CAT STEVENS MATTHEW AND SON UK DEBUT LP MINT-

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Jan 10, 2005 Sold Date

Jan 3, 2005 Start Date

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CAT STEVENS - MATTHEW AND SON

STUNNING DEBUT ALBUM FROM THIS GREAT SINGER SONGWRITER. FEATURING ALL THE EARLY CLASSICS

MATTHEW AND SON, I LOVE MY DOG, PORTOBELLO ROAD

WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS LP IS THE ABSOLTELY IMMACULATE CONDITION OF IT.

DERAM RECORD LABEL, CATALOGUE ;SML 1004

STEREO PRESSING

MATRIX NUMBERS: ZAL 7720-1W / ZAL 7721-1W

STAMPERS 1R / 1G

GENUINE FIRST UK PRESSING

THERE IS SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL ABOUT BRITISH FIRST PRESSINGS ON ANY LABEL, BUT 60'S FIRST PRESSINGS ARE IN MY OPINION THE MOST SPECIAL OF ALL.

RECORDED ONTO HIGH QUALITY HEAVY DUTY VINYL, THE CLARITY ON THESE RELEASES ARE SO MUCH SUPERIOR TO PRESSINGS FROM THE LATE 70'S AND 80'S WHEN THEY WERE ALL RECRDED ONTO LIGHTWEIGHT INFERIOR VINYL

THE SLEEVE

ABSOLUTELY SUPERB. THE SLEEVE IS LAMINATED ON THE FRONT AND NON LAMINATED ON THE REAR. IT HAS NO MARKS OT CREASES WHATSOEVER, AND FULLY JUSTIFIES A MINT MINUS GRADING. THE SPINE IS IMMACULATE TOO. FLAT AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE BACK OF THE SLEEVE IS PERFECTLY WHITE AND THE ONLY MARK IS A SMALL TYPED LABEL WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNERS NAME ON IT.

THE LABELS

THE STANDARD RED AND WHITE DERAM LABEL WHICH ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. NO WRITING AND NO NASTY BLEMISHES. SPINDLE HOLE IS TOTALLY UNWORN, AND I COUNTED NO MORE THAN THREE VERY LIGHT SPIDER LINES. THIS INDICATES NOT ONLY HAS THE LP BEEN VERY CAREFULLY HANDLED, BUT THAT IT HAS HAD NO MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF PLAYS SINCE 1967.

THE VINYL

THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE THIS VINYL IS "AS NEW"

BEAUTIFULLY GLOSSY AND ULTRA CLEAN, THIS LOOKS AS PRISTINE AS IT SOUNDS. I CAN SEE NO MARKS AT ALL EITHER UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION NOR IN DAYLIGHT.

THE DISTROTION TEST IS PASSED WITH EASE, AND I CAN TELL YOU STRAIGHT AWAY THERE IS NO NOISE IN THE RUN IN OR LINKING GROOVES, NOR IS THERE ANY UNWANTED NOISES ANYWHERE WHILST PLAYING. THIS REALLY IS A MINT- COPY OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM

THE STEREO MIX IS ALSO JUST SUPERB, WITH THE CORRECT BLEND OF VOCALS AND INTRUMENTS BEING HERAD AT THE RIGHT TIMES.

MOST OF THESE LP'S THAT ARE AROUND STILL ARE IN POOR CONDITION, SO IF YOU ARE TRULY AFTER A HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE MINT MINUS PRESSING THEN THIS WILL BE THE ONE FOR YOU

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