Santana & Buddy Miles LIVE UK LP 1ST PRESS 2 PLAY NMINT

	£		19
	$		25

SANTANA & BUDDY MILES LIVE

IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

FIRST PRESS  - ORANGE CBS LABELS

• CATALOGUE:CBS 65142
• MATRIX: S65142 A1  B1
• FIRST PRESS
• PLAYED 1-2 TIMES

ABSOLUTELY STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THIS 1972 OFFERING FROM CARLOS SANTANA. THE SLEEVE IS JUST MAGNIFICENT, AND THE LP PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

CBS ORANGE LABELS IN PRISTINE CONDITION. NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE. THE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE, WHERE THERE IS EVEN SOME RESIDUE VINYL SHARDS LEFT OVER FROM THE PRESSING OF THE LP, PROVING THAT IT JUST HASN'T BEEN PLAYED. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS TOTALLY UNWORN AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. CLEARLY A WELL CARD FOR ALBU,M

A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST TWO VERY SMALL SPIDER LINES SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS MARVELLOUS VINYL HAS BEEN PLAYED

THE VINYL

THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND LOOKS LIKE IT WAS FRESHLY PRESSED. THERE ARE NO MARKS HANDLING OR OTHERWISE ANYWHERE ON THE SURFACE, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLIUMINATION, THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A COUPLE OF REALLY WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN. A MAGNIFICENT DISC

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 4 THREE MINUTE SECTIONS FROM THIS ALBUM, INCLUDING THE DEAD WAX RUN IN AND EACH OF THE FIRST TRACKS ON EACH SIDE, FOLLOWED BY ONE RANDOM TRACK FROM EACH SIDE INCLUDING THE LINKING GROOVE.

THERE ARE SO MANY QUIET PASSAGES ON THIS ALBUM THAT FINDING ONE WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLES IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE, BUT HERE IS A COPY WITH JUST THE VERY VERY ODD LITTLE DUST POP AND MAYBE A SECOND OR TWO OF LIGHT AND BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN ONE OR TWO PLACES, BUT THATS BEING VERY VERY PICKY. THIS VINYL PERFORMS AS GOOD AS YOU COULD EVER WANT

PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN TO HEAR FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

A METICULOUSLY CARED FOR SLEEVE, WHICH HAS BEEN PROTECTED FROM NEW IN A PLASTIC OUTER ENSURING THIS LOOKS AS GOOD TODAY AS IT DID IN 1972.

NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS VERY FLAT AND CLEAN. THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE. THERE ARE NO CREASES, CREASE LINES OR BENDS, AND THERE IS JUST ONE SMALL LINE NEAR THE SPINE EDGE. THE COLOUR IS IN PERFECT STATE.  FREE OF ANY RUBBING, THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO SHELF WEAR,  THE SPINE IS JUST INCREDIBLE. NO RUBBING, PERFECTLY SQUARE AND TYPEFACE UNHARMED.IN ADDITION THIS SPINE IS USUALLY FOUND  SQUASHED BECAUSE THE ENTRY POINT FOR THE LP IS ON THE INSIDE EDGE NEAR THE SPINE AND NOT ON THE OUTER EDGE. THEREFORE IF THE RECORD WAS NOT FULLY PUSHED INTO THE SLEEVE, THE ACTION OF CLOSING THE FRONT FLAP WOULD ALLOW THE VINYL TO BITE INTO THE SPINE. THIS IS WHY MOST LOOK TERRIBLE, IF NOT ACTUALLY TORN.THE REAR SURFACE IS PRISTINE JUST THE SAME INCREDIBLE CONDITION AS THE FRONT. OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS THE PERFECT INNER SURFACE. IT IS VERY CLEAR THE LP WAS NOT REMOVED MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES, PARTICULARLY SO WHEN THE INNER SLEEVE IS EXAMONED. THIS INNER IS THE ORIGINAL @THE INNER SLEEVE' FULL OF ADVERTISING OF OTHER CBS RELEASES. THIS REMAINED PERFECTLY FLAT AND UNCREASED. IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE RECORD SHAPE ON IT EITHER

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS SLEEVE AN INCREDIBLE MINT MINUS

A TRULY VAULT COPY OF THIS ALBUM AND SLEEVE

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

GARRY