Jimi Hendrix AXIS BOLD AS LOVE W/ Orange Lyric Insert 1967 UK LP 1st MINT- HEAR

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FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED PRIOR TO LISTING SO YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING

  JIMI HENDRIX - AXIS BOLD AS LOVE

MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS audio

FIRST STEREO PRESS 

OUTSTANDING NEAR MINT SLEEVE 

COMPLETE WITH THE RARE LYRIC INSERT

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE BLACK AND SILVER TEXTURED TRACK LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. 

THE BLACK RUNS FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE , WHILST THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS ALL UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. 

THERE ARE JUST A FEW TINY SPIDER LINES AROUND THE HOLE

THE VINYL

THE VINYL HAS RETAINED IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LUSTRE AND IN DAYLIGHT LOOKS SUPERB. 

IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS

EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER ISPOTLIGHTS THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF TINY WISPY SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL HAIRLINES 

THE TEST PLAY

THIS RARE STEREO RECORDING PLAYS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES.

THE FIRST THING TO MENTION IS THE TOTAL LACK OF DISTORTION. THERE IS NO GROOVE WEAR MEANING THAT WHAT PLAY THE RECORD HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THERE IS NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLING NOR ARE THERE ANY LOUD CLICKS AT ANY POINT

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE WHATSOEVER, 

SILENT OR NEAR SILENT LINKING GROOVES

EVERY NOTE HEARD AS WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED

A COUPLE OF MINUSCLE SPECKS OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND AND A COUPLE OF THE TINIEST DUST TICS

I WOULD GRADE THIS AUDIO AS MINT MINUS

BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE

Printer Credits: THE E.J.DAY CO.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS MAGNIFICENT AND GLEAMS LIKE NEW. 

THE MAIN BODY OF THE FRONT IS TOTALLY FREE FROM ANY CREASES OR CREASE LINES. 

INCREDIBLY THERE ARE JUST TWO MINUSCULE PRESSURE LINES BY THE SPINE. SIX ON THE TOP EDGE, SIX ON THE BOTTOM EDGE. NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE, JUST ONE PRESSURE LINE RIGHT AT THE VERY TOP

THE STEREO STICKER IS FIRMLY IN PLACE IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER

THE BOTTOM RIGHT AND TOP LEFT CORNER TIPS HAVE VERY VERY LIGHT RUB TO THE TIP ENDS

THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE EITHER. 

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE FULLY LAMINATED AND SMOOTH TO THE TOUCH ALL THE WAY ALONG. ONLY THE TOP LEFT AND BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP ENDS SHOW A TINY SPECK OF RUB

THE SPINE IS IN TOP CONDITION. IT IS PERFECTLY FLAT, AND TOTALLY UNSQUASHED. ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS INTACT, NO PEEL OR FLAKE, AND ONLY THE TOP TIP END SHOWS A LITTLE SHELF RUB

THE OPENING EDGES ARE STILL SUPERBLY SHARP WITH JUST A  TINY  NICK ON THE REAR EDGE.

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME SUPERB CONDITION AS THE FRONT, AGAIN NO HEAVY CREASES AND JUST A FEW LAMINATE LINES ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES AND TWO ON THE SPINE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE INNER PANELS. NO RUBBING OR LOSS OF THE BLACK COLOURS WHATSOEVER, AND ALL OF THE FLIPBACKS ARE PERFECTLY ADHERED WITH JUST A FEW LAMINATE LINES

YOU CAN SEE THAT WHEN THIS SLEEVE WAS PUT TOGETHER THE INNER PANEL WAS PLACED A FRACTION TO THE LEFT AT THE TOP. THIS MEANS THE TOP LIFT TOP OVERHANDS THE SEALED FRONT EDGE A FRACTION WHILST THE TOP RIGHT IS A FRACTION INSIDE THE REAR EDGE

THE ORANGE 2 PAGE LYRIC INSERT IS IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. USUALLY FOUND RIPPED AND BADLY CREASED, THIS COPY IS TOTALLY INTACT AND FREE FROM ANY HEAVY CREASES, JUST A FEW LIGHT WRINKLES TO THE PAPER

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION. TOTALLY FLAT WITH ONE LIGHT CORNER CREASE LINE, AND SOME LIGHT AGEING TO THE PERIMETER EDGES. UNSPLIT AT THE SEAMS A SUPERB ORIGINAL EXAMPLE WITH THE DATE 117 (NOV 67) IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER PRINTED NEXT TO 'MADE IN ENGLAND'

THIS SLEEVE EASILY GRADES NEAR MINT