Joni Mitchell CLOUDS UK LP 1970 CROSSOVER LABEL REPRISE RSLP 6341 FINAL UPGRADE

	£		45
	$		60

JONI MITCHELL - CLOUDS

IN MAGNIFICENT ONCE PLAYED MINT MINUS !!!! CONDITION

OUTSTANDING  NEAR MINT !!! SLEEVE

FINAL UPGRADE COPY

• CATALOGUE:REPRISE RSLP 6341
• RSLP6341 A-1 * T STEREO / B-1 * T STEREO

I HAVE ACQUIRED A COLLECTION OF STUNNING VINYLS THAT BELONGED TO A COLLECTOR WHO HANDLED BOTH VINYL AND SLEEVE METICULOUSLY. INCREDIBLE ALBUMS THAT I WILL BE LISTING OVER THE COMING WEEKS. THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECT VINTAGE VINYL IN THE SORT OF CONDITION THAT YOU COULD ONLY DREAM ABOUT..LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE LP BEFORE LAYING A BID, AS I HAVE RECORDED EVERY SINGLE SECOND

MY LONG STANDING SERIOUS COLLECTOR CUSTOMERS WILL APPRECIATE THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A PRISTINE MUSEUM GRADE  ALBUM. NEW CUSTOMERS AS WELL, IF YOU ARE SERIOUSLY INTO COLLECTING THEN THIS MUST NOT BE PASSED UP

A WORD ABOUT THIS PRESSING. CLOUDS WAS ISSUED IN MAY 1969 AND WAS ORIGINALLY PRESSED ON THE TRI-LABEL STEAMBOAT REPRISE LABEL. IN 1970 REPRISE CHANGED THEIR LABELS TO THE TAN STEAMBOAT STYLE. THEY DID HOWEVER PRESS COPIES OF THIS ALBUM WHICH WERE INTENDED FOR THE ORIGINAL LABEL WHICH ENDED UP WITH THE NEW STYLE TAN LABEL. THIS IS CLEARLY EXPLAINED BY THE MATRIX NUMBERS ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX. THE NUMBERS INDICATE A FIRST PRESS HAVING THE RSLP CATALOGUE NUMBER AT THE START AND ENDING WITH -1. LATER PRESSES WOULD HAVE THE NEW STYLE KINNEY MATRIX NUMBERS STARTING WITH THE LETTER K. SO YOU CAN BE VERY CERTAIN THAT THIS RECORDING IS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL 1ST PRESS RECORDINGS

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE TAN LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. THERE IS NOT ONE BLEMISH ON THEM AND THE BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.  THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL PRISTINE AND UNRUBBED.

THERE IS ONE MICROSCOPIC SPIDER LINE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE HOLE,SHOWING JUST WHY THIS ALBUM IS IN THE CONDITION THAT IT IS!!

THE VINYL

THIS DISC GLEAMS LIKE NEW. IT HAS THAT JUST REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE SHEEN ABOUT IT, AND IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS HAS NEVER BEEN ON A TURNTABLE MORE THAN ONCE UNTIL TODAY.

IN DAYLIGHT IT IS TOTALLY FLAWLESS, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE . A TRULY MINT LOOKING DISC

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 CLARITY OF THIS FIRST PRESS IS THERE FOR ALL TO HEAR. A VERY SUPERB STEREO REPRODUCTION THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CRYSTAL CLEAR.

I DECIDED TO PLAY THIS PREVIOUSLY UNPLAYED DISC BECAUSE UNPLAYED DOESN'T MEAN MINT!. I GUARANTEE THAT MY ONE CAREFUL TEST PLAY WILL GO UNDETECTED

SO THE FIRST THING TO MENTION IS THAT THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THIS SUPERB STEREO REPRODUCTION

SECONDLY THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND CERTAINLY NO LOUD CLICKS EITHER.

NO VINYL NOISE AND ABSOLUTELY NO MORE THAN THE ODD SPLIT SECONDS OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC ANYWHERE

I AM CERTAIN I DIDN'T HEAR ANY  MORE THAN ONE OR FOUR MINUSCULE DUST POPS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS INCREDIBLE AUDIO PERFORMANCE AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL  MINT MINUS

THE SLEEVE

UNLAMINATED GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE SINGLE SLEEVE.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT, CLEAN AND FREE FROM ANY MARKS, STAINS OR CREASES.

THE COLOURS HAVE REMAINED TOTALLY UNRUBBED . AND THERE IS NO RINGWEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE. ONE MINUSCULE LITTLE SCUFF JUST UNDER THE TOP EDGE

THERE ARE THREE SMALL LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP EDGE HAS ALL OF THE COLOUR RUNNING ACROSS THE SURFACE WITH JUST A TINY SPECK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT CORNER TIP. THE BOTTOM EDGE  HAS LIGHT SHELF WEAR

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND 100% UNSQUASHED.THE RED TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF EDGE RUB TO THE LOWER THIRD OF THE SURFACE

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP WITH A COUPLE OF SMALL THUMB NAIL NICKS

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME SUPERB CONDITION AS THE FRONT, MINUS THE SMALL SCUFF

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED  INNER SLEEVE SHOWS LIGHT WRINKLING TO ONE CORNER AND AGEING TO THE SURFACE, BUT REMAINS UNSPLIT

THE SLEEVE EASILY GRADES NEAR MINT !!!

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

GARRY