Emerson Lake & Palmer PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION UK LP 1ST BLACK ISLAND MINT

	£		121
	$		160

EMERSON LAKE & PALMER- PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION

IN MAGNIFICENT ONE PLAY!!!! MINT!!! CONDITION

FIRST BLACK LABEL PRESS A1U / B1U

OUTSTANDING SLEEVE

MUSEUM GRADE COPY

• CATALOGUE:ISLAND HELP 1
• MATRIX: HELP1 A-1U / B-1U
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 3 GH/ 2 GD
• ' PORKY ' ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE ONE
• ' PECKO ' ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE TWO

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE BLACK AND PINK LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. ALL COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND THE BLACK AREAS ARE STILL PURE BLACK. NO MARKS OR STAINS AT ALL ON  ANY PART OF THE LABEL.THE PINK i LOGO IS ALSO IN PRISTINE CONDITION

THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY CLEAR AND LEGIBLE AND UNRUBBED.

THE SPINDLE HOLE IS UNWORN AND THERE IS JUST ONE SMALL SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE HOLE ON EACH SIDE

THE VINYL

THE  VINYL IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION AND HAS NOT LOST ANY OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. YOU CAN TELL THAT IT IS VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED JUST BY LOOKING AT HOW THE RECORD STILL GLEAMS. THERE ARE NO MARKS ON THE SURFACE EITHER, AND IT IS FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT,AND ONLY WHEN OFFERED UP TO THE SPOTLIGHT ARE THERE A COUPLE INVISIBLE WISPY HAIRLINES .

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 TAKEN THE DECISION TO RECORD THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH. IT HAS LONG BEEN A VALID POINT THAT BUYING ON EBAY CAN BE A LOTTERY AND THAT AN ITEM DESCRIBED AS MINT WILL OFTEN TURN UP AND PLAY VERY POORLY, GIVING SELLERS A BAD NAME AND WORSE STILL A TOTAL MISTRUST OF BUYING. WELL I HOPE TO ADDRESS THIS BY ALLOWING POTENTIAL BIDDERS TO HEAR THE WHOLE LP, INCLUDING ALL THE LINKING GROOVES AND RUN INS. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THIS VINYL PLAYS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES. THERE IS NO DISTORTION WHATSOEVER.

IT'S INCREDIBLE WHEN YOU THINK HOW MANY SILENT OR NEAR SILENT PASSAGES ON ANY E.L.P ALBUM THERE ARE THAT THERE CAN BE NO BACKGROUND, BUT HERE WE HAVE A TRULY MAGNIFICENT COPY OF THIS ALBUM IN EVERY WAY

THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF BACKGROUND CRACKLE OR ANY LOUD CLICKS, AND INCREDIBLY FOR AN ISLAND PRESSING OF THIS YEAR, NO VINYL NOISE WHATSOEVER

A COUPLE OF SPLIT SECONDS OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN ONE OR TWO SPOTS ONLY, AND NO MORE THAN 2-3 OF THE TINIEST DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SUPERB VINYL MINT!!!

I DONT BELIEVE THERE IS A BETTER COPY OUT THERE

THE SLEEVE

ORIGINAL  FIRST ISSUE HOWARDS UNLAMINATED GATEFOLD

THE FRONT SURFACE ON THIS SLEEVE HAS REMAINED IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION . THERE IS NOT ONE SPECK OF COLOUR LOSS ANYWHERE, AND THIS IS BECAUSE THE SLEEVE HAS BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FROM NEW.

NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES AND NOT ONE LINE NEAR THE SPINE. NONE EITHER ALONG THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

THERE ARE TWO MINUSCULE SLIVERS OF RUB TO THE FRONT SEALED EDGE, AND A PIN PRICK OF WHITE IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER ON THE TIP

NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE

INCREDIBLY THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE FREE OF ANY RUBBING WHATSOEVER, AND IT IS ENTIRELY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS SLEEVE WAS HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FROM NEW TO PROTECT THE EDGES

THE SPINE ITSELF IS ALSO IN FIRST CLASS CONDITION WITH ALL OF THE TYPEFACE BEING INTACT AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. ALL OF THE DELICATE BLACK COLOUR IS THERE AND UNRUBBED, AND THIS EVEN INCLUDES THE TIP ENDS

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP, AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED, WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY LITTLE THUMB NAIL NICKS

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO ABSOLUTELY MINT!! INNER PANELS

THE REAR SURFACE IS AS GOOD AS THE FRONT SURFACE AGAIN WITH ALL OF THE COLOUR INTACT, ONLY ONE SMALL LINE AND THAT IS SITUATED ON THE OPENING EDGE NEAR THE TOP CORNER

THE ORIGINAL BLACK DIE CUT INNER SLEEVE IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. UNMARKED AND UNDAMAGED, AND UNSPLIT. STILL VERY FLAT WITH JUST A COUPLE OF VERY LIGHT WRINKLES

I AM VERY PLEASED TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS!!!

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

GARRY