Slade SLADEST 1973 UK LP 1ST PRESS UNPLAYED MINT

	£		39
	$		52

SLADE - SLADEST

IN MAGNIFICENT UNPLAYED CONDITION

• CATALOGUE:POLYDOR 2442 119
• MATRIX:2442119 A5 / B5
• 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 UNPLAYED ALBUM IS JUST AMAZING

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 HAD NO SPIDER LINES AROUND IT WHATSOEVER, AND IF YOU TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THE PICTURES YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE IS STILL RESIDUAL VINYL INSIDE AND AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE.

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, APART FROM ONE TINY HAIRLINE THAT IS JUST SUEPRFICIAL AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING. MORE THAN A COPULE OF SPORADIC WISPY LINES. THIS IS A STUNNING FIRST PRESS IN GLEAMING CONDITION

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 THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH INCLUDING THE RUN IN'S AND THE LINKING GROOVES, SO PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO AS MUCH OR AS LITTLE AS YOU WOULD LIKE.

I CANNOT BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I WAS BY FINDING AND THEN HEARING THIS UNPLAYED LP. I HOPE THAT BY LISTENING TO THE RECORDING YOU ALSO REALISE JUST HOW RARE A FIND THIS IS. THERE IS JUST NO CRACKLY BACKGROUND, NO CLICKS , JUST THE INCREDIBLE SOUND FROM HOW IT WAS PRESSED BACK IN 1973

IF I AM BEING ULTRA PICKY THE THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF BARELY AUDIBLE DUST POPS, BUT THATS IT!!

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT UNPLAYED

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED JAMES UPTON GATEFOLD SLEEVE

I HAVE REJECTED MOST OF THESE ALBUMS IN THE PAST BECAUSE THE SLEEVE ALWYS LETS THE VINYL DOWN, BUT WITH THIS SLEEVE I THINK WE HAVE THE ABSOLUTE BEST COMBINATION, A MINT VINYL AND A MINT MINUS SLEEVE. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A BETTER EXAMPLE, AND IT IS PURELY BECAUSE IT WAS HOUSED FROM NEW IN A PLASTIC OUTER

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT, CLEAN AND FREE FROM ANY MARKS, STAINS OR CREASES. IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE THE SMALL ONES THAT GATHER CLOSE TO THE SPINE APART FROM 1 REALLY INSIGNIFICANT BARELY VISIBLE ONE AND THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO JUST HOW CAREFULLY IT HAS BEEN HANDLED.

THE COLOURS HAVE REMAINED UNRUBBED AND EVEN THE USUAL PATCH ABOVE JIMMY LEA IS UNRUBBED. THERE IS NO RINGWEAR AT ALL ON THIS SLEEVE AND THAT IS AMAZING. THERE IS ONE TINY THUMB NAIL LINE JUST TO THE LEFT OF JIMMY'S HEAD WHERE THE SLEEVE WAS PLUCKED FROM THE OUTER SLEEVE WITH A LITTLE TOO MUCH VIGOUR, BUT OTHER THAN THIS THE FRONT IS JUST FAULTLESS

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE  FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR, AGAIN TESTAMENT TO THE PLATIC OUTER SLEEVE THAT HAS PROTECTED THE LP FROM DAY ONE

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 TBOTTOM TIP OF THE SPINE

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS ALONG IT WHERE THE LP HAS BEEN PULLED FROM THE SLEEVE.

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME MAGNIFICENT CONDITON AS THE FRONT, AGAIN NO RECORD SHAPE AT ALL. IT REALLY IS INCREDIBLE AS EVERY OTHER COPY I HAVE SEEN HAS SOME

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TEO 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, AND AGAIN SHOWS WHY THIS ALBUM HAS REMAINED UNPLAYED

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