Ian Matthews VALLEY HI 1973 UK LP 1st Press Elektra Butterfly NEAR MINT AUDIO

	£		27
	$		36

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IAN MATTHEWS - VALLEY HI

1973 UK 1ST PRESS

NEAR MINT AUDIO

NEAR MINT SLEEVE 

FULLY PLAY TESTED PRIOR TO LISTING

THE BUTTERFLY LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION

THE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE AND THE BLACK TEXT IS IMMACULATE

THERE ARE JUST 3-4 TINY SPIDER LINES AROUND THE HOLE

THE VINYL IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. VERY VERY GLOSSY 

ABSOLUTELY GLEAMING MARK FREE DISC IN DAYLIGHT

WHEN PLACED UNDER SPOTLIGHTS ALL I SEE ARE A FEW WISPY SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL HAIRLINES

THE TEST PLAY

THE FIRST THING TO NOTE IS THAT THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE CRYSTAL CLEAR SOUND, MEANING NO GROOVE WEAR

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE EITHER

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO SKIPS, CLICKS OR JUMPS

THE ONLY THING YOU WILL HEAR IS A LITTLE OCCASIONAL LOW LEVEL STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN A FEW OF THE LINKING GROOVES AND ONE OR TWO OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THE OVERALL AUDIO AS NEAR MINT

GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE TEXTURED GATEFOLD SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE SHOWS NO RUBBING JUST A LITTLE STICKER RESIDUE IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER

NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE

VERY  CLEAN YELLOW SURFACE INDEED

THERE ARE THREE PRESSURE LINES NEAR  THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND ZERO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

THE TOP EDGES ARE IN PRISTINE UNRUBBED CONDITION WITH JUST A SPECK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT TIP ENDS

THE BOTTOM EDGES HAVE SOME LIGHT SHELF RUB ALONG BOTH SURFACES

THE SPINE IS FLAT AND FREE FROM SQUASHING. THE COLOUR  IS PRISTINE AND ONLY THE BOTTOM TIP END SHOWS A LITTLE RUB

THE OPENING EDGE IS  RAZOR SHARP ALL THE WAY ALONG AND SHOWS WHY THE LP HAS NOT BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME CONDITION AS THE FRONT

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO PRISTINE INNER PANELS

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS  SLEEVE NEAR MINT

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