FRANK SINATRA

SWING EASY LP

CAPITOL LC 6689

1954 1st PRESS

SLEEVE CONDITION: FAIR

EDGES TOP & BOTTOM: SMALL SPLIT ON BOTTOM CORNER NEAR OPENING EDGE. LIGHT RUBBING TO BOTTOM EDGE

SPINE: SPLIT TOP TO BOTTOM. HAS NOT BEEN TAPED SO COULD POSSIBLY BE REPAIRED.

FRONT: ORIGINAL MATT FINISH (NON LAMINATED). THE ODD LIGHT CREASE AND A HINT OF RINGWEAR. SMALL SPLIT & SMALL PIECE MISSING ON OPENING EDGE. COLOUR IS STILL NICE AND VIBRANT.  

REAR: BOTH FLIPBACKS INTACT. NO OBVIOUS CREASES AND JUST A LITTLE LIGHT RINGWEAR. NO SPLITS OR TEARS. THERE IS OBVIOUS DISCOULOURATION AND STAINING. NO WRITING.

RECORD CONDITION: BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO EXCELLENT WITH JUST THE ODD SMALL LIGHT SURFACE TRACE AND VERY LITTLE ELSE.  ABSOLUTELY NO HEAVY OR OBVIOUS MARKS OR SCRATCHES OF ANY DESCRIPTION ON THE VINYL. EVEN IN BRIGHT SUNLIGHT THERE IS NOTHING BUT A SCATTERING OF TINY SLEEVE REMOVAL TYPE LINES. NO SIGNS OF GROOVEWEAR OR OTHER SIMILAR ISSUES. A HEAVYWEIGHT UK FIRST PRESSING BY DECCA ON THE PURPLE CAPITOL LABEL WITH GOLD LETTERING AND NOT A LATER EMI PRESSING. 

BOTH LABELS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ABSOLUTELY NO SPINDLE TRACES WHATSOEVER. VIBRANT PURPLE WITH BRIGHT GOLD LETTERING. LOOK LOVELY.

PLAYBACK IS EXCELLENT AS YOU WOULD EXPECT. BARELY ANY BACKGROUND NOISE OR BETWEEN TRACKS, MAYBE JUST THE VERY OCCASIONAL TINY STATIC TYPE TICK. PLAYS THROUGH BEAUTIFULLY WITH CLEAR DISTORTION FREE SOUND.

NICE TO FIND A DECENT FIRST (DECCA) PRESSING OF THIS CLASSIC LP AS THERE ARE LOTS OF THE LATER EMI PRESSINGS AROUND. SHAME THE SLEEVE ISN'T BETTER BUT IT DISPLAYS OK FROM THE FRONT.

8 TRACKS FROM OL' BLUE EYES IN HIS HEYDAY

 POSTAGE WILL BE SIGNED FOR WITH TRACKING