Status Quo PILEDRIVER UK LP 1ST VERTIGO SWIRL NMINT

	£		114
	$		151

STATUS QUO - PILEDRIVER

IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

WITH AN INCREDIBLY MINT WHITE SLEEVE

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

SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS CLASSIC QUO ALBUM, THEIR ONLY ONE RELEASED ON THE VERTIGO SWIRL LABEL. AND IT HAS THE BEST SLEEVE IS HAVE EVER SEEN

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 HALF A DOZEN SMALL SPIDER LINES SHOWING THE LIMITED PLAY THAT THE RECORD HAS RECEIVED IN 41 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 LIGHT WISPY HAIRLINES AND A COUPLE OF NEAR INVISIBLE HANDLING LINES

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 OFFEREING 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

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, AND THAT THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND AT ALL. THE RECORD PLAYS WITHOUT ANY SEVERE BACKGROUND CRACKLE OR CLICKING AT ALL.

THERE IS THE ODD LIGHT BIT OF VERY VERY LIGHT BACKGROUNDWHICH CAN ONLY BE HEARD IN THE QUIETEST SPOTS AND 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 NEVER FOUND A COPY THAT I WOULD BE PREPARED TO OFFER BUYERS UNTIL NOW. THIS IS THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN SINCE THE ALBUM CAME OUT IN 1972

THE FRONT SURFACE IS SPOTLESSLY WHITE THERE IS NOGRUBBINESS TO THE SURFACE WHATSOEVER. 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, THERE ARE NO SMALL LINES NEAR THE SPINE IT IS THAT PERFECT. NO RUBBING TO THE DELICATE COLOURS EITHER

BOTH TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% MINT AND UNRUBBED

THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY WHITE, FLAT 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

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 ORIGINAL VERTIGO SWIRL INNER SLEEVE IS IN THE SAME SUPER CONDITION AS THE REST OF THE SLEEVE

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

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

GARRY