The Herd PARADISE LOST UK LP 1ST PRESS FONTANA * MONO ONE PLAY 100% MINT MINUS

	£		80
	$		105

THE HERD - PARADISE LOST

IN MAGNIFICENT ONE  PLAY CONDITION

ORIGINAL 1968 FONTANA MONO PRESS

INCREDIBLE MINT MINUS  VINYL AND SOUNDS LIKE NEW

NEAR MINT UNLAMINATED FLIPBACK SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:FONTANA TL 5458
• MATRIX: 687981 1 L v 2 420 1 1  /  2 L v 2  420  1 3

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE BLACK AND SILVER LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THEY ARE RICH AND VIBRANT IN COLOUR AND THE BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS CLEAR AND UNRUBBED AND ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE IS THE AREA SURROUNDING THE FONTANA LOGO. .

 FINALLY THERE IS JUST ONE MINUSCULE SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS 45 YEAR OLD ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION AND HAS NOT LOST ANY OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. A BEAUTIFULLY GLOSSY ALBUM . IT IS CLEAR JUST BY LOOKING AT IT, THAT IT HAS BARELY SEEN A TURNTABLE IN ITS 45 YEARS.IN DAYLIGHT IT IS FLAWLESS NOT A MARK ON IT ANYWHERE, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION, THERE ARE JUST A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN. I DON'T BELIEVE YOU WILL EVER FIND A BETTER COPY THAN THIS

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 RECORDED THE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I AM NOW DOING WITH ALL MY LISTINGS AS I AM CONVINCED 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 BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THIS SUPERB VINYL PLAYS FAULTLESSLY. THE MONO REPRODUCTION IS MAGNIFICENT, AND THE SOUND IS BOTH CRISP AND CLEAR AND NO DISTORTION AT ANY POINT.

CLEARLY WHAT PLAY THIS LP HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A TOP SYSTEM WITH A STYLUS THAT WAS TRACKED AND WEIGHTED CORRECTLY, AND UNWORN BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT DURING THE PLAY

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES OR CLICKS EITHER

YOU HAVE TO TAKE A LISTEN TO APPRECIATE JUST HOW SUPERB THIS VINYL SOUNDS. IF I AM BEING ULTRA PICKY AND THE ONLY THING THAT STOPS ME GRADING THIS PLAY TOTALLY MINT IS THE ODD SECOND OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC, WHICH IS ONLY EVIDENT IN A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES AND RIGHT AT THE START OF SIDE 2.

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE EITHER

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE ALBUM AND JUDGE ITS QUALITY FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

UNLAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE WITH FLIPBACKS

THE FRONT SURFACE OF THIS SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. THERE ARE NO  HEAVY CREASES OR LARGE CREASE LINES, AND THERE IS NO RUBBING TO THE COLOURS, AND NO MARKS OR STAINS

THERE ARE JUST TWO MINUSCULE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, ONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE WHICH IS CLOSE TO THE RIGHT CORNER AND RUNS FROM THE TOP EDGE SLIGHTLY ACROSS THE CORNER, BUT NOT ALL THE WAY, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THERE IS NO RING WEAR TO THE SLEEVE, JUST THE BAREST SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE IF ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE IN TOP CONDITION. UNWORN WITH JUST THE RIGHT TIPS VERY LIGHTLY RUBBED

THE WAFER THIN SPINE HAS IS FLAT AND 100% UNSQUASHED. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF REALLY TINY SPECKS OF RUB. ONE AT THE BOTTOM TIP AND ANOTHER ON THE LETTER 'O' OF FONTANA. OTHER THAN THIS THE TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP WITH JUST A COUPLE OF MINUSCULE THUMB NAIL NICKS TO SHOW WHERE THE LP WAS REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE A COUPLE OF TIMES ONLY

 THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME SUPER CONDITION AS THE FRONT, WITH NO HEAVY CREASING, PERFECTLY ADHERED FLIPBACKS, AND A VERY CLEAN WHITE SURFACE WITH JUST THE BAREST TRACE OF HANDLING.

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS UNSPLIT, JUST HAS A LITTLE AGEING WHERE IT HAS SAT FOLDED INSIDE THE SLEEVE FOR ALL THESE YEARS

THE SLEEVE GRADES NEAR MINT!!!

GARRY