STATUS QUO Spare Parts LP 1969 1st STEREO

	£		62
	$		82

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Status Quo called 'Spare Parts' and is an ORIGINAL 1969 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Pye label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF STATUS QUO'S RAREST LPs EVER AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1969 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!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS 1ST PRESSED IN ULTRA RARE STEREO!!!!  AND THIS IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  DESPITE THE FACT THAT THIS LP WAS RELEASED IN 1969 (WHEN GENERALLY MONOs HAD LOWER SALES) - THIS LP IS UNDOUBTEDLY RARER IN STEREO!!!!  OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS OR SO - I HAVE HAD OVER 15 COPIES OF THIS LP - AND ALL WERE MONO.  IN FACT, BECAUSE I HAD NEVER SEEN OR HEARD OF ONE (EVEN AFTER SPEAKING TO OTHER COLLECTORS!) - I WAS SERIOUSLY STARTING TO DOUBT THAT A STEREO 1ST PRESSING EVEN EXISTED!!!!  BUT HERE IT IS!!!!  AND IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT OF JUST HOW RARE THIS LP REALLY IS IN STEREO - JUST TRY AND FIND ONE!!!!  MONO'S SEEM TO TURN UP EVERY SO OFTEN - BUT 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP IN MEGA RARE STEREO ARE ALMOST UNHEARD OF!!!!  SO DONT UNDERESTIMATE THE AMAZING RARITY OF THIS LP!!!!   THIS IS THE FIRST STEREO 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP I HAVE EVER SEEN - AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL THAT THIS IS THE RAREST STATUS QUO LP EVER!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION AND CLEARLY HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1969 UK 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS PYE LABEL, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS FULLY LAMINATED 'STICKERED' STEREO COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS ULTRA RARE OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Pye UK 1st Pressing from 1969 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is NSPL 18301 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Pye label (see picture) and is a much MUCH rarer UK STEREO 1st Pressing!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO writing, NO wear, and only a VERY few light spindle marks!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  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 scratches, only 2 or 3 MEGA light hairlines, NO scufflines, 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 playing of the record is as STUNNING as the visual!!!!  The record plays with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some absolutely ULTRA faint touches of MEGA low level background sound on the run on grooves and VERY occassional gap - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  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 1st Press FULLY Laminated 'Stickered' STEREO Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only slight corner wear (NOT through the colour), only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking!), VERY shiny laminate, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the laminated back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS ULTRA RARE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!! It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP!!!!  THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1969 UK STEREO 1ST PRESSING OF "SPARE PARTS" BY STATUS QUO, IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!!  Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World (Postal discounts are available - see below for details).  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: