The Spencer Davis Group THE SECOND ALBUM UK LP 1ST FONTANA PLAYS EXCELLENT PLUS

	£		38
	$		51

THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP - SECOND ALBUM

IN MAGNIFICENT 6-7 PLAY CONDITION

ORIGINAL 1966 FONTANA mono PRESS

INCREDIBLE NEAR MINT sleeve

• CATALOGUE:FONTANA TL 5295
• MATRIX: 687362 1l//1 420 1 1 1 0  / 687632 2l//1 420  1 1 1 0
• 1ST PRESS MATRIX NUMBERS

A FIRST PRESS OF THIS ALBUM MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES

THE LABEL MUST BE THE TEXTURED BLACK AND SILVER FONTANA LABEL

THE OUTER EDGE OF THE VINYL MUST BE FLAT NOT TAPERED

THE MATRIX NUMBERS MUST BE 1L1 / 2L1 AND THE DIGITS FOLLOWING 420 MUST BE 1 1

THE RIM WORDING MUST START ' ALL RIGHTS OF THE RECORD PRODUCER'

THE SLEEVE MUST BE LAMINATED FRONT AND A FLIPBACKED REAR, HOWEVER THESE WILL BE HIDDEN BY THE  AND AMERICAN STYLE PASTEOVER ON THE BACK

THERE MUST BE NO MENTION OF THE MAKER OF THE SLEEVE ANYWHERE

THERE IS A TEXT BOX ON THE RIGHT INNER PANEL WHICH STATES ' WARNING- COPYRIGHT SUBSISTS IN ALL FONTANA RECORDINGS'

ON THE LEFT BOTTOM EDGE THE FOLLOWING MUST BE PRINTED ' AN ISLAND RECORD PRODUCTION'

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE BLACK AND SILVER HEAVILY TEXTURED LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THEY ARE RICH AND VIBRANT IN COLOUR AND THE BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS CLEAR AND UNRUBBED AND ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AS IS THE AREA SURROUNDING THE FONTANA LOGO.  FINALLY THERE ARE JUST 6-7  SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS 46 YEAR OLD ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION AND HAS NOT LOST ANY OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. A BEAUTIFULLY GLOSSY ALBUM . IT IS CLEAR JUST BY LOOKING AT IT, THAT IT HAS BARELY SEEN A TURNTABLE IN ITS 42 YEARS.IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TO BE FLAWLESS AND ONLY WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION ARE THERE SOME WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN, PLUS A FEW FINE HANDLING LINES AND MARKS

 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 RECORDED THE 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

A REALLY CLEAN AND CRISP MONO SOUND THAT NEEDS PLAYING LOUDLY

CLEARLY WHAT PLAY THIS LP HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A TOP SYSTEM WITH A STYLUS THAT WAS TRACKED AND WEIGHTED CORRECTLY, AND UNWORN BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT DURING THE PLAY. HOWEVER THERE ARE A COUPLE OF LITTLE FLAWS IN TRACK ONE, SIDE ONE. FIRSTLY THERE IS A SECOND OF WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A SCUFFY NOISE, FOLLOWED A FEW ROTATIONS LATER BY A SECOND AND SLIGHTLY LONGER ONE. I HAVE RE-EXAMINED THE VINYL AND CARNOT SEE ANYTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS, AND IF IT WERE STYLUS WEAR THEN IT WOULD BE ON ALL OF THE DISC NOT JUST THESE TWO SMALL EXTRACTS

THERE IS NO SERIOUS BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO HEAVY LOUD CLICKS. WHAT YOU WILL HEAR IS THE OCCASIONAL VERY LIGHT STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND AND SOME RANDOM BARELY AUDIBLE LITTLE DUST POPS AND TICS HERE AND THERE, MAINLY IF AT ALL IN THE LINKING GROOVES

HOWEVER IT'S THE SUPERB MONO REPRODUCTION THAT COMES BLASTING THROUGH

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL EXCELLENT PLUS APART FROM THE ONE SLIGHT BLEMISH ON THE FIRST TRACK

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE ALBUM AND JUDGE ITS QUALITY FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

ABSOLUTELY SUPERB ORIGINAL 1966 LAMINATED FRONT, PASTE OVER REAR SINGLE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE OF THIS SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. THERE ARE NO  HEAVY CREASES OR LARGE AND DEEP CREASE LINES, AND THE LAMINATE STILL GLEAMS LIKE NEW

THERE IS NO LAMINATE PEEL, LIFT OR FLAKE.

THERE ARE 2 NEAR INVISIBLE LITTLE LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE, AND ONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE. ALSO NOT ONE THUMB LINE NEAR THE SPINE

THERE IS NO RING WEAR TO THE SLEEVE, OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE FOR THAT MATTER

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR WHATSOEVER, AND ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PERFECT FROM CORNER TO CORNER

THE SPINE IS ALSO IN MINT CONDITION. NO LAMINATE LOSS, BO SQUASHING, NO RUBBING TO THE TIP ENDS, AND ALL OF THE TYPEFACE PRISTINE.

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP AND DOESN'T EVEN HAVE ANY THUMB NAIL NICKS ALONG THE EDGES

 THE REAR SURFACE HAS THE AMERICAN STYLE PASTEOVER, AND THIS HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME SUPERBLY WELL. STILL VERY WHITE WITH JUST VERY LIGHT HANDLING AND AGEING TO THE PERIMETER EDGES. ALL OF THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECT AND UNRUBBED

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS UNSPLIT, LIGHTLY CREASED, AND ALSO LIGHTLY AGED

THE SLEEVE GRADES NEAR MINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GARRY