Graham Nash SONGS FOR BEGINNERS UK LP 1ST RED/ PLUM ATLANTIC ONE PLAY MINT MINUS
  £   24
  $   31

 


£ 24 Sold For
Aug 4, 2015 Sold Date
Jul 28, 2015 Start Date
£   19 Start price
2   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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GRAHAM NASH - SONGS FOR BEGINNERS

ORIGINAL RED AND PLUM ATLANTIC PRESS IN MINT MINUS PLAYTHROUGH  CONDITION

COMPLETE WITH A STUNNING  MINT MINUS SLEEVE

MUSEUM GRADE COPY

  • CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC  2401011
  • MATRIX: 2401011 A//1  11 / B//1  12  

 

THIS LP HAS COME FROM AN INCREDIBLE RECORD COLLECTION, WHERE THE ORIGINAL OWNER HAD PROTECTED THE ALBUMS FOR THE VERY DAY OF PURCHASE BY PLACING THEM INTO PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVES. THEREFORE VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE RECORDS THAT I WILL BE LISTING FROM THIS COLLECTION WILL HAVE MINT, MINT MINUS OR AT THE WORST NEAR MINT SLEEVES!

THE INNER SLEEVES HAVE ALL BEEN KEPT FLAT AND UNWRINKLED AND FURTHER ENHANCE THE COLLECTION.

THE VINYLS ARE ALSO IN THE MOST AMAZING CONDITION POSSIBLE, WITH A FEW HAVING NEVER BEEN PLAYED, AND AGAIN THE GRADING'S VARY BETWEEN MINT AND NEAR MINT...NOTHING LOWER.

THE RECORDS WERE PLACED INTO THOSE RECORD BOXES WITH HANDLES ON THEM, ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN KEPT AWAY FROM EXTREME HEAT OR SUNLIGHT AND COLD.

FINALLY THERE ARE SOME OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER TITLES IN THIS COLLECTION, SO PLEASE CHECK BACK DAILY FOR THE LATEST FROM THIS AMAZING SELECTION OF 197O'S ROCK ALBUMS

 

THE RECORDS

 

THE LABELS

THE RED AND PLUM LABELS ARE IN  MINT CONDITION. BOTH BASE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT, AND THE WHITE BAND IS STILL WHITE AND NOT SOILED AT ALL. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. FINALLY THERE ARE BETWEEN 1-2 TINY SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING HOW LITTLE THE VINYL HAS BEEN PLAYED.

 

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LUSTRE, AND IN DAYLIGHT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS . EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION, THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAN  A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES

A REALLY GLEAMING STUNNING COPY

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 AS I DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I AM CONVINCED 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

THIS FIRST PRESS RED AND PLUM  PLAYS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH. AS I HAVE ALREADY SAID IT HAS BARELY BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE. THERE IS CERTAINLY NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER, MEANING THAT THE LITTLE PLAY IT HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THE CLARITY OF THIS STEREO REPRODUCTION IS MAGNIFICENT, AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD EXACTLY AS IT WAS INTENDED

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE OR LOUD CLICKS THROUGH THE PLAYTHROUGH

THERE IS NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE JUST THE ODD SEMI SECOND OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN A FEW OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES

I CAN'T EVEN SAY THAT I HEARD ANY  DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH, JUST A COUPLE OF TINY STATIC TICS

A STUNNING FIST PRESS ZEPPELIN THREE AND I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS MINT MINUS!!!

TAKE A LISTEN AND YOU BE THE JUDGE THOUGH 

 

THE SLEEVE

 

UNLAMINATED TEXTURED MACNEILL SINGLE SLEEVE

 

BECAUSE THIS HAS STAYED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE FROM THE DAY OF PURCHASE IT IS IN THE MOST INCREDIBLE CONDITION IMAGINABLE. JUST LIKE YOU HAVE TIME TRAVELLED AND JUST BOUGHT IT

 

UNLAMINATED TEXTURED SLEEVE ARE USUALLY FOUND VERY WORN, BUT THIS ONE IS JUST NEAR PERFECT

THE FRONT SURFACE IS VIRTUALLY BLEMISH FREE!!  IT IS TOTALLY FLAT AND THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE. THERE ARE JUST TWO MINUSCULE LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE.  NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, WHICH RUNS ACROSS THE RIGHT CORNER AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

 

THE FOUR CORNERS ARE PERFECTLY SHARP AND SQUARE

 

THE TOP AND BOTTOM ARE 100% FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR WHATSOEVER, WITH ALL OF THE EASILY RUBBED COLOUR PERFECT. ONE PIN PRICK OF WHITE ON THE RIGHT TIP ENDS

 

THE SPINE IS IN  NEAR MINT CONDITION AS WELL. FIRSTLY ALL OF THE COLOUR  IS PERFECTLY INTACT,. IT IS  FLAT WITH JUST ONE SMALL DENT IN THE TOP LEADING EDGE, AND FINALLY ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND IT'S ALSO WORTH POINTING OUT THAT THERE IS NO WEAR EITHER TO THE TOP OR BOTTOM TIPS OF THIS SUPERB SPINE

 

 THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP,AND LOOKS AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PUT TOGETHER

 

THE REAR SURFACE WHILST AGAIN IS UNCREASED, IT IS EVERY BIT AS BRILLIANT AS THE FRONT, AGAIN A DELIGHTFUL TEXTURED SURFACE . TWO TINY LITTLE THUMB LINES AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE SPINE

 

 

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED, WITH THE FLIPBACKS AND POLY LINED INTERIOR. IT IS THE CORRECT ONE FOR THIS LP AND HAS THE 0571(MAY 1971) IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER.

 

IT IS UNSPLIT AND ONLY HAS A COUPLE OF LIGHT CREASES  AND A LITTLE GLUE AGEING

THE SLEEVE GRADES MINT MINUS !!! WITH EASE

 

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

GARRY

 

 



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