Simon & Garfunkel WEDNESDAY MORNING 3AM 1964 DEBUT LP 1968 UK 1st MINT MINUS HEA
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FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED PRIOR TO LISTING SO YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING
Powered by eCommercePlayer.com Powered by eCommercePlayer.comSIMON AND GARFUNKEL - WEDNESDAY MORNING 3 A.M
MINT MINUS AUDIO
MINT MINUS SLEEVE
This album was their debut. released in 1964 in the US, it was first released in the UK in 1968
- CATALOGUE:CBS 63370
- MATRIX: S63370 A1 B1
- FIRST PRESS LAMINATED SLEEVE
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. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS TOTALLY UNWORN AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. CLEARLY A WELL CARED FOR 55 YEAR OLD ALBUM
A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST ONE SPIDER LINE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS MARVELLOUS VINYL HAS BEEN PLAYED
THE VINYL
THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS SUPERB. TOTALLY FLAWLESS.
AND EVEN UNDER SPOTLIGHTS IT STILL LOOKS PERFECT
JUST A FEW WSIPY HAIRLINES ON SIDE TWO
THE TEST PLAY
THE CLARITY OF THIS FIRST PRESS IS JUST INCREDIBLE. EVERY NOTE IS CRISP AND CLEAN, AND THE WHOLE ALBUM SOUNDS SUPERB ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT TO THIS CRYSTAL CLEAR REPRODUCTION
I AM JUST BLOWN AWAY BY THE INCREDIBLE STEREO SOUND THIS RECORDING PRODUCES AND ALL OF THIS WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE OR LOUD CLICKS
NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND SILENT LINKING GROOVES
NO TICS OR POPS
I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS OUTSTANDING AUDIO MINT MINUS
TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS
THE SLEEVE
E.J DAY LAMINATED FRONT SURFACE, UNLAMINATED REAR SURFACE SINGLE SLEEVE
THE FRONT SURFACE IS VERY FLAT AND CLEAN. THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR, AND THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES TO THE LAMINATE OR ANY BENDS. THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE
NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE
THERE ARE THREE TINY LAMINATE PRESSURE LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE.
THE LAMINATE ITSELF IS FREE FROM ANY PEELING OR FLAKING. A TINY DOT OF LIFT IN EACH OF THE BOTTOM CORNERS
THE TOP EDGE IS FULLY LAMINATED AND SMOOTH ALL THE WAY ACROSS FROM TIP TO TIP. BOTH CORNER TIPS ARE UNBLEMISHED. THE BOTTOM EDGE IS IN THE SAME IMMACULATE CONDITION
THE WAFER THIN SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNLAMINATED. THERE ARE NO SQUASHES OR FINGER TO THUMB IMPRESSIONS AND THE BLACK TYPEFACE UNUSUALLY IS FREE FROM ANY RUBBING
THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP
THE REAR SURFACE HAS THE FRAGILE POROUS WHITE CARD SURFACE WHICH USUALLY WEARS BADLY AND STAINS EASILY, BUT HERE WE HAVE ONE THAT HAS RETAINED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL WHITE SURFACE
THE ORIGINAL CBS INNER SLEEVE IS IN PRISTINE UNSPLIT, UNCREASED CONDITION. TOTALLY IMMACULATE IN FACT WITH A PERFECT DIE CUT HOLE
I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
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