STATUS QUO Picturesque Matchstickable Messages 1st LP 1968 PYE MONO 1st Press

	£		175
	$		232

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Status Quo called "Picturesque Matchstickable Messages" and is an ORIGINAL 1968 UK MONO 1st pressing on the 1st Press Pye label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS WAS STATUS QUO'S FIRST & RAREST LP EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1968 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED -  IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS, AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DELETED!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN GREAT CONDITION OVERALL - AND IS STILL A VERY DECENT EXAMPLE INDEED!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1968 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS PYE LABEL, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' FLIPBACK LAMINATED 'PATENTS PENDING' MONO COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Pye UK 1st pressing from 1968 and is in GREAT condition overall!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is NPL 18220 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Pye Label (see picture) and is a UK 1968 MONO 1st pressing!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and only a few light spindle marks!!!!  The vinyl is in GREAT condition overall - and still VERY bright & shiny looking indeed!!!! Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO nasty concentric marks, NO nasty 'tick' marks, only a few VERY light hairlines, NO scufflines, only 2 or 3 small lateral hairline type marks, only 2 or 3 TINY surface marks, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO skips, only a few light clicks (though mostly NONE!), NO jumps, NO sticks, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some VERY slight background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good(Minus) (PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed!) if not better - and is still a VERY bright & shiny looking record indeed, that plays VERY well!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!! I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Garrod & Lofthouse' Flipback Laminated 'Patents Pending' MONO Cover is in GREAT condition overall!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), NO splits, some creasing (though this is mainly confined to the VERY edges ONLY - and the cover is still flat looking!), NO annotations, shiny laminate, NO rips, NO tears, some very VERY minor evidence of 'tipping in' to the corners, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in GREAT condition with NO yellowing, 2 or 3 TINY indentations to the flipbacks, NO ringwear, only some VERY minimal grubbyness, NO rubbing, a touch of wear to the top of the spinal flipback ONLY, and NO writing!!!!  I will only MEGA STRICTLY grade the cover Good+ (PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed!) if not better - though I suspect many would give this grade a straight Very Good - as it is still a VERY decent cover with NO major defects AT ALL!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!