Status Quo PILEDRIVER UK LP 1ST VERTIGO SWIRL 1Y1/2Y1 PLAYS 100% MINT MINUS
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STATUS QUO - PILEDRIVER
IN MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS!!! CONDITION
WITH AN INCREDIBLY MINT MINUS WHITE SLEEVE
- CATALOGUE:VERTIGO 6360 062
- MATRIX: 6360062 1//Y 1 v 420 1 1 2 4 / 2//Y 1 v 420 1 1 2
- 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 RECORDS
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 IS PURE WHITE AND UNMARKED. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST 3-4 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 INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NO MORE THAN A FEW VERY LIGHT 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, A SERVICE THAT I AM NOW OFFERING TO ALL MY CUSTOMERS WITH EVERY DISC THAT I LIST. I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WILL WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE JUDGE THE ALBUMS THAT I LIST ON HOW IT SOUNDS AND NOT JUST MY DESCRIPTION.
THIS IS A SERVICE THAT I AM DELIGHTED TO OFFER
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
THERE IS THE ODD LIGHT BIT OF VERY VERY LIGHT STATIC CAN ONLY BE HEARD IN THE QUIETEST SPOTS AND ONE OR TWO TINY DUST POPS THOUGH THE ENTIRE PLAY
I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS
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 COLLECTIBLE 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 MOST AMAZINGLY OF ALL, THERE ARE NO SMALL LINES NEAR THE SPINE IT IS THAT PERFECT. THERE IS JUST THE MOST MINUSCULE SPECK OF RUB TO THE RED S'S IN STATUS , BUT THIS IS REALLY BEING PICKY.
BOTH TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% MINT AND UNRUBBED
THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY WHITE, FLATAND UNCREASED AND HAS ALL OF THE BLACK TYPEFACE LEGIBLE , AND OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE
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. THERE IS JUST ONE TINY CHIP TO THE WHITE JUST TO THE LEFT OF THE TEXT PANEL
OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A TOTALLY PRISTINE PAIR OF WHITE 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
