JIMI HENDRIX - AXIS BOLD AS LOVE
MAGNIFICENT MINT AUDIO
FIRST MONO PRESS
OUTSTANDING NEAR MINT SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE RARE LYRIC INSERT
THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
THE BLACK AND SILVER TRACK LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION.
THE BLACK RUNS FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE , WHILST THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS ALL UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.
THERE ARE JUST A FEW TINY SPIDER LINES AROUND THE HOLE
THE VINYL
THE VINYL HAS RETAINED IT S ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LUSTRE AND IN DAYLIGHT LOOKS SUPERB.
IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS
WHEN PLACED UNDER A MAGNIFYING HALO SIDE ONE SHOWS A NON SOUNDING DULL STREAK. SIDE TWO A SIMILAR ONE, PLUS A VERY TINY SCRATCH ON THE LINKING GROOVE TO TRACK 3/4 AND A FEW HANDLING LINES ON THE SURFACE
THE TEST PLAY
THIS MONO RECORDING PLAYS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES.
THE FIRST THING TO MENTION IS THE TOTAL LACK OF DISTORTION. THERE IS NO GROOVE WEAR MEANING THAT WHAT PLAY THE RECORD HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS
THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLING NOR ARE THERE ANY CLICKS, STICKS OR JUMPS AT ANY POINT
NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE WHATSOEVER,
THE LINKING GROOVES ARE TOTALLY SILENT APART FROM ONE
EVERY NOTE HEARD AS WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED
SIDE ONE PLAYS ABSOLUTELY MINT FROM START TO FINISH
SIDE TWO HAS A VERY TINY SCRATCH AND THIS IS HEARD IN THE LINKING GROOVE TO TRACK3/4 WHERE THERE IS ONE TINY LITTLE POP AND A COUPLE OF BARELY AUDIBLE LITTLE STATIC LIKE TICS
TRACK FOUR HAS A FEW LITTLE TICS AS THE TRACKS STARTS
MINT ON SIDE ONE, AND SIDE 2 IS EX
I WOULD GRADE THIS AUDIO OVERALL AS NEAR MINT
BUT YOU DON T HAVE TO TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS
THE SLEEVE
LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE
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THE FRONT SURFACE IS MAGNIFICENT AND GLEAMS LIKE NEW.
PERFECT LAMINATE FREE FROM ANY PEEL, LIFT OR FLAKE
THERE ARE JUST FOUR SMALL PRESSURE LINES BY THE SPINE. EIGHT ON THE TOP EDGE, SIX ON THE BOTTOM EDGE. NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE
NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE
THE FOUR CORNERS ARE STILL NICELY SQUARE WITH JUST A DOT OF RUB TO THE TOP LEFT TIP END
THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE FULLY LAMINATED AND SMOOTH TO THE TOUCH ALL THE WAY ALONG. ONLY THE RIGHT CORNER TIP ENDS SHOW A TINY PIN PRICK OF RUB
THE SPINE IS IN TOP CONDITION. IT IS PERFECTLY FLAT, AND TOTALLY UNSQUASHED. ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS INTACT, NO PEEL OR FLAKE, AND ONLY THE BOTTOM TIP END SHOWS A LITTLE SHELF RUB
THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL SUPERBLY SHARP WITH JUST A LIGHT TRACE OF FEATHERING ON THE REAR SURFACE
THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME SUPERB CONDITION AS THE FRONT, AGAIN NO HEAVY CREASES AND JUST A FEW LAMINATE LINES ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES AND TWO ON THE SPINE
OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE INNER PANELS. NO RUBBING OR LOSS OF THE BLACK COLOURS WHATSOEVER, AND ALL OF THE FLIPBACKS ARE PERFECTLY ADHERED WITH JUST A FEW LAMINATE LINES
THE ORANGE 2 PAGE LYRIC INSERT IS IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. USUALLY FOUND RIPPED AND BADLY CREASED, THIS COPY IS TOTALLY INTACT AND FREE FROM ANY HEAVY CREASES, JUST A FEW VERY LIGHT WRINKLES TO THE PAPER
THIS SLEEVE EASILY GRADES NEAR MINT
