Far East Family Band TENKUJIN 1977 US LP All Ears PROG ROCK NEAR MINT AUDIO
  £   32
  $   38

 


£ 32 Sold For
Oct 10, 2022 Sold Date
Oct 3, 2022 Start Date
3   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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Description


FAR EAST FAMILY BAND - TENJUJIN

1977 US ALL EAR 1ST PRESS

NEAR MINT AUDIO

MINT MINUS SLEEVE IN SHRINKWRAP

OUTSTANDING PROG ROCK ALBUM


 

  • CATALOGUE:   ALL EARS FE 11479
  • MATRIX:    KM 1786 A WITH TENKUJIN WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THIS MESSAGE WITH THE WORLD
  •                             KM 1786 B MUSIC IN THE SOUL CAN BE HEARD BY THE UNIVERSE






 

THE RECORD

 

THE LABELS

THE CREAN LABELS  ARE IN MINT CONDITION. 

THERE IS NOT ONE BLEMISH ON THEM AND THE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. 

THE BLACK TEXT IS PERFECT

THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWS JUST ONE TINY  SPIDER LINE, SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS LP HAS BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE

THE VINYL

THE VINYL HAS RETAINED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND SHEEN AND IN DAYLIGHT  LOOKS ABSOLUTELY MINT. 

EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER SPOTLIGHTS I ALL CAN SEE ARE A FEW EMBEDDED DULL SPECKLES AND A COUPLE OF TINY WISPY HAIRLINES



THE TEST PLAY


THIS VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER.

NEAR SILENT LINKING GROOVES

NO DISTORTION AT ANY POINT TO THE STEREO REPRODUCTION, SO NO GROOVE WEAR

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

A CLEAR , AND LOUD STEREO REPRODUCTION 

THE CLARITY OF SOUND REALLY IS OUTSTANDING. 

THERE ARE JUST A FEW TINY DUST POPS / STATIC TICS DURING THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

AND THE ODD SPECK OF NATURAL VINYL NOISE IN A SILENT PASSAGE / LINKING GROOVE HERE AND THERE

  I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THE AUDIO NEAR MINT

BUT DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

  

THE SLEEVE 

NON  LAMINATED  SINGLE SLEEVE IN ORIGINAL SHRINKWRAP

THE FRONT SURFACE HAS PERFECT COLOURS ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE SURFACE. NO RUBBING

NO RING WEAR AND NO RECORD SHAPE

THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE

THERE ARE ZERO PRESSURE LINES BY THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE. NO THUMB LINES BY THE OPENING EDGE

THE SHRINK-WRAP IS TIGHT ACROSS THE SURFACE

THE TOP EDGE IS FULLY COLOURED AND BOTH CORNER TIPS ARE UNBLEMISHED

THE BOTTOM EDGE IS ALMOST IDENTICAL, JUST A DOT OF RUB TO THE RIGHT CORNER TIP END

THE SPINE IS FLAT AND FREE FROM SQUASHING. PRISTINE COLOUR AND TYPEFACE AND UNBLEMISHED ENDS

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP. 

THE REAR SURFACE IS AS PERFECT AS THE FRONT

THE PRINTED PAPER INNER SLEEVE HAS A COUPLE OF CORNER FOLD LINES BUT IMPORTANTLY NO SEAM SPLITS

THIS SLEEVE GRADES MINT MINUS


 

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

GARRY


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