Santana WELCOME UK LP 1ST MINT VINYL AND SLEEVE

£ 19

$ 25

£ 19 Sold For

May 20, 2010 Sold Date

May 13, 2010 Start Date

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Description

SANTANA - WELCOME

IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

FIRST PRESS - A1/B1 MATRIX

THIS SLEEVE IS JUST THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN, AND THE VINYL IS AS INCREDIBLE

CATALOGUE:CBS 690040
MATRIX: S690040 A1 B1
FIRST PRESS EMBOSSED WHITE SLEEVE
PLAYED JUST ONCE

THIS IS AN ORIGINAL FIRST PRESS ALBUM WITH THE EMBOSSED SLEEVE, IN SUCH MAGNIFICENT CONDITION THAT YOU COULD BE FORGIVEN FOR BELIEVING IT HAD JUST BEEN MADE IN 2010 AND NOT 1974.

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE PURE WJITE LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT UNBLEMISHED CONDITION. THE WHITE IS WHITE AND THE DELICATE GOLD IS UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE IS JUST ONE REALLY SMALL SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE HOLE SHOWING THAT THIS 36 YEAR OLD DISC HAS HAD JUST THE ONE PLAY FROM NEW

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 IN A COUPLE OF SPOTS THOUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PLAY THERE IS NO CRACKLE OR CLICKS AND I AM JUST DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS SUPERB VINYL

SO PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS VINYL MINT MINUS

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 1974.

NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH EMBOSSED 'WELCOME' LETTERING.

WHAT IS INCREDIBLE ABOUT THIS SLEEVE IS THAT IT IS PURE WHITE AND BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN HOUSED IN PLASTIC FROM NEW, AND NOT PLAYED MORE THAN ONCE, EVERYTHING HAS STAYED IN THE SAME CONDITION AS IF IT WERE 1974

THE FRONT SURFACE IS JUST PURE WHITE, AND HAS NO MARKS OR STAIND AND NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES, NOR ARE THERE ANY BENDS OR DINGS, AND AMAZINGLY NOT EVEN ANY OF THE SMALL LINES YOU WOUDL NORMALLY FIND NEAR THE SPINE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% FREE FROM ANY SHEF WEAR, WHICH IS ANOTHER SIGN OF COMPLETE PROTECTION FROM NEW.

THE SPINE IS ALSO IN MINT CONDITION. TOTALLY FLAT ALL THE WAY ALONG THE LENGHT AND ALL OF THE DELICATE GOLD LETTERING IS LEGIBLE AND UNRUBBED

THE OPENING EDGE IS PRISTINE RAZOR SHARP WITH NO THUMB NAIL NICKS ANYWHERE

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERYBIT AS GOOD AS THE FRONT ALTHOUGH TI DOES HAVE ONE MINISCULE CREASE LINE ACCRSOO THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER TIP.

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS EVEN MORE PRISTINE WHITE AND GOLD ACCROSS BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT PANELS

THE INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO IN THE BEST POSSIBLE CONITION IMAGINABLE. FLAT AND CLEAN WITH BARELY A CREASE LINE TO SPEAK OF

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THE SLEEVE MINT MINUS

A TRULY VAULT COPY OF THIS ALBUM AND SLEEVE

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

GARRY

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