Sparks KIMONO MY HOUSE 1974 UK LP 1st Press Textured Labels NEAR MINT AUDIO

	£		19
	$		25

SPARKS - KIMONO MY HOUSE

 MAGNIFICENT 3-4 PLAY NEAR MINT  AUDIO

RARE TEXTURED LABEL

FIRST PINK RIM PRESS A3 / B2

• CATALOGUE:ISLAND ILPS 9272
• MATRIX: ILPS9272 A-2 / B-3
• TEXTURED LABEL

THE SUPERB 1974 ALBUM FROM SPARKs. THIS COPY HAS THE EARLIEST TEXTURED LABEL THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLy ASSOCIATE WITH ISLAND PRESSINGS FROM SLIGHTLY EARLIER YEARS, SO HOW ONE MANAGED TO GET ONTO THIS IS A BIT OF A MYSTERY

 TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE PALM TREE LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THESE ARE THE ROUGH TEXTURED ISLAND PRESS LABELS NOT THE SMOOTH CORRECT ISSUE. ALL COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND THE WHITE AREAS ARE STILL PURE WHITE. NO MARKS OR STAINS AT ALL ON  ANY PART OF THE LABEL.

THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY CLEAR AND LEGIBLE AND UNRUBBED.

THE SPINDLE HOLE IS UNWORN AND THERE ARE JUST 3-4 SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING THAT THIS SUPERB ALBUM HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED

THE VINYL

THE  VINYL IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION AND HAS NOT LOST ANY OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. YOU CAN TELL THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN PLAYED MORE THAN A FEW TIMES JUST BY LOOKING AT HOW THE RECORD STILL GLEAMS. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE NUMEROUS TINY WISPY SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL HAIRLINES ON THE SURFACE ONLY, AND A COUPLE OF DULL HANDLING LINES WHICH ARE AGAIN SURFACE ONLY

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 DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT A BIDDER WOULD WELCOME 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

I HAVE MADE MENTION MANY TIMES THAT ISLAND VINYL WAS NEVER AS GOOD AS THE EMI AND PHOGRAM VINYLS OF THE SAME ERA. FOR MOST COPIES OF ANY ISLAND PRESS CONTAINS MILD VINYL NOISE.

THIS ISLAND PRESS HOWEVER HAS NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES AND NO LOUD CLICKS

A FEW RANDOM BARELY AUDIBLE SPECKS OF STATIC HEARD IN A COUPLE OF LINKING GROOVES

NO DUST POPS AND JUST A COUPLE OF TINY STATIC TICS

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL NEAR MINT FOR THE AUDIO

THE SLEEVE

SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE BY ROBOR

THE FRONT SURFACE IS NEAR PRISTINE HAVING NO CREASES OR BENDS WHATSOEVER.THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND IT'S EVIDENT THAT THE SLEEVE WAS HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FROM NEW.

THERE ARE JUST 3 SMALL LAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, AND A SMALL CLUSTER OF THREE NEAR THE TOP. ONE TINY ONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, WHICH CAN ONLY REALLY BE SEEN WHEN THE SLEEVE IS ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT.NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND ONE THUMB LINE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE AND THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR AND ARE FULLY LAMINATED. NO LAMINATE DAMAGE AND THE CORNER TIPS ARE UNBLEMISHED

THE SPINE ITSELF IS ALSO IN FIRST CLASS CONDITION WITH IT BEING FLAT, CLEAN AND ALL OF THE BLACK TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, WITH AGAIN NO LAMINATE PEEL OR FLAKE. THIS IS THE FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE WITH THE TAPERED ENDS. THERE IS A SMALL SCUFF NEAR THE BOTTOM TIP

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND SHOWS CLEARLY THAT THE LP HAS HARDLY EVER BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE.THERE IS ONE SMALL THUMB NAIL NICK ALONG THE EDGE

THE REAR SURFACE IS AS GOOD AS THE FRONT SURFACE AGAIN BEAUTIFUL LUSH COLOURS AND NO SURFACE WEAR AT ALL, AND AMAZINGLY NO RECORD SHAPE OR RING WEAR. THREE TINY LINES ALONG THE SPINE

THE ORIGINAL PAPER/CARD LYRIC INNER SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION. NO MARKS OR WRITING, AND NO DAMAGE TO THE TOP OPENING EDGE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY NO SPLITS A LITTLE GLUE AGEING TO THE EDGES

 THE SLEEVE GRADES NEAR MINT WITH EASE

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

GARRY