Nazareth CLOSE ENOUGH FOR ROCK 'N' ROLL UK LP 1ST PLAYS NEAR MINT

	£		52
	$		69

NAZARETH - CLOSE ENOUGH FOR ROCK N' ROLL

IN MAGNIFICENT UNPLAYED CONDITION

• CATALOGUE:MOUNTAIN TOPS109 
• MATRIX: TOPS 109 A-2U / B-2U
• MOTHERS / STAMPERS: 1 GT / 1 GH
• HTM ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX BOTH SIDES

A FIRST PRESS OF THIS ALBUM MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES

THE SLEEVE MUST BE A GATEFOLD SLEEVE MADE BY GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE

THE FRONT EDGE MUST BE SEALED WITH THE FLIPBACK TUCKED INSIDE AND GLUED

THE INNER SLEEVE MUST BE MADE OF CARD

THE FOUR CORNERS MUST BE SNIPPED AND THERE MUST BE A THUMB NOTCH ALONG THE TOP EDGE

THE LABEL MUST BE MOUNTAIN AND THE CATALOGUE NUMBER TOPS109

THE MATRIX NUMBERS MUST END IN -2U ON BOTH SIDES (THERE IS NOTHING LOWER)

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE SUPERB MOUNTAIN LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE RICH AND VIBRANT BASE COLOURS FULLY STRETCH INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE, AND ALL OF THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS BOTH UNRUBBED AND CLEAR AND LEGIBLE. EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION I CANNOT SEE ANY SPIDER LINES AROUND THE HOLE

THE VINYL

THIS COPY IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. STILL RETAINS ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL LUSTRE, AND GLEAMS LIKE NEW.THERE ARE NO OBVIOUS MARKS, JUST A SMALL HANDLING MARK WHICH CAN BE SEEN ON THE LINKING GROOVE TO TRACK 2 ON SIDE 2.

OTHER THAN THIS A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES AND A COUPLE OF FINE SUPERFICIAL HANDLING LINES VISIBLE ONLY UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION

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 DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD WELCOME 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 MAGNIFICENT AND SHOWS OFF THE POWER THAT THIS BAND GENERATES.

THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER, MEANING THAT THE ONE PLAY  THAT IT HAS RECEIVED HAS BEEN PLAYED WITH A CORRECTLY GRADED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THE LP PLAYS WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLES EITHER, AND GENERATES A REAL POWERHOUSE STEREO SOUND.

CERTAINLY NO VINYL NOISE AND NO STATIC EITHER

THERE ARE A FEW TINY TINY LITTLE TICS WHICH I HEARD ONLY DURING THE LINKING GROOVE AT THE END OF HOMESICK AGAIN ON SIDE ONE. AND FOUR ROTATIONAL CLICKS IN THE LINKING GROOVES AT THE END OF TRACK ONE, SIDE 2 (CAUSED BY A TINY MARK ON THE VINYL)

WITHOUT THIS MINOR IRRITANT I WOULD BE GRADING THE DISC PLAYTHOUGH MINT!!!

BUT AS THEY ARE THERE A NEAR MINT GRADE IS THE CORRECT GRADING

DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE GATEFOLD IN SUPERB CONDITION. THE SLEEVE HAS THAT POWDERY SURFACE COLOURING TO IT WHICH HISTORICALLY SUFFERS FROM RUBBING

THE FRONT SURFACE WHICH OFTEN HAS SERIOUS COLOUR LOSS, IS  RICH AND VIBRANT AND HAS LOST NONE OF THE ORIGINAL COLOUR. THE COLOURS BEING DEFINED ACROSS THE ENTIRE SURFACE..IN ADDITION THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES, NOR ARE THERE ANY BENDS OR FOLDS. INCREDIBLY THERE IS NO RING WEAR HERE, NOT EVEN ANY RECORD SHAPE. AND THERE IS JUST ONE SMALL LINE NEAR THE SPINE,

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR OR RUBBING, WITH JUST ONE PIN PRICK OF WHITE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND THE VERYTOP  RIGHT CORNER TIP HAVING THE MOST MINUSCULE BIT OF RUB

THE SPINE IS FLAT AND UNSQUASHED, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE IS ONE TINY SPECK OF WEAR JUST ABOVE THE CATALOGUE NUMBER, AND THE VERY BOTTOM TIP HAS MILD RUBBING

THE OPENING EDGE IS  RAZOR SHARP AND IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THE LP HAS NOT BEEN OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES, JUST A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS ALONG THE EDGES.

ALSO WORTH POINTING OUT THAT THE FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE MUST HAVE THE FRONT HALF OF THE GATEFOLD SEALED WITH A FLIPBACK TUCKED INSIDE THE OPENING EDGE AND GLUED IN PLACE GIVING THE EDGE A SMOOTH FEEL

THE REAR SURFACE,AGAIN HAS RETAINED THE ORIGINAL COLOURS AND IS EVERY BIT AS BRILLIANT AS THE FRONT

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO  PRISTINE PANELS

THE ORIGINAL CARD INNER SLEEVE IS IN EXCEPTIONAL MINT UNSPLIT CONDITION, AND IS THE CORRECT INNER FOR THIS ALBUM, HAVING THE CORNERS SNIPPED OF AND HAVING A LARGE THUMB NOTCH ALONG THE TOP EDGE

I AM PERFECTLY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS!!!!

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

GARRY