IRON MAIDEN - THE EVIL THAT MEN DO

THREE TRACK 12" SINGLE

PLAYS MINT MINUS

NEAR MINT SLEEVE

THE RECORD LABELS

THE BLACK LABELS ARE MAGNIFICENT. DEEP RED ND THE COLOUR HAS NO MARKS OR FADING AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE

THERE IS JUST ONR MINUSCULE SPIDER LINE BY THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

HEAVY 1ST PRESS IS IN SUPERB CONDITION AND HAS RETAINED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL SHEEN. IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS, AND UNDER A MAGNIFYING LED HALO THERE ARE JUST A A COUPLE OF SMALL WISPY HAIRLINES 

THE TEST PLAY

THE VINYL PLAYS SUPERBLY AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO PRESS THE AUDIO BUTTONS AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE TO HEAR IT 

FIRSTLY THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS CRISP AND CLEAR, AND CLEAN

THERE IS NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE WHATSOEVER

NO HEAVY CRACKLE 

NO TICS OR POPS

SILENT LINKING GROOVE

ALL I HEARD WAS A SPECKLE OF LOW LEVEL BACKGROUND IN THE RUN IN TO SIDE A

A VERY CLEAR AND CLEAN AUDIO

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS DISC MINT MINUS FOR THE AUDIO

DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORK FOR IT, PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE IT BY YOUR OWN STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

THIS IS A NON LAMINATED GLOSSY PICTURE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACEHAS DEEP RICH COLOURS ACROSS THE SURFACE

THE RIGHT AND LEFT EDGES HAVE NO PRESSIRE LINES ON THEM. THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS ONE TINY ONE, AND THE TOP OPENING EDGE HAS A SMALL CREASE LINE UNDER THE LIP

THE BOTTOM CORNER TIPS ARE RUBBED A LITTLE

THERE ARE NO SEAM SPLITS

THE BOTTOM EDGE IS IDENTICAL

THE REAR SURFACE IS SIMILAR TO THE FRONT

HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE NEAR MINT