Salamander - THE TEN COMMANDMENTS UK LP 1971 VG+
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SALAMANDER - THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
- LABEL: YOUNGBLOOD
- CAT: SSYB 14
- MATRIX:SSYB14 A-1 / B-1
- MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 R / 1 R
THIS IS A SUPERB LP, IF YOU LIKE SAY THE EARLY MOODY BLUES CONCEPT LP STYLE, THEN THIS WILL GRAB YOUR ATTENTION.
A ONE OFF LP, THAT AS THE TITLE SUGGESTS HAS THE BIBLICAL 10 COMMANDMENTS AS ITS THEME
THERE ARE SOME VERY IMPRESSIVE TRACKS ON THIS LP, AND MY FAVOURITE IS ADULTERY
THE SLEEVE
THIS IS A VERY IMPRESSIVE ITEM. IT TOTALLY FOLDS OUT TO REVEAL A POSTER SIZED IMAGE OF MOSES BRINGING DOWN THE COMMANDMENTS.
ITS A NON LAMINATED COVER, AND IS NATURALLY PRONE TO WEAR. IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE SPACE RITUAL SLEEVE BY HAWKWIND THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND MY MEANING.
THERE IS A SMALL AMOUNT OF WEAR TO THE FOLDED EDGES, AND A SLIGHT TRACE OF RINGWEAR AT THE VERY TOP OF THE FRONT QUARTER
APART FROM THIS, THE SLEEVE IS IN VERY NICE CONDITION, AND WELL WORTH A VG+ GRADE
THE LABELS
Really clean white labels with the red logo.
no spindle hole wear, and a handful of spider lines which are difficult to spot against the white
THE VINYL
HAS RETAINED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL SHEEN, AND LOOKS VERY VERY CLEAN. THERE ARE ONE OR TWO LIGHT HANDLING MARKS, BUT NO HEAVY STUFF, OR SCRATCHES. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE SOME VERY FINE HAIRLINES.
GENTLY LOWERING THE STYLUS ONTO SIDE ONE, THE RUN IN IS NEAR SILENT, AND THERE IS SOME GENTLE BACKGROUND AND SOME POPS BEHIND THE MUSIC. THIS LASTS JUST OVER HALFWAY THROUGH TRACK 1, AS TRACK PROGRESSES, THIS BACKGROUND VIRTUALLY DISAPPEARS, AND THE LINKING GROOVE IS NEAR SILENT. THE POPS BECOME ALMOST NON EXISTENT, AND ARE NOW VERY VERY OCCASIONAL. TRACK 2 ONWARDS PLAYS JUST FINE. EVEN TRACK ONE, IS OK, AND STILL PLAYS PERFECTLY WELL, WITH JUST THAT LITTLE BIT OF ROTATIONAL BACKGROUND BEHIND THE MUSIC. ON THE SUBJECT OF WHICH IS A STEREO PERFORMANCE OF SOME CONSIDERABLE MERIT. AND IMPORTANTLY DESPITE THE LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, THE SOUND IS UNDISTORTED, WHICH MEANS THAT THE LP HAS NOT BEEN SUBJECTED TO A WORN OR HEAVY STYLUS. THE PERFORMANCE IS CRISP AND CLEAR
SO IN SUMMARY FOR SIDE ONE I WOULD GRADE TRACK ONE VG, AND THE REST VG+/EX
SIDE 2 STARTS WITH A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE, WITH THIS GENTLE ROTATIONAL BACKGROUND, FOR ABOUT JUST OVER HALF OF TRACK ONE, WHEN THIS STOPS THERE IS STILL SOME LIGHT BACKGROUND GOING INTO TRACK TWO, BUT AGAIN AS THIS TRACK ENDS SO THE BACKGROUND DIMINISHES INTO VIRTUALLY NOTHING, AND THIS REMAINS THE CASE THROUGHOUT SIDE TWO WITH JUST THE ODD BIT OF CRACKLE HERE AND THERE
OVERALL I WOULD SAY THAT A VG / VG+ IS JUSTIFIABLE.
HOPE I HAVEN'T MADE IT SOUND TERRIBLE BECAUSE IT ISN'T, AND THE BACKGROUND IS WELL BEHIND THE MUSIC IN THE MAIN
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