The Kinks PERCY UK LP 1ST PRESS SOUNDTRACK MINT-

	£		58
	$		77

THE KINKS - PERCY

UK 1ST PRESS IN STEREO

• CAT:NSPL 18365
• MATRIX: NSPL18365 A-1 *T/B-1 *T
• THE GENUINE FIRST PRESS INDICATORS

 I HAVE RECENTLY AQUIRED A SELECTION OF RECORDS FROM A COLLECTION OWNED BY THE LATE KEVIN DUBROW WHO WAS THE LEAD SINGER WITH THE USA BAND QUIET RIOT. SADLY KEVIN DIED IN NOVEMBER 2007 AT HIS HOME IN LAS VEGAS AND I FOUND MYSELF IN VEAGS LAST WEEK, WHERE I WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE WHAT AMOUNTS TO A FABULOUS SELECTION OF UK ALBUMS THAT KEVIN OWNED. I GUESS I WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME WHEN THEY WERE BEING SOLD. I HAVE PURCHASED ONLY THOSE ALBUMS THAT WERE OF UK ORIGIN, AND MOST ARE IN AMAZING CONDITION AND RARE. IT HAS BEEN INTERESTING READING A LITTLE ABOUT KEVIN SINCE I RETURNED HOME AND I NOW HAVE A REASONABLE UNDERSTANDING OF WHY THESE WERE IN HIS COLLECTION AS HE LOVED THE BRITISH INVASION MUSIC OF THE 60'S. WILKPEDIA HS A GREAT ARTICLE ON THE LIFE OF KEVIN DUBROW AND WOULD RECOMMEND A READ AS YOU MAY WELL BE THE NEW OWNER OF ONE OR MORE OF HIS SELECT COLLECTION AFTER THIS AUCTION CLOSES.

EACH OF THE INNER SLEEVES OF THIS COLLECTION IS STAMPED TWICE WITH A PERSONALISED PRINT OF KEVINS AUTOGRAPH, SOMETHING HE MUST HAVE DONE TO PERSONALISE EACH OF THE LP'S IN HIS COLLECTION.

AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS RARELY PRESENTS ITSELF, AND EACH OF THE LP'S HAVE BEEN METICULOUSLY PRESERVED AND WILL COME TO YOU IN THE SAME SUPERB CONDITION

I WILL BE LISTING A FEW RECORDS AT A TIME OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR SO FROM THIS SUPERB COLLECTION SO CHECK BACK DAILY

THE RECORD LABELS

THE FIRST PRESS LIGHT BLUE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND FREE FROM AND MARKS OR STAINS. THIS COLOUR FULLY EXTENDS INTO THE SPINDLE HOLE ON BOTH SIDES. THERE IS SOME VINYL RESIDUE LEFT OVER FROM THE PRESSING  WHICH IS STILL INSIDE OF THE SPINDLE HOLE PROVING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED AS IT WOULD HAVE NATURALLY WORN OFF WITHIN THE FIRST FEW PLAYS.  . THE ACTUAL SPINDLE HOLE IS TOTALLY UNWORN AND CLEARLY KEVIN WAS SOMEONE THAT HANDLED HIS ALBUMS WITH CARE AND ACCURACY AROUND THE SPINDLE BECAUSE I AM ONLY ABLE TO MAKE OUT ONE TINY SPINDLE LINE ON SIDE TWO AND NONE ON SIDE ONE. IT IS LIKELY THAT THE LP WAS PLAYED ONCE AND RECORDED TO TAPE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE, CLEAR AND SHARP AND ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THE VINYL

ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE CONDITION LP. YOU DO NOT FIND THEM LIKE THIS VERY OFTEN

ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE GLOSSY BLACK HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL. REMOVING IT FROM THE SLEEVE AND GENTLY AND CAREFULLY EXAMINING THE DISC REVEALS A SPOTLESS SURFACE. THIS VINYL APPEARS EXACTLY HOW A NEW VINYL WOULD HAVE LOOKED BACK IN 1971 WHEN THIS DISC WAS ORIGINALLY PRESSED. ETCHED INTO THE RUN OFF WAX ARE THE DIGITS THAT IDENTIFY THIS ALBUM AS A FIRST  PRESS. NAMELY THE CATALOGUE NUMBER NSPL 18365 A-1 *T / NSPL 18365 B-1 *T. THE HIGH GLOSS AND MARK FREE DISC IS WITHOUT A DOUBT ONE OF THE CLEANEST I HAVE EVER SEEN. EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO A SPOTLIGHT (WHICH ARGUABLY ISN'T REALLY A TRUE REFLECTION OF HOW GOOD A VINYL IS, AS THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOMETHING TO SEE THIS WAY) THE VINYL DISPLAYS NO MORE THAN A FEW RIDICULOUSLY WISPY HAIRLINES

PLAYING THE RECORD

I HAVE INCLUDED 4 SHORT EXAMPLES OF JUST HOW GREAT THIS RECORD SOUNDS. PLEASE CLICK ON THE MEDIA PLAYER BELOW TO HEAR THEM. I ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT THE INTRODUCTION (RUN IN GROOVE) IS A REALLY GOOD REFLECTION OF THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THE DISC. SO I HAVE STARTED THE RECORDING FROM THE RUN IN GROOVE, HENCE A FEW SECONDS BEFORE THE MUSIC STARTS. HOWEVER YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CLEARLY HEAR WHAT THAT RUN IN SOUNDS LIKE, WHETHER IT HAS ANY NOISE ETC. IN ADDITION I HAVE RECORDED SIDE 2'S OPENING TRACK, AND ONE OTHER TRACK FROM EACH SIDE INCLUDING THE LINKING GROOVE.

THE RUN IN IS SILENT, AND AS THE RECORD STARTS TO PLAY "GODS CHILDREN" IT IS VERY OBVIOUS THAT YOU ARE LISTENING TO SOMETHING SPECIAL. THE FIRST THING THAT IS CLEAR IS THAT THE SOUND IS DISTORTION FREE. ALMOST POINTLESS STATING THIS IN LIGHT OF HOW LITTLE THE ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT THE PLAY THAT THE RECORD HAS HAD WAS DONE WITH A GOOD QUALITY STYLUS AND NOT ONE THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE GROOVE SUCH AS A WORN, CHIPPED STYLUS, OR INDEED ONE THAT WAS TRACKING TOO HEAVILY.

EACH TRACK PLAYS THROUGH WITH UTMOST CLARITY. THE PERFORMANCE ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES IS JUST OUTSTANDING. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND NOISE ANYWHERE ON EITHER SIDE, AND EACH LINKING GROOVE IS AS SILENT AS THE RUN IN THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD BY NOW. EVEN THE RUN OUT WHICH HISTORICALLY HAS NOISE ON MOST ALBUMS IS AS CLEAR AS A BELL. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND NOISE OR STATIC ANYWHERE ON EITHER SIDE AND I DIDN'T HEAR ANY UNWANTED POPS OR CLICKS EITHER. THISIS AS GOOD AS I HAVE EVER SEEN

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS DISC MINT MINUS

THE SLEEVE

THE OVERALL GRADING OF THE SLEEVE IS NEAR MINT. IT IS THAT GOOD!!!!

THIS IS A VERY VULNERABLE THIN AND NON LAMINATED BUT TEXTURED SINGLE SLEEVE. USUALLY FOUND BADLY WORN, RING WORN, TORN OR RIPPED, AND HAVING SEVERE COOUR LOSS. I AM DELIGHTED TO SAY THAT THIS SLEEVE IS IN IMMACULATE CONDITION.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FREE FROM AND HEAVY CREASES OR BENDS THAT USUALLY MAR THIS TYPE OF COVER, AND THE SMALL LINES ARE LIMITED TO JUST TWO NEAR THE SPINE AND ONE BARELY VISIBLE ONE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE. THE COLOUR IS MAGNIFICENT. VIBRANT AND COLOURLOSS FREE.AMAZINGLY THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% RFREE OF ANY WEAR, AND THE SPINE IS SLIGHTLY SQUASHED, BUT PERFECTLY CLEAR AND LEGIBLE. TNE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND IT IS OBVIOUS FROM THIS THAT THE RECORD HAS REMAINED INSIDE THE SLEEVE FOR MOST OF ITS YEARS.THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS CLEAN AND BRILLIANT AS THE FRONT

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS 100% UNSPLIT AN FLAT. THERE IS SOME AGING IN THE FORM OF LIGHT BROWNING ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE.

THE RUBBER STAMPED AUTOGRAPH THAT KEVIN PLACED ON ALL OF HIS INNER SLEEVES IS PLACED NEATLY ON BOTH SIDES OF ONE SIDE OF THE INNER SLEEVE

THE RECORD HAS BEEN PRESERVED IN A NEW POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE, THE ORIGINAL IS INCLUDED AND LEFT INSIDE THE SLEEVE. THE LP WILL BE SENT VERY CAREFULLY PACKAGED AND I WILL PLACE THE LP OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE FOR MAXIMUM PROTECTION. YOUR NEW PURCHASE WILL ALSO COME HOUSED IN A NEW STIFF PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE.

SO ONCE AGAIN THIS IS A VERY VERY HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE ALBUM IN THE MOST SUPERB CONDITION IMAGINABLE, SO BID WITH CONFIDENCE, AND GOOD LUCK IF YOU DECIDE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY