The Honeycombs DEBUT UK LP JOE MEEK PRODUCED PLAYS 100% NEAR MINT-

	£		21
	$		28

THE HONEYCOMBS - DEBUT LP

IN MAGNIFICENT NEAR MINT MINUS CONDITION

OUTSTANDING SLEEVE!!!

• CATALOGUE:PYE NPL 18097
• MATRIX: NPL18097 A-1T / B-1T

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

THE PASTEL PINK LABELS ARE IN LOVELY CONDITION. THESE LABELS SHOW SPINDLE MARKS LIKE VIRTUALLY NO OTHER LABEL, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT  THERE ARE ABOUT 8-10 ON EACH SIDE, BUT THEY REALLY CAN ONLY BE SEEN WHEN ANGLED INTO A STRONG LIGHT.

THE BLACK AREA AND TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND UNRUBBED ON BOTH SIDES, AND THE BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

SUPER HEAVY ORIGINAL 1960'S PYE VINYL THAT BARELY FLEXES. THE DISC HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LUSTRE AND LOOKS SUPERB.IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS VIRTUALLY FLAWLESS WITH JUST A COUPLE OF VERY FINE AND TOTALLY SUPERFICIAL HANDLING LINES SLIGHTLY VISIBLE.

UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE THE USUAL FINE WISPY HAIRLINES, AND A FEW MORE NON SOUNDING 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. I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS OUT THERE WILL WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THEY ARE CONSIDERING LAYING OUT MONEY ON. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THIS DISC PLAYS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES.

FIRSTLY THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION ANYWHERE MEANING THAT THE PLAY IT HAS RECEIVED BEFORE TODAY WAS COMPLETED ON A TOP SYSTEM WITH A STYLUS CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN.

THE CRYSTAL CLEAR MONO REPRODUCTION IS INCREDIBLE. CLEAN, CLEAR AND CRISP, THERE CANNOT BE ANY BETTER WAY TO HEAR THIS 1964 VINYL. IT'S A LOUD AND POWERFUL REPRODUCTION ALL THE WAY THROUGH,  AND IT PLAYS TO NEAR PERFECTION ..

THERE IS NO HEAVY CRACKLING AT AT POINT, NOR ANY LOUD CLICKS AT ALL

THERE IS SOME VERY LIGHT STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND WHICH CAN ONLY BE HEARD DURING THE QUIETER MOMENTS AND SOME OF THE LINKING GROOVES. THERE ARE ALSO SOME RANDOM LITTLE TICS AND POPS HERE AND THERE, MOST OF WHICH ARE BARELY AUDIBLE,

SO HERE WE HAVE AN EXTREMELY CLEAN ORIGINAL MONO PRESSING OF A REALLY GREAT POP ALBUM

I AM VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THE PLAYTHROUGH NEAR MINT MINUS

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO IT, AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF THOUGH

THE SLEEVE

LAMINATED FRONT SURFACE AND FLIPBACKED NON LAMINATED REAR SURFACE BY GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE

THE FRONT SURFACE HAS REMAINED FLAT AND IS FREE FROM ANY HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES .THE LAMINATE IS ALL PERFECTLY ADHERED AND THERE IS NO LIFT, PEEL OR FLAKE

THERE ARE JUST FIVE SMALL AND BARELY VISIBLE LAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE . NONE ALONG THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGETHERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE ON THE FRONT, AND NO THUMB LINES EITHER

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE FREE FROM ANY MAJOR DEFECTS WITH ALL OF THE LAMINATE PERFECTLY INTACT AND RUNNING UNINTERRUPTED FROM CORNER TO CORNER, WITH JUST THE VERY TIPS OF THE CORNERS LIGHTLY RUBBED

THE SPINE HAS THE TAPERED ENDS AND ONLY THE BOTTOM TIP END HAS THE MOST MINUSCULE OF A PIN PRICK OF RUB.

THE LAMINATE IS ALL INTACT AND THERE ARE JUST ONE OR TWO TINY HALF FINGER TO THUMB SQUASHES

ALL OF THE DELICATE BLACK TEXT IS I00% COMPLETE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE REAR SURFACE  HAS IMMACULATELY STUCK DOWN FLIPBACKS, ALL PERFECT IN EVERY WAY

THE WHITE SURFACE IS JUST ABOUT AS GOOD AS YOU COULD EVER HOPE TO FIND, WITH BARELY A SPECK OF AGEING OR HANDLING. ALL OF THE TYPFACE IS UNRUBBED

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP WITH A FEW TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS TO SHOW WHERE THE VINYL WAS REMOVED A COUPLE OF TIMES

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT !!!!!

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

GARRY