Wild Cherry – I Love My Music LP (1978) • US First Pressing • Factory Sealed
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Description
Master Catalog, Production & Audio Engineering Metadata • Format: 1 x 12" Heavyweight Virgin Vinyl LP (33 ⅓ RPM) • Audio Mix Profile: Original 1978 Late-70s Analog Mastering. (Features the definitive, high-energy dancefloor mix engineered specifically for clubs and FM radio playback, highlighting the band's signature horn sections and tight rhythm grooves). • Production: Produced by Cleveland funk legend Carl Maduri for Sweet City Records, capturing Wild Cherry at the peak of their post-"Play That Funky Music" recording career. • Pressing Origin: United States (Sweet City Records / Nationally Distributed by Epic Records / CBS) • Catalog Identifier: Epic Records JE-35011 (Run-out matrix strings are guaranteed early CBS master stampers etched beneath the shrink wrap). • Genre / Sub-Genre: Funk / Disco / Dance-Rock / P-Funk • Collector Rarity Tier: Elite Archive Grade / Premium Investment Stock (Zero structural or aesthetic defects; highly sought after due to the pristine sealed retail status).
Album Condition & Structural Breakdown 1. The Sonic Content (Vinyl Disc) • Condition Grade: Factory Mint (M) • Physical State: 100% untouched, unplayed, and unhandled. The record sits perfectly preserved in a total vacuum of time, exactly as it left the pressing plant machinery in 1978. The grooves retain their absolute pristine factory state, entirely free from any ambient paper scuffs, factory sleeve hair scratches, handling oils, spindle marks, or stylus playback wear. This is a definitive, un- played copy.
2. The Packaging (Jacket & Outer Display) • Condition Grade: Factory Mint (M) / Still Sealed (SS) • Shrink Wrap Integrity: Enclosed in its original, late-70s heavyweight factory shrink wrap. The plastic is exceptionally tight, crystal clear, and completely taut across the entire front and back surfaces. There are zero seam splits, no stress-lines, and absolutely no breathing-hole tearing, fragmentation, or clouding. • Jacket Geometry & Face Quality: The cardstock jacket faces display perfectly flat, flawless geometry with absolutely no structural bowing or storage warping from "shrink snap." The bold, vibrant album artwork exhibits complete, deep color saturation with zero fading, ring-wear shadows, or shelf-friction dullness.
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