Vinyl: Jethro Tull THICK AS A BRICK UK LP 1ST PRESS WHITE i - VAULT COPY MINT - LISTEN

JETHRO TULL - THICK AS A BRICK

SUPERB 1ST PRESS IN MINT CONDITION!!!

MAGNIFICENT 1ST PRESS E.J DAY NEWSPAPER SLEEVE

MUSEUM GRADE SET

FOR THOSE THAT ARE SERIOUS JETHRO TULL COLLECTORS, I HAVE HERE WHAT CAN ONLY DESCRIBED AS A TRUE VAULT COPY.

I HAVE LOST COUNT OF THE COPIES OF THIS ALBUM THAT I HAVE REFUSED TO LIST BECAUSE DESPITE LOOKING TOP CLASS THE PERFORMACE OF THE REPRODUCTION WAS ANYTHING BUT.

MY FELLOW COLLECTORS YOU WILL KNOW ALL ABOUT THE BINYL NOISE THAT IS USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH ISLAND / CHRYSALIS ALBUMS OF THIS ERA, AND FINDING A COPY THAT DOESN'T CRACKLE IS JUST ABOUT IMPOSSIBLE.

LOOK NO FURTHER!!

I HAVE HERE A FIRST PRESS THAT DOES NOT CRACKLE AT ANY POINT DURING THE PLAY-THROUGH.

THE FIRST PRESS OF THIS ALBUM HAS THE WHITE RIM TEXT AROUND THE EDGE OF THE LABEL, AND THE WHITE i AT THE VERY TOP. LATER PRESSES DO NOT HAVE THIS

IN ADDITION THE MATRIX NUMBERS OF A GENUINE FIRST PRESS HAVE TO BE A-3U / B-3U AND THESE ARE!

IN ADDITION A NEWSPAPER SLEEVE THAT IS UNDAMAGED AT THE FOLD LINE AND A CROSSWORD PUZZLE AND DOT TO DOT THAT HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETED

IN MY HUMBLE OPINION THIS WILL NEVER NEED TO BE UPGRADED AND IS THE BEST COPY AVAILABLE.

FORTUNATELY WITH ALL MY AUCTIONS YOU GET THE CHANCE TO LISTEN TO THE WHOLE ALBUM BEFORE DECIDING IF IT'S FOR YOU, SO SIT BACK AND TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO AN INCREDIBLE ALBUM

• CATALOGUE:CHRYSALIS CHR 1003
• MATRIX: CHR1003 A-3U / B-3U

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE GREEN LABELS ARE PRISTINE. TOTALLY BLEMISH FREE AND UN-RUBBED. THE TYPEFACE IS ALSO MINT . I HAVE USED A MAGNIFYING GLASS UNDER A STRONG LED LIGHT AND I CANNOT SEE ANY SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE AT ALL

THE VINYL

THIS HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. IN DAYLIGHT THIS LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS. AND EVEN WHEN PRESENTED TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS STILL NOTHING MORE TO SEE THAT A COUPLE OF THE TINIEST WISPY HAIRLINES

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS IN THE FIRM BELIEF THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID.

THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS LP SOUNDS.

THERE ARE SO MANY QUIET PASSAGES ON THIS OR ANY OTHER JETHRO TULL ALBUM WHICH IS WHY IT IS SO HARD TO FIND A COPY WORTH COLLECTING

IT IS CLEAR FROM THE SECOND THE STYLI HITS THE VINYL THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL

AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT THING TO MENTION IS THE TOTAL LACK OF THE USUAL ISLAND/CHRYSALIS EMBEDDED VINYL CRACKLE. CLEARLY A PERFECT PRESSING FROM THE FACTORY UNLIKE THE VAST MAJORITY

THERE ARE NO LOUD CLICKS OR BACKGROUND CRACKLE ANYWHERE

I SIT NO FURTHER THAN 12 INCHES FROM MY SPEAKERS AS I LISTEN TO THE ALBUMS I RECORD AND THEREFORE I WILL DETECT MUCH MORE THAN WOULD BE EXPECTED AT NORMAL LISTENING DISTANCE, AND THIS ALBUM PERFORMS BETTER THAN ANY COPY I HAVE EVER PLACED ON MY DECK.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SPLIT SECONDS OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND AND A FEW MINUSCULE STATIC TICS BUT THIS IS BEING EXTREMELY CRITICAL.

PLEASE TAKE A FULL LISTEN TO THIS INCREDIBLE VOLUME AND MAKE YOUR OWN MIND UP

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO A FULL MINT GRADE !!!!

SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE BEST COPY OF THICK AS A BRICK THAT MONEY CAN BUY, THEN LOOK NO FURTHER

THE SLEEVE

AN E.J DAY NEWSPAPER 1ST PRESS SLEEVE IS THE MOST AMAZING ORIGINAL CONDITION.

I WANT TO START WITH THE FOLD LINE AT THE BOTTOM. IN ORDER TO MAKE THE SLEEVE LP SIZED SO THAT IT WOULD SIT IN COLLECTIONS AND SHOP RACKS, THE NEWSPAPER DESIGN HAS A FOLD LINE WHERE THE BOTTOM 4 INCHES OF THE COVER FOLDS BACK ON ITSELF AND ENDS UP SITTING BEHIND THE REAR SURFACE. THIS FOLD LINE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE WAS THE PART THAT SAT IN COLLECTION RUBBING AGAINST THE BASE OF THE CABINET EVERY TIME IT WAS PULLED OUT TO PLAY AND AGAIN WHEN PUSHED BACK IN. ULTIMATELY THE HINGE WOULD RUB AND WEAR AND IN SOME CASES SPLIT, BUT CERTAINLY RUB OFF THE TYPEFACE. THIS COPY HOWEVER HAS ESCAPED ALL OF THAT AND IS IN VIRTUALLY PERFECT CONDITION, WITH JUST THE MOST MINUTE SPECK OF RUB TO THE LEFT HAND EDGE. SO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN

THE SECOND THING THAT USUALLY BLIGHTS THIS COVER IS THE FACT THAT IS IS VERY POROUS AND THEREFORE PICKS UP EVERY MARK OR STAIN VERY EASILY, AND AGAIN MOST COPIES YOU WILL FIND WILL BE BROWN AND STAINED, BUT THIS COPY I GUARANTEE IS AS WHITE AS YOU COULD POSSIBLY EXPECT IT TO BE. IN FACT ONLY THE FLIMSY INNER PAGES OF THE NEWSPAPER HAVE LIGHTLY BROWNED AT THE EDGES DUE ENTIRELY TO THE NATURAL AGEING OF THE PAPER USED TO MAKE THE SLEEVE. SHORT OF PROTECTING THE SLEEVE IN A VACUUM SEALED OUTER SLEEVE THERE IS NO WAY THIS AGEING CAN BE ELIMINATED

THE SPINE IS ANOTHER AREA ON THE SLEEVE WHICH USUALLY HAS ALL OF THE TYPEFACE RUBBED BADLY, BUT AGAIN THIS COPY IS PERFECT WITH ALL OF THE INFORMATION FULLY SHARP AND LEGIBLE

THE EXPOSED EDGE ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP AND HAS NOT SUFFERED BURRING LIKE YOU WILL USUALLY SEE ON MOST EXAMPLES

THE TEN INSIDE PAGES OF THE NEWSPAPER ARE FLIMSY AND THIN, BUT HAVE REMAINED PERFECTLY INTACT. THERE IS NO RIPS OR TEARS TO ANY OF THE PAGES, AND NO MARKS OR STAINS EITHER. I AM CERTAIN THAT THIS PARTICULAR COPY HAVE VERY SELDOM BEEN OPENED UP

LASTLY I WISH TO POINT OUT THAT THE STAPLES HOLDING EVERYTHING TOGETHER ARE STILL FIRMLY AFFIXED MEANING THERE IS NO LOOSENESS TO ANY OF THE PAGES, AND FINALLY THE STAPLES ARE RUST FREE

WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS A TRULY MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE OF THE HARDEST JETHRO TULL SLEEVE TO FIND IN PERFECT CONDITION

I GRADE THIS SLEEVE VERY CLOSE TO MINT

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY

Update. THE MATRIX NUMBER FOR SIDE 2 SHOULD READ A-2U not A-3u