FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED PRIOR TO LISTING SO YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING
THE DOOBIE BROTHERS - WHAT WERE ONCE VICES ARE NOW HABITS
PLAY MINT MINUS AUDIO
A1 / B1 FIRST PRESS
MINT SLEEVE WITH THE ORIGINAL POSTER
THE RECORD
THE LABELS
THEY ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. AND ARE RICH AND VIBRANT IN COLOUR AND THE BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS CLEAR AND UNRUBBED AND ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. FINALLY THERE ARE TWO SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS 50 YEAR OLD ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED
THE VINYL
THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION AND HAS NOT LOST ANY OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. A BEAUTIFULLY GLOSSY ALBUM , AND FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT. IT IS CLEAR JUST BY LOOKING AT IT, THAT IT HAS BARELY SEEN A TURNTABLE IN ITS 50 YEARS. EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION, THERE ARE JUST A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN
PLAYING THE RECORD
THIS SUPERB VINYL PLAYS INCREDIBLY
THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS MAGNIFICENT, AND THE SOUND IS BOTH CRISP AND CLEAR AND NO DISTORTION AT ANY POINT.
NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES OR CLICKS EITHER
THERE IS NO VINYL NOISE AT ANY POINT
NO DUST POPS
NO BACKGROUND STATIC OTHER THAN A COUPLE OF BARELY AUDIBLE SPLIT SECONDS IN ONE OR TWO LINKING GROOVES
RIGHT AT THE START OF SIDE ONE, IN THE DEAD WAX THERE ARE THREE MINUSCULE LITTLE TICS FROM A TINY MARK ON THE EDGE
I AM VERY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO GRADE THIS SUPERB AUDIO MINT MINUS
PLEASE DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, HAVE A LISTEN YOURSELF AND JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR STANDARDS
THE SLEEVE
NON LAMINATED MATTE SHOREWOOD SINGLE SLEEVE
THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN, AND HAS RICH AND VIBRANT UNRUBBED COLOURS NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES.
NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE AND THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE
THERE ARE NO PRESSURE LINES BY THE SPINE . NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE,N ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.
THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE THE COLOUR RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER AND ALL FOUR TIPS ARE UNBLEMISHED
THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED, AND ALL OF THE COLOUR IS STILL THERE , ANDTHE TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE ENDS ARE UNBLEMISHED
THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS CLEAN AS THE FRONT AND AGAIN THE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT. NO PRESSURE LINES ON THE EDGES AND NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE
THE OPENING EDGE IS IN RAZOR SHARP AS NEW CONDITION
THE WHITE DIE CUT INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT AND CLEAN. NO SPLITS, MARKS OR STAINS.
THE POSTER IS IN NEAR PERFECT CONDITION. ONE LIGHT FOLD LINE
THE SLEEVE GRADES MINT
GARRY