Jimi Hendrix SMASH HITS UK LP 1ST TRACK STEREO JUST TWO PLAYS EVER NEAR MINT

	£		79
	$		105

JIMI HENDRIX - SMASH HITS

IN MAGNIFICENT 1-2 PLAY NEAR MINT!! CONDITION

RARE TRACK FIRST PRESS

STUNNING MINT MINUS SLEEVE!!

CATALOGUE: TRACK 613004

MATRIX NUMBERS :613004 A V 2  1 1 1 / 613004 B V 5  1  1  4

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 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  TWO MICROSCOPIC  SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE ON SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS LP HAS BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE SINCE 1968

THE VINYL

THE VINYL IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. IT GLEAMS LIKE IT WAS JUST PRESSED AND THERE IS NO FOGGING OR ANY MARKS  EITHER, AND IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS . EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE ONLY A FEW LIGHT WISPY HAIRLINES. A LOVELY FIRST PRESS

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 LP FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS JUST BECAUSE 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 BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

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 NEAR 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.

SECONDLY THERE IS NO FRYING BACON OR LOUD CLICKS

THE VINYL PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES, AND HAS A STUNNING STEREO REPRODUCTION.

THE IS A VERY VERY SLIGHT EMBEDDED BACKGROUND STATIC HEARD ONLY IN SOME OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES AND A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES ON SIDE ONE

SIDE TWO BARELY HAS ANY NOISE WHATSOEVER AND PERFORMS AT A MINT MINUS GRADE

I HEARD NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF THE TINIEST DUST POPS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS BEAUTIFUL VINYL NEAR MINT!!!

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

 THE SLEEVE IS A GENUINE MCNEILL FIRST PRESS SLEEVE.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND JUST GLEAMS LIKE A MIRROR. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES, NO CREASE LINES, NO BENDS, AND ABSOLUTELY NO RING WEAR AND NOT EVEN ANY SIGN OF RECORD SHAPE.

THERE ARE JUST THREE MINUSCULE LAMINATE LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE. ONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND ONE SMALL THUMB LINE JUST ABOVE JIMI'S LEFT HAND ON THE SIDE NEAREST TO THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE TOTALLY FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR WHATSOEVER, AND ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PRISTINE AND ABSOLUTELY PERFECT

THE SPINE IS ALSO PERFECT. 100% OF THE LAMINATE IS INTACT. NO PEEL OR FLAKE. EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. AND THE TAPERED ENDS HAVE UNRUBBED TIPS.

THE  OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP WITH JUST TWO TINY THUMB NAIL NICK CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SLEEVE. 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 AGAIN DUE TO THE PROTECTION AFFORDED IT, THIS SURFACE NEAR PERFECT WITH JUST THE LIGHTEST TOUCH OF HANDLING. THE BLACK AREA ALSO USUALLY SUFFERS FROM RUBBING AND RING WEAR, BUT AGAIN THIS ONE IS PERFECT.

THE  POLYLINED INNER SLEEVE IS THE CORRECT ORIGINAL ONE THAT CAME WITH THE SET HAVING THE 078 DATE PRINTED IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER (JULY 1968).

UNSPLIT WITH A LIGHT CREASE LINE ON THE TOP TWO CORNERS PLUS A LITTLE GLUE AGEING ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES

THIS SLEEVE EASILY GRADES  MINT MINUS!!!

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

GARRY