Derek & The Dominos Clapton LAYLA UK 1ST POLYDOR MINT

	£		73
	$		97

DEREK AND THE DOMINOS - LAYLA AND OTHER SHORT STORIES

IN MAGNIFICENT UNPLAYED / 2 PLAY CONDITION

FIRST PRESS ONLY ON POLYDOR RECORDS

NOVEMBER 1970 VERY FIRST ISSUE

• CATALOGUE:POLYDOR  2335-009 / 2335-010
• MATRIX:2335009 A//1 420 1 5 11   B//2  420 1 1 35  2335010 A//1 420 1 3 1 2  B//2 420 1 6 2 
• GENUINE FIRST PRESS INDICATORS
• DISC ONE UNPLAYED!!!  DISC 2 1-2 PLAYS

DEREK AND THE DOMINOES HAS JUST BEEN REISSUED ON A STUNNING CD SET TO MARK IT'S 40TH YEAR. WHO WOULD HAVE BELIEVED THAT AN ALBUM THAT BARELY SOLD IN ANY QUANTITY IN THE UK WHEN IT WAS RELEASED IN NOVEMBER 1970 SHOULD ACHIEVE THE ACCOLADES THAT IT DOES NOW. THIS WAS AN ALBUM THAT DIDN'T EVEN MAKE THE UK CHARTS IT SOLD SO BADLY.

REISSUED AFTER CLAPTON FOUND HIMSELF BACK IN THE LIMELIGHT AS A SOLO ARTIST ON THE RSO LABEL IT THEN BEGAN TO GET THE RECOGNITION IT DESERVED AND IS ONE OF OUR NATIONS TOP ALBUMS OF ALL TIME

THEREFORE FINDING A TRUE FIRST PRESS ON THE POLYDOR LABEL IN THIS SORT OF CONDITION IS A RARE FIND. THIS ALBUM IS STUNNING AND WOULD GRACE ANY COLLECTION

THE REASON I HAVE STATED UNPLAYED/2 PLAY CONDITION IS SIMPLY BECAUSE THE FIRST ALBUM WAS NOT PLAYED. IT ALMOST APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN SITTING COMFORTABLY INSIDE THE FRONT HALF OF THE GATEFOLD, WHILST DISC 2 WITH THE SUPERB LAYLA HAS HAD A COUPLE OF PLAYS

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE ORANGY RED POLYDOR LABELS ARE IN TOP CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE, THE TYPEFACE IS UNWORN AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. EVEN UNDER VERY CLOSE SCRUTINY THERE ARE JUST THREE OR FOUR REALLY SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE, AND THIS MEANS THAT THE LP HAS BEEN VERY VERY CAREFULLY HANDLED AND BARELY BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE.

IT'S CLEAR THAT THE RECORD HAVE HARDLY BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE, AND THAT MEANS THAT THIS SUPERB 1970 DOUBLE LP SET WILL BE A VERY HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE  READ ON....

THE VINYL

BOTH DISCS HAVE RETAINED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND SHEEN AND GLEAM LIKE BUFFED MIRRORS. DISC ONE IS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS HAVING NEVER BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE, WHIST DISC 2 HAS ONE TINY HANDLING LINE ON TRACK ONE SIDE TWO, WHICH AS YOU WILL HEAR DOESN'T SOUND WHATSOEVER. MY GUESS IS THAT A WAYWARD FINGER NAIL BRUSHED LIGHTLY AGAINST THE DISC WHEN FLIPPING IT OVER

APART FROM THIS ONE LTLE NON INTRUSIVE MARK IN DAYLIGHT THEY ARE MAGNIFICENT, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS JUST NOTHING TO SEE APART FROM A COUPLE OF WISPS

A BETTER PAIR OF DISCS YOU WONT FIND VERY EASILY

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 WHOLE DOUBLE ALBUM SET FROM START TO FINISH. I HAVE TAKEN THIS EXTRA TIME AND EFFORT IN A BID TO STEP UP WHAT GOOD LOOKS AND SOUNDS LIKE ON EBAY. IT HAS LONG BEEN SAID AND FAIRLY SO THAT BUYING VINYL ON EBAY IS A LOTTERY AS SELLERS CONTINUE TO MISDESCRIBE THE QUALITY OF THEIR ALBUMS OFTEN LISTED WITHOUT BEING ACTUALLY ABLE TO PLAY THEM. I THINK BUYERS ARE FED UP WITH BIDDING ON MINT ALBUMS TO FIND THEM ACTUAL A FAR LESS GRADE WHEN PLAYED. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE LP'S PLAY THROUGH INCREDIBLY. THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS FIRST PRESS ALL THE WAY, AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD CRISPLY AND CLEARLY. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND AT ALL.

THIS FIRST PRESS AUDIO REPRODUCTION IS MAGNIFICENT AND THERE ARE NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES WHATSOEVER, JUST THE PURE CLEAN AND CRISP SOUND GENERATED FROM THESE VINYLS

FAULTLESS AUDIO AND NO EVEN ANY STATIC. THE LINKING GROOVES ARE SILENT AS ARE THE RUN IN AND RUN OUTS

NO CLICKS AND ONLY A COUPLE OF THE TINIEST DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAY

THIS HAS TO GRADE MINT!!!

PLEASE DONT JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, LISTEN TO THE RECORDINGS FOR YOURSELF AND YOU BE THE JUDGE!!

THE SLEEVE

THERE ARE TWO SLEEVES WITH THIS SET AND HERE IS THE REASON WHY

TO BACK UP THE FACT THAT THIS VINYL SET HAS BEEN METICULOUSLY LOOKED AFTER, THE ORIGINAL OWNER MISGUIDEDLY PLACED TAPE AROUND THE SEAMS OF THE SLEEVE WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED IN ORDER I SUPPOSE TO PROTECT THE DELICATE EDGES FROM WEAR.

THE TAPE HAS DRIED OVER THE YEARS AND FELL OFF VERY EAILY WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE TO THE SURFACE BUT HAS LEFT TAPE LINES AROUND THE EDGES. I HAVE STARTED TO REMOVE A LITTLE OF IT WITH LIGHTER FLUID AND I AM CERTAIN THAT A FEW MORE HOURS WORK WOULD ENSURE THAT THE SLEEVE WOULD BE BROUGHT BACK TO A NEAR ORIGINAL CONDITION.

IT DOES MEAN OF COURSE THAT THE SLEEVES EDGES AND SPINE ARE TOTALLY UNMARKED OR WORN IN ANY WAY AND WITHOUT THE TAPE RESIDUE THIS SLEEVE WOULD BE 100% MINT

I HAVE INCLUDED A SECOND ORIGINAL SLEEVE WHICH CAME FROM A SET WHERE THE DISCS HAD A FEW MARKS ON THEM SO I WON'T BE LISTING IT.

THIS SECOND SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION, AND JUST HAS A LITTLE RUBBING TO THE EDGES

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

GARRY