDITION. HOWEVER THEY HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE VINYL. SIDE ONE LABEL IS ACTUALLY ON SIDE TWO AND VISA VERSA

THE BASE COLOUR IS PRISTINE AND RUNS FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE, THERE ARE ZERO!!! SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

THE VINYL HAS RETAINED IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN AND IS SPOTLESS. IN DAYLIGHT THE DISC LOOKS FLAWLESS , AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS JUST NOTHING TO SEE. JUST ONE VERY SUPERFICIAL HANDLING LINE WHICH IS TOTALLY NON SOUNDING

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 KNOW THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE LP PLAYS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES

ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION CAUSED THROUGH GROOVE WEAR. A STUNNING STEREO REPRODUCTION WITH NOTES BEING HEARD CRISPLY AND CLEANLY.

THERE IS NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLING AND NO LOUD CLICKS AT ANY POINT

THERE IS NO VINYL NOISE AND ONLY THE BAREST TRACE OF OCCASIONAL STATIC HEARD IN A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES

I DIDN'T HEAR ANY DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THE PLAYTHROUGH OF THIS VINYL MINT !!!

PLEASE DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

FULLY LAMINATED ROBERT STACE SINGLE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN.AND THE LAMINATE STILL GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR BENDS, AND NO LAMINATE LIFT, PEEL OR FLAKE

THERE IS ONE MICROSCOPIC LAMINATE LINE CLOSE TO THE SPINE, NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, AND NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE. ONO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE WHATSOEVER

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR, WITH ALL OF THE LAMINATE FULLY RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER, AND EVEN THE CORNER TIPS ARE UNBLEMISHED

THE SPINE IS  FLAT AND 100% UNSQUASHED, EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PERFECTLY INTACT  RIGHT THROUGH TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIP ENDS

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP WITH JUST COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS ALONG THEM

THE THE REAR SURFACE GLEAMS LIKE THE FRONT AND IS ABSOLUTELY IMMACULATE. TOTALLY FREE FROM ANY LAMINATE LINES ALONG ANY OF THE EDGES

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT

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

GARRY