The Sweet DESOLATION BOULEVARD 1974 UK LP 1st Press MAGNIFICENT NEAR MINT AUDIO

	£		56
	$		74

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THE SWEET - DESOLATION BOULEVARD

SUPERB BARELY PLAYED NEAR MINT AUDIO

MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS SLEEVE

INCLUDES DIE CUT RCA SLEEVE, AND INSERT SHEET

• CATALOGUE:RCA  LPL1 5082
• MATRIX: LPL1-5080-A-1 / B-1

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE FIRST PRESS OF THIS ALBUM MUST HAVE MATT ORANGE LABELS, NOT GLOSSY. THESE FIRST PRESS LABELS ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION, HAVING A DEEP RICH ORANGE COLOUR, FREE FROM ANY MARKS OR STAINS, AND NO RUBBING TO EITHER THE COLOUR, ALL THE BLACK TYPEFACE. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS NO VISIBLE SPIDER LINES

THE VINYL

THIS FIRST PRESS VINYL, HAS A DEEP RICH SHEEN. IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS, WHILST UNDER SPOTLIGHTS I CAN SEE THREE NON SOUNDING HANDLING LINES ON THE LAST TWO TRACKS ON SIDE A

THESE ARE SURFACE ONLY AND ARE NOT FEELABLE

OTHER THAN THIS JUST A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES

PLAYING THE VINYL YOU ARE IN FOR A TREAT, THE CRYSTAL CLEAR STEREOPHONIC REPRODUCTION THAT IS PURE FIRST PRESS.

THE FIRST THING TO MENTION IS THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND, MEANING THAT WHAT LITTLE PLAY THIS VINYL HAS RECEIVED HAS BEEN PLAYED ON A HI-FI SYSTEM THAT HAD CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND BALANCED, AND UNWORN STYLUS.

ALSO PLAYING THIS VINYL YOU WILL NOT HEAR ANY EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE, NOR ARE THERE ANY LOUD POPS OR CLICKS, AND FOR THAT MATTER NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE EITHER.

I DID HEAR A FEW ODD RANDOM TINY LITTLE SPECKS OF STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND, . IN ADDITION NO MORE THAN TWO OR THREE TINY LITTLE STATIC TICS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PLAY THROUGH.

AND ON THAT BASIS I AM DELIGHTED TO GRADE THE AUDIO REPRODUCTION OF THIS AS NEAR MINT

THE SLEEVE

A NEAR  IMMACULATE MACNEILL PRESS FIRST ISSUE UNLAMINATED  GATEFOLD SLEEVE.

THE FRONT SURFACE OF THE OF THIS ICONIC ALBUM IS FLAT CLEAN, AND HAS DEEP RICH UNRUBBED COLOURS ACROSS THE SURFACE.

THE CORNERS ARE ALSO SHARP AND VERY SQUARE. A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT TIP ENDS ONLY

NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE

THERE IS ONE MINUSCULE PRESSURE LINE  NESTLED AGAINST THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR OR ANYWHERE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE. 

THE TOP EDGES ARE IN SUPERN CONDITION. FULLY COLOURED WITH ONLY A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT TIP ENDS 

THE BOTTOM EDGE IS SIMILAR WITH A SPECK OF RUB TO THE CORNER TIPS

THE SPINE IS FLAT AND TOTALLY UN-SQUASHED. ONCE AGAIN ALL OF THE COLOURS ARE PRESENT, DEEP AND RICH AND IMPORTANTLY NOT FADED. THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS LITERALLY HAVE A TINY SPECK OF RUB

 AND THE WHITE TYPEFACE IS ABSOLUTELY IMMACULATE.

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS

THE REAR SURFACE LIKE THE FRONT IS IMMACULATE, NO RING WEAR, RECORD SHAPE AND NO EDGE PRESSURE LINES

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TO SUPERBLY BLACK AND UNRUBBED INNER SURFACES, NO DAMAGE NO MARKS AND NO STAINS ANYWHERE.

THE LYRIC INSERT SHEET IS ALSO IN NEAR PRISTINE CONDITION. JUST ONE SMALL CORNER FOLD

THE RCA DIECUT INNER SLEEVE,  IS IN CLEAN CONDITION, NO SPLITS TO THE SEAMS

I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO FIND A BETTER EXAMPLE

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

GARRY