TED HEATH & HIS MUSIC

TEMPO FOR DANCERS LP

DECCA LF 1037

1950 GOLD LABEL

SLEEVE CONDITION: VG

EDGES TOP & BOTTOM: LIGHT RUBBING TO BOTH EDGES. SMALL SPLIT ON BOTTOM EDGE CENTRE. BEGINNINGS OF SPLIT TOP & BOTTOM ON OPENING EDGE.

SPINE: SMALL SPLIT TO CENTRE AND SOME LIGHT RUBBING. THIN UNPRINTED TYPE.

FRONT: ORIGINAL MATT FINISH (NON LAMINATED). NO OBVIOUS CREASES AND JUST A HINT OF RINGWEAR. SMALL MARK WHERE STICKER HAS BEEN REMOVED. VERY SLIGHT WEAR TO EXTREME EDGES. COLOUR IS STILL NICE AND VIBRANT.  

REAR: BOTH FLIPBACKS INTACT. NO OBVIOUS CREASES AND JUST A LITTLE VERY FAINT RINGWEAR. TINY TEAR ON OPENING EDGE (SEE PHOTO). A LITTLE LIGHT DISCOLOURATION AROUND THE EDGES. NO WRITING.

RECORD CONDITION: BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO EXCELLENT WITH JUST THE ODD VERY FAINT SURFACE TRACE, ONLY VISIBLE WHEN TILTING THE RECORD BACK AND FORTH IN THE LIGHT.  ABSOLUTELY NO HEAVY OR OBVIOUS MARKS OR SCRATCHES OF ANY DESCRIPTION ON THE VINYL. EVEN IN BRIGHT SUNLIGHT THERE IS NOTHING BUT A SCATTERING OF TINY SLEEVE REMOVAL TYPE LINES. NO SIGNS OF GROOVEWEAR OR OTHER SIMILAR ISSUES. A HEAVYWEIGHT UK EARLY PRESSING ON THE DECCA LABEL WITH GOLD LETTERING. 

BOTH LABELS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ABSOLUTELY NO SPINDLE TRACES WHATSOEVER. DARK BLUE BACKGROUND WITH CLEAR GOLD LETTERING.

PLAYBACK IS EXCELLENT AS YOU WOULD EXPECT. BARELY ANY BACKGROUND NOISE OR ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT BETWEEN TRACKS, MAYBE JUST THE VERY OCCASIONAL TINY STATIC TYPE TICK. PLAYS THROUGH LOVELY WITH CLEAR DISTORTION FREE SOUND.

NICE TO FIND A DECENT PRESSING OF THIS EARLY TED HEATH LP. I BELIEVE THIS WAS FIRST RELEASED IN 1950 BUT THE SLEEVE DATES THIS COPY TO 1954.

 POSTAGE WILL BE SIGNED FOR WITH TRACKING