Yes YES 1969 DEBUT ALBUM UK RED/PLUM LABEL A1/B1 2-3 PLAYS EVER 100% MINT MINUS

	£		454
	$		602

YES - YES

IN MAGNIFICENT 1-2 PLAY MINT MINUS!!! CONDITION

INCREDIBLE MINT MINUS SLEEVE

COMPLETE WITH INSERT

A TIME VAULT COPY!!!!

• CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC 588190
• MATRIX: 588190 A//1   11 1 3/ B//1  11 1 3
• FIRST PRESS
• RED AND PLUM LABEL

THE DEBUT ALBUM FROM YES. RELEASED IN 1969, IT INCLUDES A SUPERB VERSION OF THE BEATLES 'EVERY LITTLE THING'

THE VINYL IS JUST STUNNING AND THE SLEEVE IS SIMPLY PRISTINE. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE CAN BE A BETTER COPY OUT THERE

A TRUE INVESTMENT GRADE COPY

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE RED AND PLUM LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. BOTH BASE COLOURS ARE IMMACULATE AND UNWORN. AND THE WHITE BAND ACROSS THE MIDDLE IS STILL PURE WHITE AND STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. CLEARLY THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN METICULOUSLY CARED FOR AS THERE ARE JUST THERE ARE AROUND 1-2 MINUSCULE SPIDER LINES SHOWING THAT THE ALBUM HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED IN 44 YEARS

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. IN DAYLIGHT THE VINYL IS UNMARKED AND TOTALLY FLAWLESS, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION AM I ABLE TO SPOT SOME VERY FINES WISPY HAIRLINES. THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING DISC

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 AM NOW DOING WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY 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.

THIS SUPERB FIRST PRESS PLAYS ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION WHATSOEVER, MEANING THAT THE VERY LIMITED PLAY THAT THIS ALBUM HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD AN UNWORN AND CORRECTLY TRACKED STYLUS

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION OF THIS FIRST PRESS IS BOTH CRYSTAL CLEAR AND LOUDLY MIXED. IT IS ALSO AUDIBLY PERFECT

FROM START TO FINISH, THIS ALBUM PLAYS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENTLY. ALL OF THE SILENT BITS ARE SILENT, AND THE MUSIC PLAYS TO PERFECTION ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES

THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD EXACTLY AS WAS INTENDED

THERE ARE ALSO NO CLICKS AT ANY POINT EITHER

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND ONLY THE ODD SEMI SECOND OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC HEARD IF AT ALL IN A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES AND MOST SILENT PASSAGES

I HEARD NO MORE THAN ONE TINY DUST POP THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I DON'T BELIEVE THERE CAN BE A BETTER AND CLEANER COPY ANYWHERE

ON THAT BASIS I AM VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS ALBUM MINT MINUS!!!!

BUT PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED AND  GATEFOLD SLEEVE . THIS IS SUCH A HARD SLEEVE TO FIND IN THIS SORT OF CONDITION. THE FACT THAT IT IS UNLAMINATED USUALLY ASSURES THE SEVERE COLOUR LOSS TO THE DELICATE POWDERY BLACK SURFACE. HERE WE HAVE A  PERFECT 1ST ISSUE GATEFOLD

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND TOTALLY CLEAN. THE FINE BLACK SURFACE IS IN TOP CONDITION AND INCREDIBLY EVEN THE THIN PERIMETER EDGES OF THE FRONT FLAP ARE TOTALLY UNBLEMISHED. CLEARLY THIS SLEEVE HAS BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FROM NEW

THERE IS NO RING WEAR WHATSOEVER ON ANY PART OF THE SLEEVE, NOT EVEN ANY RECORD SHAPE

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES, AND IN FACT THERE ARE JUST THREE TINY AND NEAR INVISIBLE LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE IMMACULATE AND ALL OF THE COLOUR IS THERE RUNNING FULLY FROM CORNER TO CORNER. UNRUBBED CORNER TIPS

THE SPINE ITSELF IS JUST  NEAR PRISTINE. TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED, ALL OF THE BLACK COLOUR IS THERE AND INCREDIBLY AS WELL THIS INCLUDES THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS WHICH ARE PERFECT. THE WHITE TYPEFACE IS ALL PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP AND AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PUT TOGETHER

THE REAR SURFACE IS ALSO IN THE SAME LOVELY CONDITION AS THE FRONT. AGAIN STUNNING RICH BLACK SURFACE FREE OF ANY BLEMISHES OR RUBBING

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE PAIR OF INNER PANELS

THE LYRIC INSERT SHEET IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. ONE CORNER CREASE AND A TINY BROWN MARK ON ONE SIDE

THE ORIGINAL POLYDOR MADE INNER SLEEVE IS UNSPLIT, AND IN WHITE UNCREASED CONDITION

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

GARRY