Status Quo PILEDRIVER 1972 UK LP 1st Press Vertigo Swirl SUPERB NEAR MINT AUDIO

	£		111
	$		132

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STATUS QUO - PILEDRIVER

IN MAGNIFICENT NEAR MINT CONDITION

WITH AN INCREDIBLY MINT MINUS WHITE SLEEVE

FULLY PLAY TESTED PRIOR TO LISTING 

• CATALOGUE:VERTIGO 6360 062
• MATRIX: 6360062      1//Y 1 v 420 1 1 2 2 / 2//Y 1 v 420  1 1 2 0
• THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE MATRIX NUMBERS

JUST A QUICK WORD ON A FIRST PRESS OF THIS VINYL

THE OBVIOUS SPOT IS THE VERTIGO SWIRL LABEL, AS REISSUES WERE ON THE SPACESHIP LABEL, EVEN SO THE NUMBERS MUST BE 1Y1 / 2Y1

BUT IT IS THE SLEEVE THAT HAS TO BE CORRECT. I HAVE COMPARED AN ORIGINAL (THIS ONE) TO A REISSUE SLEEVE, AND THERE IS ONLY ONE THING THAT TELLS THEM APART, AND IT IS THE MANUFACTURER.

RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLEEVE ON THE REISSUE IT STATES 'PRINTED AND MADE BY HOWARDS PRINTERS (SLOUGH) LTD. ENGLAND

ON AN ORIGINAL THERE IS NO REFERENCE TO THE MAKERS WHATSOEVER

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE SPIRAL LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. THE COLOURS ARE ALL RICH AND VIBRANT AND FULLY STRETCH INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND UNRUBBED, AND THE WHITE SURFACE IS PURE WHITE AND UNMARKED. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST 3-4 SMALL SPIDER LINES SHOWING THE LIMITED PLAY THAT THE RECORD HAS RECEIVED IN 40 YEARS

THE VINYL

THE RECORD GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE HAS BEEN RETAINED. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE MARKS OR ANY SIGNS OF HANDLING ON THE DISCS IN DAYLIGHT AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NO MORE THAN A FEW LIGHT WISPY HAIRLINES

THE TEST PLAY

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES

THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT, MEANING THAT THE FEW PLAYS THE VINYL HAS RECEIVED WERE COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS.

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS AT ALL

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

THERE IS THE ODD LIGHT BIT OF VERY VERY LIGHT STATIC CAN ONLY BE HEARD IN A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES AND MOST SILENT PASSAGES

I HEARD JUST ONE OR TWO TINY DUST POPS THOUGH THE ENTIRE PLAY

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL NEAR MINT

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED , GATEFOLD IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN A COLLECTIBLE CONDITION. THE REASON BEING THAT THE NON LAMINATED WHITE SURFACE NOT ONLY YELLOWS SEVERELY, BUT PICKS UP EVERY FINGER MARK AND ALWAYS LOOKS TOTALLY SHABBY, SO MUCH SO THAT IN ALL THE YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS, I HAVE ONLY EVER FOUND ONE OTHER COPY THAT I WOULD BE PREPARED TO OFFER COLLECTORS. THIS IS THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN SINCE THE ALBUM CAME OUT IN 1972

THE FRONT SURFACE IS SPOTLESSLY WHITE THERE IS NO GRUBBINESS TO THE SURFACE WHATSOEVER. 

IF I AM ULTRA PICKY THEN THERE IS JUST THE TINIEST LIGHT BROWN FINGERNAL SIZED SPOT NEAR THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER

IT IS QUITE INCREDIBLE TO SEE ONE IN THIS MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THERE IS NO RING WEAR EITHER NOR IS THERE ANY SIGN OF RECORD SHAPE.THE SLEEVE HAS BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FROM NEW AND THIS IS WHY IT HAS REMAINED IN THIS INCREDIBLE CONDITION.

THERE ARE NO CREASES, CREASE LINES, FOLD, BENDS OR DINGS, AND MOST AMAZINGLY OF ALL, JUST ONE MINUSCULE PRESSURE LINES- NEAR THE SPINE IT IS THAT PERFECT. 

NONE ON THE TOP EDGE, NONE ON THE BOTTOM AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

PERFECT DEEP RICH COLOURS ALL OVER THE FRONT AND THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE

BOTH TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% MINT AND UNRUBBED

THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY WHITE, FLAT AND UNCREASED AND HAS ALL OF THE BLACK TYPEFACE LEGIBLE , AND OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP, AND LOOKS AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS RELEASED

THE REAR SURFACE IS VIRTUALLY AS CLEAN AND AS PURE WHITE AS THE FRONT. THERE ARE JUST TWO SMALL LIGHT BROWN MOTTLES ON THE LEFT LOWER SIDE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A TOTALLY PRISTINE PAIR OF WHITE INNER PANELS. I BELIEVE BECAUSE IT HAS SAT INSIDE A PLASTIC COVER IT IS POSSIBLE THE GATEFOLD HAS NEVER BEEN OPENED SINCE THEN

THE  VERTIGO SWIRL INNER SLEEVE IS IN FLAT AND UNSPLIT CONDITION . SUPERN EXAMPLE WITH JUST A TINY NICK TO ONE SIDE OF THE DIE CUT HOLE

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS MAGNIFICENT SLEEVE MINT MINUS!!!!

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY