Peter Bellamy RUDYARD KIPLING MADE EXCEEDINGLY GOOD SONGS Dambusters NEAR MINT
  £   46
  $   61

 


£ 46 Sold For
Apr 19, 2022 Sold Date
Apr 12, 2022 Start Date
6   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
eBay Auctioned at
 
save auction  

Description

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


price rating