Jimi Hendrix SMASH HITS 1968 UK LP 1st Press MONO Track 612004 MINT AUDIO LISTEN

	£		93
	$		123

MAGNIFICENT  1-2 PLAY MINT AUDIO 

A STUNNING COLLECTIBLE SET WITH A TOP CONDITION SLEEVE

RARE MONO ISSUE

CATALOGUE: TRACK 612004

MATRIX NUMBERS :612004 A v 2 12  / 612004 B v 2  12

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

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

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

AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THIS IS THE EARLIEST PRESS , LATER REISSUED ON THE POLYDOR LABEL AFTER HENDRIX BECAME COLLECTIBLE FOLLOWING THE ELECTRIC LADYLAND ALBUM RELEASED LATER IN 1968.

THERE ARE JUST 1-2 RIDICULOUSLY SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE, SHOWING THAT THIS INCREDIBLE ALBUM HAS HAD JUST A FEW PLAYS FROM NEW

THE VINYL

THE VINYL IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. IT GLEAMS LIKE IT WAS JUST PRESSED AND THERE IS NO FOGGING OR ANY MARKS  EITHER . IT IS A ROCK SOLID HEAVYWEIGHT DISC WITH VIRTUALLY NO FLEX.

EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE APART . A SUPREME FIRST PRESS

PLAYING THE RECORD

I HOPE YOU AGREE THAT THE REPRODUCTION FROM THIS ALBUM IS JUST BRILLIANT. 

PURE FIRST PRESS AND THE DISC PLAYS MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH. 

TRYING TO FIND A GREAT COPY OF THIS ALBUM IS VERY HARD  AND MOST COPIES ARE TRASHED WITH SLEEVES TO MATCH. 

HERE WE HAVE WHAT I CAN ONLY DESCRIBE AS A  FAULTLESS PERFORMANCE.

THE FIRST THING TO NOTE IS THAT THE SOUND IS DISTORTION FREE APART FROM THE GUITAR WORK THAT SHOULD SOUND DISTORTED OF COURSE. 

THIS SHOWS THAT THE LP WAS PLAYED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY TRACKED STYLUS, AND ONE THAT WASN'T DAMAGED EITHER.

THERE IS NOBACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO CLICKS

THE VINYL IS UNMARKED AND HAS ABSOLUTELY NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

THE CLARITY OF THE MONO SOUND IS IMMENCE AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD AS WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED. 

A REAL LOUD CUT TO THE PRODUCTION ON THIS RECORDING. NOT EVEN ANY AUDIOBLE STATIC TO REPORT AND THE LINKING GROOVES ARE SILENT

NO DUST POPS OR TICS

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS SUPERB ALBUM AND JUDGE THE QUALITY FOR YOURSELF. 

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS BEAUTIFUL VINYL MINT 

THE SLEEVE

I HAVE HAD MANY COPIES OF THIS ALBUM PASS THROUGH MY HANDS, BUT THIS SLEEVE WITHOUT QUESTION IS RIGHT UP THERE WITH THE TOP EXAMPLES

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, AND ABSOLOUTELY NO RING WEAR JUST A VERY LIGHT SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE WHEN THE COVER IS ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT

 .THERE ARE FOUR SMALL LAMINATE PRESSURE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE . ONE ON THE TOP EDGE, ONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE AND FOUR THUMB LINSE CLOSE TO THE OPENING EDGE.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE TOTALLY FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR WHATSOEVER, GLEAMING LAMINATE THAT IS SMOOTH ALL THE WAY FROM CORNER TIP TO CORNER TIP

THE BOTTOM EDGE IS IN EXACTLY THE SAME CONDITION

THE SPINE IS JUST  PERFECT. 100% OF THE LAMINATE IS PERFECTLY INTACT. NO PEEL OR FLAKE. EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING SPINE.IT IS A FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE WITH THE TAPERED ENDS AND ONLY THE ABSOLUTE TIP ENDS ARE LIGHTLY RUBBED (SEE PICS)

THE  OPENING EDGE  IS RAZOR SHARP. THE LP HAS VERY CLEARLY BEEN HANDLED WITH EXTREME CARE WHEN REMOVING IT FROM THE SLEEVE.

THE REAR SURFACE USUALLY SUFFERS FROM SERIOUS GRUBBINESS TO THE WHITE SURFACE , BUT THIS COPY HAS JUST SOME HANDLING TO THE EDGES. NO RING WEAR LIKE THE SLEEVE NORMALLY SUFFERS FROM

THE  POLYLINED INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND BARELY HAVE A CREASE LINE ON IT. VERY WHITE AND UNSPLIT

THIS SLEEVE EASILY GRADES  NEAR MINT