LOVE Arthur Lee DA CAPO UK LP 1ST ORANGE LABEL NMINT

	£		92
	$		122

LOVE - DA CAPO

ULTRA RARE STEREO PRESSING IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

• CAT:EKS -74005
• MATRIX: EKS 74005-A / EKS 74005-B1
• ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX ON BOTH SIDES IS COL(-2), AND 34.5

THE RECORD LABELS

ABSOLUTELY STUNNING ORANGE 1ST PRESS ELEKTRA LABELS. THE RICH COLOUR FULLY EXTENDS INTO THE TOTALLY UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. EACH LETTER OF THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE SURFACE OF THE LABEL IS LIGHTLY TEXTURED. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST TWO SMALL SPIDER L;INES CLOSE TO THE HOLE, AND I AM VERY CERTAIN THIS LP HAS HAD NO MORE THAN 2 PLAYS EVER, AND BEAR IN MIND THIS IS A 42 YEAR OLD ALBUM. THE LABELS ARE QUITE IMMACULATE

THE VINYL

AGAIN JUST LOOKING AT THE VINYL TELLS IT'S OWN STORY. IT IS FIRSTLY A VERY HEAVY PRESS VINYL, AND GLEAMS LIKE NEW. IT IS MARK FREE APRT FROM ONE MINISCULE FINGER MARK RIGHT AT THE INTRO TO SIDE TWO. THIS CUASES ONE LIGHT ROTATION POP, WHICH YOU WILL HEAR WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THE RECORDINGS. OTHERWISE IMMACULATE AND IN STUNNING NEAR MINT CONDITION. IT IS A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE STEREO PRESSING

PLAYING THE RECORD

I HAVE INCLUDED 4 SHORT EXAMPLES OF JUST HOW GREAT THIS RECORD SOUNDS. PLEASE CLICK ON THE MEDIA PLAYER ABOVE TO HEAR THEM. I ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT THE INTRODUCTION (RUN IN GROOVE) IS A REALLY GOOD REFLECTION OF THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THE DISC. SO I HAVE STARTED THE RECORDING FROM THE RUN IN GROOVE, HENCE A FEW SECONDS BEFORE THE MUSIC STARTS. HOWEVER YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CLEARLY HEAR WHAT THAT RUN IN SOUNDS LIKE, WHETHER IT HAS ANY NOISE ETC.THE OTHER THREE SECTIONS INCLUDE THE RUN IN AND INTRO TRACK TO SIDE TWO, AND ONE FURTHER EXAMPLE FROM EACH SIDE INCLUDING THE LINKING GROOVE. THIS WILL SHOW THAT THE LP HAS THE CLARITY AND SILENCE THAT I AM DESCRIBING IN THE LISTING

THE RUN IN IS SILENT, AND AS THE RECORD STARTS TO PLAY "STEPHANIE KNOWS WHY" IT IS VERY OBVIOUS THAT YOU ARE LISTENING TO SOMETHING SPECIAL. THE FIRST THING THAT IS CLEAR IS THAT THE SOUND IS DISTORTION FREE. ALMOST POINTLESS STATING THIS IN LIGHT OF HOW LITTLE THE ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT THE PLAY THAT THE RECORD HAS HAD WAS DONE WITH A GOOD QUALITY STYLUS AND NOT ONE THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE GROOVE SUCH AS A WORN, CHIPPED STYLUS, OR INDEED ONE THAT WAS TRACKING TOO HEAVILY.

EACH TRACK PLAYS THROUGH WITH UTMOST CLARITY. THE PERFORMANCE ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES IS JUST OUTSTANDING. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND NOISE ANYWHERE ON EITHER SIDE, AND EACH LINKING GROOVE IS AS SILENT AS THE RUN IN THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD BY NOW. EVEN THE RUN OUT WHICH HISTORICALLY HAS NOISE ON MOST ALBUMS IS AS CLEAR AS A BELL. TO BE PICKY THERE THE ODD LITTLE DUST POP IN ONE OR TWO RANDOM PLACES, BUT EVEN THESE WILL I AM CERTAIN DISSAPPEAR WITH FURTHER CLEANING. THERE IS ALSO THE ONE ROTATIONAL LIGHT POP RIGHT AT THE START OF SIDE 2 AS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. I HAVE RECORDED IT SO YOU CAN HEAR FOR YOUR SELF

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS DISC NEAR MINT

THE SLEEVE

THE OVERALL GRADING OF THE SLEEVE IS NEAR MINT MINUS

THIS IS THE UK SLEEVE. YOU WILL USUALLY FIND THAT THE UK LP IS HOUSED IN THE US SLEEVE, IT'S FAR MORE COMMON THAN THE UK SLEEVE. IT IS IN MY OPINION FAR MORE COLLECTIBLE TO HAVE APROPER MATCHING PAIR OF "UK" SLEEVE AND ALBUM!

THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT A SIMPLY SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS RARIITY, I DOUBT THAT THERE IS A BETTER COPY OUT THERE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FULLY LAMINATED AND HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND SHINES LIKE A MIRROR. IT IS JUST SO RICH IN COLOUR THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN PRINTED YESTERDAY, BUT THIS IS THE 1967 ORIGINAL ISSUE AND IT'S JUST MAGNIFICENT. THE ONLY MILD BLEMISHES ARE THAT IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER THERE IS A SMALL LAMINATE LINE, AND THERE IS A LITTLE LAMINATE LIFT NEAR THE SPINE, AND THE TWO TOP CORNERS ARE EVER SO LIGHTLY DINGED. BOTH THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE TOTALLY UNWORN, AND THE SPINE IS IMMACULATE, NO LAMINATE FLAKE OR PEEL AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THE REAR SURFACE IS ALSO LAMINATED AND IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION, AND FINALLY THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THE ALBUM HAS BEEN OUT OF THE COVER

THE RECORD HAS BEEN PRESERVED IN A NEW POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE, THE ORIGINAL IS INCLUDED AND LEFT INSIDE THE SLEEVE. THE LP WILL BE SENT VERY CAREFULLY PACKAGED AND I WILL PLACE THE LP OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE FOR MAXIMUM PROTECTION. YOUR NEW PURCHASE WILL ALSO COME HOUSED IN A NEW STIFF PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE.

SO ONCE AGAIN THIS IS A VERY VERY HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE ALBUM IN THE MOST SUPERB CONDITION IMAGINABLE, SO BID WITH CONFIDENCE, AND GOOD LUCK IF YOU DECIDE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY