The Kinks, Something Else By The Kinks PYE NPL 18193 Original 1967 Mono vinyl

	£		72
	$		95

Description

Up for sale at a very low start price (for this LP) is an original 1967 flip-back copy of Something Else By The Kinks. PYE Records NPL 18193 Mono.
Sleeve - As is usually the case with this original flip-back sleeve, the unlaminated silver print wears and turns a patchy grey colour. Some one has also added some adornments to the front panel in felt-tip at some stage in the LP's life, to make it look a little more colourful, psychedelic perhaps? Overall, its very solid and almost complete, as there is about 10mm of the flip-over torn of at the top R/H of the rear panel (see image). The spine is just about readable. structurally sold with no repairs or Sellotape, but aged and a little cosmetically challenged. By no means a complete basket case. 
The inner sleeve - appears to be the original PYE plain 'onion skin' variety with the catalogue No written on the top corner as was common practise in record shops of the time. Its worn through on a couple of the edges.
Labels - Showing spindle wear, but clean and free from damage, labels, biro etc
Vinyl - This is the strong point. This record plays really well. No skips or nasty pop and clicks (it will have the odd click and some background crackle between tracks but nothing nasty that overpowers the music) with the vinyl looking really shiny bar the usual age related hairline scuffs. Nothing deep, nothing feelable.  I have an AudioTechnica Micro-Linear stylus, which plays this LP really well and picks out lots of detail with a surprisingly quiet run-in on both sides. 
Matrix Nos, Side 1, NMPL (Crossed out M) 18193A-1*M Matrix Nos, Side 2, NMPL (Crossed out M) 18193B-1*M, MPL 18193B-1*M (Completely crossed out).
However,  the vinyl does have lots of little pressing / manufacturing imperfections, on both sides, I tried to photograph these but my camera wouldn't pick them up, They have obviously been present since the record was manufactured back in 1967, maybe the first ones off the press on a cold morning? None of the imperfections effect the sound quality, they are cosmetic and look like little lumps under the surface.
As you probably know if you are reading this, this can be an expensive record when in good presentable condition. If you want a solid every day player that's obviously lived a life, but has lots of life left, then maybe its worth a bid, Likewise, nice to have in your collection until you get around to forking out £200 for a presentable but used copy. Its worth it for David Watts and Waterloo Sunset alone.

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