John Lennon WALLS AND BRIDGES 1974 UK LP 1st Rare Top Loading Sleeve PLAYS EX++

	£		19
	$		25

JOHN LENNON - WALLS AND BRIDGES

THE RARE TOP LOADING 1ST ISSUE SLEEVE (SEE BELOW)

PLAYS EX++

1ST PRESS -  APPLE WITH THE CROSSED OUT MATRIX NUMBERS!!!

COMPLETE WITH THE LYRIC BOOKLET AND CARD INNER SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:APPLE PCTC 253 
• MATRIX:YEX 937-Z5 / 938-Z6
• CROSSED OUT MATRIX NUMBERS ARE SW-1-3-3416-Z5 / SW-2-3-3416-Z6 
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:1 GR / 1 OA
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THE RECORD

THE LABELS

THE APPLE LABELS ARE JUST MAGNIFICENT, NO HANDLING MARKS OR STAINS. BOTH SIDES ARE IMMACULATE WITH THE WHITE SIDE IN PARTICULAR SHOWING NO FINGERMARKS. THE SPINDLE HOLES ARE TOTALLY UNWORN. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THERE ARE JUST 3-4 TINY SPIDER LINES BY THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

THIS  VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF IT'S  ORIGINAL LUSTRE.

IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS, AND EVEN UNDER A MAGNIFYING LED HALO THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF TINY WISPY HAIRLINES AND ONE SURFACE (NON SOUNDING) SKATE LINE ON SIDE TWO

THE TEST PLAY

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY , AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW IT DOES SOUND.

THE CLARITY OF THE STEREO RECORDING IS PURE FIRST PRESS, AND EVERY NOTE CAN BE HEARD CRISPLY AND CLEANLY WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION.

THERE IS NO SERIOUS BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS AT ANY POINT

THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE, JUST A LITTLE LIGHT STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN A SOME OF THE QUIETER SPOTS AND LINKING GROOVES

I HEARD NO MORE THAN ONE LITTLE DUST POP THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS AUDIO EX+

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

DIE CUT GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE SLEEVE

THE VERY FIRST ISSUES OF THIS SLEEVE WERE FAR FROM THE FINISHED ARTICLE. THE OPENING WAS ON THE TOP EDGE WHICH MADE THE SLEEVE FAR FLIMSIER THAN IT OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN. THIS WAS SOON RECTIFIED BY SEALING THE TOP EDGE AND ALLOWING THE VINYL TO SLIDE INTO THE SLEEVE FROM THE INNER SPINE AREA. ALSO THESE FOIRST ISSUE SLEEVES HAD 'GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE' PRINTED IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER ON THE REAR. THE SUBSEQUENT REPLACEMENT SLEEVES DID NOT HAVE THIS INFORMATION

USUALLY FOUND IN POOR CONDITION, THIS SLEEVE IS HARD TO COLLECT IN TOP CONDITION DUE TO THE FRONT FLAPS OFTEN TEARING OR LOOKING VERY SHABBY AND WEAKLY ATTACHED TO THE SPINE

THE FIRST THING TO STATE IS THAT THE TWO EXPOSED THIN FRONT FLAPS ARE IN VERY NICE CONDITION. THE TOP ONE HAS THE TINIEST LITTLE NICK TO THE TOP EDGE NEAR THE SPINE

OPENING THE FLAPS EXPOSES THE WHOLE OF THE FRONT SURFACE WHICH IS IN EXCELLENTCONDITION. NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE, AND NO LOSS OF COLOUR OR RUBBING AT ANY POINT. THERE ARE NO PRESSURE LINES NEAR ANY OF THE PERIMETER EDGES AND NO THUMB LINES EITHER. JUST ONE TINY CREASE LINE OVER THE TOP RIGHT CORNER TIP

THE TOP OPENING EDGE IS STILL VERY SHARP WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY SPECKS OF FEATHERING

THE SPINES ARE WAFER THIN ON BOTH SIDES AND AS SUCH CANT BE SQUASHED. ALL OF THE TYPEFACE ON THE FLAP SIDE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND THERE IS NO COLOUR LOSS . ONLY THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIP ENDS SHOW A PIN PRICK OF RUB

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME SUPERB  STATE AS THE FRONT. AGAIN NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES, JUST A TINY DING ON THE BOTTOM CORNER TIPS

NO RINGWEAR OR EVEN A HINT OF RECORD SHAPE

THE CARD PICTURE INNER SLEEVE IS IN TOP CONDITION. HAVING THE ANGLED TOP  CORNERS AND THE LARGE THUMB NOTCH ALONG THE TOP EDGE. THERE ARE NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE ALONG THE SURFACE WHATSOEVER, AND NOT ONE JOT OF COLOUR LOSS
NO SEAM SPLITS AND ONLY A LIGHT TRACE OF HANDLING TO THE WHITE BORDERS

THE 8 PAGE FULL SIZED BOOKLET IS ALSO IN TOP CONDITION. NOT ONE CREASE LINE ANYWHERE ON ANY SURFACE

THIS SLEEVE EASILY GRADES EX+

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

GARRY