Ginhouse GINHOUSE UK LP RARE PROG/PSYCH 1 PLAY NR MINT

	£		208
	$		276

GINHOUSE - GINHOUSE

IN MAGNIFICENT 1 PLAY CONDITION

A STUNNING COLLECTIBLE SET WITH A TOP CONDITION SLEEVE

CATALOGUE: B & C CAS1031

MATRIX NUMBERS :CAS1031 A-1U / B-1U

MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 G / 1 G

THE VERY FIRST MOTHER AND STAMPER AND ONE OF THE FIRST 50 PRESSED

THIS VERY RARE ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN 1971 ON THE FLEDGLING B & C LABEL. THIS IS ALSO THE ONLY ALBUM EVER RELEASED BY GINHOUSE. BARELY SELLING IN ANY QUALTITY, THIS HAS ENSURED THAT THIS ALBUM HAS GONE ON THE BECOME ONE OF THE RARER COLLECTIBLE VINYLS.

HERE THEN IS AN ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING NEAR MINT ORIGINAL

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE  MATT BLACK LABEL IS IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THE BLACK BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLES.THERE IS NOT A MARK ON EITHER SIDE AND THESE BLACK LABELS SHOW EVERY BLEMISH

THE SILVER LOGO AND TYPEFACE WHICH IS OFTEN FOUND RUBBED AWAY IS IN PERFECT CONDITION , WITH EACH LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THEREIS JUST ONE RIDICULOUSLY SMALL SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE, SHOWING THAT THIS INCREDIBLE ALBUM HAS BARELY BEEN ON A TURNTABLE

THE VINYL

THE VINYL IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. IT GLEAMS LIKE IT WAS JUST PRESSED AND THERE IS NO FOGGING OR ANY MARKS TO BE SEEN IN DAYLIGHT EITHER . WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE SOME LIGHT AND WISPY HARLINES AND A FEW FLECKS

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 NOW DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I AM CONVINCED 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 VINYL IS 100% FREE OF ANY DISTORTION, MEANING THAT THE TINY AMOUNT OF PLAY THAT IT HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WIEGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

SECONDLY THERE IS NO FRYING BACON OR LOUD CLICKS AND JUMPS.

I SAID NEAR FAULTLESS IN MY DESCRIPTION. THERE IS THE ODD BIT OF WHAT I CAN ONLY DESCRIBE AS LIGHT STATIC OR VINYL NOISE IN SOME OF THE QUIETEST SPOTS.   THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I CAN HEAR BECAUSE WHERE I SIT TYPING THIS OUT I AM NO MORE THAN 12 INCHES AWAY FROM MY SPEAKERS, AND AS I MOVE AWAY TO NORMAL LISTENING DISTANCE I CAN'T HEAR ANY OF IT. BUT ANYWAY IT IS BARELY AUDIBLE EVEN AT THE SHORT DISTANCE. AND WHAT THERE IS CAN MAINLY BE FOUND ON SIDE ONE. THIS IS INHERRANT NOISE AND NOT MAN MADE

I HEARD NO MORE THAN 3 TINY DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAY

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS BEAUTIFUL VINYL NEAR MINT

BUT DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE THE QUALITY FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

FROM MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF SLEEVES OF THIS TYPE, AND NOT HAVING HAD ONE OF THESE COPIES BEFORE, I AM OF THE OPINION THAT THIS IS A VERY HARD SLEEVE TO FIND IN COLLECTIBLE CONDITION. DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS A VERY FLIMSY UNLAMINATED GATEFOLD WITH A VERY WHITE SURFACE, THIS WOULD USUALLY SPELL DISASTER FOR THE WHITE SURFACE WITH DIRT AND GRUBINESS BEING PREVELENT. HERE HOWEVER IS ONE THAT HAS BEEN HOUSED IN A PLASTIC OUTER FROM NEW AND IS QUITE MAGNIFICENT

THIS IS AN E.J.DAY AND CO SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND THE VULNERABLE WHITE SURFACE HAS REMAINED IN A VERY WHITE CONDITION WITH JUST TWO TINY MARKS NEAR THE OPENINGEDGE, AND THE BAREST TRACE OF HANDLING TO THE SAME EDGE.

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASE OR CREASE LINES.THERE ARE NONE OF THE SMALL LINES NEAR THE SPINE ALTHOUGH THERE IS A LIGHT PINCH DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE SPINE WHICH HAS ACTYUUALLY PREVENTED THE SMALL LINES FORMING. ONE TINY AND BARELY VISIBLE LINE IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER, AND JUST THE BAREST SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE IF ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE TOTALLY FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR WHATSOEVER, AND THIS IS DUE TO THE SLEEVE RESIDING INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SINCE 1968.

THE UNLAMINATED SPINE IS JUST  NEAR  PERFECT. THE WHITE SURFACE HAS REMAINED UNSCUFFED, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF LIGHT FINGER TO THUMB SQUASHES

THERE IS NO OPENING EDGE ON THIS SLEEVE AS THE LP SITS INSIDE A POUCH INSIDE THE GATEFOLD, SIMILAR TO THE WHO'S LIVE AT LEEDS

THE REAR SURFACE IS A PURE WHITE BACKGROUND AND IS IN REMARKABLE CONDITION., JUST A SHADOW OF HANDLING AROUND THE PERIMETER EDGES

OPENINGTHE GATEFOLD REVEALS THE UNIWUE SPACE FOR THE LP. THE FIGHT HAND PANEL HAS A FLAP WHICH IS HINGED ALONG THE TOP EDGE. THIS OPENS UP AND THE LP SLIDES INTO THE POUCH. CLOSING THE FLAP THEN HIDES THE ALBUM. THE FIRST THING TO SAY IS THAT THE PUCH ITSELF IS UNTORN. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN EASY TO TEAR BY FORCING THE LP IN ROUGHLY. ALSO THE FLAP'S HINGE IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION

FINALLY LIKE THE FRONT AND BACK, THIS INNER SURFACE IS WHITE, AND ONCE AGAIN HAS REMAINED VERY WHITE WITH JUST SOME LIGHT LIGHT BROWN MOTTLING THROUGH AGING INA COUPLE OF PATCHES

THIS SLEEVE EASILY GRADES  NEAR MINT

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

GARRY