THE BEST OF ROD STEWART 1st 1//1 UK Press DOUBLE LP TIME CAPSULE REVIEW COPY

	£		19
	$		25

'ITS THE VINYL COUNTDOWN'

Welcome to 'Its the vinyl countdown' music auctions. Here you will find some of the most incredible rare records and music memorabilia for your collection. We pride ourselves on auctioning only the highest grade records and items, you will not see anything listed here below EX+ condition, unles the item is extremely rare. You will not see worn covers, warped records or scratched records. We simply do not bother with them.

We list in many cases, 'Archived' & 'mint' condition items, we are able to source from private collections all over the UK. So we hope you can be put at ease that what you are bidding on is of the highest quality.

We play through most of the records, unless the item is clearly mint, or sealed..in which case we don't play them, thus maintaining their 'unplayed' status!  Obviously with some of these rare items there will be the odd 'anomoly' along the way , the odd little static pop or lead in 'sizzle' for a split second.. nothing is perfect we find! all systems differ, but we aim to describe these as accurately as possible for you.... PLEASE ENJOY THIS ITEM YOU ARE NOW LOOKING AT..

ROD STEWART

'THE BEST OF ROD STEWART'

From a collection of Archived Review copy LPs- all in MINT- play condition.. Stunning original UK issued and we have never seen better!

INCREDIBLE COPY - 1st  1//1   2//1  MATRIX PRESSING

Be sure to see our others listed..they are all quite spectacular!

Released 1977

Label    MERCURY 9286 134 / 135

Matrix        9286 134 1V //1  420 04  Stamper: 1   1  FR + SD

                   9286 134 2V //1  420 04  Stamper: 1 1  2  4

                   9286 135 1V //1  420 04  Stamper: 1  1 1  PR + SD

                   9286 135 2V //1  420 04  Stamper: 1 2 1

THE VINYLS   MINT-    INCREDIBLE  CONDITION

As you can see, this vinyl is the  1977 1st  //1 PRESSING- Stored from new this LP SET remains in pristine AS NEW condition everywhere.

ARCHIVED FROM NEW WITH ONE PLAY ONLY!

THIS IS EASILY THE BEST COPY WE HAVE EVER SEEN..PLAYS AMAZING.

This pressing is a superb vinyl which has retained its amazing glossy sheen and finish. There is no dulling anywhere and overall it is in incredible condition for an LP of this age.

There is barely a hint of any whisp lines -and thats it-  nothing else!  Clearly this LP has been archived for many many years, a few little dust specs are on the vinyl when we slid it for checking..

NO tiny spider lines around the centre hole-

surplus wax around the hole too

IT REMAINS IN ASTONISHING CONDITION. There is some dust on the vinyls where they have stood for so long untouched!

On playing through we heard nothing in the dead grooves bar the tiniest of static in the dead grooves...it sounds like new as it could be!

OVERALL THIS IS SIMPLY A MUST FOR ANY FINAL UPGRADE COLLECTION. YOU WILL NOT SEE BETTER.

THE LABELS   MINT  FLAT MATT LABELS

THE SLEEVE     EX+   

Correct  first UK issued earliest GATEFOLD sleeve  -with the SUPER WIDE proud spine.

Printed by  -   HOWARDS PRINTERS (SLOUGH) 

 This is in simply incredible condition, quite amazing how it has survived so clean. LIKE NEW.

IT IS PRISTINE AND THE GATEFOLD IS STUNNING

The edges are all super clean with VIRTUALLY no traces of rub of any note, at all , and all colours and inks remain in outstanding condition- A couple of tiny rub spots on the egdes only

No powdery white ringwear - OR ring press, and all edges are super crisp.

The tiniest of tip rub , one tiny dink botom of spine &  NO spider lines over the edge of the spine or on any edge of any note.

The spine edge is totally unmarked with no wear, some light fade, which is common on this sleeve

the open out of the gatefold is astonishing. We cannot add any more than this! ITS A BEAUTY!  No wear or damage 

EASILY THE BEST COPY WE HAVE EVER AUCTIONED..DO NOT MISS THIS.

THE INNER SLEEVES   EX+ STRONG 

ORIGINAL POLY LINED COMPANY PRINTED INNERS.

POSTAGE DISCOUNTS:

Don't forget we offer big postage discounts on multi wins..the more LPs you win, the cheaper the postage works out for you worldwide- Up to 2 kilos or 5 LPs, after which we will send your wins in more than one parcel..ALL very well protected in mailers, stiffeners, plenty of tape & protection, then 'signed delivered' to your door-  and to date we have nad NO damaged items!  ;0)

We hope you enjoy looking at this item, and good luck if you decide to bid for it...We can safely say you will not be dissapointed- If you need to know anyting else, please feel free to contact us with any questions.

All our items are sent 'signed delivery' tracked to your door, (we have never had an item go missing anywhere in the world!) for peace of mind for both you and us! All items are sent in strong protective mailer boxes and stiffeners. With over 28 years in mail order and the music industry 'worldwide' we pride ourselves on the fact you can bid safely on all our items, and knowing you are being dealt with by professionals.

ENJOY! ;0)