Family ENTERTAINMENT 1969 UK LP 1st Press Tri Colour + Poster PLAYS NEAR MINT
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FAMILY - ENTERTAINMENT
PLAYS NEAR MINT
LAMINATED MIRROR FINISH SLEEVE
MASSIVE MINT POSTER
- CATALOGUE:REPRISE RSLP6340
- MATRIX: RSLP6340 A-2*T / B-2*T
THE RECORD
THE LABELS
THE ORIGINAL STEAMBOAT TRICOLOUR LABELS ARE IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION. THE COLOURS ARE UNFADED OR UNRUBBED, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE COLOURS STRETCH INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.
THERE ARE 4-5 SPIDER LINES NEAR THE SPINDLE HOLE
THE VINYL
THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW WITH AN ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS SHEEN, AND IN DAYLIGHT LOOKS PERFECT,AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDERAN LED MAGNIFYING HALO I CANONLY SEE ONE DULL HAIRLINES ON TRACK ONE WHICH IS TOTALLY NON SOUNDING, PLUS A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES AND A COUPLE OF EMBEDDED DULL STREAK LINES
THE TEST PLAY
A TRUE FIRST PRESS PERFORMANCE WITH A STEREO REPRODUCTION THAT IS JUST MAGNIFICENT. NEAR SILENT RUN IN'S AND LINKING GROOVES LEADING TO PERFECT SOUND PLAYED WITHOUT DISTORTION THUS NO GROOVE WEAR.
VINYL THAT WAS AS HEAVY AS THIS WAS OFTEN POORER QUALITY THAN SAY THE VINYL THAT EMI USED FOR THEIR ALBUMS. A CASE IN POINT IS THE EARLY ISLAND PRESSES ON THE PINK EYE LABEL. THIS ONE IS NO DIFFERENT, BUT THIS VINYL IS CLEAN. THERE IS NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE WHATSOEVER
THERE IS THE VERY ODD SEMI SECOND OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN SOME OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES
DESPITE THE FEW SURFACE HAIRLINES THIS ALBUM PLAYS TO NEAR PERFECTION, JUST A COUPLE OF TINY TICS AND THE ODD SPECK OF VERY LOW LEVEL STATIC
I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL NEAR MINT FOR ITS PLAY
DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH, TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS
THE SLEEVE
LAMINATED FRONT SURFACE AND NON LAMINATED REAR SURFACE WITH FLIPBACKS
THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND THE LAMINATE SHINES LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR.
THERE ARE NINE REALLY SMALL LAMINATE LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE, FOUR MORE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, SIX ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE AND JUST ONE THUMB LINE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE. USUALLY THIS SLEEVE WOULD BE RIDDLED WITH THUMB LINES
THERE IS ALSO ONE LAMINATE LINE UNDER THE TOP EDGE AND A SECOND NEAR THE TOP RIGHT CORNER
THE FOUR CORNERS HAVE A LITTLE RUB AT THE TIPS
THE TOP HAS ALL OF THE LAMINATE THERE WITH ONLY THE RIGHT CORNER TIP SHOWING A DOT OF RUB
THE BOTTOM EDGE IS SIMILAR WITH SLIGHTLY MORE RUB ON THE TIP END
THE SPINE IS FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. IT HAS THE CORRECT TAPERED ENDS. THERE IS A TINY CHIP TO THE SURFACE NEAR THE TOP WHICH IS ON THE LAST TWO LETTERS OF THE TITLE
THE OPENING EDGE HAS FEATHERING
THE REAR SURFACE HAS PERFECTLY ADHERED FLIPBACKS, . THE BLACK SURFACE SHOWS MILD RECORD SHAPE
THE POSTER HAS NICE SHARP FOLD LINES. A MINUSCULE NICK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOP EDGE, AND A SMALL SPLIT ON THE TOP LEFT FOLD LINE AT THE EDGE. THE BLACK SIDE IS PERFECT WHILST THE WHITE SIDE HAS A LITTLE FOXING ON THE TOP OF THE RIGHT EDGE
THIS SLEEVE WITHOUT A DOUBT GRADES EX
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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