UFO MECHANIX UK LP 1ST PRESS COMPLETE WITH POSTER PLAYS 100% NEAR MINT

	£		19
	$		25

UFO - MECHANIX

IN MAGNIFICENT LITTLE PLAYED NEAR MINT CONDITION

FIRST PRESS A2/B2

COMPLETE WITH POSTER 

• CATALOGUE:CHRYSALIS CHR 1360
• MATRIX: CHR1360 A//2 v 420 P  1 1  / B//2 v 420 P 1 1  
• ETCHED SECOND SET OF MATRIX NUMBERS

A FIRST PRESSING OF THIS ALBUM MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES

THE SLEEVE MUST BE SLIGHTLY TEXTURED BUT UNLAMINATED

THE SPINE MUST STATE 'CHRYSALIS RECORDS LTD 1982, PRINTED IN U.K' AT THE BOTTOM

THE SLEEVE MUST BE FLIPBACKED INSIDE THE BACK PANEL, AND THE CARD MUST BE WHITE

THE LABELS MUST BE BLUE AND WHITE

THE  LABELS MUST HAVE BLUE TEXT RUNNING ROUND THE OUTER RIM STATING 'ALL RIGHTS OF THE MANUFACTURER'

THE MATRIX LABELS MUST BE STAMPED WITH A SECOND SET THAT ARE ETCHED (ON SOME COPIES THE ETCHED NUMBERS ARE CROSSED OUT)

• THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE BLUE AND WHITE LABELS  ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION, THE PASTEL  BLUE COLOUR IS UNBLEMISHED  AS IT THE WHITE TOP HALF, AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALSO CLEAR AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS THAT THERE ARE 10-12 SPIDER LINES  AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE ON EITHER SIDE

THE VINYL

THE VINYL HERE LOOKS MAGNIFICENT ON BOTH SIDES AND IN DAYLIGHT IT IS TOTALLY FLAWLESS, AND ONLY UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION ARE THERE A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES, AND A COUPLE OF TINY HANDLING LINES TO BE SEEN, PLUS SOME SUPERFICIAL SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL 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 DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE 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

THE FIRST THING TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE CLARITY OF REPRODUCTION IS SUPERB. THE CRYSTAL CLEAR INSTRUMENTATION AND VOCALS ARE PURE FIRST PRESS. THERE IS CERTAINLY NO GROOVE WEAR TO THIS  RECORDING WHICH WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN SOME DISTORTION TO THE SOUND. THERE IS NONE. ISLAND/CHRYSALIS  RECORDINGS HAVE LONG BEEN LAMBASTED FOR THE POOR QUALITY OF VINYL USED IN THEIR EARLY LP'S WHICH HAVE OFTEN RESULTED IN UNWANTED VINYL NOISE EVEN WHERE THERE ARE NO MARKS. HERE HOWEVER THE VINYL PLAYS MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH .

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST FANTASTIC, AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD TO PERFECTION.THIS IS A VERY LOUDLY CUT ALBUM!

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND CERTAINLY NO LOUD CLICKS

THERE IS SOME LIGHT STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND HEARD ONLY DURING THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES AND THE LINKING GROOVES, PLUS A COUPLE OF LITTLE DUST POPS.TICS AGAIN ONLY HEARD IN THE LINKING GROOVES IF AT ALL

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

PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

UNLAMINATED LIGHTLY TEXTURED SINGLE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS CLEAN AND HAS NO MARKS OR STAINS ON IT APART FROM ONE TINY BROWN FLECK JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE LETTER X BY THE OPENING EDGE. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES NOR ARE THERE ANY CREASE LINES EITHER, AND EVEN THE TINY LINES THAT USUALLY FORM NEAR THE SPINE ARE RESTRICTED TO JUST TWO MICROSCOPIC ONES. NONE ALONG THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

THE COLOURS REMAIN PERFECT AND UNRUBBED , WITH JUST ONE WHITE SPECK SHOWING ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP, AND SOME LIGHT HANDLING TO THE PERIMETER EDGES 

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 99% UNRUBBED, WITH JUST A COUPLE OF REALLY TINY SPECKS OF WHITE SHOWING ON EACH EDGE

THE SPINE IS STILL TOTALLY FLAT AND 100% UNSQUASHED. ALL OF THE BLUE COLOUR HAS BEEN RETAINED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE BOTTOM TIP END WHICH HAS VERY LIGHT RUBBING AND A TINY NICK JUST ABOVE  THE ' P & C ' TEXT NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE SPINE. THE WHITE TYPEFACE IS ALL PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP ALL THE WAY ALONG BOTH EDGES

THE REAR SURFACE IS ALSO IN PRISTINE CONDITION. ALL OF THE COLOURS ARE THERE,AND  AGAIN ONLY A COUPLE OF MINUSCULE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE

NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE, ON EITHER FRONT OR REAR SURFACE

THE ORIGINAL OWNER REPLACED THE ORIGINAL FLIMSY WHITE DIE CUT INNER WITH A POLY LINES WH SMITH INNER SLEEVE WHICH I HAVE INCLUDED IN THE SET. IT IS STILL IN PRISTINE UNSPLIT CONDITION

THE POSTER IS ALSO NEAR IMMACULATE. HAS NEVER BEEN PINNED TO A WALL AND EVERY CREASE LINE IS RAZOR SHARP, JUST A COUPLE OF LIGHT WRINKLES, AND A VERY LIGHT LINE ACROSS THE TOP RIGHT CORNER

THE SLEEVE  GRADES NEAR MINT MINUS WITH EASE

A SUPERB FIRST PRESS EXAMPLE OF THIS RECORD AND SLEEVE

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

GARRY