Small Faces OGDENS' NUT GONE FLAKE UK LP 68 STEREO MINT SLEEVE AND NM- VINYL

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	$		163

SMALL FACES - OGDENS' NUT GONE FLAKE

IN BARELY PLAYED NEAR MINT MINUS!!! CONDITION

1968 PRESS ON THE PINK IMMEDIATE LABEL

STEREO PRESS

100% MINT SLEEVE (THE BEST SLEEVE ON THE PLANET!!!)

• CATALOGUE:IMMEDIATE IMLP 012
• MATRIX:IMSP012 1Y-2 / 2Y-2
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 GD / 1 GD

• FIRST PRESS

THIS SLEEVE THAT ACCOMPANIES THIS 1968 PINK LABEL VINYL IS ABSOLUTELY STONE MINT!!!

INCREDIBLE FORESIGHT BY THE ORIGINAL OWNER WHO AS SOON AS HE GOT HIS RECORD HOME FROM THE SHOP BACK IN 1968, REMOVED THE VINYL AND KEPT IT TOTALLY SEPARATE FROM THE SLEEVE. SERIOUSLY THE SLEEVE JUST LOOKS LIKE IT HAS COME FROM THE FACTORY THAT MADE IT. I HAVE NEVER IN ALL MY YEARS OF DOING THIS COME ACROSS ONE OF THESE SLEEVES IN SUCH MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THERE IS NOT A MARK ON IT AND THE SMALL AREA THAT IS THE SPINE FOR THE FOUR SECTIONS IS TOTALLY UNBLEMISHED. I AM ALMOST TOO SCARED TO OPEN IT FOR THE PICTURES!!!

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE PINK LABELS ARE IN JUST MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THE PASTEL BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND HAS NO MARKS OR STAINS ON IT ANYWHERE. IT ALSO STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE AND LOGO'S ARE ALSO IN PRISTINE UNRUBBED CONDITION, WITH EACH LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

A CLOSE STUDY OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST 3-4 REALLY SMALL AND BARELY VISIBLE SPIDER LINES, SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS  VINYL HAS BEEN PLAYED IN THE PAST 46 YEARS

THE VINYL

A GLEAMING DISC THAT HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND SHEEN. THIS IS NATURALLY ALSO A HEAVY WEIGHT FIRST PRESS DISC.IN DAYLIGHT THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE ON THE SURFACE OF THE VINYL,AND IT LOOKS FLAWLESS.

WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION, THERE ARE TINY LITTLE WISPY HAIRLINES AND A COUPLE OF ULTRA FINE HANDLING LINES

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 THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I AM NOW DOING WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE RICH AND POWERFUL STEREO SOUND IS JUST MAGNIFICENT AND PURE FIRST PRESS. THE REPRODUCTION IS JUST SECOND TO NONE, AND EVERY NOTE IS CLEAR AND CRISP

THE FIRST THING TO STATE IS THAT THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT SHOWING THAT THE LIMITED PLAYS THE RECORD HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS 

THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NO LOUD CLICKS AT ANY POINT.

THERE IS A LITTLE STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND WHICH CAN ONLY BE HEARD IN THE LINKING GROOVES AND A FEW OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES.

I HEARD JUST 2-3 TINY DUST POPS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THE PLAYTHROUGH NEAR MINT MINUS!!!!

DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH , TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

AS I HAVE MENTIONED ABOVE THIS IS THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THIS SLEEVE ANYWHERE. THERE JUST CANNOT BE A BETTER EXAMPLE. IT IS TRULY 100% MINT!!!

ALL OF THE COLOURS ON ALL OF THE SURFACES ARE IMMACULATE AND RUB AND WEAR FREE. THE SMALL JOINT SECTION IS PERFECT IN EVERY WAY AND EVEN THE OUTER RIM OF THE CIRCLE IS TOTALLY PERFECT WITHOUT ANY SPECKS OF BURRING WHATSOEVER

NO RING WEAR WHATSOEVER, AND NOT EVEN ANY RECORD SHAPE.

THE POCKET INSIDE THE SLEEVE THAT HOUSES THE RECORD IS ALSO IN PRISTINE UNSPLIT CONDITION AGAIN MOST COPIES WILL HAVE A TORN POCKET HERE. THE REASON FOR THIS ONE BEING IN MINT CONDITION IS THAT THE ORIGINAL OWNER CHOSE TO KEEP THE LP OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE FOR ALL OF IT'S LIVE. IN FACT THE LP WAS HOUSED IN A SEPARATE PROTECTIVE SLEEVE AND THE SLEEVE IN ANOTHER - JUST INCREDIBLE!!!

ALSO THERE ARE NO CREASES, CREASE LINES, BENDS OR DINGS TO THE SLEEVE AT ALL AND NO THUMB LINES OF EDGE LINES EITHER

THE VINYL WAS ORIGINALLY HOUSED INSIDE AN ENVELOPE DESIGNED POLY INNER SLEEVE, WHERE THERE WAS A FLAP THAT WAS PULLED OVER THE TOP SECTION OF THE DISC ONCE IT HAD BEEN SLID INTO THE INNER, EFFECTIVELY LOCKING THE VINYL IN PLACE. MOST OF THESE I HAVE EVER SEEN HAVE SUFFERED TEARS TO THE TOP AREA AND SERIOUS CREASING TO THE ACTUAL MAIN BODY OF THE INNER. UNFORTUNATELY IT IS NOT INCLUDED WITH THIS SLEEVE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE ORIGINAL OWNER DID WITH IT, HOWEVER THIS IS REALLY A MINOR ISSUE.

THIS SLEEVE EASILY GRADES MINT!!!!

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

GARRY