PINK FLOYD - ANIMALS
MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS AUDIO
1ST PRESS A2/B2
STUNNING NEAR MINT SLEEVE
CATALOGUE:HARVEST SHVL 815MATRIX: SHVL815 A-2U / B-2U MOTHERS/STAMPERS:8 GHM/ 1 ROLVERY EARLY FIRST PRESS ONLY A2/B2 INDICATES THIS, AS THERE WERE NO RELEASED -1 COPIES
THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
BOTH LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE BLUE BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND IS UNMARKED AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.
THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST 4-5 REALLY SMALL SPIDER LINES, SHOWING THAT THIS LP HAS JUST NOT BEEN PLAYED MORE THAN A FEW TIMES EVER
THE VINYL
THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE HANDLING MARKS OR LINES, AND IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TO BE FLAWLESS, AND EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO A MAGNIFYING LED HALO THERE ARE ONLY A COUPLE OF TINY WISPY HAIRLINES VISIBLE
AN OUTSTANDING RECORD
THE TEST PLAY
THE LP PLAYS THROUGH MAGNIFICENTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS LP SOUNDS.
THE STEREO REPRODUCTION ON THIS FIRST PRESS IS JUST SUPERB CLEAR . CLEAN AND CRISP, WITH EVERY NOTE HEARD TO PERFECTION
THERE IS NO DISTORTION WHATSOEVER, MEANING THAT THE DISC HAS NOT BEEN PLAYED WITH A HEAVY OR WORN STYLUS
NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS
NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE WHATSOEVER
THERE IS SOME VERY LIGHT AND BARELY AUDIBLE LIGHT STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND HEARD IN JUST A COUPLE OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES AND ONLY FOR A SECOND OR TWO
NO DUST POPS JUST A FEW TINY STATIC TICS HEARD
THIS PLAYBACK GRADES NEAR MINT
PLEASE DON T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THROUGH, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF
THE SLEEVE
NON LAMINATED GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE GATEFOLD SLEEVE
THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE TO FIND IN ANYTHING LIKE A COLLECAIBLE CONDITION. USUALLY THE COLOURS ARE BADLY RUBBED AND THE CREASE LINES AROUND THE SPINE AND PERIMETER EDGES MAKE THE WHOLE THING LOOK SHABBY
THIS SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION, WITH VERY FEW ISSUES
STARTING WITH THE FRONT SURFACE , THE FIRST THING TO SAY IS THAT THE COLOURS HAVE ALL BEEN PERFECTLY RETAINED. THERE IS NO RUBBING OR LOSS OF COLOUR ANYWHERE,
NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE
THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE WITH A PIN PRICK OF RUB ON THE TOP TIPS
THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES, AND NOR ARE THERE ANY BENDS OR FOLDS.
THERE IS JUST ONE SINGLE PRESSURE LINE NEXT TO THE SPINE.
ONE MINUSCULE ONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, THREE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE AND NONE ON THE RIGHT SEALED EDGE
NO DENTS OR BENDS AN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB SLEEVE
THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE SOME TINY PIN PRICKS AND SMALL FLECKS OF WHITE SHOWING ALONG THEM RANDOMLY, AND A LITTLE RUB TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNERS
THE WIDESPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. NOT EVEN ANY FINGER TO THUMB IMPRESSIONS. THE WHITE TYPEFACE IS ALL PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND THE COLOUR IS ALL RETAINED WITH JUST A FEW TINY PIN PRICKS OF WHITE SHOWING ON THE LEADING EDGES AND A LITTLE AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM ENDS. THERE IS ALSO A SMALL SCUFF/SPLIT TO THE TOP SURFACE NEAR THE TOP END
THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND IT IS OBVIOUS BY LOOKING AT THIS THAT THE LP HAS BARELY BEEN OUT OF THE COVER
THE REAR SURFACE OF THIS GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE SLEEVE IS IN THE SAME LOVELY CONDITION AS THE FRONT. NO SPINE PRESSURE LINES, JUST ONE ON THE TOP EDGE, AND TWO ON THE BOTTOM EDGE
OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PAIR OF NEAR PRISTINE BLACK EDGES PANELS. A VERY MILD SHADOW OF GREYING ON THE EDGES
THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION THE INNER HAS A HISTORY OF SEVERE SEAM SPLITTING. THIS ONE HAS NO SEAM SPLITS AT ALL. AND UNUSUALLY THERE ARE NO PRESSURE LINES BY THE EDGES
THE FIRST ISSUE OF THIS INNER HAS ROUNDED CORNERS, A THUMB NOTCH AT THE TOP AND THE CATALOGUE NUMBER IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. LATER ISSUES HAD SQUARE CORNERS, NO NOTCH OR CAT NUMBER
HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT
