Ringo Starr RINGO UK LP 1973 1ST PRESS UNPLAYED, PLAYS 100% MINT MINUS

	£		92
	$		122

RINGO STARR - RINGO

IN MAGNIFICENT UNPLAYED MINT MINUS!!!! CONDITION

SUPERB MINT MINUS SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:APPLE PCTC 252 
• MATRIX: YEX 925-1U / YEX 926-3U
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 2 M / 2 AO (VERY VERY EARLY 1ST PRESSING)
• TML STAMPED INTO DEAD WAX BOTH SIDES 
• THESE ARE ALL FIRST PRESS INDICATORS

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

BOTH LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE PICTURES AND COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND FREE FROM ANY MARKS OR STAINS. THE WHITE STAR IS PURE WHITE ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE ON BOTH SIDES BEING UNRUBBED. THERE ARE NO  SPIDER LINES AT ALL NEAR THE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THE LP HAS BEEN PLAYED.

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE HANDLING MARKS OR LINES, IT LOOKS AS GOOD TODAY AS IT DID WHEN IT WAS FIRST PRESSED IN 1973

EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION, THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE, APART FROM THE VERY ODD WISP. THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT AN OUTSTANDING COPY OF THIS ALBUM

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.

TO FIND ANY UNPLAYED LP IS RARE BUT A BEATLES SOLO LP, JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN. I HAD TO PLAY IT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE POTENTIAL BIDDERS THE CHANCE TO HEAR JUST HOW MAGNIFICENT THIS VINYL IS. I HAVE OF COURSE BEEN EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN PLACING THE STYLUS ONTO THE SURFACE OF THIS MINT VINYL

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I FIRMLY BELIEVE 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 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 CLARITY OF THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST PURE FIRST PRESS. IT IS WITHOUT A DOUBT A STUNNING AUDIO PERFORMANCE FROM THE VINYL.

NO DISTORTION AT ANY POINT AND NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER

NO VINYL NOISE AND JUST A COUPLE OF SPLIT SECONDS OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES

NO CLICKS AND NO MORE THAN 1-2 OF THE TINIEST DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS !!!

TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

A VERY DELICATE AND HARD TO FIND PRISTINE SLEEVE, AND THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT IT WAS MADE IN EXACTLY THE SAME MANNER AS THE WHO'S QUADROPHENIA. THAT IS A VERY SOFT DELUXE CARD OUTER SURFACE AND A VERY HEAVY LARGE BOOK STAPLED INTO THE SOFT SPINE.IN FACT IT WAS MADE BY THE SAME DUTCH COMPANY THAT MADE THE SLEEVE FOR THE WHO, (EUROALBUMS OF HOLLAND BV) SO REALLY ITS NO SURPRISE

THIS USUALLY RESULTS IN DAMAGE TO THE SOFT OUTER SKIN OF THE FRONT OR BACK SURFACE, AND A BOOK WHICH DUE TO IT'S OWN WEIGHT AND POORLY FIXED STYLE HAS COMPLETELY COME WAY FROM THE SPINE

THE FRONT SURFACE OF THE SLEEVE IS JUST MAGNIFICENT.  NO HEAVY CREASES, NO LIGHT CREASES, NO CREASE LINES, NO BENDS AND DEFINITELY NO LOSS TO THE COLOURS WHATSOEVER. NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE, AND INCREDIBLY NOT EVEN ANY OF THE TINY LINES THAT ARE USUALLY FOUND NEAR THE SPINE. THERE ARE NONE EITHER ALONG THE TOP EDGE, TWO SMALL ONES ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE SOME LIGHT PIN PRICKS OF WHITE SHOWING THROUGH IN A FEW RANDOM SPOTS, BUT OVERALL ARE NEAR MINT

THE SPINE IS PRISTINE, AS NEW WITH ALL OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND THIS IS VERY RARE AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THIS CARD IS SO SOFT AND DELICATE, AND MOST I HAVE SEEN HAVE BEEN VERY BADLY  WORN. NOT THIS ONE  JUST A MINUSCULE BIT OF RUBBING AT THE VERY TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS.

ANOTHER PLUS FOR THE SPINE IS THAT THE COLOUR HASN'T FADED LIKE IT DOES ON MAY COPIES

THE STAPLE IS PERFECTLY AFFIXED AND HASN'T RUSTED EITHER

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND LOOKS AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PUT TOGETHER. IT CLEAR THAT THIS LP HAS JUST NOT BEEN OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE.

THE REAR SURFACE IS ALMOST AS IMMACULATE AS THE FRONT, WITH JUST ONE SMALLISH LINE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND A SPECK OF RECORD SHAPE ALONG THE TOP EDGE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS THE PRISTINE INNER PANELS, AND THE LARGE 24 PAGE BOOK (NEARLY THE SAME SIZE AS THE SLEEVE) WHICH IS IN MINT CONDITION. THE ONLY SLIGHT ISSUE IS THAT IT IS A LITTLE WOBBLY MEANING THAT THERE IS A LITTLE WEAR ON THE STAPLE. IT IS STILL PERFECTLY INTACT BUT JUST NEEDS CARE WHEN HANDLING TO ENSURE IT STAYS THIS WAY

THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE SLEEVE IS IN  ORIGINAL UNSPLIT CONDITION, BUT DOES HAVE SOME LIGHT CORNER CREASES AT THE TOP AND ONE CREASE LINE RUNNING DOWN ONE SIDE OF IT.

HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE MINT MINUS

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

GARRY