SPENCER DAVIS GROUP: THEIR FIRST LP 1965 FONTANA RARE

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"THEIR FIRST LP"

12" LONG PLAYER BY THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP

U.K. FONTANA RECORDS (TL 5242) MONO ORIGINAL 1st PRESSING

YEAR: 1965

MATRIX No: 687343 1L//1^420 1 1 2  /  687343 2L//1^420 1 1 2

VINYL WEIGHT: 155g

VISUAL GRADING SIDE ONE:

ALTHOUGH IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE RECORD HAS BEEN HANDLED AND HAS HAD A FEW PLAYS, IT SHOWS NO MAJOR DEFECTS OR FLAWS THAT WILL HAVE A SERIOUS IMPACT ON THE SOUND QUALITY. WHEN VIEWED CLOSE UP IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEE THE ODD LIGHT SURFACE LINE AND THE OCCASIONAL LIGHT RUB MARK, RESULTING IN A PATCH OF WISPY HAIRLINES. THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF LIGHT NEEDLE TYPE SCRATCHES BUT THERE IS NOTHING ON THE PLAYING SURFACE WITH ANY SERIOUS TANGIBLE DEPTH AND NOTHING THAT CAUSES AN ISSUE WHEN PLAYING. ANYTHING THAT CAN BE SEEN IS PURELY SUPERFICIAL. VIEWING UNDER A 100 WATT LIGHT BULB DOESN'T REVEAL ANYTHING THAT HASN'T ALREADY BEEN NOTED EXCEPT A FEW SLEEVE REMOVAL HAIRLINES. THERE IS NOTHING ON THE VINYL THAT I WOULD CLASS AS A SERIOUS SCRATCH AS THERE ARE NO MARKS THAT CAUSE ANY REPETITIVE AUDIO INTERFERENCE. TILTING THE RECORD BACK AND FORTH IN THE LIGHT SHOWS A LITTLE VERY LIGHT GROOVEWEAR HERE AND THERE BUT NOTHING THAT WOULD BE CLASSED ANYWHERE CLOSE TO SERIOUS. I WILL GRADE THIS SIDE OF THE RECORD VISUALLY AS VG+ (STRICTLY GRADED). 

VISUAL GRADING SIDE TWO:

VERY SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE TO SIDE ONE SHOWING JUST THREE OF FOUR LIGHT SURFACE LINES AND THE OCCASIONAL VERY LIGHT RUB MARK. THERE ARE NO OBVIOUS NEEDLE TRACES OR SCRATCHES AT ALL AND, THEREFORE, NOTHING TO CAUSE ANY REPETITIVE AUDIO INTERFERENCE. AS BEFORE, ANY MARKS ARE PURELY SUPERFICIAL WITH NO OBVIOUS DEPTH AND, AS SUCH, HAVE NO EFFECT ON PLAYBACK. ONCE AGAIN, I WILL GIVE A VISUAL GRADING OF VG+ (STRICTLY GRADED) ALTHOUGH THIS SIDE IS CLOSE TO EX-.

LABELS:

THIS RECORD IS AN ORIGINAL 1st PRESSING ISSUED ON THE ROUGH TEXTURED BLACK AND SILVER FONTANA LABEL WITH SILVER LETTERING. BOTH LABELS ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH NO WRITING, TEARS OR STICKERS. THERE ARE A FEW LIGHT SPINDLE LINES ON EITHER SIDE BUT NO OBVIOUS WEAR AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE. THERE IS NO FADING TO THE LABEL AND THE SILVER PRINT IS CLEAR. (SEE PHOTOS). 

COVER GRADING:

FRONT:  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1st PRESS SLEEVE WITH LAMINATED FRONT. THE FRONT OF THE COVER IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION FOR IT'S AGE SHOWING JUST SOME LIGHT WEAR, MAINLY IN THE FORM OF TINY CREASES AROUND THE EDGES AND THREE OF FOUR LIGHT CREASES ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE WHERE THE SLEEVE HAS BEEN HELD OPEN TO INSERT THE RECORD. THERE IS ALSO A VERY LIGHT CREASE ACROSS THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER. THERE IS A LITTLE LIGHT RINGWEAR, ONLY REALLY OBVIOUS WHEN TILTING THE COVER BACK AND FORTH IN THE LIGHT AND A LITTLE VERY LIGHT RUBBING. NO PRESSURE LINES OR OTHER MARKS. THE LAMINATE IS PERFECTLY INTACT WITH NO DAMAGE OR PEELING, JUST A SMALL LIFT IN THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER. JUST A LITTLE LIGHT FEATHERING ALONG THE OPENING EDGE. NO STICKERS, TEARS OR WRITING. OVERALL, STILL VERY TIDY FOR A 45 YEAR OLD SLEEVE.

BACK:  SIMILAR TO THE FRONT WITH JUST THE ODD TINY EDGE CREASE. NO OTHER OBVIOUS CREASES AND JUST A COUPLE OF VERY LIGHT PRESSURE LINES. NO OBVIOUS RINGWEAR. THERE ARE NO STICKERS, TEARS OR WRITING. LIGHT DISCOLOURATION/AGEING OVERALL AS THIS SIDE IS NOT LAMINATED. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL NON FLIPBACK SLEEVE WITH PASTED ON BACK. OVERALL, STILL TIDY.

EDGES:  BOTH TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH NO REAL EVIDENCE OF SHELF WEAR, JUST THE ODD TINY MARK ON THE BOTTOM EDGE. NO SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE LAMINATE. NO SPLITS OR TEARS AND JUST VERY LIGHT FURRING TO THE CORNERS.

SPINE:  THE SPINE IS INTACT AND IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH NO SPLITS OR CREASES, JUST A COUPLE OF SMALL NICKS. NO RUBBING AND ALL THE TEXT IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE IS A LITTLE VERY VERY LIGHT WEAR AT THE EXTREME ENDS BUT OVERALL, STILL VERY TIDY. 

INNER SLEEVE:  THIS RECORD COMES WITH IT'S ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE. THIS IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION ALTHOUGH HAS BROWNED A LITTLE OVER TIME. 

AUDIO GRADING:

SIDE ONE:  WHILE THE VINYL DOES SHOWS A FEW LIGHT MARKS AS MENTIONED ABOVE, THESE APPEAR TO BE PURELY SUPERFICIAL AND THE AUDIO QUALITY IS EXCELLENT THROUGHOUT. THERE IS A VERY LIGHT HINT OF BACKGROUND NOISE ON THE RUN IN, BUT THIS HAS VIRTUALLY GONE ONCE THE SOUNDTRACK BEGINS. OPENING WITH THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS PENNED 'MY BABE', THE SOUND QUALITY IS EXCELLENT FROM THE BEGINNING WITH NO MAJOR DISTORTION OR CLIPPING AND IT IS QUITE CLEAR THAT THE RECORD HAS ONLY HAD LIGHT USE WITH JUST THE OCCASIONAL HINT OF BACKGROUND STATIC. THE MONO REPRODUCTION COMES ACROSS LOUD AND STRONG AS YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM A VINTAGE FONTANA PRESSING. THERE IS THE ODD SOLITARY TICK OCCASIONALLY BUT THIS COULD IN NO WAY BE CLASSED AS DETRIMENTAL TO THE OVERALL SOUND. THE GAPS BETWEEN THE TRACKS HAVE THE ODD LITTLE TICK, BUT NOTHING THAT COULD BE DESCRIBED AS SERIOUS SURFACE NOISE. IN FACT, MOST OF THE TIME, THERE IS BARELY ANY NOISE AT ALL. THERE ARE NO REPETITIVE CLICKS OR POPS AT ALL THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SIDE. OVERALL, THIS SIDE PLAYS EXTREMELY WELL WITH JUST VERY LIGHT EVIDENCE OF USE OCCASIONALLY AND A GOOD STRONG SOUND. 

SIDE TWO:  THE AUDIO QUALITY OF THE SECOND SIDE IS VERY SIMILAR TO SIDE ONE. THE RUN IN IS VERY QUIET WITH VERY LITTLE BACKGROUND NOISE AND THE SOUNDTRACK IS CLEAR AND FREE OF ANY SERIOUS DISTORTION. ONCE AGAIN, A STRONG POWERFUL SOUND FROM THE OUTSET ON THIS ORIGINAL FONTANA PRESSING. THERE ARE NO REPETITIVE CLICKS THROUGHOUT THE SOUNDTRACK, JUST THE OCCASIONAL SOLITARY TICK, USUALLY BETWEEN TRACKS. AS WITH SIDE ONE, THIS SIDE PLAYS THROUGH EXTREMELY WELL WITH VERY FEW SIGNS OF PLAYING, JUST THE OCCASIONAL VERY LIGHT HINT OF BACKGROUND STATIC. ANY VISIBLE MARKS, OF WHICH THERE ONLY A FEW, ARE PURELY SUPERFICIAL WITH NO EFFECT ON PLAYBACK.   

SUMMARY:

  A TIDY COPY OF A RECORD THAT IS NOW 44 YEARS OLD AND VERY HARD TO COME BY IN GOOD CONDITION OWING TO THE FACT THAT MOST 1960s RECORDS SUFFERED VERY HEAVY PLAYING DUE TO THE POPULARITY OF THE BANDS. THE SLEEVE IS SHOWING SOME LIGHT WEAR BUT, OVERALL, IS STILL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. THE RECORD HAS OBVIOUSLY HAD USE AND SHOWS VISUAL MARKS, BUT THESE ARE PURELY SUPERFICIAL AND THE AUDIO QUALITY IS EXCELLENT. WHILE OBVIOUSLY NOT A MINT COPY, THE SOUND REPRODUCTION IS EXCELLENT, SHOWING VERY FEW SIGNS OF HAVING BEEN PLAYED. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS COPY. 

GRADING:

SLEEVE:  VG+

SIDE ONE (visual):  VG+

SIDE TWO (visual):  VG+

SIDE ONE (audio):  EX(-)

SIDE TWO (audio):  EX(-)

GUIDE TO GRADINGS

    MINT: As new condition/unplayed

    NEAR MINT: No obvious marks or imperfections. May have very light paper lines/hairlines visible under strong light. Sound quality will be virtually perfect.

    EXCELLENT +: Record will display just the odd very light surface line/mark. No needle lines or scratches. Background/surface noise will be virtually non existent with the possibility of the occasional solitary tick. There will be nothing on the record to cause any audible flaws or distortion.

    EXCELLENT: Record will display one or two surface lines and/or light scuff marks. No needle lines or scratches. There may be a little very light background noise only audible on the run in/out. No obvious audible flaws or distortion and will only have had light use. Records graded as Excellent will still be very acceptable copies.

    EXCELLENT -: Record will show slightly more marks than an Excellent but not sufficient to drop it into the Very Good Plus catagory. Any marks will be purely superficial and will not be audible. a record that would otherwise be Excellent but has, perhaps, one light needle line will fall into this catagory. There may be very light audible noise on the run in/out but no scratches. The sound quality will still be perfectly acceptable although it will be obvious that the record has had a few plays.

    VERY GOOD +: Record will display light surface lines/scuffs, light needle lines and hairlines although there will not be any heavy or obvious scratches. Sound quality will still be perfectly acceptable although there will probably be a little light background noise, most obvious on the run in/out and a little minor distortion occasionally. Records graded VG+ will have had moderate use but have not been overplayed.

    VERY GOOD: Record will display several surface lines/marks, light needle lines and light scratches, some of which may be audible. The record has obviously been played many times but will still produce a good sound, albeit with some mild distortion occasionally. There will be no sticks or jumps and the record will play through fine.

I WILL NOT NORMALLY ADVERTISE ANY RECORD THAT FALLS BELOW A VERY GOOD GRADE UNLESS IT IS EXCEPTIONALLY RARE. I ALWAYS DO MY BEST TO GRADE RECORDS AS ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE. HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE NOT 100% HAPPY WITH YOUR PURCHASE PLEASE CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY SO THAT THE PROBLEM CAN BE SORTED. ALL ITEMS CARRY A FULL MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. 

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