Dire Straits DIRE STRAITS UK DEBUT LP 1ST SPACESHIP ONE PLAY NMINT/MINT MINUS

	£		43
	$		51

DIRE STRAITS - DEBUT ALBUM

IN MAGNIFICENT ONE PLAY NEAR MINT / MINT MINUS!!!CONDITION

SUPERB EXCELLENT PLUS SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:VERTIGO 9102021
• MATRIX: 9102031 1Y//4 v 420 04 1 1 3 / 2Y//5 v  420  4 1 1 5 
• EMBOSSED ENVELOPE FRONT SURFACE TO THE SLEEVE

THE LABELS

THE SPACESHIP LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. THE COLOURS ARE ALL RICH AND VIBRANT AND FULLY STRETCH INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND UNRUBBED. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS ONE TINY  SPIDER LINE AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

THE RECORD GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND IN DAYLIGHT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION SIDE ONE HAS NUMEROUS ULTRA FINE SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL LINES, WHEREAS SIDE TWO JUST HAS A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES. I STRESS THAT THESE ARE ONLY VISIBLE UNDER AN LED SPOTLIGHT

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM, FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS AS I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS.

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS VINYL SOUNDS 

THE VINYL PLAYS TO ABSOLUTE PERFECTION. NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND AT ANY POINT

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND CERTAINLY NO LOUD CLICKS

NO VINYL NOISE ANYWHERE, JUST SOME VERY OCCASIONAL BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN SOME OF THE LINKING GROOVES. A FRACTION MORE ON SIDE ONE THAN SIDE TWO.

I HEARD NO MORE THAN ONE TINY DUST POP THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

THIS RECORD IS EASY TO GRADE NEAR MINT FRO SIDE ONE, AND MINT MINUS FOR SIDE TWO!!!!!

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE

THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN A COLLECTIBLE CONDITION. THE REASON BEING THAT THE  DELICATE CREAM WHITE SURFACE IS USUALLY FOUND VERY GRUBBY AND RING WORN. AND WHILST THIS ONE IS NOT TOTALLY PERFECT IT IS CERTAINLY BETTER THAN MOST COPIES I HAVE SEEN. THERE IS LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING TO THE PERIMETER EDGES, AND A COUPLE OF TINY BLACK SPECKS VISIBLE. THE PICTURE IN THE MIDDLE HAS A LIGHT CIRCLE OF THE GREEN BASE COLOUR SHOWING THROUGH IN THE FORM OF SMALL FLECKS OF COLOUR

THERE ARE JUST FIVE SMALL LINES NEAR THE SPINE.  NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND ON THIN HORIZONTAL THUMB LINE CLOSE TO THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE BOTH PERFECT WITH ALL OF THE CREAM COLOUR PRISTINE AND TOTALLY UNMARKED AND UNRUBBED. EVEN THE CORNER TIPS ARE PERFECT

THE SPINE IS 100% FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. NOT EVEN A FINGER TO THUMB IMPRESSION. AGAIN THE CREAM SURFACE IS  PERFECT . NO COLOUR LOSS, NO RUBBING TO THE TIP ENDS, AND PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE TYPEFACE.

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP, AND EVEN FREE FROM ANY THUMB NAIL NICKS

THE REAR SURFACE IS VIRTUALLY PERFECT. JUST THE BAREST SPECK OF HANDLING AND ONLY A COUPLE OF TINY LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE.

THE CARD PICTURE INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION. TOTALLY FLAT AND UNCREASED, AND NO SPLITS TO ANY OF THE SEAMS. JUST A LITTLE GLUE AGEING TO THE SEAMS 

INSIDE THE SLEEVE THE ORIGINAL OWNER PLACED A LARGE NEWSPAPER CUTTING DETAILING THE RELEASE OF THIS ALBUM. THIS CAME FROM THE MELODY MAKER PAPER DATED JUNE 10TH 1978

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS MAGNIFICENT SLEEVE EXCELLENT PLUS

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

GARRY