Uriah Heep DEMONS AND WIZARDS 1972 GENUINE UK Export Press MINT / MINT MINUS
  £   33
  $   43

 


£ 33 Sold For
Jun 26, 2022 Sold Date
Jun 19, 2022 Start Date
6   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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URIAH HEEP - DEMONS AND WIZARDS

 MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS PLAYTHROUGH

EXPORT PRESS?

FIRST ISSUE TINSLEY ROBOR GATEFOLD

SLEEVE IS SIMPLY ASTONISHING - MINT 



FULLY PLAY TESTED PRIOR TO LISTING

  • CATALOGUE:BRONZE ILPS- 9193
  • MATRIX: C 86185 A-1 / B-1

This album I believe to be an export pressing for the UK market. Everything about it is UK, Sleeve and labels. The matrix numbers are from the european pressing

THE RECORDS

 

THE LABELS

THE LIGHT TAN LABELS ARE IN TOP CONDITION SHOWING NO STAINS OR MARKS AND NO LOSS OF COLOUR. 

THE TYPEFACE IS EQUALLY PRISTINE AND ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. 

I HAD TO REALLY LOOK CLOSE TO SEE ANY SPIDER LINES AT ALL, BUT DID SPOT A SINGLE REALLY SMALL LINE WHEN I USED AN ILLUMINATING MAGNIFYING GLASS

 THIS LP HAS JUST NOT BEEN PLAYED MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES SINCE 1972

 

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION AND HAS NOT LOST ANY OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. 

IN DAYLIGHT IT IS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS. 

UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE A FEW VERY FINE WISPY HAIRLINES


THE TEST PLAY


THIS VINYL PLAYS ABSOLUTELY SUPERBLY. THE FIRST THING TO MENTION IS THE TOTAL LACK OF ANY DISTORTION TO THE SOUND, MEANING THAT WHAT LITTLE PLAY THE ALBUM HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THE CLARITY OF THE STEREO PRODUCTION IS JUST SUPERB, AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD EXACTLY AS WAS INTENDED

THIS DISC PLAYS WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NO LOUD CLICKS

TOTALLY FREE OF ANY BACKGROUND EVEN IN THE LINKING GROOVES

ALL I HEARD DURING THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH WAS A VERY SHORT AND LOW LEVEL  FEW SECONDS OF BACKGROUND MIDWAY THROUGH THE FINAL TRACK ON SIDE TWO

A FANTASTIC VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED COPY OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS AUDIO AS   MINT / MINT MINUS

 

 

 

 

THE SLEEVE

 

ORIGINAL ' TINSLEY ROBOR' UNLAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE WHICH IS IN ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT CONDITION.

IT WAS PLACED INTO A PVC OUTER SLEEVE ON THE DAY OF PURCHASE AND THIS HAS RESULTED IN AN AS NEW CONDITION SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND HAS NO HEAVY CREASES, NO LIGHT CREASES AND EVEN THE CORNER TIPS ARE VIRTUALLY RUB FREE

THEY ARE CERTAINLY SHARP AND SQUARE

THE COLOUR IS PRISTINE. NOT ONE SPECK OF RUB ANYWHERE. DEEP RICH INKS AND NO RINGWEAR OR RECORD SHAPE

YOU WILL NOT FIND A BETTER EXAMPLE. 

THERE ARE ZERO PRESSURE LINES BY THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP EDGES HAVE ALL OF THE COLOURS PRESENT, RIGHT ACROSS BOTH SURFACES , WITH A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT TIP ENDS

THE BOTTOM EDGES ARE  AS PERFECT WITH A LITTLE RUB TO THEREAR  RIGHT CORNER TIP END

THE SPINE IS FLAT AND TOTALLY UNSQUASHED. ALL OF THE COLOUR IS THERE  ALL THE WAY FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. 

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP FROM TOP TO BOTTOM

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS CLEAN AS THE FRONT. MOST COPIES SHOW RING WEAR HERE, BUT NOT THIS ONE IT IS PERFECT

NO PRESSURE LINES BY ANY OF THE EDGES

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO MINT INNER PANELS

THE INNER SLEEVE IS THE ORIGINAL BLUE LYRIC INNER  . MOST HAVE RECORD SHAPE AND SEAM SPITS DUE TO THE FLIMSINESS OF THE PAPER, BUT AMAZINGLY THIS ONE IS IN PERFECT CONDITION

THE SLEEVE GRADES MINT 

 


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