Patto HOLD YOUR FIRE RARE UK LP 1ST VERTIGO SWIRL

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PATTO - HOLD YOUR FIRE

RARE VERTIGO SWIRL LABEL - 1ST PRESS

WANT TO BE VERY UP FRONT ABOUT THIS ALBUM. THERE IS A SMALL MARK ON THE VINYL (PICTURE SHOWS THIS) WHICH IS ACCROSS THE END OF TRACK ONE AND THE START OF TRACK TWO ON SIDE 1. THIS CAUSES SOME CLICKS AND IT DOES STICK IN ONE SPOT. I HAVE RECORDED THE START OF TRACK TWO SO YOU CAN HEAR FOR YORSELF. THE STICK IS IN THE LAST 30 SECS OF TRACK ONE.

• CAT:VERTIGO 6360032
• MATRIX: 6360032 1 Y1 / 2 Y1

• THE GENUINE FIRST PRESS INDICATORS

 I HAVE RECENTLY AQUIRED A SELECTION OF RECORDS FROM A COLLECTION OWNED BY THE LATE KEVIN DUBROW WHO WAS THE LEAD SINGER WITH THE USA BAND QUIET RIOT. SADLY KEVIN DIED IN NOVEMBER 2007 AT HIS HOME IN LAS VEGAS AND I FOUND MYSELF IN VEAGS LAST WEEK, WHERE I WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE WHAT AMOUNTS TO A FABULOUS SELECTION OF UK ALBUMS THAT KEVIN OWNED. I GUESS I WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME WHEN THEY WERE BEING SOLD. I HAVE PURCHASED ONLY THOSE ALBUMS THAT WERE OF UK ORIGIN, AND MOST ARE IN AMAZING CONDITION AND RARE. IT HAS BEEN INTERESTING READING A LITTLE ABOUT KEVIN SINCE I RETURNED HOME AND I NOW HAVE A REASONABLE UNDERSTANDING OF WHY THESE WERE IN HIS COLLECTION AS HE LOVED THE BRITISH INVASION MUSIC OF THE 60'S. WILKPEDIA HAS A GREAT ARTICLE ON THE LIFE OF KEVIN DUBROW AND WOULD RECOMMEND A READ AS YOU MAY WELL BE THE NEW OWNER OF ONE OR MORE OF HIS SELECT COLLECTION AFTER THIS AUCTION CLOSES.

EACH OF THE INNER SLEEVES OF THIS COLLECTION IS STAMPED TWICE WITH A PERSONALISED PRINT OF KEVINS AUTOGRAPH, SOMETHING HE MUST HAVE DONE TO PERSONALISE EACH OF THE LP'S IN HIS COLLECTION.

AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS RARELY PRESENTS ITSELF, AND EACH OF THE LP'S HAVE BEEN METICULOUSLY PRESERVED AND WILL COME TO YOU IN THE SAME SUPERB CONDITION

I WILL BE LISTING A FEW RECORDS AT A TIME OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR SO FROM THIS SUPERB COLLECTION SO CHECK BACK DAILY

THE RECORD LABELS

THE FAMOUS VERTIGO SPIRAL LABELS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE WHITE SIDE IN PARTICULAR IS STILL PRETTY WHITE AND THE COLOUR EXTENDS RIGHT INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THERE ARE SOME LIGHT SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE HOLE, AND THE ALBUM HAS HAD PLAY, AND ACTUALLY THIS IS A GREAT PROG ALBUM, CANNOT REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY IT NEVER SOLD IN HUGE NUMBERS.

THE VINYL

AIAM NOT GOING TO MAKE A CLAIM ABOUT THE OVERALL GRADE OF THIS ALBUM. HOPEFULLY THE 4 RECORDIGS WILL SHOW THE LP FOR WHAT IT IS. I HAVE PLAYED IT THROUGH TWICE AND CAN SAY THAT IN MY OPINION SIDE TWO PLAYS TO AN EXCELLENT PLUS STANDARD. NO BACKGROUND, NO DISTORTION, AND NO CLICKS, JUST THE VERY ODD LIGHT POP IN A PLACE OR TWO.

I HAVE ALREADY DETAILED THE MARK ON SIDE ONE AND WHAT IT DOES, AND APART FROM THAT THE REST OF SIDE ONE PLAYS TO AN EXCELLENT STANDARD WITH JUST A LITTLE LIGHT BACKGROUND IN PLACES ACTUALLY BARELY AUDIBLE, AND A FEW LIGHT POPS AND A COUPLE OF LITTLE CLICKS. WITHOUT THE MARK I WOULD BE SAYING OVERALL EXCELLENT / EXCELLENT PLUS, WITH IT, I WILL LEAVE IT UP TO YOU TO DECIDE IF IT SOMETHING YOU WANT.

LOOKING AT THE LP IN THE LIGHT IT HAS RETAINED MOST OF ITS ORIGINAL SHEEN, AND THERE IS JUST SOME VERY LIGHT AND WISPY HAIRLINES

IF YOU CAN PUT UP WITH THE MARK, ACTUALLY YOU HAVE A GREAT SOUNDING ALBUM, CLEAR AND CLEAN AND DISTORTION FREE. ADDED TO THE FACT THAT THERE ARE NOT MANY OF THESE ABOUT, OR PERHAPS YOU HAVE A GREAT COPY WITH A POOR SLEEVE.

PLAYING THE RECORD

I HAVE INCLUDED 4 SHORT EXAMPLES OF JUST HOW  THIS RECORD SOUNDS. PLEASE CLICK ON THE MEDIA PLAYER BELOW TO HEAR THEM. I ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT THE INTRODUCTION (RUN IN GROOVE) IS A REALLY GOOD REFLECTION OF THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THE DISC. SO I HAVE STARTED THE RECORDING FROM THE RUN IN GROOVE, HENCE A FEW SECONDS BEFORE THE MUSIC STARTS. HOWEVER YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CLEARLY HEAR WHAT THAT RUN IN SOUNDS LIKE, WHETHER IT HAS ANY NOISE ETC. IN ADDITION I HAVE RECORDED SIDE 2'S OPENING TRACK, AND ONE OTHER TRACK FROM EACH SIDE INCLUDING THE LINKING GROOVE.

THE SLEEVE

THE OVERALL GRADING OF THE SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT PLUS. IT IS THAT GOOD!!!!

VERY VULNERABLE NON LAMINATED TRISPLIT FRONT SLEEVE, WHICH IS USUALLT FOUND IN TORN, WORN, SPLIT CONDITION. THIS COPY IS IN SUPERB CONDITION.

THE FRONT SURFACE HAS THE THREE PICTURE FLAPS THAT FOR THE IMAGE OF THE 12" SURFACE. THE VULNERABLE AREA IS WHERE THEY ATTACH TO THE SPINE. ON THIS SLEEVE THE FLAPS ARE PERFECTLY STILL INTACT AND THE SPINE IS UNWORN IN THIS AREA. THE FRONT IS ALSO FLAT AND HAS NO CREASES OR BENDS. THE COLOURS ON THIS SURFACE HAVE BEEN RETAINED PERFECTLY. THE WHITE SURFACE IS EXCELLENT WITH JUST A COUPLE OF LIGHT HANDLING SIGNS WITH A BIT OF MARKING IN A COUPLE OF PLACES. THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE ABSOLOUTE MINIMAL WEAR. THE SPINE IS UNSPLIT AS MENTIONED AND THE REARSURFACE WHICH AGAIN SUFFERS VERY BADLY FROM COLOUR LOSS, RING WEAR AND PAPER PEEL HAS ONLY THE VERY LIGHTEST TRACE OF PAPER PEEL RIGHT AGAINST THE SPINE. THE BLACK SURFACE IS STILL VERY BLACK, AND THERE IS JUST THE BAREST SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE AT THE TOP.

RETURNING TO THE FRONT AND OPENING THE THREE FLAPS, THE FIRST THING TO NOTE IS THE RERA SURFACE OF THE THREE FLAPS. THE COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS SURFACE IS THAT IT IS USUAL TO FIND IT WITH HARDLY ANY BLACK LEFT ON IT. NOT SO IN THIS CASE. THE BLACK SURFACE IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION WITH JUST THE BAREST TRACE OF COLOUR LOSS. THE CARTOON SECTION IS JUST ABOUT PERFECT, AND AMAZINGLY THE OPENING EDGE WHICH IS NEXT TO THE SPINE IS TOTALLY UNTORN. THAT IS ALMOST UNHEARD OF AS WELL

THE ORIGINAL VERTIGO SWIRL INNNER IS INCLUDED AND IS IN GREAT SHAPE

THE RUBBER STAMPED AUTOGRAPH THAT KEVIN PLACED ON ALL OF HIS INNER SLEEVES IS PLACED NEATLY ON BOTH SIDES OF ONE SIDE OF THE INNER SLEEVE

THE RECORD HAS BEEN PRESERVED IN A NEW POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE, THE ORIGINAL IS INCLUDED AND LEFT INSIDE THE SLEEVE. THE LP WILL BE SENT VERY CAREFULLY PACKAGED AND I WILL PLACE THE LP OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE FOR MAXIMUM PROTECTION. YOUR NEW PURCHASE WILL ALSO COME HOUSED IN A NEW STIFF PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE.

GOOD LUCK IF YOU DECIDE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY