Crosby Stills Nash & Young 4 WAY STREET UK 2LP MINT-
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CROSBY STILLS NASH & YOUNG - 4 WAY STREET
IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION
ORIGINAL RED AND PLUM ATLANTIC PRESS
- CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC 2400132/3
- MATRIX: 2400132 A-1 / B-2 2400133 C-1 / D-1
INCREDIBLE MINT MINUS EXAMPLE OF THIS CLASSIC LIVE DOUBLE ALBUM.
MOST OF THESE COPIES WERE ISSUED WITH THE USA SLEEVE WHICH WAS OVERSTICKERED, BUT HERE WE HAVE A RARE E.J.DAY UK SLEEVE WITH THIS SET
THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
THE RED AND PLUM LABELS ARE IN TOP CONDITION. BOTH BASE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT, AND THE WHITEBAND IS STILL WHITE AND NOT SOILED AT ALL. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. ON THE SECOND DISC THERE IS STILL VINYL SHARDS INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS SET HAS BEEN PLAYED. THERE IS JUST ONE MINISCULE SPIDER LINE BY EACH HOLE AGAIN PROVING THAT THIS LP SET HAS HAD JUST THE ONE VERY CAREFUL PLAY
THE VINYL
THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. BOTH DISCS GLEAM LIKE NEW, AND THIS HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL SET IS AS CLEAN AND MARK FREE AS YOU COULD WANT.EVEN WHEN PUT UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE, JUST A COUPLE OF BARELY VISIBLE WISPY HAIRLINES. THIS IS A SUPERB PRISTINE VINYL SET
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 EIGHT THREE MINUTE EXCERPTS FROM THIS ALBUM, I HAVE RECORDED THE FIRST TRACK FROM EACH SIDE WHICH INCLUDES THE DEAD WAX RUN IN, I HAVE ALSO RECORDED THE LINKING GROOVES TO THE START OF THE OTHER TRACKS THAT ON OFFER.
THE SET PLAYS TO PERFECTION ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES, AND THE STEREO REPODUCTION IS JUST SUBLIME
I HEARD A COUPLE OF TINY DUST POPS THROUGHOUT THE PLAY, AND THE ODD BIT OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN ONE OR TWO SPOTS
I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS
THE SLEEVE
UNLAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE FROM E.J DAY AND CO.
THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND HAS ONLY SUSTATINED A MINSCULE AMOUNT OF COLOUR LOSS THROUGH LIGHT RUBBING. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR BENDS, BUT THERE ARE TWO SMALL LIGHT CREASE LINES. ONE ACROSS THE TOP RIGHT CORNER, AND THE OTHER SMALLER STILL ACROSS THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER.
THERE IS SOME VERY LIGHT SHELF WEAR TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES, WHILST THE SPINE IS VERY FLAT WITH PERFECTLY LEGIBLE TYPEFACE, AND JUST A TRACE OF RUBBING.
THE OPENING EDGES BY CONTRAST ARE ABSOLUTELY RAZOR SHARP, AND THIS IN ITSELF TELLS A STORY. IT IS PRETTY CLEAR THAT WHILST THE SLEEVE WAS PLACED IN AMONGST A COLLECTION WITHOUT THE ADDED PROTECTION OF AN OUTER SLEEVE, THE VINYLS WERE LEFT UNPLAYED INSIDE THE SLEEVE.
THE REAR SURFACE HAS ONLY ONE SMALL DING TO THE TOP RIGHT CORNER, AND IS OTHERWISE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.
OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE INNER SURFACE
THE TWO POLY LINED INNER SLEEVES ARE IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. THEY HAVE BOTH REMAINED UNCREASED AND UNSPLIT, ANOTHER SIGN THAT THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN OUT SIDE OF THE SLEEVE
FINALLY THE LYRIC 2 PAGE INSERT IS IN MINT CONDITION
HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE EXCELLENT
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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