Clark Hutchinson RETRIBUTION RARE 1970 UK LP 1ST DERAM 3-4 PLAYS 100% MINT MINUS

	£		174
	$		230

CLARK HUTCHINSON - RETRIBUTION

IN MAGNIFICENT BARELY PLAYED MINT MINUS!!!  CONDITION

 STEREO PRESSING

NEAR MINT SLEEVE!!!

• CATALOGUE:DERAM SML 1076
• MATRIX: XZAL-10152-P-1 / 10153-P-1
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 B / 1 C (INCREDIBLY EARLY 1ST PRESS)

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE RED AND WHITE STEREO LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION.THE RED AREAS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND UNRUBBED, WHILST THE WHITE SECTIONS ARE PURE WHITE AND UNMARKED .THE SPINDLE HOLE IS UNWORN, AND A CLOSE INSPECTION REVEALS AROUND 3-4 SPIDER LINES SHOWING THAT THIS 32 YEAR OLD VINYL HAS HAD LESS THAN 6 PLAYS  OVERALL

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS IN REALLY CLEAN CONDITION AND HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND SHEEN. THE DISC SHOWS NO SCRATCHES OR SCUFFS,AND IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS FLAWLESS,AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NO MORE THAN SOME OF THE USUAL WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN. AN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING ORIGINAL PRESS, AND FIT FOR ANY COLLECTION

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, IN THE FIRM BELIEF THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE 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 WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER.MEANING THAT WHAT LITTLE PLAY IT HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

PLEASE LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES BECAUSE THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS QUITE BRILLIANT, AND THERE ARE MANY QUIET PASSAGES ON THIS ALBUM, BUT YOU SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HEAR AND BACKGROUND NOISE IN ANY OF THEM.

I AM REALLY DELIGHTED WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS VINYL AS I WAS EXPECTING A LITTLE OF THE DECCA VINYL NOISE THAT IS INHERENT IN MANY DISCS OF THIS AGE, BUT NO SUCH PROBLEM. IF YOU ARE A COLLECTOR OF RARE PROGRESSIVE MUSIC AND ALBUMS, THEN THIS I BELIEVE IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS

SO THERE IS NO LOUD CLICKS OR ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE

THE ODD SPECK OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN A COUPLE OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES, AND I HEARD NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF THE TINIEST DUST POPS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS SOUND QUALITY MINT MINUS

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS SENOL  UK SLEEVE

LAMINATED FRONT SURFACE AND UNLAMINATED REAR SURFACE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN, AND AMAZINGLY HAS NOT LOST ONE JOT OF THE ORIGINAL COLOURS WHICH ARE ALL RICH AND VIBRANT.THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE, NOR ARE THERE ANY FOLDS OR BENDS.THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR

THERE ARE JUST HALF A DOZEN SMALL LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE AND A COUPLE OF SMALL SLIVERS OF LAMINATE LIFT ALSO RIGHT BY THE SPINE.

NO LINES ALONG THE TOP EDGE. ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE STILL BOTH FULLY LAMINATED AND FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR. EVEN THE CORNER TIPS ARE UNRUBBED

THE SPINE IS IMMACULATE. TOTALLY FLAT AND 100% UNSQUASHED. THE TAPERED ENDS ARE ALSO IN MINT CONDITION, AND EVEN THE TIPS ARE UNBLEMISHED. THE LAMINATE IS PRISTINE AND THE TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND PRISTINE

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP AND ONLY HAS  A COUPLE OF THUMB NAIL NICKS

THE REAR SURFACE IS UNLAMINATED AND IN SUPERB CONDITION. STILL PURE WHITE WITH JUST THE BAREST TRACE OF VERY MILD HANDLING NEAR THE EDGES. THE PICTURES AND TYPEFACE ARE BOTH UNRUBBED AND VERY SHARP

ALSO WORTH POINTING OUT THAT THIS SLEEVE HAS NO EVIDENCE OF RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND UNSPLIT BUT DOES HAVE CREASES TO THE CORNERS AND SOME GLUE AGEING TO THE SEAMS

THIS SLEEVE GRADES NEAR MINT WITH EASE

GARRY