COLOSSEUM Live Original 1971 UK PROG 2 LP1st Issue W/Foam Edge Red Inners FAB

	£		42
	$		56

Description

Artist: COLOSSEUM

Title: LIVE

Details: - First issue of this Prog rock rarity came in this `gimmix` sleeve with red plastic inners attached inside the gatefold, they each have a strip of foam on the opening which was supposed to clean the vinyl as it is drawn from the sleeve (This was also tried on the Island sampler `El Pea` & Pentangles `Basket of Light`). However in practice the sleeve did more damage to the vinyl than anything and these albums are extremely hard to find in any kind of decent condition, unless the owner placed the vinyl in a seperate inner sleeve. Glad to say this owner did and this copy is one of the best you will come across. It was soon replaced with the standard gatefold sleeve and a different Cat No.

Label: Bronze

Catalogue No: ICD 1/2

Year: 1971

Country of Issue: UK

Vinyl: EX+/NM Disc 1 - matrix 1CD1-1 A-1U/1CD1-1 B-1U mothers 1A/1CD looking at the spindle holes this disc has hardly been played if at all, the only marks to the vinyl coming from the sleeve removal (there is one long scuff made by the aforementioned poor sleeve design nothing feelable and disc plays as New) Disc 2 matrix 1CD2-1 A-1U/1CD2-1 B-1U mothers 1M/1M falls into the same category as disc 1 hardly been played if at all with the only mark to the vinyl coming from a long surface removal scuff made by the poor sleeve design that doesn`t affect play.

 Sleeve: EX+ The original; `Sound Packaging` Gatefold `Gimmix` Sleeve with Red inners soundly attached (No splits as New) as are foam cleaners (no perishing!), Lovely spine, some corner creasing but still with nice strong edges, very delicate design soon replaced with stronger version this copy has obviously been preserved in a plastic sleeve all these years

Labels: Even under bright halogen light I am struggling to see any spindle lines these LP`s have had minimal play

 Music: Features some of the UK`s great and most travelled musicians Dave Greenslade on Keyboards, Chris Farlowe on Vocal Histrionics, Dick Heckstall Smith but I really had forgotten how good Clem Clempson was on guitar just listen to the solo on Los Angeles for some seriously spine tingling moments..wow!!

 

Post/Packing: UK - £4.00, Europe - £5.50, World £8.90

I use professionally made packers with card stiffeners & record removed from album cover.

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