Anna Divina RIVER CITY U.S 1st Press BLUES /POP ENTERPRISE PROMO UNPLAYED MINT
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ANNA DIVINA - RIVER CITY
ENTERPRISE ALBUM - PROMO COPY
U.S 1st press - UNPLAYED (APART FROM MY TEST PLAY)
IN MAGNIFICENT MINT CONDITION
NEAR MINT SLEEVE
- CATALOGUE: ENTERPRISE ENS 1027
- MATRIX:ES 0429 / 0430
- 2ND MATRIX: STXS-0305-1 / 0306-2
- 'GERRY PYNES' ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX
I HAVE IN MY POSESSION A COLLECTION OF ALBUMS THAT CAME DIRECT FROM THE USA TO THE UK IN THE EARLY 70'S. THEY WERE AQUIRED BY A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS A DJ ON A RADIO STATION. HE WROTE TO STAX IN MEMPHIS IN THE MID 60'S AND ASKED HOW HE COULD GET HIS HANDS ON SOME SOUL MUSIC AS HE WANTED TO PLAY IT ON HIS RADIO STATION. TO HIS SURPRISE STAX ADDED HIM TO THEIR MAILING LIST AND CONTINUED TO SEND PARCELS OF LP'S AND SINGLES TO HIM WELL INTO THE 70'S. A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF THEM WERE THEREFORE DJ PROMO COPIES. THEY MAILED BOTH ALBUMS AND SINGLE, AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE ALBUMS HAVE REMAINED UNPLAYED.
THIS IS INDEED A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO CLAIM A PIECE OF HISTORY IN PRISTINE CONDITION. I CANNOT IMAGINE JUST HOW FEW UNPLAYED COPIES OF GENUINE STAX AND ASSOCIATED LABELS HAVE REMAINED IN THIS CONDITION.
TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY
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THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
THE BLACK LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR HAS REMAINED UNRUBBED, AND THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE. THIS COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLES REVEALS ZERO SPIDER LINES
THE VINYL
THE RECORD GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND COULDN'T LOOK ANY BETTER. ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE HAS BEEN RETAINED.AND IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS!!! THERE ARE NO VISIBLE MARKS OR ANY SIGNS OF HANDLING ON THE DISCS, UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION I CAN SEE FEW EMBEDDED DULL PATCHES ONLY
THE PLAYTHROUGH
THE VINYL PERFORMS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH. FROM THE SECOND THE STYLUS IS PLACED ON THE RECORD THERE IS NEAR SILENCE IN THE RUN IN GROOVE. THIS CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE VOLUME.
THE CLARITY OF THE FIRST PRESS IS VERY AUDIBLE AND THE RECORDING IS JUST SUPERB
THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS
NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE
NO STATIC AND I DIDN'T HEAR ANY DUST POPS OR STATIC TICS
A STUNNING AUDIO PERFORMANCE THAT CAN ONLY GRADE MINT
BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE WHOLE ALBUM YOU WILL BE ABLE TO JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS
THE SLEEVE
NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH PASTE ON INNER SURFACE
THE FRONT SURFACE STILL MOST OF THE RICH COLOURS PERFECTLY FREE FROM VIRTUALLY ANY RUBBING. THERE IS A LITTLE AGEING TO THE EDGES WHERE THE ONCE WHITE SURFACE HAS LIGHTLY BROWNED. THE PROMO STICKER IS FIRMLY ADHERED TO THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER
THERE ARE ZERO PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE SPINE. ONE ON THE TOP EDGE. NONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES BY THE OPENING EDGE
THE TOP EDGE HAS A TINY SPECK RUB TO THE RIGHT CORNER TIP.
THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS A SMALL SPLIT TO THE TOP PAPER IN THE MIDDLE AND A SPECK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT TIP
THE SPINE IS FLAT WITH PERFECT TYPEFACE. NO RUBBING ANYWHERE JUST LIGHT AGEING
THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL SHARP
THE REAR SURFACE IS THE SAME AS THE FRONT
OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO NEAR PERFECT INNER PANELS, JUST A SHADOW OF RUB TO THE RIGHT EDGE
THE LYRIC INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT AND JUST HAS ONE SMALL SEAM SPLIT IN THE MIDDLE AT THE BOTTOM
I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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