Rory Gallagher LIVE IN EUROPE UK LP 1ST UNPLAYED MINT

	£		42
	$		56

RORY GALLAGHER - LIVE IN EUROPE

IN MAGNIFICENT UNPLAYED!!!!!! CONDITION

FIRST PRESS A2/B1

• CATALOGUE:POLYDOR 2383-112
• MATRIX:2389112 A2 V 420 /  / B1  1 

ONE OF A SET OF THREE IMMACULATE RORY GALLAGHER ALBUMS THAT I HAVE UP FOR AUCTION AT THIS TIME. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1ST PRESS LIVE IN EUROPE FROM 1972.

I PROMISE THERE IS NOT A BETTER COPY ON THE MARKET

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE ORANGY RED POLYDOR LABELS ARE IN ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE CONDITION. THERE IS NOT A MARK OR STAIN ON THEM. THE BASE COLOUR FULLY EXTENDS INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE NO SPIDER LINES ROUND THE HOLE, . THERE ARE STILL SHARDS OF RESIDUE VINYL INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE FROM THE ORIGINAL PRESS

THE VINYL

THE VINYL IS JUST PRISTINE. THERE IS NOT ONE MARK ON IT ANYWHERE,BARELY VISIBLE HANDLING LINE, ONLY VISIBLE UNDER A BULB AND NOT IN DAYLIGHT, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE, BARELY A WISPY HAIRLINE AT ALL. IT JUST HAS NOT BEEN ON A TURNTABLE. IT GLEAMS LIKE A BRAND NEW ALBUM

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 WAS IN TWO MINDS WHETEHR OR NOT TO PLAY THIS, BUT AS I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES UNPLAYED DOES NOT MEAN MINT!!, AND SO I HAVE GIVEN THIS INCREDIBLE DISC ONE VERY CAREFUL PLAY WITH THE LIGHTEST TRACKING ON THE STYLUS POSSIBLE.

I HAVE RECORDED FOUR THREE MINUTE EXCERPTS  FROM THIS  ALBUM,  I HAVE RECORDED THE FIRST TRACK FROM EACH SIDE WHICH INCLUDES THE DEAD WAX RUN IN, IN ADDITION I HAVE RECORDED ONE RANDOM TRACK FROM EACH SIDE, INCLUDING THE LINKING GROOVE AS I WISH TO DEMONSTRATE NOT ONLY THE ABSOLUTE CLARITY OF THE RECORDING, BUT THE SILENCE IN THE BITS THAT SHOULD BE SILENT. PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE

THERE IS JUST NOTHING TO HEAR APART FROM THE BRILLIANCE OF RORY GALLAGHER. NO CLICKS OR POPS, AND CERTAINLY NO BACKGROUND NOISE OR CRACKLE. IT IS STAGGERRING TO FIND NOT ONLY THIS LP BUT THE OTHER TWO GALLAGHER ALBUMS IN THIS HIGHEST OF GRADES POSSIBLE

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS VINYL MINT

THE SLEEVE

THIS IS AN UNLAMINATED E.J .DAY GATEFOLD SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS VERY FLAT AND AMAZINGLY FREE FROM ANY CREASES OR CREASE LINES OR EVEN BENDS. INCREDIBLY THERE ARE NO SMALL LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE EITHER,APART FROM 1 MINISCULE ONE, NOR ARE THERE ANY ON THE PERIMETER EDGES.

THIS TYPE OF SLEEVE HISTORICALLY SUFFERS FROM COLOUR LOSS DUE TO SHELF WEAR, BUT THIS ONE HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME AND HAS NO COLOUR LOSS

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE MINIMAL SHELF WEAR.

THE SPINE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND AGAIN IS UNRUBBED, AND ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE 

THE OPENING EDGE IS ALSO IN PRISTINE RAZOR SHARP CONDITION, WITH JUST A COUPLE OF REALLY TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS WHERE THE LP HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE A COUPLE OF TIMES

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS CLEAN AND PRISTINE AS THE FRONT, WITH JUST THE BAREST TRACE OF RECORD SHAPE ALONG THE TOP EDGE.

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE BLACK INNER

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND APART FROM A LITTLE BROWNING THORUGH AGE IS IN UNSPLIT CONDITION

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT

AN ABSOLUTELY ASTOUNDING COPY OF THIS GREAT ALBUM, AND WILL NEVER NEED UPGRADING

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

GARRY