Jimi Hendrix ELECTRIC LADYLAND UK LP1ST TRACK 3 PLAY NM

	£		361
	$		478

JIMI HENDRIX - ELECTRIC LADYLAND

IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

OUTSTANDING COPY WITH THE RARE WIDESPINE SLEEVE

CATALOGUE: TRACK 613008 / 9

MATRIX NUMBERS DISC 1: 613008 A//1 1  3   613008 B V 2 420  1  2

MATRIX NUMBERS DISC 2: 613009 A//2  1  1  613009 B//2 420  1  1  2

THE MATRIX NUMBERS ON BOTH A SIDES ARE PARTIALLY SCRATCHED OUT BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL STAMPING WAS INCORRECT AS THEY HAD THE WRONG NUMBERS ON EACH A SIDE. 613008 HAD 09 AND VISA VERSA. THE CORRECT DIGITS WERE ETCHED INTO THE VINYL MAKING THIS A GENUINE FIRST PRESS, AS LATER COPIES WERE CORRECTED AT THE PRESSING PLANT

A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS SOUGHT AFTER COLLECTIBLE. TAKE A LISTEN TO THE INCREDIBLE CLARITY OF THE RECORDING OF THIS 1ST PRESS

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE SLIGHTLY ROUGH TEXTURED MATT BLACK LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THE BLACK BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLES.

THE SILVER LOGO'S AND TYPEFACE WHICH IS OFTEN FOUND RUBBED AWAY IS IN PERFECT CONDITION ON BOTH DISCS, WITH EACH LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THERE ARE BUT THREE-FOUR TINY SPIDER LINES NEAR THE SPINDLE HOLE TO SHOW THAT THE LP SET HAS HAD JUST THAT MANY CAREFUL PLAYS SINCE 1968

THE VINYL

BOTH VINYLS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT UNBLEMISHED CONDITION. THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE IS RETAINED AND BOTH DISCS GLEAM LIKE POLISHED MIRRORS. EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE APART FROM A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES

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 DOUBLE ALBUM FOR YOU TO LISTEN TO BEFORE DECIDING IF THIS IS THE SET FOR YOU. IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE, ALL THE WORDS IN THE WORLD WILL NOT REPLACE THE ABAILTY TO HEAR THE LP

I CANNOT BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I WAS BY FIND ING AND THEN HEARING THIS BARELY PLAYED LP SET. . THE WHOLE THING PLAYS TO A MAGNIFICENT STANDARD. WITH CRYSTAL CLEAR REPRODUCTION, AND A SUPERB STEREO PERFORMANCE. THERE ARE THE OCCASIONAL TINY DUST POPS AND SOME LIGHT STATIC IN ONE OR TWO PLACES,AND ON THE VERY LAST TRACK THERE ARE SOME LIGHT ROTATIONAL POPS, BUT THE SET PLAYS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH, BUT HEY TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THE RECORDS NEAR MINT

THE SLEEVE

E.J.DAY ORIGINAL PRESS SLEEVE

THE SLEEVE USUALLY SUFFERS BADLY FROM CREASING AND RING WEAR, BUT THIS COPY IS IN SUPERB CONDITION

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND JUST GLEAMS LIKE A MIRROR. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES, NO CREASE LINES, NO BENDS OR DINGS ON THE CORNERS, AND ABSOLOUTELY NO RING WEAR JUST THE BAREST TRACE OF RECORD SHAPE, AND THEN ONLY WHEN THE SLEEVE IS ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT.

 AMAZINGLY THERE IS JUST ONE OF THE SMALL LAMINATE LINES THAT YOU WOULD USUALLY FIND NEAR THE SPINE. OTHER THAN THIS A COUPLE ALONG THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES, AND ONE THUMB LINE CLOSE TO THE OPENING EDGE WHERE THE LP WAS PLUCKED FROM THE SLEEVE WITH A LITTLE MORE FORCE THAN NEEDED.THERE IS ALSO ONE TINY SPOT OF LAMINATE LIFT IN THE VERY TOP LEFT CORNER

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE TOTALLY FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR WHATSOEVER, AND THIS IS DUE TO THE SLEEVE RESIDING INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SINCE 1968.

THE SPINE IS AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THE RARE WIDESPINE. IT IS IN MINT CONDITION IS THIS RARITY. NO LAMINATE PEEL OR PLAKE, JUST A PERFECTLY FLAT WIDESPINE WITH THE CONTINUATION OF THE NUDE LADY SCENE CLEARLY DEPICTED ON THIS WIDE EXPANSE OF LAMINATED CARD

THE TWO OPENING EDGES ARE AS SHARP AS THEY POSSIBLE COULD BE, AND THIS IS CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT THE LP'S HAVE REMAINED INSIDE THE SLEEVE, HAVING ONLY RECEIVED TWO PLAYS IN 42 YEARS

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN EVEN BETTER CONDITION THAN THE FRONT, WITH JUST 2 SMALL LAMINATE LINES TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ONLY. NO THUMB LINES, AND NO LAMINATE PEEL OR FLAKE, OR LIFT

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A FULLY LAMINATED AND GLOSSY PAIR OF PANELS WHICH ARE AS IMMACULATE AS THE REST OF THIS SLEEVE.

THE TWO POLYLINED INNER SLEEVES ARE FLAT AND CLEAN AND BARELY HAVE A CREASE LINE ON THEM.

THIS SLEEVE EASILY GRADES NEAR MINT MINUS

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

GARRY