Peter Bellamy RUDYARD KIPLING MADE EXCEEDINGLY GOOD SONGS Dambusters NEAR MINT
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PETER BELLAMY - RUDYARD KIPLING MADE EXCEEDINGLY GOOD SONGS
INCREDIBLE MINT MINUS PLAYTHROUGH!!!
SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS 1989 UK LP
MINT MINUS SLEEVE
FULLY PLAY TESTED PRIOR TO LISTING
CATALOGUE: DAMBUSTERS DAM 019
- MATRIX: DAM 019 A1 / B1
THE RECORD
THE LABELS
THE WHITE LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION.
THE BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.
THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS CLEAR AND UNRUBBED AND THEREFORE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.
THERE IS ONE TINY SPIDER LINE BY THE HOLE AND SOME RESIDUAL VINYL INSIUDE THE SPINDLE HOLE
THE VINYL
THE RECORD GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND COULDN'T LOOK ANY BETTER.
ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE HAS BEEN RETAINED. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE MARKS OR ANY SIGNS OF HANDLING ON THE DISC, AND IN DAYLIGHT THE VINYL LOOKS FLAWLESS.
EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION IT ONLY SHOWS A FEW ULTRA FINE NON SOUNDING WISPY HAIRLINES
PLAYING THE RECORD
THE RECORD PLAYS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH
THERE ARE NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES AND NO LOUD CLICKS EITHER
NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE WHATSOEVER
NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND MEANING NO GROOVE WEAR
PURELY BECAUSE THIS IS A LOWER GRADE VINYL THAN THE MAINLINE COMPANIES THERE WILL ALWAY BE A LITTLE PRESS NOISE WHICH IS UNAVOIDABLE
SOME OCCASIONAL TINY SPECKLES OF STATIC IN A FEW LINKING GROOVES
AND A FEW RANDOM TINY LITTLE STATIC TICS
THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST SUPERB AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD TO PERFECTION
A HIGH GRADE COLLECTABLE THAT PLAYS TO A NEAR MINT STANDARD.
THE SLEEVE
NON LAMINATED GLOSSY SINGLE SLEEVE
THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND HAS ALL OF THE COLOURS RUB FREE
THE FOUR CORNER TIPS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE
THERE ARE NO CREASES OR BENDS AND NO HEAVY CREASE LINES EITHER.
NO RING WEAR JUST A TINY SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM
THERE ARE THREE PRESSURE LINES NEAR THE SPINE. ONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND ZERO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE
THE TOP EDGE HAS ALL OF THE COLOUR RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER WITH UNBLEMISHED CORNER TIPS
THE BOTTOM EDGE IS IDENTICAL
THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT . THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE TOP AND BOTTOM ENDS ARE RUB FREE
THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP ALL THE WAY ALONG
THE REAR SURFACE IS AS PRISTINE AS THE FRONT
I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS
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