Alice Coltrane A Monastic Trio Impulse AS-9156 Original Stereo EXC+
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Description
A Monastic Trio
Alice Coltrane
1968
Label : Impulse!
AS-9156
Original STEREO 1st pressing
Black/red ring labels
Product of ABC Records. Inc. New York, N. Y. 10019
LW hand-etched
RECORD GRADING (see photos) :
This is an original 1st press copy in very nice condition !
Cover : EXC (solid VG+)
Beautiful laminated gatefold cover well preserved !
--- Front : very slight aging sign.
--- Back : a small label at bottom left ; very slight aging sign.
--- Slices : top slice a TINY mark at the middle ; bottom slice split 3 cm at the middle ; opening slice a couple of small ding.
--- Corners : small wear sign ; bottom right corner split.
--- Inside gatefold cover : a small/slight stain at top left & at top right ; a small paper split at the middle ; a small handwriting at bottom left.
--- Original Impulse inner sleeve : NO
Very nice condition !
Audio : EXC+ (VG++)
The sound quality is great and impressive !
NO skips ; NO clicks ; NO distortion ; NO background noise.
A repetitive small tic during twice 5 rotations at the beginning of Track 1 (Side 1).
A repetitive small tic during 5 rotations on Track 1 (Side 2) : see Visual comment.
1 tic on Track 1 (Side 2) : see Visual comment.
Otherwise very close to NM condition with just surface noise between tracks and BARELY audible on quiet moment of the music (DO NOT disturb the music except just the first 5 seconds of Side 1).
The audio recording is amazing here !
Very nice condition !
Visual : EXC+ (VG++)
The vinyl is visually beautiful !
This copy has probably been played only few times with care.
NO scratches ; NO hairlines ; NO scuffs.
Visible under light :
--- 3 TINY surface marks on Track 1 (Side 2). Two of them are NON feelable and the other one is slightly feelable (see Audio comment).
--- Few EXTREMELY slight paper inner sleeve surface traces/scuffs (BARELY visible).
High luster.
Very nice condition !
Label : clean !
Visually beautiful on both sides.
Just a couple of TINY/slight spindle marks visible under light (Side 2).
See the grading policy in the store pages.
All records are carefully inspected and listened before grading. So you can buy with confidence.
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