CRESSIDA-CRESSIDA-UK ORIGINAL-VERTIGO SWIRL-

£ 385

$ 510

£ 385 Sold For

Jul 26, 2007 Sold Date

Jul 19, 2007 Start Date

£ 10 Start price

14 Number Of Bids

Great Britain Country Of Seller

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Hi, my name is Brian and I have been collecting vinyl for many years. My main interest has been PROGRESSIVE especially the VERTIGO SWIRL/SPIRAL LABEL, reputed to be the most collectable label in the world?

I have finally finished my SWIRL collection of over 160 albums of which most are UK pressings, and now I am going to SELL them ( I must be mad ). I have been quite fussy about the QUALITY, CONDITION and they must be the VERY FIRST PRESSINGS. The latter has been the hardest to decipher and has had me buying and selling many copies of the same album to achieve this,and I almost have with these collectable gems.

I am now selling another..YES another set of UK swirl VERTIGO albums and I will sell them in order of catalogue number. PIEASE read the descriptions carefully as some of the albums are NOT very first pressings and some will be VERY FIRST white label promo's. But ALL are GENUINE UK SWIRL PRESSINGS.

I am not and have never been a 'dealer' by profession, but I have always given honest descriptions and lots of clear photo's of any items I have sold. I do know how disappointing it is when you open that package and the item has been over sold with expressions such as "AWESOME" etc when the item is only in EX- condition or worse. If you are in anyway disappointed with an item from me you are most welcome to return it with a FULL REFUND, providing it is an honest and just mistake by myself as I believe in my descriptions.

SO HERE WE GO.......

For sale here is --CRESSIDA--CRESSIDA-- UK ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING, WITH 'A PHILIPS RECORD PRODUCT' ON THE B-SIDE LABEL . 1970, stereo VO7 The 6th of 88 UK pressings on this label. MORE WILL FOLLOW!

SLEEVE.....GATEFOLD and UN-LAMINATED. This delicate un-laminated surface IS THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN. It is in GREAT condition showing ALMOST NO WEAR. . It is very flat and square. The colours are very strong and vibrant LIKE NEW. The edges are MINT. The front is N/MINT with NO UNWANTED WRITING, NO STICKER TEARS, NO STICKERS , NO STAINING AND NO SURFACE RUB(which is un heard of on this very delicate sleeve) . The rear is in the same wonderful N/MINT condition with NO RING WEAR but unfortunately the original owner has written a date and there name along the top edge ( please see close-up photo's). The inner gatefold is also in N/MINT. The opening edges are in lovely MINT condition with no tears and no feathering. There is minimal spine wear the information is lightly rubbed but fully readable. There is a tiny ammont of wear to the very tips of the corners. This album comes with it's ORIGINAL SWIRL INNER SLEEVE on which the original owner has kindly written the track times down??!! ( if you wish I could dig out one without writing on..but hey this IS the original) . All in all this is in wonderful condition for a 37year old UN-LAMINATED sleeve. EX++....STUNNING. YOU WILL FIND IT HARD TO BETTER THIS ONE.

LABELS.....There is NO staining, stickers, residue or tears.The A-side has a date written on it in ink( I have made no attempt to remove this) there are only light spindle marks. N/MINT-EX

VINYL....Both sides of this fantastic album still have their JUST PRESSED deep black shine. When you hold this album in the very brightest of lights you can see VERY FEW, VERY LIGHT surface hair lines which were caused by removal and replacement in and out of the inner sleeve, there are no nasty marks or scratches. In normal daylight this album is N/MINT. I have played this album on my very sensitive and revealing LINN SONDEK and the sound is UN-WORN, it is full and crisp there is NO loss of sound quality at all, wonderful sound stage and stereo seperation. There are FEW dust crackles that can be heard only in the quiet parts of the music or between tracks, but a professional clean should sort out most of that. These HEAVY VINYL origional pressings are second to none. This really is a great copy that any collector would be delighted to add to their collection, a real KEEPER . N/MINT-N/MINT. WONDERFUL!

THIS IS (in my humble opinion) ONE OF THE TOP 5 ALBUMS ON THIS LABEL.

THIS ALBUM IS NOW SO VERY VERY RARE AND IS NEARLY ALWAYS OFFERED IN POOR CONDITION

DONT MISS THIS ONE.

THERE CANT BE MANY OTHERS LEFT IN THIS LOVELY CONDITION.

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions.

I prefer payment by paypal, UK bidders may use a personal cheque.

GOOD LUCK bidding! Brian.

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