Hawkwind QUARK STRANGENESS & CHARM UK LP 1ST PRESS TWICE PLAYED NEAR MINT
  £   65
  $   86

 


£ 65 Sold For
Dec 5, 2014 Sold Date
Nov 28, 2014 Start Date
£   19 Start price
9   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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HAWKWIND - QUARK STRANGENESS & CHARM

IN MAGNIFICENT TWICE PLAYED NEAR MINT!!!  CONDITION

OUTSTANDING MINT!!!!  SLEEVE

 

 

  • CATALOGUE:UNITED CHARISMA CDS 4008
  • MATRIX: CDS4008 A//3 IB 1 1 / B//3 IB 1 1
  • ' MELYS ' ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX BOTH SIDES

 

 

 

THE RECORDS

 

THE LABELS

THE MAD HATTER LABELS ARE IN  PRISTINE CONDITION. THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS AND THE  BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE AND HATTER LOGOS ARE UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF TINY SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE.

THE VINYL

GLEAMING HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL, AND IN DAYLIGHT IT IS TOTALLY FLAWLESS, ONLY UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION ARE THERE VERY FINE SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL LINES VISIBLE. TOTALLY NON SOUNDING. THERE ARE ALSO SOME DULL SPECKLES ON THE VINYL AGAIN THIS IS FACTORY PRESSED AND NON SOUNDING

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 LP FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I FIRMLY BELIEVE 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 LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS LP SOUNDS.

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS PERFECT WITH EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD CLEARLY AND CLEANLY AS WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED

NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE EITHER, NOR ANY LOUD CLICKS

THE ODD SEMI SECOND OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN A FEW OF THE LINKING GROOVES, AND UTMOST SILENT PASSAGES

I DIDN'T HEAR ANY MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TINY DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH  NEAR MINT!!!  IT IS THAT GOOD

 

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

 

 

 

 

THE SLEEVE

 

A TRULY EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF THIS NON LAMINATED ROBERT STACE SINGLE SLEEVE 

THE FRONT SURFACE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND CLEAN. THERE IS NO RUBBING TO THE SURFACE AND THUS NO COLOUR LOSS AT ALL. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES, OR BENDS

INCREDIBLY THERE ARE ZERO!!! LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE. THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS I BELIEVE

THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE.

THE TOP  AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE BOTH IMMACULATE WITH ALL OF THE DELICATE COLOURED SURFACE THERE, AND NOT ONE JOT OF RUBBING OR SHELF WEAR AND ONLT THE TWO RIGHT TIP ENDS SHOW A PIN PRICK OF WHITE

THE SPINE IS JUST AS NEW. TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. ALL OF THE BLACK SURFACE IS THERE, WITH JUST A PIN PRICK OF WHITE SHOWING ON THE BOTTOM TIP.

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND TOTALLY AS NEW.

THE REAR SURFACE  IS ALSO IN TOP CONDITION, A MINT SURFACE. AGAIN NOT ONE SPECK OF COLOUR LOSS

THE ORIGINAL CARD LYRIC INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IN UNSPLIT CONDITION . PERFECT IN EVERY WAY. NO MARKS OR STAINS ETC

HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE MINT!!!!

 

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

GARRY

 

 



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