Yes THE YES ALBUM UK LP 1ST ORANGE GREEN UNPLAYED MINT

	£		33
	$		44

YES - THE YES ALBUM

IN MAGNIFICENT UNPLAYED!!!! CONDITION

OUTSTANDING MINT MINUS SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:ATLANTIX K40106
• MATRIX: K40106 A2 / B2

AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE UNPLAYED ORIGINAL 1ST PRESS ON THE ORANGE AND GREEN ATLANTIC LABEL

THIS ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN 1971 WHEN ATLANTIC WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF CHANGINF THEIR RECORD LABELS FROM THE RED AND PLUM LABEL TO THE GREEN AND ORANGE LABEL. THE VERY FIRST PRESSES OF THE YES ALBUM DID IN FACT COME OUT ON THE RED AND PLUM LABEL, BUT WERE QUICKLY REPRESSED ONTO THE GREEN AND ORANGE LABEL

THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN REPRESSED MANY MANY TIMES ON THE GREEN AND ORNAGE LABEL, BUT HERE WE HAVE THE VERY FIRST PRESS ON THIS LABEL

THE TELL TALE FACTORS ARE FIRSTLY THE MATRIC NUMBER WHICH ENDS -2 ON BOTH SIDES. ONLY THE RED AND PLUM HAD -1, AND LATER ISSUES OF THIS HAD NUMBERS HIGHER THAN -2

ALSO THE LABEL ON THE LATER ISSUES HAS THE 'W' LOGO AT 3 O'CLOCK ON THE RIM OF THE LABEL, WHERAS THE VERY FIRST ISSUES DID NOT HAVE THIS LOGO AT ALL

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE TWO ORANGE AND GREEN LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. BOTH BASE COLOURS ARE IMMACULATE AND UNWORN. SO IT THE BLACK TYPEFACE. THE SPINDLE HOLE IS ALSO UNWORN, THERE ARE O SPIDER LINES AT ALL ON THE LABEL, AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT SIDE 2'S PICTURE YOU WILL SEE A HUGE PIECE OF THE RESIDUAL VINYL LEFT HANGING FROM THE SPINDLE HOLE FROM THE FACTORY PRESS. THIS WOULD HAVE WITHOUT QUESTION FALLEN AWAY IF THE LP HAD BEEN PLAYED

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE HANDLING MARKS, IT LOOKS TODAY SOME 39 YEARS ON AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED

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 FOUR THREE MINUTE EXCERPTS  FROM THIS  ALBUM,  I HAVE RECORDED THE FIRST TRACK FROM EACH SIDE WHICH INCLUDES THE DEAD WAX RUN IN, I HAVE ALSO RECORDED THE LINKING GROOVES TO THE START OF THE OTHER TRACKS THAT ON OFFER. THE REPORDUCTION IS PURE FIRST PRESS

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 LP SOUNDS. THE SILENT BITS ARE  NEAR SILENT, AND THE MUSIC COMES THROUGH CRISPLY AND CLEARLY. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES WHATSOEVER, AND JUST TWO TINY DUST POPS THROUGHOUT THE PLAY ON THE LAST TRACK. I HAVE RECORDED THIS. I WAS IN TWO MINDS WHETHER TO PLAY THE LP OR NOT, BUT I JUST HAD TO TO ENSURE IT WAS GOING TO SOUND AS GOOD AS IT LOOKS.

YOU WILL NEVER GET A BETTER COPY OF THIS EVER!!

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT!!!

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED AND DELICATE GATEFOLD SLEEVE . THIS IS SUCH A HARD SLEEVE TO FIND IN THIS SORT OF CONDITION. THE FACT THAT IT IS UNLAMINATED USUALLY ASURES THE SEVER COLOUR LOSS TO THE DELICATE BLACK POWDERY SURFACE. THE ONLY WAY TO ENSURE THAT THIS COULD NOT HAPPEN WAS TO PROTECT IT FROM DAY ONE INSIDE A PLASTIC SLEEVE (AND LEAVE IT THERE). I AM DELIGHTED TO SAY THAT THE LP'S ORIGINAL OWNER HAD THE FORSIGHT TO DO JUST THAT. AND HERE WE HAVE WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A PERFECT SLEEVE.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND TOTALLY CLEAN. THERE IS NOT ONE MARK ON IT ANYWHERE. THE BLACK SURFACE IS TOTALLY UNBLEMISHED, UNRUBBED AND JUST PRISTINE. 

THERE IS NO RING WEAR WHATSOEVER ON ANY PART OF THE SLEEVE, AND AMAZINGLY AS WELL THERE ARE NO SMALL CREASE LINES ON ANY OF THE PERIMETER EDGES, NOT EVEN THE SPINE.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN ABETTER EXAMPLE OF THIS SLEEVE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR. APART FROM THE SLEEVE'S ONLY MINISCULE FLAW. THE TOP EDGE HAS A SMALL HALF INCH THIN LINE OF WHITE SHOWING THROUGH THE BLACK EDGE.

THE SPINE ITSELF IS JUST IMMACULATE. NOT ONE SPECK OF COLOUR LOSS AND EVERY LETTER OF THE WHITE TYPEFACE IS LEGIBLE, AND IT IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED

THE OPENING EDGE IS JUST AS NEW!! RAZOR SHARP AND LOOKING AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PRINTED AND PUT TOGETHER. FURTHER PROOF THAT THE RECORD HAS REMAINED INSIDE THE SLEEVE.NOT EVEN A THUMB NAIL NICK ANYWHERE ALONG IT

THE REAR SURFACE IS ALSO IN THE BEST POSSIBLE CONDITION THAT ANY COLLECTOR TO COULD WISH TO HOPE FOR

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE MINT CONDITION INTERIOR PAIR OF SURFACES.

THE INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT AND BARELY HAS A CREASE LINE TO SPEAK OF. IT IS ALSO UNSPLIT

A REAL TREAT TO BE ABLE TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS

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

GARRY