Status Quo ON THE LEVEL UK LP 1ST PRE RELEASE STICKERED INNER NEAR MINT AUDIO

	£		19
	$		25

STATUS QUO - ON THE LEVEL

IN MAGNIFICENT NEAR MINT!!!! CONDITION

WITH A MINT MINUS SLEEVE

PRE - RELEASE COPY

• CATALOGUE:VERTIGO 9102 002
• MATRIX: 9102002 1//Y 1  IB 15/ B//2 IB 1 1 6
• MELYS! ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 1
• MELV I.B.C ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 2

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE SPACESHIP LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. THE COLOURS ARE ALL RICH AND VIBRANT AND FULLY STRETCH INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND UNRUBBED. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS ONE SPIDER LINE , AND I AM CERTAIN THAT THE LP HAS ONLY EVER HAD A COUPLE OF CAREFUL PLAYS

THE VINYL

THE RECORD GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND COULDN'T LOOK ANY BETTER. ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE HAS BEEN RETAINED. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE MARKS OR ANY SIGNS OF HANDLING ON THE DISCS, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I JUST KNOW THAT BIDDERS WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER,MEANING THAT THE LITTLE PLAY THE LP HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS

A SUPERB REPRODUCTION ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES WITH NO MORE THAN ONE OR TWO SPLIT SECONDS OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

NO DUST POPS OR STATIC TICS ANYWHERE

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT !!!

BUT PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS THOUGH

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED , TEXTURED GATEFOLD FROM HOWARDS PRINTERS

THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN A PRIZED COLLECTIBLE CONDITION. DUE WHOLLY TO THE UNLAMINATED TEXTURED SURFACE RUBBING ALL TO EASILY. THIS PARTICULAR SET HAS BEEN HOUSED FROM NEW INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER AND IN IN STUNNING ORIGINAL CONDITION

THE FRONT SURFACE IS PRISTINE THE DELICATE COLOURS HAVE ALL BEEN RETAINED, PARTICULARLY THE BLACK SECTION AT THE TOP WHICH USUALLY RUBS BADLY, AND THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES, NO CREASE LINES, NO FOLD OR BENDS, AND NO MARKS OR STAINS. JUST ONE NEAR INVISIBLE AND MINUSCULE LINE CLOSE TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

WHAT IS CLEAR IS THAT THIS SLEEVE HAS BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FOR MOST OF ITS LIFE

THE SPINE IS AGAIN TEXTURED AND IS USUALLY FOUND WITH RUBBED TEXT, BUT HERE WE HAVE ONE THAT IS IN TOP ORDER. 100% FLAT AND TOTALLY UNSQUASHED. THE TEXTURED SURFACE IS CLEAN AND ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. NO RUBBING EVEN TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP, AND SHOWS WHY THE LP HAS REMAINED IN THE SLEEVE FOR SO LONG WITHOUT PLAY

THE REAR SURFACE IS JUST AS CLEAN AND UNBLEMISHED AS THE FRONT

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS AN ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE INNER SURFACE. BOTH PANELS ARE MINT AND IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THE GATEFOLD HASN'T BEEN OPENED MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES

THE INNER SLEEVE IS THE ORIGINAL 1ST ISSUE . THIS CAN BE SHOWN IN TWO WAYS. FIRSTLY THERE IS THIS PRINTED IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF SIDE ONE (N 24/74) THIS DOES NOT APPEAR ON LATER RELEASES, AND SECONDLY THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ON SIDE TWO ARE MISSING FOR THE FIRST RELEASE AND A STICKER IS PLACED IN THE AREA WHERE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN PRINTED. THIS INNER HAS THAT STICKER!

THE INNER HAS A SMALL HOLE IN THE BOTTOM SEAM, AND AN INSCRIPTION PENNED ON SIDE TWO BY THE PERSON WHO PURCHASED THE VINYL. WHAT THIS SHOWS IS THAT THE PURCHASER GAVE THIS AS A VALENTINES GIFT ON 14/2/75, THE RECORD WAS  NOT DUE FOR RELEASE UNTIL 21ST / 2/1975, MAKING THIS A PRE RELEASE INNER

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS MAGNIFICENT SLEEVE MINT MINUS

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY