Bob Dylan DEBUT UK VERY 1ST MONO 33 Earliest Philips Pressing 1L / 2L EX+ AUDIO

	£		54
	$		72

BOB DYLAN - DEBUT LP

UK 1ST PRESS( VERY EARLIEST PHILIPS PRESS)

CBS DIDN'T HAVE A UK PRESSING PLANT AT THIS TIME SO PHILIPS PRESSED THEM FOR THEM

33 TEXTURED LABELS

FLIPBACK SLEEVE

EX+ AUDIO

NEAR MINT SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE: CBS BPG 62022
• MATRIX:BPG 62022 1L v 2=420 VV2 / 2L v 1 //420 V O 4

 TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

THE ORANGE TEXTURED LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. THE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND FULLY STRETCH INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.

THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND UNRUBBED. THE  LOGO IS IN THE SAME EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. 

THE RECORD LOOKS TO HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF PLAYS, PROBABLY 10-15 JUDGING BY THE AMOUNT OF SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE. THE AUDIO QUALITY IS  STILL PHENOMENAL DUE TO THE SYSTEM IT WAS PLAYED ON. THERE IS NO GROOVE WEAR WHATSOEVER

THE VINYL

PLACING THIS DISC UNDER A BANK OF SPOTLIGHTS I CAN SEE EVIDENCE OF POOR HANDLING. THERE ARE NUMEROUS FINE SURFACE HANDLING LINES ( PERHAPS SOME ARE SKATE LINES)

INCREDIBLY THEY ARE ON THE SURFACE ONLY SO WHILST NOT MAKING THE RECORD LOOK THAT GREAT, AS YOU WILL HEAR THEY ARE MOSTLY INSIGNIFICANT WHEN THE PLAY BACK IS HEARD

THE VINYL STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL GLOSSY SHEEN AND IN DAYLIGHT LOOKS NEAR FLAWLESS

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTABLE 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 BECAUSE I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD THEY ARE THINKING OF BIDDING ON.

THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS.

THIS LIKE ALL EARLY 60'S ALBUMS CAN SOUND DREADFUL DUE TO THE HEAVY CARTRIDGES AND STYLUS THAT WERE USED ON THEM BACK IN THE DAY. ALSO A WORD ABOUT STEERING CLEAR OF RECORDS THAT HAVE BEEN PLAYED ON A PLAYER USING AN AUTOCHANGER. THEY ARE DEAD EASY TO TELL BECAUSE THE SPINDLE HOLE IS WORN AND A LARGE WHITE CIRCLE OF WEAR APPEARS AROUND IT, WHERE THEY HAVE RUBBED AGAINST THE AUTOCHANGE SPINDLE. THIS ONE AS YOU CAN SEE IS TOTALLY FREE FROM ANY WEAR AROUND THE HOLE

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH SUPERBLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATES THE CRISP CLEAN MONO REPRODUCTION. JUST PURE FIRST PRESS MONO SOUND.

HAVING MENTIONED THAT A HEAVY STYLUS WILL CAUSE SERIOUS DISTORTION, I AM PLEASED TO SAY THAT THIS ALBUM PLAYS WITHOUT ANY WHATSOEVER

EACH NOTE IS HEARD EXACTLY HOW IT WAS INTENDED. CRISP , CLEAN, AND LOUD

THERE IS NO HEAVY CRACKLE OR LOUD CLICKS AND NO  EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE EITHER

THERE IS A LITTLE LOW LEVEL NOISE HEARD DURING SOME OF THE LINKING GROOVES AND VERY OCCASIONALLY IN SOME SILENT PASSAGES

THERE ARE ALSO JUST A FEW RANDOM LITTLE TICS DURING THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST A FULL PLAY THROUGH OF THE RECORDINGS SO THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO HEAR FOR YOURSELF JUST HOW CLEAN THE RECORD SOUNDS

I HAVE TO GRADE THE AUDIO AS EX+ 

THE SLEEVE

 SINGLE SLEEVE 

LAMINATED FRONT WITH NON LAMINATED REAR AND FLIPBACKS

THE FRONT LAMINATED SURFACE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR

THERE IS NO LAMINATE PEEL,OR FLAKE ON ANY PART OF THE COVER. JUST A TINY SLIVER OF LIFT IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER

AND NO RING WEAR EITHER JUST A LIGHT SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE WHEN ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT

THE  CORNERS ARE STILL PRETTY WELL SHARP AND SQUARE, WITH A LITTLE RUB TO THE TIPS

THERE ARE TWO SMALL LAMINATE PRESSURE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, THREE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, TWO ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND FOUR THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

THE TOP EDGE HAS A NEAR PERFECT SMOOTH LAMINATE ALL THE WAY FROM CORNER TO CORNER. ONLY THE  CORNER TIP ENDS SHOW A PIN PRICK OF RUB.

THE BOTTOM EDGE IS IDENTICAL

THE SPINE IS PERFECT. FLAT AND 100% UNSQUASHED. THE LAMINATE RUNS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AND IS SMOOTH TO THE TOUCH ALL THE WAY ALONG, AND THE ENDS ARE UNBLEMISHED

THE OPENING EDGE HAS SOME LIGHT BURRING

THE REAR SURFACE IS INCREDIBLY WHITE. AND VERY UNUSUALLY THERE IS NO GRUBBINESS TO THIS POROUS SURFACE. NO PEN MARKS EITHER.

THE FLIPBACKS ARE ALL PERFECTLY STUCK IN PLACE.

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB UNSPLIT CONDITION. SOME LIGHT CORNER CREASING AND A LITTLE AGEING. 

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT

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

GARRY