MAY BLITZ UK LP DEBUT ALBUM VERTIGO SWIRL MINT-
  £   233
  $   309

 


£ 233 Sold For
Mar 29, 2009 Sold Date
Mar 22, 2009 Start Date
£   19 Start price
19   Number Of Bids
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MAY BLITZ - DEBUT ALBUM

BARELY PLAYED IN 39 YEARS

  • VERTIGO SWIRL LABEL
  • 6360007
  • MATRIX: 6360007 1Y // 1 - 2Y // 1

The Record

THE LABELS

A MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF FIRST PRESS LABELS. THE BLACK SPIRAL SIDE OF THE LABEL ALWAYS LOOKS GREAT AND SO IT FALLS TO THE WHITE SIDE TO DERMINE JUST HO GOOD THE SET REALLY IS. HERE WE HAVE A VERY "WHIET2 WHITE WHICH SUGGESTS THAT THERE IS NO STAINING, OR MARKS. THERE IS ONE SMALL HOLE IN THE WHITE JUST ABOVE THE 33 AT 3 O'CLOCK ON THE LABEL WHERE A SMALL PICE OF THE WHITE IS MISSING. IT LOOKS AS THOUGH IT WAS PRESSED THIS WAY AS I CANNOT SEE ANY WAY OF REMOVING IT WITHOUT MAKING THE REST OF THE LABEL LOOK POOR.

THERE ARE JUST HALF A DOZEN SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE WHICH PROVES JUST HOW LITTLE THIS SUPERB ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED

The Vinyl

VISUALLY AS NEW VINYL, HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND LOOKS SUPERB. THERE ARE NO HANDLING MARKS, OR ANY SURFACE SCRATECHES ANYWHERE TO BE SEEN, AND ONLY UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION AM I ABLE TO MAKE OUT A FEW VERY VERY LIGHT WISPY HAIRLINES. THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN KEPT IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

Playing the Record

ALL THE WORDS IN THE WORLD IN MY OPINION ARE NOT AS GOOD AS BEING ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE ACTUAL RECORD YOU ARE THINKING OF BIDDING FOR, AND THATS WHY I HAVE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS ME TO DO JUST THAT FOR YOU.

I HAVE RECORDED HALF A DOZEN SEGMENTS FROM THE ALBUM INCLUDING LOUD PASSAGES, QUIETER PASSAGES, AND SILENT PASSAGES SUCH AS THE DEAD WAX RUN IN AND THE LINKING GROOVES BETWEEN THE TRACKS. I HOPE THIS WILL GIVE A SOLID IDEA OF HOW SUPERB THE RECORD SOUNDS OVERALL.

SO PLEASE CLICK ON THE AUDIO BUTTON AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE AND FLICK THROUGH THE SOUNDBITES AVAILABLE TO YOU. I BELIEVE YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT THIS IS INDEED A STUNNING AND INCREDIBLE ALBUM

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS PRIZED COLLECTIBLE MINT MINUS, AND THE ONLY UNWANTED NOISES WERE A FEW BARELY AUDIBLE LITTLE POPS IN A COUPLE OF RANDOM PLACES

The Sleeve

THIS UNLAMINATED GATEFOLD IS ALSO IN MINT MINUS CONDITION AND IS WITHOUT A DOUBT A MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE TO GO WITH THE STUNNING VINYL

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND HAS NO HEAVY CREASE LINES OR INDEED CREASES, IN FACT THERE ARE NO LINES ON IT AT ALL APART FROM ONE BARELY VISIBLE TINY LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE. THE COLOUR HAS BEEN RETAINED ALL OVER THE SLEEVE FRONT AND BACK, AND NO WEAR TO ANY PART OF THE SURFACE. IT IS VERY EASY TO SPOIL THIS SLEEVE AS THERE ARE MANY WHITE SECTIONS THAT CAN EASILY GET DULLED AND AGED THROUGH GRIME AND HANDLING, BUT THIS SUPERB SLEEVE IS FREE FROM VIRTUALLY ALL OF THAT. THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE ALSO AMAZINGLY UNWORN AND THIS ON AN UNLAMINATED SLEEVE OF THIS TYPE IS VERY RARE. THE SPNE IS ALSO JUST SUPERB. VERY FLAT, WITH PERFECTLY LEGIBLE TYPEFACE, AND JUST THE MILDEST BIT OF RUBBING TO THE COLOUR AT THE VERY TOP OF THE SPINE.

THE OPENING EDGE SUGGESTS THAT THE RECORD HAS HARDLY EVER BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE. IT IS AS SHARP AS IT COULD POSSIBLY BE AND IS MINT.

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERYBIT AS UNBLEMISHED AS THE FRONT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A VERY LIGHT BIT OF HANDLING TO THE VERY BOTTOM SECTION OF THE WHITE BELLY OF THE GORILLA.

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE, MINT CONDITION INNER SURFACE

THE ORIGINAL SPIRAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. NO SPLITS AND BARELY A CREASE LINE WORTH MENTIONING. THE TOP OPENING EDGE IS UNWORN, AND THE AGING IS LIMITED TO A COUPLE OF SMALL SPOTS AND SOME VERY VERY LIGHT BROWNING.

THIS SLEEVE EASILY GRADES MINT MINUS

 

IT WOULD GRACE ANY COLLECTION IN THE WORLD, SO GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOOSE TO GO FOR IT

 

GARRY

 

 

 





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