Status Quo PILEDRIVER 1973 UK LP 1st Vertigo Spiral PLAYS 100% MINT HEAR

	£		132
	$		175

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STATUS QUO - PILEDRIVER

MAGNIFICENT MINT AUDIO

WITH AN INCREDIBLY MINT MINUS WHITE SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:VERTIGO 6360 082
• MATRIX: 6360062 1//Y 1 v 420 1 1 1 7 / 2//Y 1 v 420  1 1 1 7
• THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE MATRIX NUMBERS

JUST A QUICK WORD ON A FIRST PRESS OF THIS VINYL

THE OBVIOUS SPOT IS THE VERTIGO SWIRL LABEL, AS REISSUES WERE ON THE SPACESHIP LABEL, EVEN SO THE NUMBERS MUST BE 1Y1 / 2Y1

BUT IT IS THE SLEEVE THAT HAS TO BE CORRECT. I HAVE COMPARED AN ORIGINAL (THIS ONE) TO A REISSUE SLEEVE, AND THERE IS ONLY ONE THING THAT TELLS THEM APART, AND IT IS THE MANUFACTURER.

RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLEEVE ON THE REISSUE IT STATES 'PRINTED AND MADE BY HOWARDS PRINTERS (SLOUGH) LTD. ENGLAND

ON AN ORIGINAL THERE IS NO REFERENCE TO THE MAKERS WHATSOEVER

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

THE SPIRAL 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, AND THE WHITE SURFACE HAS A SMALL SMUDGE NEAR THE CENTRE HOLE. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST 1-2  SMALL SPIDER LINES SHOWING THE LIMITED PLAY THAT THE RECORD HAS RECEIVED IN 40 YEARS

THE VINYL

THE RECORD GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE HAS BEEN RETAINED. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE MARKS OR ANY SIGNS OF HANDLING ON THE DISCS IN DAYLIGHT AND EVEN UNDER A MAGNIFYING LED HALO THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE. A PERFECT RECORD

THE TEST PLAY

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW CLEAR AND CRISP THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS

THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT, MEANING THAT THE FEW PLAYS THE VINYL HAS RECEIVED WERE COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS.

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS AT ALL

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

SILENT LINKING GROOVES

NO AUDIBLE STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND AND NO TICS OR POPS

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT 

DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED , GATEFOLD IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

AS DESCRIBED AT THE TOP OF

THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN A COLLECTABLE CONDITION. THE REASON BEING THAT THE NON LAMINATED WHITE SURFACE NOT ONLY YELLOWS SEVERELY, BUT PICKS UP EVERY FINGER MARK AND ALWAYS LOOKS TOTALLY SHABBY, SO MUCH SO THAT IN ALL THE YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS, I HAVE ONLY EVER FOUND ONE OTHER COPY THAT I WOULD BE PREPARED TO OFFER COLLECTORS. THIS IS THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN SINCE THE ALBUM CAME OUT IN 1972

THE FRONT SURFACE IS SPOTLESSLY WHITE THERE IS NO GRUBBINESS TO THE SURFACE WHATSOEVER. IT IS QUITE INCREDIBLE TO SEE ONE IN THIS MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THERE IS NO RING WEAR EITHER NOR IS THERE ANY SIGN OF RECORD SHAPE.THE SLEEVE HAS BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FROM NEW AND THIS IS WHY IT HAS REMAINED IN THIS INCREDIBLE CONDITION.

THERE ARE NO CREASES, CREASE LINES, FOLD, BENDS OR DINGS, AND JUST ONE SMALL PRESSURE LINE NEAR THE SPINE . NONE ON THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDFE
THE FOUR CORNERS ARE PERFECTLY SHARP AND SQUARE

BOTH TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% MINT AND UNRUBBED APART FROM THE BOTTOM RIGHT FRONT CORNER WHICH HAS A SPECK OF RUB ON THE TIP

THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY WHITE, FLATAND UNCREASED AND HAS ALL OF THE BLACK TYPEFACE LEGIBLE , AND THE TOP AND BOTTOM ENDS ARE PRISTINE

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP, AND LOOKS AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS RELEASED

THE REAR SURFACE IS JUST AS CLEAN AND AS PURE WHITE AS THE FRONT. 

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A TOTALLY PRISTINE PAIR OF  INNER PANELS. I BELIEVE BECAUSE IT HAS SAT INSIDE A PLASTIC COVER IT IS POSSIBLE THE GATEFOLD HAS NEVER BEEN OPENED SINCE THEN

THE ORIGINAL VERTIGO SWIRL INNER SLEEVE IS IN FLAT AND UNSPLIT CONDITION WITH JUST A LITTLE GLUE DRIED AGEING TO THE TOP EDGE AND SEAMS

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS MAGNIFICENT SLEEVE MINT MINUS

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

GARRY