Van Halen – 5150
Released: 1986
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Notes:
Front cover: Until I scanned this, it remained in it’s shrink wrap. The benefits of that are seen elsewhere on this page. As such, this remains in excellent shape.
Sleeve-front: Not bad at all. It has some minor scratches from being handled but nothing too serious. Of course, all scratches have been removed.
Sleeve-back: The biggest problem is that this side of the sleeve is slightly askew and yellowed. I fixed it a little but I didn’t want to damage it’s integrity of the text so I only went so far. Beyond that, it’s in great shape and totally readable.
Back cover: Again, another success with the back. The shrink wrap kept it protected quite well. There is a slight crack on the lower left-hand corner by the record label information which was easily removed. The effect they were going for with the band crushing Atlas man kinda failed.
Promo sticker: Not horrible but it has certainly seen better days. Background color replaced and minor cleaning otherwise.
Labels: Oddly, this label has yellowed a bit. I had yet to see a Warners label yellow until this one. I can’t corect it as doing so would wash out the WB crests in the background. Removing the spindle hole was…
interesting.