Beatles & Frank Ifield On Stage authentic 1964 See Jay portrait cover Monarch
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Beatles & Frank Ifield On StageVee Jay VJLP 1085 ( Made In United States)This is an authentic mono copy of the Beatles portrait cover. A few years ago, an American couple called me to sell off their record collection before leaving and in that pile was this copy. I could not see the matrix numbers then as it was covered with grime but the lettering on the spine and the drawing below John Lennon made me realise that it might be the real thing as I was aware of there being counterfeit copies. Needless to say, I took the collection and after getting home and giving it a good clean, saw the tell tale Monarch marks on the dead wax ( side 1 was clearer and side was lesser so but still unmistakable) . I have now turned 75 and I suppose, though painful, have to start reducing my vast collection. I know that collectors will be more interested in the LP and not the sonics but decided to put it through my playing tests to see if there are any serious flaws like skips etc. They were none(See results of the play grading ( and equipment used) below. To recap as to whether this is the real Mcoy, the following needs to be highlighted:1) The lettering on the spine is clear and legible;2) there is the drawing below John Lennon3) both sides of the vinyl have the Monarch symbol ie MR in a circle though the one on side 1 is relatively clearer.I have included pictures of not only the spine but also the edges to indicate whilst there may be some wear, it’s not serious.GRADING RESULTS:Visual grading:There is some wear on the edges and sides but no serious flaws like tears or writings. The back looks surprisingly clean with almost no age discolouration . There is no inner sleeve.Both sides of the vinyl have some light lines or scratches which did not seem to have gotten into the grooves and didn’t cause skips. It was more prevalent in side 2. It maintains its brilliance and lustre. Tracking at 2.2g on a Linn LP with a Kiseki Purple Heart cartridge, I did not hear any skips or loud pops. Though there was some extraneous surface noise it was beneath the music and did not intrude on the listening pleasure ( I must say the sonics was nothing much and my original copies of the UK yellow Parlophone sounded better). I would still put the play grading as VG+ . With a mono cartridge, it actually sounded better ie more towards excellent.I understand it can be system dependent. How I Clean and Grade my Records Cleaning is usually done on two machines ie the UK made Loricraft PRC 6cleaning machine and the Clearaudio Double Matrix Professional Sonic machine for final cleaning. I use the US made Groovewasher 2 stage cleaning solution.Playback Equipment: Playback is through a Linn LP12 turntable/ Radikal/Urika/Keel/ Ekos SE tonearm with a Kiseki Purple Heart cartridge.Amplification is through a Naim 52 preamp/2x135s into a factory rebuilt Wilson Watt Puppy. I use a second Linn LP 12 with AroKeel/ Naim Aro tonearm and a Miyajima Mono cartridgeShipping costs I use brand new custom made plastic sleeves for the sleeve and anti static plastic sleeves for the vinyl.
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