Badfinger Ass Stereo LP Apple Records Original 1973 Pressing 4th Quarter BW46 59-43 188-5 and 5-48 188-5

59-43 188-5 and 5-48 188-5 date/provenance codes

nearly-perfectly-balanced RCA clear top 6CG7 / 6FQ7 dual triode was tested on our Paul Hart-calibrated TV7/U for shorts

Not sure how the album did

harp getter with sheet) measured 44 while Tube Two (12B4A

Badfinger Ass Stereo LP Apple Records Original 1973 Pressing 4th Quarter BW46 59-43 188-5 and 5-48 188-5I just cleaned this album on my VPI 16. 5 record cleaner and then played it on my solid state rig which consists of a Rega Planar Three with an Ortofon X5 MC cartridge on an RB 300 tone arm with an Adcom GFP 555 II preamp feeding a Hafler SE240 power amplifier and PSB Alpha near field monitors. I have listened to this entire album and It has light to lightly moderate surface noise audible in quiet passages and barely audible in voice level passages. A