Paul McCartney Wings VENUS AND MARS UK FULLY COMPLETE ONE PLAY MINT MINUS AUDIO

	£		102
	$		135

WINGS - VENUS AND MARS

IN MAGNIFICENT  ONE PLAY MINT MINUS CONDITION

'A PORKY PRIME CUT'

COMPLETE WITH POSTERS AND STICKERS

SUPERB MINT MINUS GRADE SET!!!

• CATALOGUE:PCTC 254
• MATRIX: YEX 945-1U / 946-1U
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:2 GGO / 2 GAT
• A PORKY PRIME CUT IN SIDE 1 DEAD WAX
• M ROOM ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 2
• WITH THE FIRST ISSUE POSTERS
• WITH THE FIRST ISSUE LYRIC INNER SLEEVE
• WITH THE FIRST ISSUE CIRCULAR STICKER AND PLANET SIXES STRIP

A PORKY PRIME CUT WAS THE MASTER RECORDING DESCRIPTION THAT WAS USED BY GEORGE PECKHAM TO INDICATE A FIRST CUT

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE CAPITOL LABELS ARE IN  NEAR PRISTINE CONDITION. THE JET BLACK SURFACE IS RICH AND VIBRANT, AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE

THE SILVER TYPEFACE AND LOGOS ARE UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY CLEAR AND FULLY LEGIBLE. THERE IS SOME LIGHTLY VISIBLE FOXING MOTTLING ON THE SURFACE

THERE IS ONE MICROSCOPIC  SPIDER LINE ON THE SPINDLE HOLE AND NO EVIDENCE OF ANY MORE PLAY WHATSOEVER

THE VINYL

A BEAUTIFUL  VINYL, THAT HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE

IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS FLAWLESS NOT A MARK ON IT, A GLEAMING HEAVYWEIGHT FIRST PRESS THAT IS MARK FREE, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS STILL NOTHING TO SEE, APART FROM SOME LIGHT DULL FLECKING ON SIDE TWO

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 ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I AM NOW DOING WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I AM CONVINCED 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

PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN TO THE RECORDINGS AND I SURE YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT AN ABSOLUTELY CRACKING COPY.

THE CLARITY OF THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, QUITE BRILLIANT!

EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD AS IT WAS INTENDED

THE LP PLAYS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES. THERE IS NO DISTORTION WHATSOEVER AT ANY POINT. NOR IS THERE ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND INCREDIBLY NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF SPLIT SECONDS OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC WHICH YOU WOULD EXPECT ON ANY VINYL

ON SIDE ONE I HEARD A REALLY FEINT TRACE OF EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE IN A COUPLE OF LINKING GROOVES ONLY

I DIDN'T HEAR ANY DUST POPS AT ALL THROUGHOUT THE PLAY JUST A COUPLE OF THE TINIEST STATIC TICS

THIS IS WITHOUT DOUBT A HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE AND I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT !!!

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

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE

THIS SLEEVE IS A GENUINE FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE WHICH CAN BE IDENTIFIED IN A FEW WAYS. FIRSTLY THE SLEEVE IS MADE OF ONE PIECE OF CARD NOT TWO LIKE LATER ISSUES. THIS CARD IS FOLDED AND STUCK TOGETHER WITH ONE FLIPBACK INSIDE THE TOP EDGE

SECONDLY THE CARD IS WHITE ON THE INSIDE

THIRDLY THE INNER SLEEVE ON THE FIRST PRESS HAS A THUMB NOTCH ALONG THE TOP OF THE OPENING EDGE FOR EASIER REMOVAL OF THE ALBUM

THE FRONT SURFACE IS JUST IMMACULATE. ONE OF THE PLUSSES OF THIS SLEEVE IS THE THICKNESS OF THE CARD USED TO CREATE IT, WHICH RESULTED IN FEW COPIES HAVING RING WEAR. HOWEVER IT'S WEAKNESS IS IN THE POWDERY UNLAMINATED SURFACE WHICH IS PRONE TO RUBBING.

THIS SLEEVE HAS BEEN KEPT INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FROM NEW AND HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL COLOUR.THERE IS NOT ONE SPECK OF COLOUR LOSS OR RUB WHATSOEVER.

THERE ARE NO LINES BY THE SPINE, NONE ALONG THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE EITHER

THE TOP EDGE IS VIRTUALLY PERFECT. FULL COLOUR RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER WITH JUST ON PIN PRICK OF WHITE ON THE RIGHT CORNER TIP END

THE BOTTOM EDGE IS JUST THE SAME, JUST A LITTLE RUB AT THE RIGHT CORNER.

THE SPINE IS IN NEATR MINT CONDITION. TOTALLY FLAT AND 100% UNSQUASHED. THE COLOURED SURFACE IS NEAR PERFECT WITH JUST THREE TINY WHITE FLECKS NEAR THE TOP ON THE LEADING EDGE. NO RUBBING TO EITHER TIP END

THE REAR SURFACE HAS FOUR SMALL LINES AGAINST THE SPINE . NO RUBBING. NO CREASES.  AND NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE.

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO BEAUTIFUL AND IMMACULATE INNER PANELS.RICH UNMARKED SURFACE WITH COLOURS THAT ARE BOTH UNWORN AND VIBRANT. INFACT THEY WONT LAY FLAT SO EVIDENCE OF VERY LITTLE HANDLING

THE TWO OPENING EDGES ARE ABSOLUTELY RAZOR SHARP, AND IT'S OBVIOUS FROM EXAMINING THEM THAT THE LP HAS JUST NOT BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE

THE INNER SLEEVE IS  IN NEAR PERFECT CONDITION .

IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AN INNER SLEEVE WITHOUT THE BOTTOM SEAM SPLIT. THIS COPY ONLY HAS A REALLY SMALL ONE   AND NO WEAR TO THE OPENING EDGE, NONE ON THE  BOTTOM EDGE. THE THUMB NOTCH IS ALSO IMMACULATE AND UNDAMAGED

THE TWO POSTERS ARE IN MINT CONDITION, HAVING NEVER LEFT THE SLEEVE. THE FIRST ISSUE POSTERS ARE MADE FROM A HEAVIER PAPER THAN LATER ISSUES AND THE PAPER IS NOT SO GLOSSY ON FIRST ISSUES. IHAVEN'T EVEN BOTHERED TO OPEN THEM AS I CAN CLEARLY SEE THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN HANDLED

THE OFTEN MISSING CIRCULAR STICKER IS ALSO PRISTINE, AND FINALLY THE COMPARATIVE PLANET SIZE STRIP IS  THERE AND ALSO PERFECTLY MINT!!.

AN INCREDIBLE  EXAMPLE OF THIS SLEEVE AND I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING IT MINT MINUS!!!

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

GARRY