THE BILL HOLMAN OCTET

KENTON PRESENTS JAZZ - BILL HOLMAN LP

CAPITOL KPL 101

1954 1st PRESS

SLEEVE CONDITION: EX-

EDGES TOP & BOTTOM: NO SPLITS. LIGHT RUBBING TO BOTTOM EDGE

SPINE: COMPLETELY INTACT. NO SPLITS. THIN UNPRINTED STYLE.

FRONT: ORIGINAL MATT FINISH (NON LAMINATED). NO OBVIOUS CREASES OR RINGWEAR. NO SPLITS, RIPS OR TEARS. NO FEATHERING ON THE OPENING EDGE. JUST A LITTLE LIGHT DISCOLOURATION/AGEING AROUND THE EDGES. 

REAR: BOTH FLIPBACKS INTACT. NO OBVIOUS CREASES AND JUST A LITTLE LIGHT RINGWEAR. A LITTLE LIGHT DISCOLOURATION/AGEING ESPECIALLY AROUND THE EDGES. TRACK TIMINGS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN LIGHTLY IN PENCIL.

RECORD CONDITION:

BOTH SIDES CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS EX+ WITH JUST THE SMALLEST FAINTEST MARK VISIBLE UNDER CLOSE SCRUTINY. MOST PEOPLE WOULD CALL THIS MINT (OR CLOSE TO). ABSOLUTELY NO OBVIOUS MARKS OF ANY DESCRIPTION ON THE VINYL WHATSOEVER. EVEN IN BRIGHT SUNLIGHT THERE IS HARDLY ANYTHING TO BE SEEN EXCEPT THE ODD TINY SLEEVE REMOVAL LINE. IT'S QUITE OBVIOUS THAT THIS RECORD HAS HAD A PRETTY EASY LIFE. A HEAVYWEIGHT UK FIRST PRESSING BY DECCA ON THE PURPLE CAPITOL LABEL WITH GOLD LETTERING AND NOT A LATER EMI PRESSING. YOU WILL STRUGGLE TO FIND A BETTER LOOKING OR SOUNDING COPY THAN THIS ONE

BOTH LABELS ARE PRISTINE WITH ABSOLUTELY NO SPINDLE TRACES WHATSOEVER. VIBRANT PURPLE WITH BRIGHT GOLD LETTERING. ABSOLUTELY STUNNING.

PLAYBACK IS SUPERB AS YOU WOULD EXPECT. NO BACKGROUND NOISE, NO NOISE BETWEEN TRACKS, MAYBE JUST THE VERY OCCASIONAL TINY STATIC TYPE TICK. PLAYS THROUGH BEAUTIFULLY WITH CLEAR DISTORTION FREE SOUND.

OLD 1950s LPs HARDLY EVER COME ALONG IN THIS KIND OF CONDITION. YOU WILL STRUGGLE TO FIND A BETTER COPY OF THIS RARE JAZZ LP ANYWHERE. 

THE LOVELY UPGRADE COPY.

 POSTAGE WILL BE SIGNED FOR WITH TRACKING