Rod Stewart GASOLINE ALLEY UK LP 1ST SWIRL 1 PLAY MINT-
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ROD STEWART - GASOLINE ALLEY
PLAYED JUST ONCE EVER!!!
- VERTIGO SWIRL LABEL
- CATALOGUE: 6360 500
- MATRIX: 6360500 1Y // 1 - 2Y // 1
- THIS IS THE GENUINE ORIGINAL FIRST PRESS, EASILY SPOTTED DUE TO THE ABNORMAL TEXTURING OF THE SLEEVE. THE VERY FIRST ISSUES HAS A TEXTURED FINISH THAT RESEMBLED ELEPHANTS HIDE. THE SECOND ISSUES WERE LIGHTLY TEXTURED, AND THE LATER ISSUES SMOOTH.
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 DETERMINE JUST HOW GOOD THE SET REALLY IS. HERE WE HAVE A VERY "WHITE" WHITE WHICH SUGGESTS THAT THERE IS NO STAINING, IT LOOKS AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS STUCK ONTO THE LP. THE SPINDLE HOLE IS TOTALLY UNWORN, AND I CANNOT MAKE OUT ANY SPIDER LINES AT ALL. IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS ALBUM HAS JUST NOT BEEN PLAYED, IN FACT THERE IS A LARGE PIECE OF VINYL SHARD STUCK TO THE SPINDLE HOLE WHICH PROVES WITHOUT QUESTION THAT THIS LP HAS BARELY SEEN A TURNTABE AS THIS WOULD HAVE QUICKY FALLEN OFF UNDER NORMAL USUAGE. IT IS ABSOLUTELY IMMACULATE. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A PRISTINE COPY OF THIS ALBUM THEN I WOULD SUGGEST YOU CARRY ON READING
The Vinyl
REMOVING IT FROM THE INNER WAS LIKE REMOVING THE LP FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT HAD THAT PULL YOU GET WITH NEW LP'S AS THEY RESIST BEING TAKEN OUT OF THE INNER SLEEVE. WHAT GREETED ME WAS A STUNNING MINT CONDITION BLACK PIEVE OF VINYL THAT LOOKS BRAND NEW. AGAIN THIS IS A VERY GOOD INDICATION THAT THIS ALBUM HAS NOT BEEN PLAYED. THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF HANDLING, NO SCRATCHES, OR MARKS, AND EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE. IT IS EVERY BIT AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED
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 FOUR 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 SNIPPETS OF STATIC IN A COUPLE OF RANDOM PLACES
The Sleeve
THIS AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED IS THE VERY FIRST GATEFOLD ISSUE OF THIS SLEEVE WITH THE VERY HEAVY TEXTURED FINISH.
THE FRONT SURFACE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. THERE IS NO RUBBING OR THEREFORE COLOUR LOSS WHICH COULD PLAGUE THIS TEXTURED FINISH. MOR ARE THERE ANY CREASES OR CREASE LINES. NOT EVEN THE SMALL ONES WHICH NORMALLY APPEAR NEAR THE SPINE. THE ONLY SPOT IS RIGHT ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE ABOUT 3 BRICKS IN FROM THE LEFT WHERE THERE IS A SMALL NICK AND WHITE SHOWS THOUGH, AND THE VERY LEFT CORNER TIP SHOWS SOME MILD RUBBING. THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES WOULD NORMALLY BE FOUND SEVERLY RUBBED AND VAST AMOUNT OF SHELF WEAR WOULD BE PRESENT, BUT ON THIS SUPER SLEEVE IT IS ABSOLUTELY MINIMAL.
THE SPINE IS IMMACULATE APART FROM THAT BOTTOM TIP WHICH AS MENTIONED HAS MILD RUBBING, BUT EVERYWHERE ELSE IT IS FLAT CLEAN UNRUBBED, AND ALL THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.
THE OPENING EDGE IS VERY SHARP AND ACURATELY DEPICTS JUST HOW LITTLE THE RECORD HAS BEEN OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE. THE REAR SURFACE IS ALSO IN THE SAME MAGNIFICENT CONDITION AS THE FRONT, NO RUBBING OR COLOUR LOSS AND NO CREASES, OR INDEED ANY PEN MARLS OR SIGNS OF BAD HANDLING.
OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS THE PRISTINE INNER SURFACE. IT'S WORTH POINTING OUT AT THIS TIME THAT THE FIRST PRESS SLEEVE HAS A MUCH SHARPER (IN FOCUS) IMAGE OF ROD STEWART THAN THE LATER PRESSES. I COMPARED THIS IMAGE TO ONE THAT I HAVE ON A LATER SLEEVE AND THE CLARITY IS VERY OBVIOUS. IT IS ALSO RIGHT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS A HOWARDS OF SLOUGH SLEEVE. IN ADDITION TO BEING SHARPER THAN THE LATER ISSUES, THE IMAGE BACKGROUND IS A DARKER GREY THAN THE LATER ISSUES. ANYWAY THE INNER IMAGE IS PRISTINE AND UNBLEMISHED.
THIS SET WOULD NOT BE COMPLETE WITHOUT THE SPIRAL INNER SLEEVE, AND THIS ONE IS AS MINT AS THE RECORD AND SLEEVE. ONLY THE VERY LIGHTEST TRACE OF ANY LP SHAPE, AND NO SPLITS ANYWHERE. IT IS WITHOUT QUESTION AS GOOD AS YOU COULD GET. THIS INNER HAS THE HABIT OF DISCOLOURING EASILY, BUT THIS ONE IS WHITE ALL OVER.
THIS SLEEVE EASILY GRADES NEAR MINT
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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