Status Quo PILEDRIVER ORIGINAL VERTIGO SWIRL UK 1972 LP MINT MINUS AUDIO

	£		43
	$		57

STATUS QUO - PILEDRIVER

IN MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS!!! CONDITION

WITH AN INCREDIBLY NEAR MINT WHITE SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:VERTIGO 6360 062
• MATRIX: 6360062 1//Y 1 v 420 1 1 6/ 2//Y 1 v 420  1 1 5
• 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

TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY

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 UN-RUBBED, AND THE WHITE SURFACE IS PURE WHITE AND UNMARKED. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS 10 OR SO SMALL SPIDER LINES SHOWING THE LIMITED PLAY THAT THE RECORD HAS RECEIVED IN 45 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 VERY TINY WISPY HAIRLINES

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH, A SERVICE THAT I AM NOW OFFERING TO ALL MY CUSTOMERS WITH EVERY DISC THAT I LIST. I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WILL WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE JUDGE THE ALBUMS THAT I LIST ON HOW IT SOUNDS AND NOT JUST MY DESCRIPTION.

THIS IS A SERVICE THAT I AM DELIGHTED TO OFFER

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW CLEAR AND CRISP THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS

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

THERE IS THE ODD MINUSCULE SPECK OF VERY VERY LIGHT STATIC WHICH CAN ONLY BE HEARD IN A COUPLE OF THEQUIETEST SPOTS 

I DIDN'T HEAR ANY DUST POPS OR STATIC TICS ANYWHERE

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS

DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED , GATEFOLD IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

AS DESCRIBED AT THE TOP OF

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 TWO OTHER COPIES THAT I WOULD BE PREPARED TO OFFER COLLECTORS. THIS IS ONE OFTHE 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 APART FROM A VERY TINY PATCH OF  SURFACE RUB JUST ABOVE THE BOTTOM EDGE. 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 TO HAVE BEEN BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FOR MOST OF THE TIME (SEE WHAT I DID THERE QUO FANS)

THERE ARE NO CREASES, CREASE LINES, FOLD, BENDS OR DINGS,AND THERE ARE JUST THREE TINY PRESSURE LINES NEAR THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

BOTH TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE FULLY COLOURED ALL THE WAY ACROSS BOTH SURFACES, WITH JUST A SPECK OF RUB TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIPS

THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY WHITE, FLATAND 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 JUST AS CLEAN AND AS PURE WHITE AS THE FRONT. THERE IS JUST ONE SMALL PRESSURE LINE JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE GORILLA'S HEAD, AND THREE SMALL ONES ON THE SPINE 

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A TOTALLY PRISTINE PAIR OF INNER PANELS. 

THE ORIGINAL VERTIGO SWIRL INNER SLEEVE IS IN FLAT AND UNSPLIT CONDITION WITH JUST A LITTLE GLUE DRIED AGEING TO THE TOP EDGE AND SEAMS

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS MAGNIFICENT SLEEVE NEAR MINT

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

GARRY