PINK FLOYD A SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS ORIGINAL UK LP MONO
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PINK FLOYD - A SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS
ORIGINAL UK MONO PRESSING ON THE BLACK AND BLUE COLUMBIA LABEL
CATALOGUE NUMBER: SX 6258
MATRIX NUMBERS: XAX 3633-1 / XAX 3634-1
STAMPERS: 1 P / 1 M
THE VERY SOUGHT AFTER SECOND ALBUM BY PINK FLOYD. PRESSED IN 1968 THIS ALONG WITH THE DEBUT ALBUM ARE VERY DESIREABLE COLLECTORS ALBUMS. NON MORESO THAN THE MONO PRESSINGS WHICH WERE SELLING IN FAR FEWER QUANTITIES THAN THEIR STEREO COUNTERPARTS AS BRITAIN WAS ADJUSTING ITSELF TO THE STEREO REVOLUTION
THE SLEEVE
SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS COVER WHICH WAS FRONT SIDE LAMINATED ONLY. THIS SLEEVE WAS MANUFACTURED BY GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE AND IS IS IN TOP CONDITION. THE LAMINATED FRONT SIDE DISPLAYS ALL THE ORIGINAL SHINE, AND RETAINS THE ORIGINAL COLOUR. THERE ARE NO CREASES TO SPEAK OF, JUST A FEW SMALL LAMINATE LINES. THE SPINE IS IN FINE FETTLE, AND EASILY READ. NO LAMINATE PEEL HERE EITHER. THE BACK OF THE SLEEVE HAS PERFECT FLIPBACKS AND DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT IS NON LAMINATED IT HAS NO MARKS FROM PEN OR HAND. A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THIS SLEEVE
THE ORIGINAL ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO INCLUDED. IT HAS ONE SMALL SPLI ALONG ONE SIDE. I AM INCLUDING A POLYLINED INNER SO THAT THIS SPLIT WILL NOT GET ANY LARGER
THE LABELS
SUPERB BLACK AND BLUE COLUMBIA LABELS WITH THE SILVER TYPEFACE. THE SPINDLE HOLE IS UNWORN, AND THERE ARE SOME LIGHT SPIDER LINES PRESENT TO INDICATE ROUGHLY HOW MANY PLAYS THE LP HAS HAD LIFETIME. JUDGING BY THE LINES I WOULD ESTIMATE 10-12 PLAYS SINCE 1968.
LABEL HAS ALL THE CORRECT WORDING SUCH AS "THE GRAMOPHONE CO" RIM EDGING, "SOLD IN THE UK" STATEMENT ACCROSS THE CENTRE, AND "P 1968" ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE LABEL. LARGE 33 1/3 RPM AT THE TOP, AND MADE IN GT BRITIAIN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LABEL.
THE VINYL
HIGHLY GLOSSY SURFACE TO THIS LP. UNDER NORMAL ILLUMINATION IS IS DIFFICULT TO MAKE OUT ANY HANDLING MARKS, UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION IT IS POSSIBLE TO SPOT A FEW WHISPY HAIRLINES.
THERE IS HOWEVER ONE SMALL SCRATCH ON SIDE TWO HALFWAY ACCROSS TRACK ONE. I WILL EXPLAIN HOW THIS AFFECTS THE SOUND BELOW.
THOSE OF YOU WHO BUY FROM ME REGULARLY KNOW I ALWAYS CONDUCT A DISTORTION TEST FIRST. THIS IS ACHIEVED BY PUMPING UP THE VOLUME, AND LISTENING FOR ANY DISTORTION TO THE SOUND CAUSED BY GROOVE WEAR FORM A WORN OR TOO HEAVY STYLUS. THERE IS NO DISTORTION. THE RUN IN GROOVE IS NEAR SILENT, JUST A BIT OF LIGHT STATIC. THE CRISP MONO SOUND BURSTS OUT OF THE SPEAKERS AND THE OPENING TRACK "LET THERE BE MORE LIGHT" MOREORLESS CARRIES ON FROM WHERE THE DEBUT LP LEFT OFF.
THE LINKING GROOVES ARE SILENT AND THERE IS NO BACKGROUND NOISE, JUST THE ODD LITTLE LIGHT POP HERE AND THERE. THE CLARITY OF THE SOUND IS SUPERB.
NOW THE SCRATCH ON TRACK ONE OF SIDE TWO . THIS CAUSES A LIGHT CLICK EACH ROTATION OF THE DISC FOR APPROX 35 TIMES. IF IT'S ANY CONSOLATION IT IS PROBABLY THE WORST TRACK ON THE ALBUM. IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T JUMP OR STICK, AND WHILST IT CANNOT BE CALLED BACKGROUND NOISE IT IS ALSO NOT LOUD ENOUGH TO SPOIL THE SOUND.
SEBSEQUENT TRACKS ARE AS GOOD AS THE OTHERS ON SIDE ONE.
IF THE RECORD DID NOT HAVE THIS MARK, THEN I WOULD BE GRADING THE WHOLE LP EX+. SIDE ONE IS EX+ AND THE REST OF SIDE TWO ALSO EX. TRACK ONE CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS VG.
A SUPERB COPY SLIGHTLY MARRED BY ONE LITTLE SCRATCH
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