The Sweet SWEET FANNY ADAMS UK LP 1ST 1E / 1 NMINT

	£		32
	$		42

THE SWEET - SWEET FANNY ADAMS

IN MAGNIFICENT BARELY PLAYED CONDITION

• CATALOGUE:RCA LPL 15038
• MATRIX: LPL15038 A-1E (THE 'E' IS CROSSED OUT) / LPL15038 B-1

THE ULTIMATE SWEET ALBUM. RECORDED IN 1974 AT THE HEIGHT OF THE GLAM ROCK ERA. THIS ALBUM HAS NO SINGLES ON IT WHATSOEVER. IT WAS AN ALBUM THAT SWEET WANTED TO MAKE TO SHOW THAT THEY WERE SERIOUS ROCK STARS AND NOT POP STARS.

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE ORANGE LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE ON EITHER SIDE. THE BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE JET BLACK TYPEFACE IS CLEAR AND UNRUBBED AND THEREFORE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE NO SPIDER LINES AT ALL AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE,THAT I CAN SEE , MEANING THE LP WAS VERY CAREFULLY HANDLED WHEN PLACING ONTO A TURNTABLE 

THE VINYL

THE RECORD HAS STILL RETAINED MOST OF IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN, AND IT LOOKS GREAT. YOU CAN TELL THAT IT HAS HARDLY BEEN NEAR A TRUNTABLE AND THE HANDLING IS MINISCULE. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE SOME VERY WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN, BUT THATS ALL

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. I HAVE DECIDED TO DO THIS DESPITE THE EXTRA TIME AND EFFORT NEEDED, AND IT HAS LONG BEEN A VALID POINT THAT BUYING ON EBAY CAN BE A TOTAL LOTTERY, AND A RECORD DESCRIBED AS MINT USUALLY FALLS FAR SHORT WHEN IT IS RECEIVED. THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT IF YOU ARE ABLE TO HEAR EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING BIDDING ON, AND THIS IS WHY I HAVE TAKEN THE STEP TO ALLOW BIDDERS TO BE ABLE TO DO EXACTLY THAT

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS ALBUM SOUNDS. THE SILENT BITS ARE SILENT, AND THE MUSIC COMES THROUGH CRISPLY AND CLEARLY.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ALBUM WHERE THE RECORDING HAS BEEN DONE LOUDLY, AND THE ENERGY THAT THE VINYL OUTPUTS IN PHENOMINAL. THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO ANY PART OF THE SOUND. THE ONLY TINY  BLEMISH IS THE OCCASIONAL LITTLE POP HERE AND THERE, AND A SECOND OR TWO OF BARELY AUDIBLE VINYL NOISE

BUT PLEASE JUDGE FOR YOURSELF

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL NEAR MINT

THE SLEEVE

FULLY LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE FROM ROBERT STACE AND CO

I HAVE SEEN MANY OF THESE ALBUMS WHERE THE SLEEVE IS CREASES AND THE LAMINATE DULL AND UNCARED FOR. THIS COPY IS IN WELL ABOVE AVERAGE CONDITION

THE FRONT SURFACE IS VERY VERY CLEAN AND GLEAMS LIKE A MIRROR. THERE ARE NO NEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES, JUST A COUPLE OF SMALL LIGHT ONES NEAR THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND ONE TINY LAMINATE LINE NEAR THE SPINE

THE ONE BLEMISH THAT ALL OF THESE SLEEVES HAVE IS THAT THEY SUFFER FROM LAMINATE LIFT ALONG THE SPINE. THIS ONE IS FAR BETTER THANH MOST I HAVE SEEN WITH JUST A SLIVER ALONG THE SPINE AND A COUPLE OF LARGER SPOTS AT THE VERY TOP AND BOTTOM

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR AT ALL.AGAIN THIS IS BECAUSE THE ALBUM HAS BEEN PROTECTED FROM NEW, ALTHOUGH THE TOP EDGE DOES HAVE A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS

THE SPINE IS ALSO PERFECT. FLAT, CLEAN, UNSCUFFED, UNMARKED, FREE FROM ANY COLOUR LOSS AND HAS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE TYPEFACE. AND NO LAMINATE PEEL, FLAKE OR SPLIT

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

THE REAR SURFACE IS JUST AS CLEAN AND MARK FREE AS THE FRONT.A COUPLE OF TINY LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE EDGES, AND THE BAREST TRACE OF RECORD SHAPE AT THE TOP

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS MAGNIFICENT SLEEVE NEAR MINT MINUS

I WILL BE ON HOLIDAY WHEN THIS AUCTION ENDS SO I AM HAPPY TO WAIT FOR PAYMENT UNTIL I AM ABLE TO POST IT AROUND OCTOBER 11TH

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

GARRY