Focus FOCUS 3 2UK LP SET 1ST PRESS ABSOLUTELY 100% UNPLAYED MINT

	£		205
	$		272

FOCUS - FOCUS THREE

IN MAGNIFICENT UNPLAYED CONDITION

TOTALLY MINT!!!

• CATALOGUE:POLYDOR 234-038 /9
• MATRIX:234038 A//1 v 420  11 26 / B//1 v 420  11 10 / 234039 A//1 v 420  11 33 / B//1 v 420  11 21  

A FIRST PRESS FOCUS THREE MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES

THE SLEEVE MUST BE AN UNLAMINATED GATEFOLD

IT MUST STATE 'PRINTED & MADE BY THE E.J.DAY GROUP, LONDON & BEDFORD' ON THE RIGHT PANEL INSIDE THE GATEFOLD

THE LABELS MUST BE A DEEP ORANGY RED

THE VINYL MUST BE HEAVYWEIGHT NOT LIGHT AND FLIMSY

THE EDGE OF THE VINYL MUST BE FLAT TO THE TOUCH

THE MATRIX NUMBERS MUST ALL BE EITHER A//1 OR B//1

A TRUE FIRST PRESS MUST HAVE 11 AFTER THE 420 IN THE MATRIX NUMBER

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 BLACK TYPEFACE ON BOTH LABELS IS 100% PRISTINE UNRUBBED.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 HOLES

I AM CERTAIN THAT THIS PLAYTHROUGH IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS SET HAS EVER BEEN ON A TURNTABLE

THE VINYL

BOTH OF THESE DISCS ARE MAGNIFICENT. THERE IS NOT ONE MARK ON EITHER OF THEM AND THEY LOOK ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT, AND INCREDIBLY EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING WHATSOEVER TO SEE, AND THEY STILL LOOK FLAWLESS. THE LP'S GLEAM LIKE BRAND NEW DISCS AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE THAT THEY ARE IN FACT 39 YEARS OLD

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 SET FROM START TO FINISH INCLUDING THE RUN IN'S AND THE LINKING GROOVES, AS I DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE 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. 

I CANNOT BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I WAS BY FINDING AND THEN HEARING THIS UNPLAYED LP SET. 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

NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT

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 E.J.DAY GROUP NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD  SLEEVE

I AM CERTAIN THAT THIS SLEEVE MATCHES UP WITH THE VERY BEST COPIES OUT THERE

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

THE COLOURS HAVE REMAINED TOTALLY FREE FROM ANY WEAR OR RUBBING, AND THIS IS BECAUSE THIS SET HAS BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE FROM NEW

THERE ARE NO HEAVY OR EVEN LIGHT CREASES OR CREASE LINES. NO BENDS OR FOLD, AND NOMARKS OR STAINS. THERE ARE TWO BARELY VISIBLE MINUSCULE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE AND THAT IS THE ONLY BLEMISH TO THE FRONT SURFACE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 99% FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY WHITE FLECKS VISIBLE

THE OPENING EDGES ARE TOTALLY RAZOR SHARP WITH JUST ONE MINUSCULE THUMB NAIL NICK ON EACH TO SHOW WHERE THE LP'S WERE REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE ONCE

THE SPINE IS JUST SUPERB. TOTALLY FLAT AND APART FROM THE ABSOLUTE TIPS TOP AND BOTTOM HAS ALL OF THE ORIGINAL COLOUR INTACT, AND EVEN THESE TIPS ARE JUST BARELY RUBBED. EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN VIRTUALLY THE SAME MAGNIFICENT CONDITION AS THE FRONT, JUST ONE SMALL CREASE LINE ACROSS THE TOP LEFT CORNER TIP AND A VERY SLIGHT BIT OF RECORD SHAPE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO PRISTINE INNER PANELS

THE ORIGINAL POLYDOR INNER SLEEVES ARE 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 MINT MINUS

AN OUTSTANDING SET THAT I BELIEVE COULDN'T BE BETTERED

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

GARRY