Focus AT THE RAINBOW UK LP 1ST PRESS A1 / B2 ONE PLAY EVER 100% MINT

	£		20
	$		27

FOCUS - AT THE RAINBOW

IN MAGNIFICENT UNPLAYED CONDITION

• CATALOGUE:POLYDOR 2442 118
• MATRIX:2442118  A//1 v 420  11  1  / 2442118  B 2 420 (ETCHED)  

A FIRST PRESS MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES

• THE EDGE OF THE VINYL MUST BE FLAT TO THE TOUCH
• THE LABELS MUST BE A DEEP ORANGY/RED
• THE MATRIX NUMBER
• THE SLEEVE MUST BE MADE BY MACNEILL PRESS LTD

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE ORANGY RED POLYDOR LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. THERE IS NOT ONE BLEMISH ON THEM AND THE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SPINDLE HOLE HAD NO SPIDER LINES AROUND IT WHATSOEVER, AND IF YOU TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THE PICTURES YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE IS STILL RESIDUAL VINYL INSIDE AND AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE.

THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND TOTALLY UNRUBBED AND UNWORN

I BELIEVE THIS MAY BE THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS LP HAS BEEN ON A TURNTABLE

THE VINYL

THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE A BRAND NEW DISC. IN DAYLIGHT IT IS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS. I HAVE MENTIONED IN THE TOP OF THE LISTING THAT THE VINYL HAS A FLAT EDGE TO IT, AND THIS IS ONE WAY TO IDENTIFY A FIRST PRESS. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS ONE LIGHT HANDLING LINE VISIBLE ON SIDE 2. IT SEEMS THAT WHILST INSPECTING THE LP WHEN IT WAS NEW AN ERRANT FINGERNAIL HAS VERY LIGHTLY BRUSHED THE SURFACE ADDING THIS USUALLY INVISIBLE LINE. AS YOU WILL HEAR IT IS TOTALLY NON SOUNDING AND HAS NO IMPACT AT ALL ON THE SUPERB CLARITY AND REPRODUCTION OF THIS VINYL. THE DIS IS SO GOOD THAT THE USUAL WISPY HAIRLINES ARE JUST NOT VISIBLE

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 ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH INCLUDING THE RUN IN'S AND THE LINKING GROOVES, 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.

SO PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO AS MUCH OR AS LITTLE AS YOU WOULD LIKE.

I CANNOT BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I WAS BY FINDING AND THEN HEARING THIS UNPLAYED LP. I HOPE THAT BY LISTENING TO THE RECORDING YOU ALSO REALISE JUST HOW RARE A FIND THIS IS. THERE IS JUST NO CRACKLY BACKGROUND, NO CLICKS , JUST THE INCREDIBLE SOUND FROM HOW IT WAS PRESSED BACK IN 1973

ABSOLUTELY NO VINYL NOISE AND NO STATIC EITHER, JUST AN INCREDIBLE FIRST PRESS STEREO REPRODUCTION THAT IS BOTH CRISP AND VERY CLEAN

I HEARD NO MORE THAN TWO MINUSCULE DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT UNPLAYED

DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH, TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED MACNEILL PRESS TRI-FOLD SLEEVE

I HAVE REJECTED MOST OF THESE ALBUMS IN THE PAST BECAUSE THE SLEEVE ALWAYS LETS THE VINYL DOWN, BUT WITH THIS SLEEVE I THINK WE HAVE THE ABSOLUTE BEST COMBINATION, A MINT VINYL AND A  NEAR MINT MINUS SLEEVE.

WHAT USUALLY LETS THIS SLEEVE DOWN IS SERIOUS COLOUR LOSS TO THE VERY DELICATE AND POWDERY BROWN SURFACE USED ON THE COVER, AND THE SHAPED EDGES ARE ALWAYS EITHER TORN, BURRED OR WORN.

FINALLY THE LEFT SPINE IS USUALLY SPLIT

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT, CLEAN AND FREE FROM ANY MARKS, STAINS OR CREASES.

THE COLOURS HAVE REMAINED VIRTUALLY UNRUBBED WITH THE ONLY LOSS OF COLOUR BEING ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SPINE RIGHT AT THE TOP AND THE VERY BOTTOM TIP (SEE BELOW)

THE TOP FLAPOVER WITH THE 'AT THE RAINBOW' TYPEFACE IN THE BOTTOM CORNER IS IN SUPERB CONDITION, WITH THE ONLY SHADOW OF COLOUR RUB BEING THE RIGHT HAND EDGE WHERE THERE IS A SLIVER OF A DUSTY APPEARANCE. THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THIS FLAP HAS A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS.

THE INNER TRIFOLD FLAP IS THE ONE WITH THE LIGHT COLOUR RUB TO THE LEADING SPINAL EDGE, AND THERE ARE A FEW WHITE FLECKS ON THE SURFACE WHICH ARE NOT COLOUR LOSS BUT HAVE BEEN LEFT IN FROM THE FACTORY. IT ALSO HAS JUST TWO TINY LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE

APART FROM THE THUMB NAIL NICKS PERVIOUSLY MENTIONED THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE UNRUBBED AND IN PERFECT ORDER, BEAR IN MIND THAT ON THIS SLEEVE THERE IS NO OPENING EDGE, AS THE RECORD SITS INSIDE THE TWO TRIFOLDS

THE LEFT SPINE HAS THE BIT OF COLOUR LOSS THAT I HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED. THIS SITS AT THE VERY TOP AND IS ABOUT THREE INCHES LONG. OTHER THAN THIS THE TOP LEADING EDGE HAS A COUPLE OF TINY WHITE FLECKS SHOWING THROUGH, AND THE VERY BOTTOM TIP HAS LIGHT RUBBING. ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE,AND THE SPINE ITSELF IS FLAT AND UNSQUASHED WHICH IS VERY UNUSUAL. THE RIGHT SPINE IS ALSO IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH JUST THE VERY TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS LIGHTLY;Y RUBBED.

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME MAGNIFICENT CONDITION AS THE FRONT, NO COLOUR LOSS AT ALL, AND JUST A COUPLE OF TINY LINES NEAR THE LEFT SPINE, AND A FEW THUMB NAIL NICKS ALONG THE TOP EDGE

DEFINITELY WORTH POINTING OUT THAT THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE ANYWHERE ON THIS SLEEVE

OPENING THE TRIFOLD REVEALS THREE PRISTINE INNER PANELS WHICH ALSO HAS THE SLIP WHERE THE LP SITS INSIDE. THIS IS TOTALLY PRISTINE AND UNBLEMISHED

THE ORIGINAL POLYDOR INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT CLEAN AND UNSPLIT, AND UNCREASED, AND AGAIN SHOWS WHY THIS ALBUM HAS REMAINED UNPLAYED. THERE IS JUST THE LIGHTEST AGEING TO THE PERIMETER EDGES

A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS SLEEVE AND I AM VERY HAPPY TO GRADE IT NEAR MINT MINUS

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

GARRY