The Pretty Things PARACHUTE UK LP 1ST HARVEST MINT-

	£		80
	$		106

THE PRETTY THINGS - PARACHUTE

SUPERB PROG ROCK VINYL FROM 1970

IN AN AMZING MINT MINUS CONDITIONM AND WILL NEVER NEED UPGRADING

• CAT:HARVEST SHVL 774
• MATRIX: SHVL774 A-2 / B-2
• NO BOXED EMI LOGO
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 G / 2 GO

•  THE SECRET FANTASY OF EVER RECORD COLLECTOR IS TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL BACK IN TIME TO THE DAY THAT RARE RECORDS WERE RELEASED AND THEN BUY THEM AND KEEP THEM IN PRISTINE CONDITION UNLIKE WHAT THEY DID WITH THE COPIES THEY ORIGINALLY BOUGHT AND PLAYED TO DEATH. SOUND FAMILIAR?
• IF ONLY!
• WELL I HAVE HERE A SMALL BATCH OF RECORDS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESERVED IN ABSOLUTELY MINT CONDITION, FROM THE SLEEVES THROUGH TO THE VINYL,
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THE RECORD LABELS

THE FAMOUS GREEN HARVEST LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THE GREEN COLOUR IS VIBRANT AND UNMARKED, AND IN ADDITION UNWORN. THE TYPEFACE IS ALSO PERFECTLY CLEAR AND LEGIBLE. THE GREEN EXTENDS FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE, AND IMPORTANTLY THIS LP ONLY HAS 4 OR SO VERY LIGHT AND TINY SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE, ENSURING THAT THE RECORD HAS HARDLY BEEN PLAYED

THE VINYL

A MINT LOOKING VINYL. YOU CAN TELL AS SOON AS YOU REMOVE IT FROM THE INNER SLEEVE THAT IT IS GOING TO BE SPECIAL THE WAY IT RESISTS BEING REMOVED FROM THE INNER. THERE IS NOT A MARK ON THE VINYL AT ALL, ANYWHERE. IT IS TRULY IN VAULT CONDITION. A COLLECTORS DREAM INDEED

PLAYING THE RECORD

I CAN INCLUDE AS MANY WORDS AS I WANT BUT ONLY WHEN YOU HEAR THE RECORD WILL YOU TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS INDEED IN MINT CONDITION

I HAVE INCLUDED 4 SHORT EXAMPLES OF JUST HOW GREAT THIS RECORD SOUNDS. PLEASE CLICK ON THE MEDIA PLAYER AT THE TOP OF THE LISTING TO HEAR IT. I ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT THE INTRODUCTION (RUN IN GROOVE) IS A REALLY GOOD REFLECTION OF THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THE DISC. , AND SO I HAVE GIVEN YOU THE RUN INS TO BOTH SIDES AND THE FIRST 90 SECONDS OF EACH INITIAL TRACK, AND THEN ONE FURTHER TRACK FROM EACH SIDE WHICH ALSO INCLUDES THE LINKING GROOVE BETWEEN THE TRACKS

. THE ENTIRE ALBUM PLAYS TO THE SAME MAGNIFICENT STANDARD, AND I GIVE MY WORD ON THAT

THE ONLY OTHER THING WORTH STATING ABOUT THE VINYL AND YOU WILL HEAR THE TRUTH ANYWAY, IS THAT THE ONE PLAY WAS CONDUCTED ON A DECENT SYSTEM THAT WAS A UNWORN STYLUS, THIS ENSURES THAT THE SOUND IS AS CLEAR TODAY AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED AND NOT AFFECTED IN ANY WAY BY AN OLD OR HEAVY STYLUS WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED GROOVE WEAR EVEN ON A ONCE PLAYED ALBUM

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS DISC MINT MINUS

THE SLEEVE

THE OVERALL GRADING OF THE SLEEVE IS MINT MINUS

THIS IS A FULLY LAMINATED GATEFOLD WHICH AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE PICTURES HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND SHEEN. THERE ARE NO CREASES ANYWHERE ON EITHER THE FRONT OR THE BACK. THE FRONT IS IMMACULATE AND EVEN THE TINY LAMINATE LINES THAT ARE USUALLY FOUND BY THE SPINE ARE RESTICTED TO JUST A COUPLE. THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE TOTALLY UNWORN, AND THE SPINE IS 100% PERFECT AND FULLY LAMINATED, WHICH IS AN AREAR THAT USUALLY WEARS ON SLEEVES OF THIS TPE, LEAVING LAMINATE LIFT AND PEEL, BUT NOT ON THIS VERY SPECIAL COPY

THE OPENING EDGE IS VERY SHARP AND ONLY HAS A COUPLE OF THUMB NAIL NICKS TO SHOW HOW LITTLE THE RECORD HAS BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE.

AGAIN THE REAR HAS JUST A COUPLE OF LAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE.

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PERFECT BLACK AND WHITE INNER SURFACE, MARK FREE AND PRISTINE.

THE ORIGINAL ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO PRESENT AND IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. HAS THE WORD PRETTIES IN BIRO NEATLY INSCRIBED ON THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER OF ONE SIDE

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