Rainbow (Ritchie Blackmore): Electrified, unofficial live vinyl album

	£		27
	$		36

Rainbow (Ritchie Blackmore):  Electrified, unofficial live vinyl album.

This is believed issued in  1983 with original source material a US radio show. Boston Paradise Theatre May 7th 1981.

Cat No No: AchCM V 47919

These original 1970/80’s albums are becoming increasingly collectable.

When originally bought (pre loved) in the mid 80’, was played a couple of times then filed away on a shelf…only to now surface.

Outer sleeve in very good condition, heavy card. Crease to bottom right hand and top left hand corner. Some mild scuffing from beginnings of disc wear, most noticeable, right hand side and top red border on front – see photos, also, top red border on rear.

Slight scuffing to  corners and a bit of print lift on front right hand corner where former price label removed…not by me! 1cm in, along the top and bottom of the front sleeve, part of the original manufacturing process. 

Visual inspection reveals discs in apparent very good condition, minimal number of hairlines, very light 5mm visible line at beginning of Spotlight Kid on side A.

Side 2 and 3 show a underlying bloom in the vinyl at a certain angle /light…don’t recall this affecting aural quality .. No spindle wear.

Please see the photos.

Selling on behalf of my Dad (who supplied all the info) from his personal collection, from the olden days when he collected vinyl.

I aim to use recycled packaging when possible, but rest assure that your vinyl will be well packed and protected against the trials of postal travel!

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A few words about the vinyl grading.

I try to be as honest as possible, but all grades are based upon an experienced but ultimately subjective visual inspection, trying to identify and highlight obvious issues.

Back in the day whilst my Dad purchased much of the vinyl new, as he expanded his collection , (eventually running into a few thousand discs) hence many only played once, inevitably he was drawn to second hand (pre-loved) copies of certain discs, including the rarer original 1970’s issue boots.

As you will appreciate, otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this or looking at the listing, the nature of many of these live/unofficial recordings meant that original production standards were not necessarily a top priority, with occasional mastering/pressing faults occurring.

Similarly with any second hand vinyl which in some cases is almost 50 years old they will potentially exhibit aural signs of having been played, sometimes a fair bit..these are not mint, new unplayed discs (unless stated).

The attraction for my Dad was either obtaining the different variations of an issue or otherwise unavailable rare recordings…its called collecting!

When playing vinyl my Dad had a Technics SL1800 turntable with Ortfon cartridge, so no thrashing and grinding on an old  fidelity UA4! (early 70’s starter bedroom lo-fi, crank it up ?).

Any questions or if you need more photos please ask.

Comes from a smoke free home.

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