David Essex ROCK ON UK DEBUT LP 1973 1ST (JEFF WAYNE) ONE PLAY NEAR MINT

	£		19
	$		25

DAVID ESSEX - ROCK ON

IN MAGNIFICENT ONE PLAY NEAR MINT !!!  CONDITION

OUTSTANDING NEAR MINT!!!!  SLEEVE

 1ST PRESS ORANGE CBS LABEL

1ST ISSUE TEXTURED SLEEVE

JEFF WAYNE PRODUCED THIS ALBUM AND PLAYED KEYBOARDS

OUTSTANDING COLLECTIBLE

• CATALOGUE:CBS 65823
• MATRIX: S65823 A1 / B5

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE ORANGE CBS LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS AND THE  BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE AND LOGOS ARE UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE ZERO!!!!  SPIDER LINES NEAR THE SPINDLE HOLE. STILL HAS SHARDS OR VINYL INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

ABSOLUTELY IMMACULATE DISC.NOT A FINGERMARK ANYWHERE, AND IN DAYLIGHT IT IS TOTALLY FLAWLESS, UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES ONLY AND ON SIDE 2 A 'Y' SHAPED HANDLING LINES ON THE LATS TWO TRACKS. OTHER THAN A TINY TIC IN THE LINKING GROOVE THESE DO NOT SOUND

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 LP FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I FIRMLY BELIEVE 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 THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS LP SOUNDS.

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS PERFECT WITH EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD CLEARLY AND CLEANLY AS WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED

NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE EITHER, NOR ANY LOUD CLICKS

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND NO MORE THAN THE ODD SPECK OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC EVEN IN THE LINKING GROOVES

I DIDN'T HEAR ANY DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH, JUST ONE MINUSCULE STATIC TIC

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH  NEAR MINT !!!     IT IS THAT GOOD

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

A TRULY EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF THIS NON LAMINATED (TEXTURED) FRAGILE 1ST PRESS SHOREWOOD SLEEVE 

THE TEXTURED SLEEVE WAS ONLY ISSUED AT THE VERY START OF THE PRESSING RUN, AND WAS VERY QUICKLY REPLACED WITH THE SMOOTH VERSION, MAKING THIS SLEEVE VERY HARD TO COME BY FOR COLLECTORS

THE FRONT SURFACE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND CLEAN. THERE IS NO RUBBING TO THE COLOUR AND THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES, OR BENDS . THERE IS THE MOST MINUSCULE DING TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT  CORNER TIP

THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY ZERO!! LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE. AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE

THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE.

THE TOP  AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE BOTH VIRTUALLY IMMACULATE WITH THE EASILY RUBBED SURFACE SHOWING JUST A LITTLE SHELF WEAR.

THE SPINE IS 100% FLAT AND UNSQUASHED, WITH A COUPLE OF TINY FINGER TO THUMB IMPRESSIONS  NO LOSS OF COLOUR WHATSOEVER, AND THIS EVEN INCLUDED THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS WHICH ARE IMMACULATE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS  SHARP WITH A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS .

THE REAR SURFACE  IS ALSO IN TOP CONDITION, NEAR PERFECT WHITE SURFACE, WITH SOME LIGHT HANDLING SIGNS TO THE EDGES. THE ORIGINAL OWNER HAS NEATLY WRITTEN HIS NAME IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER. AND LIKE THE FRONT THERE IS NO RUBBING AT ALL, AND NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE.

THE ORIGINAL CBS ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IN UNSPLIT CONDITION .  NO STAINS OR HEAVY CREASES. IN NEAR MINT CONDITION

HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE NEAR MINT!!!

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

GARRY