Jimi Hendrix ELECTRIC LADYLAND UK 2LP1973 1st POLYDOR PLAYED ONCE NEAR MINT

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JIMI HENDRIX - ELECTRIC LADYLAND

IN MAGNIFICENT ONE PLAY!!! NEAR MINT CONDITION

FIRST POLYDOR PRESS  FROM 1973

UNBELIEVABLE MINT SLEEVE AS WELL

• CATALOGUE:POLYDOR 2310269 /70
• SET NUMBER: 2657-012
• MATRIX: SIDE A 2310269 A//2  420 0 4 1 2 9 
• SIDE D 2310269 D//2 420  04 1 1 2 0
• SIDE B 2310270 B//5  420  04 1 2 5
• SIDE C 2310270 C//2  420  4 1 1 2

ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON THE TRACK LABEL IN 1968. THIS 1ST REISSUE WAS PRESSED ON THE POLYDOR LABEL IN 1973. THERE WAS A SECOND REISSUE AGAIN ON POLYDOR BUT IT HAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CATALOGUE NUMBER  SPDLP 3

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 HOLES ARE REALLY TIGHT AS THEY ARE PLACED OVER THE SPINDLE , AND AS I GENTLY PLACED IT INTO MY TURNTABLE I COULD HEAR AND FEEL THE REMNANT SHARDS OF VINYL STILL EMBEDDED INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE.THERE IS JUST ONE SPIDER LINE AROUND EACH OF THE HOLES

THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND TOTALLY UNRUBBED AND UNWORN

THE VINYL

BOTH VINYLS ARE JUST IMMACULATE. THEY GLEAM LIKE THE DAY THEY WERE PRESSED, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE NO WISPY HAIRLINES OR ANYTHING.

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 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 OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

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

THE WHOLE THING PLAYS TO A MAGNIFICENT STANDARD. WITH CRYSTAL CLEAR REPRODUCTION,EVERY BIT AS GOOD AS THE ORIGINAL TRACK PRESSING FROM 1967. I AM CERTAIN THE SAME MASTERS MUST HAVE BEEN USED.

THE LP'S PLAY WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER.

THERE IS NOT ONE IOTA OF BACKGROUND CRACKLE, AND NO STATIC OR VINYL NOISE EITHER

IN FACT THE ONLY THING THAT STOPS ME GIVING THIS A FULL MINT GRADE IS THE FACT THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 10 RANDOM LITTLE DUST POPS/TICS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL NEAR MINT. IT IS THAT GOOD!!!

THE SLEEVE

FANTASTIC SLEEVE WITH A MAGNIFICENT SPINE WHICH IS ALMOST UNHEARD OF. THE SLEEVE IS A LAMINATED GATEFOLD FROM HOWARDS OF SLOUGH.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS MAGNIFICENT AND GLEAMS LIKE A NEW SLEEVE WITH A LAMINATED SURFACE THAT IS UNCREASED IN ANY WAY. THERE ARE NO BENDS OR FOLDS, AND ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PERFECTLY INTACT. NO PEEL OR FLAKE, AND CERTAINLY MO LAMINATE LIFT EITHER. INCREDIBLY THERE ARE JUST THREE TINY LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE, NONE ALONG THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE SPINE.

THERE IS ONE TINY DENT TO THE VERY TIP OF THE TOP LEFT CORNER

THERE IS NO RING WEAR EITHER. THIS IS A FABULOUS EXAMPLE OF THIS FRAGILE SLEEVE. THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 99% UNWORN, WITH ALL OF THE LAMINATE IN PERFECT CONDITION.AND JUST ONE WHITE SPECK SHOWING ON EITHER EDGE

THE SPINE IS ALSO VIRTUALLY PRISTINE, WITH JUST ONE TINY CHIP  JUST BELOW THE TOP TIP, OTHER THAN THAT IT IS ALL TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED AND EVEN THE TIP ENDS HAVE REMAINED UNRUBBED

BOTH OPENING EDGES ARE RAZOR SHARP AND IT'S OBVIOUS BY LOOKING AT THIS THAT THE LP'S HAVE JUST NOT BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES, AS THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS ALONG THE OPENING EDGES

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS MAGNIFICENT AS THE FRONT, AGAIN NO CREASES OF ANY DESCRIPTION. JUST THE LITTLE DING TO THE TOP RIGHT TIP. NO LAMINATE LINESNEAR THE SPINE ON THIS SIDE THOUGH

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A NEAR PRISTINE PAIR OF INNER PANELS. GLEAMING WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY CHIPS TO THE SURFACE DOWN THE LEFT SIDE

FINALLY THE TWO ORIGINAL POLYDOR POLY LINED INNER SLEEVES ARE IN UNSPLIT CONDITION. LIGHTLY AGED AROUND THE PERIMETER EDGES

I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO HESITATION IN GRADING THE SLEEVE NEAR MINT

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

GARRY