INCREDIBLE STRING BAND - RUINOUS FEUD

PINK RIM ISLAND  - PLAYS MINT MINUS

1973 ORIGINAL STEREO 1ST PRESS 

EX++ SLEEVE

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE SUPERB  PASTEL PINK RIM ISLAND LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. NO COLOUR LOSS AND NO MARKS OR STAINS AND A COLOUR THAT FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.

THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND UNRUBBED, AS IS THE BLACK BLOCK LOGO, AND THERE IS JUST ONETINY SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE HOLE SHOWING A LIMITED AMOUNT OF PLAY SINCE 1973

THE VINYL 

THE SURFACE IN DAYLIGHT LOOKS FLAWLESS, AND GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR. AND LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS. UNDER A MAGNIFYING LED HALO IT STILL LOOKS PERFECT

PLAYING THE RECORD

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH SUPERBLY. THE REPRODUCTION IS PURE FIRST PRESS. SUPERB STEREO REPRODUCTION AND A CRACKING DISTORTION AND CRACKLE FREE PERFORMANCE.

THOSE THAT KNOW EARLY ISLAND PRESSES WILL APPRECIATE THAT THERE IS USUALLY EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE IN THE PRESS, BUT HERE THIS EXAMPLE HAS AVOIDED THAT COMPLETELY

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

NO LOUD POPS OR CLICKS 

ALL I HEARD DURING THE PLAY WERE A COUPLE OF TOTALLY INSIGNIFICANT SPLIT SECONDS OF STATIC AND A COUPLE OF THE TINIEST LITTLE DUST TICS

PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN TO THIS SUPERB PRESSING AND BE THE JUDGE AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS AUDIO MINT MINUS

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED MATTE SINGLE SLEEVE FROM ROBOR

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND FREE FROM ANY HEAVY CREASES. THERE ARE FOUR PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE SPINE. ONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE,TWO ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE COLOURED SURFACE HAS REMAINED VIRTUALLY PERFECT. THERE IS THE LIGHTEST SLIVER RING WEAR JUST UNDER THE TOP EDGE ONLY

THE FOUR CORNERS HAVE A LITTLE RUB TO THE TIPS

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES SHOW JUST MILD SHELF WEAR. THIS IS A LITTLE RUBBING TO THE CORNER TIPS

THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY FLAT,AND ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PROPERLY LEGIBLE. THE GREY COLOUR  JUST ABOVE THE BAND NAME AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SPINE AND A SPECK OF RUB TO THE ENDS

THE OPENING EDGE HAS A TINY BIT OF FEATHERING

THE REAR SURFACE IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE FRONT

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A CLEAN PAIR OF INNER PANELS. A LIGHT CREASE BY THE SPINE ON THE RIGHT PANEL

THE INNER SLEEVE IS A LYRIC INNER AND HAS NO SEAM SPLITS

THE SLEEVE EASILY GRADES EX++

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

GARRY