ELO Electric Light Orchestra OUT OF THE BLUE 1ST UK JET PRESS PLAYS 100% MINT

	£		215
	$		285

E.L.O - OUT OF THE BLUE

IN MAGNIFICENT MINT PLAYTHROUGH!!! CONDITION

100% MINT SLEEVE!!!

COMPLETE WITH POSTER

THE JET RECORDS FIRST UK 1SSUE

TIME TRAVEL CONDITION

• CATALOGUE:JET JET DLP400 
• MATRIX: JET DP 400 A1 / B1 / C1 / D1
• ' ALLEN ' ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX ALL FOUR SIDES

RECENTLY I SOLD A BATCH OF 80'S ROCK LP'S THAT WERE IN THE MOST OUTSTANDING CONDITION. I BELIEVE I HAVE BETTERED THAT NOW WITH A COLLECTION OF 70'S ROCK ALBUMS THAT ARE IN A CONDITION THAT DEFIES BELIEF.

THEY BELONGED TO A COLLECTOR WHO WAS ABSOLUTELY METICULOUS WITH THEM. MOST ARE PLAYED JUST ONCE OR SOME NOT AT ALL, WITH A FEW HAVING 2-4 PLAYS AT MOST. THE VINYLS ARE JUST PERFECT AS YOU WILL HEAR WHEN YOU PLAY THE SOUNDBITES.

BACK IN THE 70'S RECORD SHOPS LIKE W.H SMITHS SOLD NUMBERING SYSTEMS SO THAT COLLECTORS COULD CATALOGUE THEIR RECORDS. IT INVOLVED A SHEET OF GUMMY NUMBERS IN SMALL SQUARES, WHICH WERE PLACED ON THE ALBUM SLEEVE. THE CORRESPONDING NUMBER WAS ALSO ON A RECORD CARD WHICH THE OWNER FILLED IN WITH THE ALBUM DETAILS. WHILST THIS DOES CAUSE A SMALL RESIDUAL MARK ON THE SLEEVE, ANYONE WHO COLLECTED RECORDS IN THIS WAY USUALLY CARED FOR THEM AND PROTECTED THEM LIKE THEY WERE THE MOST PRECIOUS THING IN THEIR LIVES.

THIS COLLECTION IS NO DIFFERENT. THE LP'S WERE ALL HOUSED INSIDE STRONG RECORD CASES, MEANING THAT THEY WERE PROTECTED FROM THE LIGHT, SO THERE HAS BEEN NO FADING OF THE COLOURS, AND BECAUSE THERE WERE ONLY 20 IN EACH CASE, THERE HAS BEEN NO RUBBING OR SHELF WEAR, AND IN MOST CASES THE SLEEVES ARE THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN. YES IT MAY NOT BE EVERY COLLECTORS DESIRE TO HAVE THE SMALL NUMBER SQUARE ON THE SLEEVE, AND I COULD REMOVE THEM WITHOUT DAMAGING THE SLEEVE, BUT I AM GOING TO LEAVE THE DECISION TO THE NEW OWNER WHETHER TO REMOVE OR NOT.

ALSO WORTH A MENTION IS THE FACT THAT THE INNER SLEEVES ON MOST OF THE LP'S ARE ABSOLUTELY FLAT AND UNWRINKLED. JUST NEVER BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVES!!!!

LET ME JUST SAY THAT IN MY OPINION YOU WILL NEVER EVER GET A BETTER CHANCE TO GET A ONCE PLAYED, UNPLAYED OR BARELY PLAYED 70'S CLASSIC ROCK ALBUM!!!

OUT OF THE BLUE WAS ORIGINALLY DISTRIBUTED BY UNITED ARTISTS UPON IT'S 1977 RELEASE. HOWEVER THE RECORD COMPANY JET AND THE BAND SUED UNITED ARTISTS FOR PRODUCING 'DEFECTIVE' COPIES, AND USING AN ESCAPE CLAUSE MOVED TO CBS, WHERE THE LP WAS REPRESSED WITHOUT THE DEFECTS

IN RETALIATION UNITED ARTISTS VIRTUALLY FLOODED THE MARKET WITH EVERY SINGLE COPY THEY HAD AT BUDGET PRICES, AND THESE ENDED UP IN BARGAIN BINS AT THE SAME TIME AS THE FULL PRICED CBS ISSUE WAS BEING SOLD

JET RECORDS TOOK OUT A FULL PAGE ADVERTISEMENT IN ALL OF THE MUSIC PAPERS TELLING PEOPLE THAT IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE A CBS RECORD THEN THEIR COPY WAS DEFECTIVE. THIS IS THE CORRECTED JET / CBS PRESSING UK PRESSING

THEY CONTINUED INITIALLY TO USE THE U.A PRINTED SLEEVES AND PLACED JET STICKERS NEXT TO THE CATALOGUE NUMBER

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE JET LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION, . THE BASE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND ARE UNBLEMISHED, AND THE TYPEFACE IS ALL UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THERE ARE JUST TWO SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE TO INDICATE THAT THE RECORDS HAVE HAD VERY LIMITED PLAY IN THE 36 YEARS SINCE IT WAS RELEASED

THE VINYL

BOTH DISC ARE THE ORIGINAL CBS FIRST PRESS ISSUES. THEY BOTH GLEAM LIKE NEW AND IN DAYLIGHT ARE TOTALLY FLAWLESS, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN. THERE IS NOT A MARK ON EITHER DISC

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 LP SET FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS 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 FIRST THING TO MENTION IS WHAT I STATED AT THE TOP OF THE LISTING, THAT THE UA PRESSING WAS ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN DEFECTIVE. THE CBS VINYL IS ABSOLUTELY IMMACULATE

THE RECORDS PLAY WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION WHATSOEVER.

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AT ANY POINT AND NO LOUD CLICKS

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND NO STATIC EITHER, EVEN IN THE LINKING GROOVES

I HEARD NO MORE THAN TWO OF THE TINIEST DUST POPS THROUGH THE WHOLE 2 ALBUM PLAYTHROUGH

I AM HAPPY TO MAKE THE OVERALL GRADING MINT !!!

TAKE A VERY GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

SEMI LAMINATED GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE GATEFOLD IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND VERY CLEAN AND HAS NO HEAVY CREASES.

THE FRONT SURFACE USUALLY HAS SMALL LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, BUT THIS COPY HAS BEEN PROTECTED INSIDE A STRONG RECORD CASE FROM NEW AND HAS NO LINES NEAR THE SPINE WHATSOEVER. NONE EITHER ALONG THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

THERE IS NO RING WEAR, NOR EVEN ANY TRACE OF RECORD SHAPE.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. NO RUBBING OR LOSS OF COLOUR WHERE IT RUNS FULLY FROM CORNER TO CORNER. ONLY THE VERY TIP ENDS HAVE A PIN PRICK OF WHITE ON THEM

THE SPINE IS NEAR  PERFECT WHICH IS AGAIN UNUSUAL ON THIS SLEEVE WHICH USUALLY SUFFERS FROM RUBBING . TOTALLY FLAT AND 100% UNSQUASHED, AND ALL OF THE COLOUR IS THERE WITH JUST A PIN PRICK OF WHITE ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS.

ALL OF THE RED TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE REAR SURFACE IS ONCE AGAIN IMMACULATE WITH AN ULTRA GLOSSY SHEEN. AGAIN  NO TINY  LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, THIS IS A SUPREME EXAMPLE. THE JET DP 400 CATALOGUE NUMBER STICKER  IS STUCK NEXT TO THE UNITED ARTISTS PRINTED CATALOGUE NUMBER IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER

BOTH OPENING EDGES ARE RAZOR SHARP , SHOWING THAT THE VINYL HAS BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE ONLY ON A COUPLE OCCASIONS

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE INTERIOR, WITH BOTH PANELS BEING PRESERVED IN A MINT CONDITION

THE TWO ORIGINAL ISSUE CARD INNERS WITH THE  'ROUNDED ' CORNERS ARE IN PRISTINE UNSPLIT CONDITION. NO CREASES AND NO DAMAGE TO THE LARGE THUMB NOTCHES AT THE TOP OF EACH. AGAIN THESE ARE THE UA INNERS

THE POSTER IS ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE

VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT !!!!!

WILL NEVER NEED UPGRADING

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

GARRY