Here's a beautiful copy of this signature Yardbirds 45, in its cool picture sleeve! This is only the
fifth original copy of Epic 9823 I've ever offered for sale since opening in 2001. What makes this copy so special is that it's a styrene pressing with pristine Mint audio! There's a lot of misinformation out there about styrene, but it's certainly true that a worn or poor quality needle can begin to degrade the audio on a styrene pressing much more quickly and jarringly than an equivalent vinyl pressing, owing to its fragile nature compared with vinyl. That said, I stand with those who understand the difference between the two media, and I say, "Give me a pristine Mint styrene pressing of any single over a vinyl one any day!" That's because, although quite fragile, styrene is much quieter than vinyl, which invariably passes some inherent noise to the stylus; styrene passes no noise, and so records with wide dynamic range sound so much more brilliant. That said, every time I approach a styrene record, I say a silent prayer to the collecting gods to "please let this record not have damaged audio!" :-) Vinyl is much less subject to distortion than styrene as it's played, but it's much more likely to pass on noise from surface scuffs and shallow scratches than styrene does. Wow! Quite a tangent... Enough about the difference between vinyl and styrene records for one afternoon!
By the way, the B side is a non-album cut. Note: This 45 record has Mint labels and pristine sound. The vinyl (styrene) has some very light surface scuffing, grading Near Mint. The picture sleeve is also Near Mint with no ringwear or wrinkling and bright, shiny colors; its only notable flaw is the name "Patrick" inked lightly below "Soul" on one side (hard to see).
