Slade SLADEST 1973 UK LP 1ST PRESS A1/B4 1 PLAY MINT-

	£		104
	$		138

SLADE - SLADEST

IN MAGNIFICENT 1 PLAY CONDITION

• CATALOGUE:POLYDOR 2442 119
• MATRIX:2442119 A1 / B4 (AN A1 PRESS IS VERY VERY HARD TO FIND) 
• FIRST PRESS

1973 ORIGINAL PRESSING WHICH WAS SLADES FIRST GREATEST HITS COMPILATION. A LUXURIOUS ALBUM FEATURING A SPLENDID GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH A BOOKLET AFFIXED INSIDE DETAILING ALL OF THE HITS WITH SOME CRACKING PICS OF THE BAND. TO FIND AN ONE PLAY ALBUM IS JUST AMAZING

THIS FEATURED ALL OF THEIR EARLIEST HITS INCLUDING SOME OF THE RARER STUFF FROM THE AMBROSE SLADE ERA

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE ORANGY RED POLYDOR LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. THERE IS NOT ONE BLEMISH ON THEM AND THE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SPINDLE HOLE HAS JUST THE ONE SMALL SPIDER LINE SLOSE TO IT. CLEARLY A BARELY PLAYED ALBUM, AND THE TEST PLAY PROVES IT. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND TOTALLY UNRUBBED AND UNWORN

THE VINYL

THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE A BRAND NEW DISC. IT HAS NO MARKS OF ANY KIND AT ALL ON ANY PART OF THE SURFACE AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING. MORE THAN A COPULE OF SPORADIC WISPY LINES

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 FOUR COMPLETE TRACKS  FROM THIS  ALBUM,  I HAVE RECORDED THE FIRST TRACK FROM EACH SIDE WHICH INCLUDES THE DEAD WAX RUN IN, IN ADDITION I HAVE RECORDED ONE RANDOM TRACK FROM EACH SIDE, INCLUDING THE LINKING GROOVE AS I WISH TO DEMONSTRATE NOT ONLY THE ABSOLUTE CLARITY OF THE RECORDING, BUT THE SILENCE IN THE BITS THAT SHOULD BE SILENT. PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE

THE CLARITY OF THIS FIRST PRESS IS THERE FOR ALL TO HEAR. A VERY SUPERB STEREO REPRODUCTION IS THE ONLY THING YOU NEED TO HEAR AND YOU DO. THE ODD TINY DUST POP WHICH I HEARD ABOUT TWICE THROUGHT THE ENTIRE PLAY, CERTAINLY NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE, JUST A CLEAN SOUND WITH SILENCE IN THE LINKING GROOVES AND DEAD WAX INTRO AND OUTRO

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS INCREDIBLE AUDIO

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED E.J.DAY GATEFOLD SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT, CLEAN AND FREE FROM ANY MARKS, STAINS OR CREASES. JUST A COUPLE OF THE SMALL ONES THAT GATHER CLOSE TO THE SPINE. AND THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO JUST HOW CAREFULLY IT HAS BEEN HANDLED.

THE COLOURS HAVE REMAINED UNRUBBED WITH ONE TINY EXCEPTION WHICH IS THE BAREST TRACE OF WHITE JUST ACCROSS JIMMY LEA'S HEAD.

THIS IS SUCH A HARD SLEEVE TO FIND WITHOUT MAJOR FLAWS, AND THIS ON EONLY HAS VERY MINOR ONES, LIKE THE TOP CORNERS ARE JUST LIGHTLY RUBBED

THE TOP EDGE IS FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR WHILST THE BOTTOM ONE JUST HAS THE BAREST TRACE OF WEAR IN A COUPLE OF TINY SPOTS

THE SPINE IS ALSO UNRUBBED, FLAT AND CLEAN WITH PERFECTLY LEGIBLE TYPEFACE. THERE IS JUST AN ABSOLUTE SMIDGEN OF COLOUR LOSS TO THE VERY VERY TOP TIP OF THE SPINE, AND ONT TINY CHIP HALF WAY ALONG THE SPINE

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PRINTED AND PUT TOGETHER, SHOWING EXACTLY HOW LITTLE THE SLEEVE AND RECORD HAS BEEN HANDLED.

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME MAGNIFICENT CONDITON AS THE FRONT, AGAIN WITH JUST THAT TINY TRACE OF RECORD SHAPE RIGHT AT THE VERY TOP

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO PRISTINE INNER PANELS WHICH FEATURE LARGE IMAGES OF DON POWELL, AND NODDY HOLDER.

THE 8 PAGE 12" BOOKLET IS PERFECTLY AFFIXED IN IT'S ORIGINAL PLACE AND IS ALSO IN UNDAMAGED CONDITION

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT CLEAN AND UNSPLIT

A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS SLEEVE AND I AM VERY HAPPY TO GRADE IT NEAR MINT MINUS

I AM CERTAIN THAT THIS INCREDIBLE VINYL AND SLEEVE WILL NEVER NEED UPGRADING

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

GARRY