The Outer Sleeve: - The front is clean and shiny. There is a little laminate creasing in corners , some slight pin blemishes on corners - lovely grey stripe. Fantastic condition generally the rear has a little laminate creasing, nice and clean though and shows off the band photos well. Nice and shiny
The spine is great, text readable and great pinching
Inners are very clean There are 2 , and both seem to have indications they could be for this release . see photos - One has some light ringwear , no discolouration, the Made in England one is creased and a bit discoloured - poly lining is intact ...very nice...date code 1/069 on the cleaner inner... pre March 1969 release date code
The labels: - Look bright, have a small mark side 2, no writing and very little signs around both centre holes of it s past use. Very, very, nice condition -
The Vinyl: - visually is in pretty good shape -
Side one - There are a few light visible hairline marks - some only evident if you look closely enough, and a smudge mark not sure what on track one. There is nothing though that significantly impacts on the listening experience, no loud pops or jumps, just a bit of crackle as you would expect.
Side two - No major deep marks, has a few more visible light hairlines and scuffs than S1, there is a visible scratch a bit more obvious across the first track... see photo and read play test review
The sleeves and vinyl really look great considering this items age
How does it sound? - a track by track analysis...
I played this through and could not believe how good it sounded for its age. Here is a rundown of my fantastic listening experience...definitely no sticking, jumping or loud interference
Side One:
Good Times Bad Times - very light crackle in the run in hardly there though , when the louder music really kicks in it sounds like the fantastic piece of vinyl this should be - nice and loud, NO significant background noise
Babe I m Gonna Leave You - some light crackle in the run in from track 1 and over the start of the acoustic guitar and vocal, some light pops in a few places, - when it builds it is still a fantastic listen with a mighty sound, awesome
You Shook Me - A bit of slightly louder crackle from the end of T2 to the start of T3. Then this is Powerful , and it shook me for sure some very slight background noise as it plays - an awesome listen all the way through nonetheless, guitar solo sounds awesome
Dazed And Confused - transition from T3 into very clean the bass build up sounds very clear and then as it builds it again sounds awesome, really powerful up to that incredible ending
Overall side one - Some light pops and crackle, the loud and proud bits sound awesome
Side Two:
Your Time Is Gonna Come - Great opening , a few little crackles, then straight into that superb organ, it then builds brilliantly, a few very faint pops in the quieter section, then the drums kick in and, great - pretty good all round, there is a small visible scratch that causes some background ticks
Black Mountain Side - and they continue briefly into the intro of track 2 ,Black Mountain Side. Past that though the rest of the track sounded just superb, awesome guitar work, nice and clear plays through nicely
Communication Breakdown - .slight pause then. Wow - Communication Breakdown kicks in - loud, proud and full of attitude still sounding superb on this old piece of vinyl. No background interference apparent. Fantastic It is really rocking by now.
I Can t Quit You Baby - starts quietly and for the first few revolutions there are a few clicks when past it though same as before, sounds pretty good -then a bit of faint crackle throughout - probably the noisiest track on the LP, but nothing too obtrusive.
How many more times - That bass at the start, sounds awesome, then it just rocks Very little noise or crackle detected, just loud LZ rocking as they do best - ends brilliantly - Fantastic
All in all a great example of this RARE item THAT STILL SOUNDS FANTASTIC IN THE MAIN. NOBODY COULD BE DISAPPOINTED...starting bid the sign of the devil...
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PC973
