Jimi Hendrix Experience ELECTRIC LADYLAND UK LP 1st Press BLUE TEXT MINT AUDIO

	£		933
	$		1,236

JIMI HENDRIX - ELECTRIC LADYLAND

IN MAGNIFICENT 3-4 PLAY MINT CONDITION

SIMPLY SUPERB COPY WITH THE RARE BLUE TEXT

NEAR MINT SLEEVE

CATALOGUE: TRACK 613008 / 9

MATRIX NUMBERS:

RECORD 1

SIDE A:61300XX8 A//1 1 2

SIDE D:61300X8 B//1 1 2

RECORD 2

 SIDE B: 61300X9 AX//1 1

SIDE C: 613009 B  XXXXXX X//1 1

AN X = A SCRATCHED OR CROSSED OUT OUT DIGIT FROM THE ORIGINAL NUMBER

THE MATRIX NUMBERS ON ALL SIDES ARE PARTIALLY SCRATCHED OUT BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL STAMPING WAS INCORRECT AS THEY HAD THE WRONG NUMBERS ON EACH A SIDE. 613008 HAD 09 AND VISA VERSA. THE CORRECT DIGITS WERE ETCHED INTO THE VINYL MAKING THIS A GENUINE FIRST PRESS, AS LATER COPIES WERE CORRECTED AT THE PRESSING PLANT

 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

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE SLIGHTLY ROUGH TEXTURED MATT BLACK LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THE BLACK BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLES.

THE SILVER LOGO'S AND TYPEFACE WHICH IS OFTEN FOUND RUBBED AWAY IS IN PERFECT CONDITION ON BOTH DISCS, WITH EACH LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THERE ARE 3-4 SMALL SPIDER LINES SURROUNDING THE SPINDLE HOLE, SHOWING THAT THE SET HAS HAD JUST A FEW PLAYS SINCE 1968

THE VINYL

BOTH VINYLS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION, HAVING RETAINED ALL OF THEIR ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LUSTRE. IN DAYLIGHT BOTH DISCS LOOK  FLAWLESS, AND ONLY UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION ARE THERE A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN, AND ON SIDE B THREE NON SOUNDING HANDLING LINES. A TRULY SUPERB PAIR OF ORIGINAL DISCS

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 DOUBLE ALBUM FOR YOU TO LISTEN TO BEFORE DECIDING IF THIS IS THE SET FOR YOU.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

THIS SET  PERFORMS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH DISCS. IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THE VINYL HAS BEEN PLAYED ON A TOP HI-FI SYSTEM WITH A VERY CORRECTLY WEIGHTED STYLUS, AND ONE THAT WAS UNWORN AS WELL

THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT DURING THE PLAYTHROUGH OF EITHER DISC, AND THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST MAGNIFICENT WITH THE GUITAR WORK CHOPPING BETWEEN SPEAKERS CAUSING A SOUND SENSATION.

CLEAR AND CRISP VOCALS, THESE VINYLS PLAY WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER.

THERE ARE NO LOUD CLICKS  OR POPS EITHER.

ABSOLUTELY NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

THE RECORD PLAY WITH A LOUD CLARITY THAT ONLY FIRST PRESSES CAN GENERATE AND THIS ALBUM WILL NOT DISAPPOINT

IF I HAVE TO BE VERY PICKY, THEN I HEARD NO MORE THAN ONE OR TWO SPLIT SECONDS OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN A COUPLE OF LINKING GROOVES. 

A REAL INDICATION OF JUST HOW INCREDIBLE THIS VINYL PERFORMS IS DEMONSTRATED AT THE END OF SIDE ONE WHERE THERE IS 60 SECONDS OF BARELY AUDIBLE CHATTER BETWEEN THE BAND MEMBERS. THIS PLAYS WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND WHATSOEVER

I DON'T BELIEVE THERE CAN BE A CLEANER, BETTER SOUNDING EXAMPLE OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM ANYWHERE

STILL DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS

FOR ME THIS ALBUM PERFORMS AS CLOSE TO MINT AS POSSIBLE

THE SLEEVE

E.J.DAY ORIGINAL PRESS SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND JUST GLEAMS LIKE A MIRROR. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES, NO CREASE LINES, NO BENDS OR FOLDS. AND EVEN THE CORNERS ARE IN NEAR PRISTINE CONDITION, JUST HAVE LIGHTLY RUBBED EXTREME TIPS

INCREDIBLY THERE ARE JUST THREE MINUSCULE LAMINATE PRESSURE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE AND 2-3 TINY TINY ONES ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, PLUS ONE SMALL THUMB LINE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THERE IS NO RING WEAR, JUST A VERY LIGHT SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE WHEN ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE PERFECTLY SMOOTH LAMINATE RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER, NO ROUGHNESS TO IT WHATSOEVER, AND ONLY THE RIGHT CORNER TIP ENDS SHOW A TINY SPECK OF RUB

THE SPINE IS IMMACULATE AND IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UN-SQUASHED. AGAIN THE LAMINATE IS PERFECTLY SMOOTH ALL THE WAY ALONG. NO SHELF WEAR APART FROM THE ABSOLUTE TIP ENDS TOP AND BOTTOM WHICH HAVE THE LIGHTEST SPECK OF RUBBING

THE TWO OPENING EDGES ARE STILL RAZOR SHARP WITH JUST A TINY LITTLE SPECK OF BURRING AT THE BOTTOM

THE REAR SURFACE IS ALSO IN A GLEAMING POLISHED CONDITION, AND AGAIN NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES, AND NO RING WEAR. TWO TINY LAMINATE PRESSURE LINES ON THE SPINE AND YWO MORE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A FULLY LAMINATED AND NEAR IMMACULATE PAIR OF PANELS. THE BLUE TEXT UNLIKE SOME COPIES IS VERY SHARP AND UNBLURRED. THERE ARE  A COUPLE OF EDGE LAMINATE LINES, AND ONE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER OF THE TOP PANEL

THE TWO POLYLINED INNER SLEEVES ARE THE ORIGINAL ONES THAT CAME WITH THE SET. THEY HAVE LIGHTLY AGED BUT REMAIN UNSPLIT. AT THE SEAMS. 

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT!!!!!!

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

GARRY