"THE VERTIGO ANNUAL"1970 DOUBLE LP SWIRLS+GATEFOLD+BAGS

	£		45
	$		60

ATTENTION PROGRESSIVE ROCK MUSIC,VERTIGO"SWIRL"LABEL AND RARE 1970s LP COLLECTORS!

"THE VERTIGO ANNUAL 1970"

AN IDEAL INTRODUCTION TO THE MOST COLLECTED PROGRESSIVE ROCK LABEL OF ALL!

INCLUDES SOME RARELY HEARD ARTISTS ALONGSIDE SOME OF THE BIG NAMES!

A SUPERB ORIGINAL UK 1970 PHILIPS PRESSED VERTIGO"SWIRL"LABELS DOUBLE LP IN NEAR EXCELLENT CONDITION INCLUDING BOTH THE SWIRL INNER SLEEVES AND A GATEFOLD COVER WITH IT'S SPECIAL STICKER.

THIS DOUBLE LP IS VERY HARD TO FIND AS GOOD AS THIS COPY ON IT'S EARLIEST ISSUE!

6657001-A STEREO ONLY ISSUE WITH THICK VINYL UNLIKE LATER REPRESSES!

THIS WAS A SHORT LIVED ISSUE AS SOME OF THE ALBUMS FEATURED WERE DELETED WITHIN A YEAR OF ISSUE! 

 1Y A//1 +2Y//2 MATRIXES-EARLIEST POSSIBLE! 

MUSICALLY SOME MAGNIFICENT PROGRESSIVE ROCK TRACKS,MOST WITH A HARD ROCK EDGE-PLEASE SEE THE LIST BELOW!

THIS DOUBLE LP WAS NOT A HUGE SELLER!!

THERE WAS A TIDAL WAVE OF PROGRESSIVE ROCK LPs ALL ISSUED AROUND THE SAME TIME,ALL VYING FOR ATTENTION AND THERE WAS NOT THE VAST RANGE OF PUBLICITY OUTLETS AROUND TO PROMOTE IT.

AS WITH MOST OF THE EARLY VERTIGO "SWIRL" LABEL LPs,IT WAS DELETED WITHIN ABOUT A YEAR OF ISSUE.

GREAT GUITARWORK,FABULOUS DRUMMING AND EXCELLENT VOCALS.ADD THE THAT THE RECORDING BALANCE WHICH MAKES USE OF THE STEREO IMAGE BUT NOT TOO MUCH ECHO.

A NICE TOUCH OF MODERN JAZZ/FUSION WITH THE NUCLEUS TRACK! 

OF ALL THE PROGRESSIVE ROCK COMPILATION ALBUMS THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST SO EXPECT KEEN BIDDING ON THIS ONE AT THE LAST MINUTE!

REMEMBER THAT BACK IN 1970,THERE WERE VERY FEW RADIO STATIONS IN THE UK AND MOST OF THE TIME,ALBUM TRACKS OR ALBUM BASED ARTISTS WERE ONLY TO BE HEARD ON LATE NIGHT SPECIALIST SHOWS SUCH AS TOP GEAR WITH JOHN PEEL.AWAY FROM THE UK,RADIO LUXEMBOURG HAD A LATE NIGHT ROCK SHOW BUT MOST FANS OF THE GENRE HAD TO EITHER BUY"BLIND"OR TRY OUT NEW RELEASES AT THE LOCAL RECORD SHOP,MOST OF WHICH WOULD ONLY GET THE MORE OBSCURE ALBUMS SUCH AS THIS SET TO SPECIAL ORDER.

AS THIS WAS SUCH A POOR SELLER,IT WAS DELETED WITHIN A  YEAR OF ISSUE,MAYBE WITHIN A FEW MONTHS.

THIS IS THE FIRST DECENT PAIR I HAVE FOUND IN MANY MONTHS AND MORE OFTEN THAN NOT WHEN THESE LPs TURN UP,THEY TEND TO  HAVE BEEN STORED IN DAMP LOFTS OR GARAGES FOR YEARS,HAVING BEEN BADLY TREATED OR TAKEN TO PARTIES WHERE OF COURSE CASUAL,CLUMSY HANDLING RESULTED IN DEEP SCRATCHES AND WEAR.

THIS COPY HAS NOT HAD ANY OF THOSE PROBLEMS! A LOVELY SET!  

A TRULY DECENT PAIR FROM A RELIABLE  SELLER AND LONG TERM COLLECTOR!  

MANY COPIES WERE PLAYED ON PORTABLE PLAYERS,OR OLD EQUIPMENT AND EVEN THE MOST CAREFUL FANS WOULD HAVE PLAYED THEM DOZENS OF TIMES,THIS DOUBLE LP HAS HAD A FEW PLAYS BUT APART FROM A LITTLE FAINT SURFACE CRACKLE HERE AND THERE AT QUIETER MOMENTS,THE GROOVES ARE FREE OF NASTY POPS,CLICKS AND HISSES!

 THERE ARE SOME VISIBLE SURFACE MARKS,THE COVER REMOVAL AND CLEANING TYPE BUT NOTHING DEEP AND NASTY!

THESE VISUAL MARKS EQUATE THE NEAR EXCELLENT GRADING BUT THE SOUND IS EASILY EXCELLENT-THE BLINDFOLD TEST WOULD PROBABLY SOUND EXCELLENT TO MOST!! 

HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE WHATSOEVER !

CLEAN LABELS AND GATEFOLD COVER WITH NO WRITING OR MAJOR STAINING.

THE COVER HAS SOME EDGE WEAR AND A FEW MINOR CREASES BUT STILL IN GREAT SHAPE-BETTER THAN MOST OF THE ERA THAT SURVIVE!

THE SWIRL INNER SLEEVES ARE ALSO IN GREAT SHAPE WITH THE POLYLINING INTACT AND NO WRITING,RIPS OR MAJOR STAINS!

PLEASE SEE THE PHOTOS! 

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AN UPGRADER/ULTIMATE SET -

THIS COULD BE THE CHANCE FOR YOU!

MY STRICT NEAR EXCELLENT CONDITION GRADINGS BASED ON SIGHT AND SOUND ARE IN MOST CASES REGARDED BY MANY AS EXCELLENT,BUT DUE TO THE SIGNS OF USE -MENTIONED ABOVE,I PREFER TO STATE NEAR EXCELLENT CONDITION!

BID WITH TOTAL CONFIDENCE!

PLEASE CHECK OUT MY FEEDBACK! 

IT IS TIME FOR ANOTHER DELIGHT FROM ONE OF THE UKs LEADING RECORD  EXPERTS/DEALERS.

 THESE RECORDINGS MAY BE POSSIBLE TO FIND ON CD BUT SOUND BEST ON THICK PRESSED STEREO VINYL!

THE SOUND IS CLEAR,WITH  HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE WHATSOEVER!

THE TRACKS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

COLOSSEUM:ELEGY

ROD STEWART:HANDBAGS AND GLADRAGS

JIMMY CAMPBELL:HALF BAKED

MAY BLITZ:I DON'T KNOW

JUICY LUCY:MISSISSIPPI WOMAN

FAIRFIELD PARLOUR:IN MY BOX

MAGNA CARTA:GOIN' MY WAY

AFFINITY:THREE SISTERS

BLACK SABBATH:BEHIND THE WALL OF SLEEP

GRACIOUS:INTRODUCTION

CRESSIDA:TO PLAY YOUR LITTLE GAME

NUCLEUS:ELASTIC ROCK

MANFRED MANN-CHAPTER THREE:ONE WAY GLASS

BOB DOWNES:NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT

DR.STRANGELY STRANGE:SUMMER BREEZE

URIAH HEEP:GYPSY 

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FROM A RECENTLY PURCHASED COLLECTION OF TOP QUALITY  LPs OWNED BY A CAREFUL COLLECTOR WHO CARED FOR HIS LPs AND EQUIPMENT AND STORED AWAY FROM LIGHT AND HEAT  FOR 41 YEARS!JUST ONE OWNER! 

A PROG.ROCK/VERTIGO SWIRL LABEL COLLECTORS DREAM-PLEASE READ ON FOR IN DEPTH DETAILS!!

I HAVE NOT FOUND SUCH BREATHTAKING QUALITY FOR A DOUBLE LP OF THIS VINTAGE FOR QUITE SOMETIME.THEY ARE SIMPLY NOT TURNING UP AS FREQUENTLY AS THEY DID,EVEN FIVE YEARS AGO.MOST HAVE NOW LEFT THE UK FOR THE COLLECTIONS OF JAPAN,AMERICA AND THE FAR EAST NEVER TO RETURN TO THE SELLING MARKET.

THIS MAY BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET SUCH A BRILLIANT SET LIKE THIS ONE IN SUPERB NEAR EXCELLENT CONDITION!

PLEASE LOOK AT THE PHOTOS OF THE BRIGHTNESS AND SHARPNESS OF THE LABEL AND THE COVER!

DON'T FORGET JUST HOW EXPENSIVE LPs WERE FOR THE AVERAGE BUYER.AN LP WAS USUALLY A CAREFULLY CONSIDERED PURCHASE OVER WEEKS AND EVEN MONTHS,WHICH EXPLAINS WHY SO FEW TURN UP.

THIS IS THE BEST SET I HAVE  SEEN IN YEARS.

CHECK OUT YOUR PAIR IF YOU HAVE ONE-CAN YOU REALLY PUT UP WITH THE ONE YOU HAVE GOT AND WILL YOU REGRET IT LATER? IF NOTHING ELSE THIS IS A FANTASTIC INVESTMENT!

I AM SURE TO REGRET NOT KEEPING IT BUT THAT'S LIFE! THE HOUSE IS FULL AS IT IS! 

THE PREVIOUS OWNER WAS A HI-FI BUFF.IT IS HIGHLY PROBABLE THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF THIS RECORD TO APPEAR ON EBAY FOR YEARS DIRECT FROM SOMEONE WHO WAS A CONNOISEUR! 

THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH ME ON EBAY SINCE 2002 AND INDEED ELSEWHERE BEFORE SINCE 1986, WILL PROBABLY KNOW I HAVE BEEN A RESPECTED  MUSIC EXPERT AND COLLECTOR FOR MANY YEARS CALLED UPON BY RADIO,TV AND PRICE GUIDES FOR MY ADVICE AND KNOWLEDGE.

WHILST I AM IN THE BUSINESS TO SELL, I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE ITEMS I AM SELLING.

IN A COMPETITIVE MARKET SUCH AS EBAY, THIS IS GETTING RARE SO YOU CAN BID WITH COMPLETE CONFIDENCE!

VERY NICE THICK VINYL PRESSINGS!  

MOST COPIES THAT SURVIVE ARE IN POOR CONDITION. THIS SET SOUNDS NICE WITH HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE EVEN WITH THE TREBLE FULL ON TO"CATCH"ANY GROOVE WEAR AND THAT IS BEING STRICT! 

NO STICKS!/NO JUMPS!/NO CLICKS!/NO SWISHES!/NO DISTORTION!

A PAIR THAT HAS BEEN ENJOYED AND PLAYED A FEW TIMES BUT STILL SOUNDS NICE!

Just how many were preserved like this one FROM A FUSSY RELIABLE COLLECTOR ??!!!!!!  

The STEREO mixes are Superb and full of bass, with a natural warmth from those LP days OF 41 YEARS AGO!

In the 1970s, many were using terrible old and heavy equipment and using worn styli or nasty autochangers that would scuff the discs forever in seconds at the time not aware that years later even the slightest damage would be evident on more sophisticated audio.

The 1970s equipment was quite often a bit basic and it was suggested to play LPs at between 5 and 8 grammes, which of course after a few plays would produce on later plays that nasty"film of fizzy distortion"so often IGNORED by sellers and in MY LISTENING GRADING is ALWAYS LISTENED OUT FOR WITH THE TREBLE FULL ON AND PLAYED TO ENSURE THE BEST AND MOST ACURATE GRADING!!!!

 To find SUPER copies all these years later is getting almost impossible!FACT!

THEY ARE SIMPLY DRYING UP! 

These mixes are far punchier but are rather flat on the CDs that have come out!

Vinyl is still the best way to hear PROGRESSIVE ROCK MUSIC and always will be!  

GREAT WIDE RANGE SOUND WITH GREAT BASS!

I TEST ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITHOUT FILTERING OR A MONO SWITCH.

There is hardly any spindle wear.  

Look elsewhere on ebay and you MIGHT see other copies-Look closer and you will find they are often reissues or lower grade copies with all manner of faults.

MOST RECORDS ON EBAY ARE IN DIABOLICAL, BAD CONDITIONS ATTEMPTED TO BE  SOLD BY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT KNOW HOW TO GRADE OR BOTHER TO ACTUALLY PLAY THEM FOR AN ACURATE DESCRIPTION!

This is A POSSIBLE UPGRADER SET-EXAMINE YOURS IF YOU HAVE ONE AT ALL AND IT MAY NOT BE AS GOOD AS YOU THINK! .

THE LPs WILL BE REMOVED FROM IT'S COVER BEFORE SENDING!   

REMEMBER I AM GRADING STRICTLY! PLEASE STUDY THE PHOTOS! 

As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!!

Realistic  £25 STARTING price  and THAT DOES INCLUDE FREE UK POSTAGE.  

DON'T LEAVE IT AND REGRET IT LATER!!!!!!!!!!!THIS MAY NOT BE REPEATED FOR A LONG TIME! 

THIS IS A GREAT CHANCE TO OWN A SUPER AND RARE LP. A GREAT INVESTMENT! 

Postage is FREE AND RECORDED DELIVERY TO THE UK SOLID PACKING FAR BETTER THAN THE MAJORITY OF SELLERS-LOOK AT THE FEEDBACK FOR PROOF! YOU WILL GET IT IN FINE SHAPE!!

Outside UK extra depending on destination.EUROPE £5 REST OF THE WORLD £8. PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO SEVERAL ITEMS OVERSEAS BEING"LOST", IF THE OPTION TO SEND INSURED IS REFUSED THEN I CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST ITEMS. I DO NOT DRAMATICALLY INCREASE POSTAGE ON SEVERAL ITEMS BOUGHT.Paypal or cheque within 7 days please.

CHEQUE WILL NEED TIME TO CLEAR BEFORE DELIVERY. 

SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE RATES FOR SEVERAL ITEMS BOUGHT.

DO NOT BID UNLESS YOU INTEND TO PAY.Feedback always left. BE AWARE!!!! NON PAYERS AND TIMEWASTERS WILL BE DEALT WITH AND REPORTED TO EBAY AS WELL AS CIRCULATED VERBALLY AND BY EMAIL TO MY MANY DEALER AND COLLECTOR FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!

Checkout my  feedback of OVER 11,000 comments of my standards and service many from some of the world's most respected collectors and dealers. BID with confidence! Always adding quality Records, cd's and related items to ebay several times a week. Customers from all over the world regard my  ebay selections as the #1 for QUALITY,VARIETY AND SERVICE.

I HAVE BEEN A DEALER SINCE 1986 WITH OVER 8 YEARS ON EBAY.

I ACTUALLY LISTEN TO MY ITEMS ON GOOD QUALITY EQUIPMENT, USUALLY TWICE TO ENSURE THE VERY BEST POSSIBLE AND ACURATE GRADE-I WANT LONG TERM REGULAR CUSTOMERS WHO WANT TO RETURN TO BUY FROM ME WITH FAITH AND TRUST.

LOOK AT MY FEEDBACK AND SEE WELL KNOWN RESPECTED COLLECTORS AND DEALERS WHO BUY FROM ME OVER AND OVER-NOTE WHAT THEY SAY-PAGE AFTER PAGE OF GLOWING STATEMENTS! 

UK Customers are very welcome to collect ebay winnings  by prior email arrangement.OVER 8 YEARS ON EBAY and many more before as a keen collector! Thanks for looking and good luck.

OTHER STYLES OF MUSIC ON EBAY FROM ME-SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE-LOOK NO FURTHER!!!!!

DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS OPPORTUNITY,MAYBE FOR THE LAST TIME FOR THIS DOUBLE LP IN THIS CONDITION!

I HAVE MENTIONED EVERYTHING BUT IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK.

MANY MORE FANTASTIC LPs TO COME IN FUTURE WEEKS AND MONTHS FROM THIS COLLECTION FROM THE SAME ERA!

MORE RARE LPs FROM ME ENDING AT AUCTION ON EBAY ON THE SAME EVENING AS THIS ONE INCLUDING MORE VERTIGO "SWIRLS"!

 KEEP WATCHING AND BIDDING!

 DON'T LEAVE YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN!

THIS COULD WELL BE YOUR VERY LAST CHANCE TO GET SUCH A WONDERFUL DOUBLE LP LIKE THIS ONE!

GOOD LUCK AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.