Booker T & The MG's DOIN' OUR THING U.S 1st Press *STEREO* 1968 NEAR MINT AUDIO
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BOOKER T & THE MG'S - DOIN OUR THING
U.S 1st press STEREO
IN MAGNIFICENT NEAR MINT CONDITION
NEAR MINT SLEEVE
- CATALOGUE: STAX S 724
- MATRIX:ST-STX-681223-A / 681224-A
I HAVE IN MY POSESSION A COLLECTION OF ALBUMS THAT CAME DIRECT FROM THE USA TO THE UK IN THE EARLY 70'S. THEY WERE AQUIRED BY A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS A DJ ON A RADIO STATION. HE WROTE TO STAX IN MEMPHIS IN THE MID 60'S AND ASKED HOW HE COULD GET HIS HANDS ON SOME SOUL MUSIC AS HE WANTED TO PLAY IT ON HIS RADIO STATION. TO HIS SURPRISE STAX ADDED HIM TO THEIR MAILING LIST AND CONTINUED TO SEND PARCELS OF LP'S AND SINGLES TO HIM WELL INTO THE 70'S. A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF THEM WERE THEREFORE DJ PROMO COPIES. THEY MAILED BOTH ALBUMS AND SINGLE, AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE ALBUMS HAVE REMAINED UNPLAYED.
THIS IS INDEED A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO CLAIM A PIECE OF HISTORY IN PRISTINE CONDITION. I CANNOT IMAGINE JUST HOW FEW UNPLAYED COPIES OF GENUINE STAX AND ASSOCIATED LABELS HAVE REMAINED IN THIS CONDITION.
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
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THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
THE YELLOW LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR HAS REMAINED UNRUBBED, AND THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE. THIS COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLES REVEALS JUST 3-4 SPIDER LINES
THE VINYL
THE RECORD GLEAMS LIKE NEW . ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE HAS BEEN RETAINED.AND IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS!!! THERE ARE NO VISIBLE MARKS OR ANY SIGNS OF HANDLING ON THE DISCS. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE SOME WISPY SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL HAIRLINES VISIBLE, AND SOME LIGHT PATCHY DULL SPECKS , THERE IS ALSO ONE NON SOUNDING SCUFF LINE ON SIDE ONE
THE PLAYTHROUGH
THE VINYL PERFORMS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH. FROM THE SECOND THE STYLUS IS PLACED ON THE RECORD THERE IS NEAR SILENCE IN THE RUN IN GROOVE. THIS CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE VOLUME.
THE CLARITY OF THE FIRST PRESS IS VERY AUDIBLE AND THE RECORDING IS JUST SUPERB
THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS
NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND, MEANING NO GROOVE WEAR
NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE
THE OCCASIONAL SPECK OF VERY LIGHT AND BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND, HEARD ONLY IN SOME OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES, AND A FEW RANDOM TINY LITTLE STATIC TICS HERE AND THERE
A STUNNING AUDIO PERFORMANCE THAT CAN ONLY GRADE NEAR MINT
BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE WHOLE ALBUM YOU WILL BE ABLE TO JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS
THE SLEEVE
NON LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE WITH PASTE ON REAR SURFACE
THE FRONT SURFACE STILL HAS ALL OF THE RICH COLOURS PERFECTLY FREE FROM ANY RUBBING. THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE. THE CORNER TIPS ARE STILL SHARP AND SQUARE. THERE ARE SOME AIR BUBBLES WHICH RAISE THE SURFACE IN A COUPLE OF SPOTS
THERE IS THREE TINY PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE SPINE. NONE ON THE TOP EDGE. NONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES BY THE OPENING EDGE
THE TOP EDGE IS NEAR PRISTINE AND FREE FROM ANY MAJOR RUBBING, WITH A PIN PRICK OF WHITE SHOWING ON CORNER TIP ENDS AND ONE LITTLE PATCH IN THE MIDDLE. THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE CORNER TIP ENDS
THE SPINE IS ALSO FULLY COLOURED WITH PRISTINE TYPEFACE. A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE TIP ENDS.
THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP
THE REAR SURFACE PASTE ON IS ALSO IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION, JUST A SLIVER OF HANDLING ALONG THE OPENING EDGE
THE PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT AND FREE FROM SPLITS . NO CORNER CREASES. HAS SOME TAPE MARKS WHERE THE ORIGINAL OWNER TAPED A PERSONALISED TRACK LISTING TO THE INNER. THIS IS ALSO INCLUDED
I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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