Led Zeppelin 6LP BOX SET 1990 EU/UK 1st Press W/BOOK PLAYS NEAR MINT HEAR
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UK / EU 1ST PRESS COMPLETE SET 6LPS AND A LARGE BOOK
PLAYED NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES
NEAR MINT AUDIO
EX BOX AND INNERS
THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
THE GREEN AND ORANGE LABELS ARE IN ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE CONDITION. THERE IS NOT A MARK ON ANY SIDE, AND NO COLOUR LOSS. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALSO PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE SPINDLE HOLES ARE UNWORN. . A COUPLE OF THE SIDES HAVE A SINGLE SPIDER LINE BY THE HOLE AND THE OTHERS HAVE NONE
THE VINYL
EXAMINING EACH DISC IN TURN THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT. APART FROM DISC FOUR SIDE TWO WHERE ON THE LAST TRACK THERE IS A LITTLE FACTORY DIMPLE ON THE VINYL. I PLAYED THIS IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER TWO DISCS AND ALL I HEARD WERE TWO VERY SLIGHT DULL AND LOW LEVEL NOISES AS THE STYLUS PASSES OVER. AT NO POINT DID THE MUSIC MAKE ANY OTHER NOISE AND TRACKED ACROSS THE LITTLE DIMPLE WITH EASE
THEY GLEAM LIKE BRAND NEW VINYLS. EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO A MAGNIFYING LED HALO THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAN ONE OR TWO TINY WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN ON A COUPLE OF SIDES
THE TEST PLAY
I HAVE PLAY TESTED THE FIRST TWO ALBUMS AND FULLY RECORDED THEM SO THAT YOU CAN GET A GOOD IDEA OF THE QUALITY OF THE SET
THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT, MEANING THAT THE THIS SET WAS PLAYED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS
NO LOUD CLICKS AT ALL AT ANY POINT DURING THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH
I HEARD NO MORE THAN ONE OR TWO MINUSCULE DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH
OF THE FOUR SIDES, AND THE ODD LITTLE BIT OF LOW LEVEL STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN A FEW SILENT PASSAGES.
THE LP'S PLAY WITH PERFECT CLARITY AND HAVE CLEARLY HAD VERY LITTLE TRIPS ROUND A TURNTABLE
I CANNOT GIVE THE AUDIO ANY OTHER GRADE THAN NEAR MINT
PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF, DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT
THE SLEEVE
WELL A BOX, NOT A SLEEVE. HOW HARD IS THIS TO FIND IS COLLECTIBLE CONDITION? NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. FIRSTLY YOU HAVE MOST OF THESE BOXES WITH TORN CORNERS AND SECONDLY EDGE SUFFING
THIS BOX HAS A COUPLE OF ISSUES THAT REDUCE IT'S GRADE SLIGHTLY
STARTING WITH THE FRONT SURFACE. THIS USUALLY COMES MOTTLED , GRUBBY, STAINED, HAS STICKER REMOVAL MARKS ON IT, AND GENERALLY LOOKS SHABBY. HERE WE HAVE A PRISTINE EXAMPLE.
THE GLOSSY SURFACE IS IN SUPREME CONDITION. NOT ONE FINGERMARK, NOT ONE STAIN.
THE CORNER TIPS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE
THE FIRST BLEMISH IS THAT THE TWO RIGHT CORNERS HAVE SPLIT AWAY FROM THE BOX. THEY HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY REPAIRED FROM THE INSIDE. IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD
THE SECOND MINOR BLEMISH IS ON THE INSIDE OF THE BASE. ORIGINALLY A THIN FOAM SHEET SAT THERE, BUT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS HAS BEEN IN STORAGE FOR 30 YEARS THE SHEET DISINTEGRATED AND LEFT A RESIDUE, AND WHERE I PULLED IT OFF TO DISPOSE OF IT, IT HAS TAKEN A LITTLE OF THE WHITE TOP SURFACE
THE THIRD AND FINAL BLEMISH IS THAT THE INNER SLEEVES SHOW RECORD IMPRESSION, A FEW SMALL CREASES AND A COUPLE OF THE TOP EDGES ARE A LITTLE FEATHERED, PLUS SOME FINGER MARKS. HOWEVER NONE OF THEM ARE SPLIT
THE BASE OF THE BOX IS VERY GLOSSY
NO CORNER SPLITS ON THE BASE
FINALLY THE 36 PAGE BOOK IS IN PRISTINE SONDITION TEXTURED INNER SLEEVES THAT IN MOST CASES HAVE SPLIT ALONG THE SEAMS. ON THIS COPY THE GREY AND PURPLE INNERS HAVE NO SEAM SPLITS WHATSOEVER AND THE GREEN ONE HAS THE TINIEST LITTLE PIN HOLE SPLIT ON THE BOTTOM EDGE
I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS BOX EX
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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