APHRODITE'S CHILD"666"1972VERTIGO SWIRL-1ST PRESSING DOUBLE LP AMAZING NEAR MINT
£
661
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876
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ATTENTION VERTIGO SWIRL,PROGRESSIVE ROCK AND MEGA-RARE 1970s LP COLLECTORS!
HERE IS A ONCE IN A BLUE MOON OPPORTUNITY TO BID FOR AN OUTSTANDING NEAR MINT CONDITION EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER VERTIGO SWIRL RELEASES!
APHRODITE'S CHILD:"666"
AN ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE PROGRESSIVE ROCK CONCEPT DOUBLE ALBUM THAT HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED WITH QUIET SURFACES AND HARDLY ANY SIGNS OF USE!
A SUPERB 1972 UK 1ST EDITION DOUBLE LP WITH THE VERTIGO"SWIRL"LABELS AND A VERY CLEAN LAMINATED GATEFOLD COVER-
PLEASE SEE ALL OF THE PHOTOS SHOWING THE FRONT+BACK AND INSIDE OF THE GATEFOLD COVER AND ALL FOUR LABELS!
A STEREO ONLY THICK VINYL PRESSING LP FROM NEARLY 40 YEARS AGO IN UPGRADER STANDARD,NEAR MINT CONDITION!
JUST A COUPLE OF VISIBLE,HAIRLINE SURFACE MARKS AND HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE!
NO CLICKS,NO SWISHES,NO RUMBLE,NO POPS,NO STICKS,NO JUMPS!
THE PREVIOUS OWNER IS BELIEVED TO HAVE PLAYED THIS SET ONLY A COUPLE OF TIMES!
IT SOUNDS BREATHTAKINGLY GOOD,MUSICALLY AND IN IT'S SOUND QUALITY AND AS EVER WITH ALL MY EBAY ITEMS,I PLAY THROUGH TO ENSURE ANY FAULTS ARE NOTED!
LOTS OF BASS,RANGE OF FREQUENCIES THAT CDs CANNOT MATCH AND USE OF THE STEREO IMAGE!
VERTIGO 6673 001 ON THE COVER.
THE DISCS STATE:6333 500+6333 501.
1Y/2Y/1Y/2Y MATRIXES-THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE!
THE COVER HAS A FEW SMALL CREASES BUT NO WRITING,STAINS,WRITING,RIPS OR REPAIRS.
INCLUDES BOTH OF THE ORIGINAL"PLASTIC BAGS CAN BE DANGEROUS"INNER SLEEVES!
A TRULY DECENT ORIGINAL ISSUE FROM A RELIABLE SELLER AND LONG TERM COLLECTOR!
SUPERB ROCK SONGS AND MUSICIANSHIP!
MIND-BLOWING,HYPNOTIC AND IN THE CASE OF THE SONG,"BREAK"HAUNTING AND BEAUTIFUL!
A DOUBLE ALBUM THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MEGA RARE IN ANYCONDITION BUT ALMOST 40 YEARS LATER IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AS GOOD AS THIS SET WHICH YOU MAY NEVER FIND AS GOOD AGAIN AS THIS EXAMPLE!
THE MAJORITY WERE PLAYED ON RADIOGRAMS,PORTABLE PLAYERS AND EVEN THE MOST CAREFUL FANS WOULD HAVE PLAYED IT DOZENS OF TIMES,THIS LP HAS HAD HARDLY ANY PLAYS AT ALL! .
SOMETIMES STEREO LPs WERE PLAYED IN ERROR ON MONO EQUIPMENT AND EVEN THE STEREO EQUIPMENT OF THE 1970s WAS BASIC AND CLUMSY RESULTING IN GROOVE WEAR AND DISTORTION ON COPIES THAT SURVIVE-THIS SET BEING AN EXCEPTION WITH A BEAUTIFUL COVER!!!!
EARLY 1970s EQUIPMENT WAS QUITE CRUDE-HEAVY TONEARMS AND MANY BUYERS UNAWARE OF THE NEED TO CHANGE THE STYLI ON A REGULAR BASIS!!!!
BARELY PLAYED WITH OUTSTANDINGLY QUIET VINYL AND HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE WHATSOEVER!
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AN UPGRADER SET-THEN THIS COULD BE THE ONE FOR YOU!
SO WHAT TO START THIS AMAZING ITEM AT?
IN RECENT TIMES,POPSIKE WILL SHOW YOU THAT THE £600 FIGURE HAS BEEN REACHED FOR A SIMILAR CONDITION SET,£200 ABOVE THE RECORD COLLECTOR PRICE GUIDE,THEREFORE,I CONSIDER THAT £200 IS A REALISTIC START WITH NO RESERVE! GOOD LUCK!
FREE SPECIAL DELIVERY POSTAGE TO THE UK. EUROPE £15 REST OF THE WORLD £20 TO COVER INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR.
YOU WILL GET AN ULTRA THICK AND SOLID PARCEL-PLEASE SEE MY FEEDBACK!
IT IS TIME FOR ANOTHER DELIGHT FROM ONE OF THE UKs LEADING RECORD EXPERTS/DEALERS.
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THERE IS HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE OR MUCH SIGNS OF USE.
A 1970s PROGRESSIVE ROCK 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 DOUBLE LP LIKE THIS IN THIS CONDITION!
NO CLEANING WAS NEEDED,THE SURFACES GLEAM,NO FINGERPRINTS,PATCHES OR BAD STORAGE ISSUES,NO WARPING,NO SCUFFS,NO FADING etc.
DON'T FORGET JUST HOW EXPENSIVE LPs WERE FOR THE AVERAGE BUYER 40 YEARS AGO.AN LP WAS USUALLY A CAREFULLY CONSIDERED PURCHASE OVER WEEKS AND EVEN MONTHS,WHICH EXPLAINS WHY SO FEW TURN UP.
THOSE THAT DID WERE OFTEN SCARED OF HAVING THEM STOLEN OR BORROWED WITHOUT RETURN AND WOULD WRITE NAMES ON THE COVER-JUST COMPARE WITH ANY OTHER SIMILAR LPs ON EBAY.THE MAJORITY HAVE WRITING,SELLOTAPE REPAIR OR WORSE STILL DRAWINGS AND DOODLES ADDED.
CHECK OUT YOURS 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!
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, THESE ARE GETTING RARE SO YOU CAN BID WITH COMPLETE CONFIDENCE!
MOST COPIES THAT SURVIVE ARE IN POOR CONDITION-THIS IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION WITH HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE WHATSOEVER ,EVEN AT HIGH VOLUME 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!
Just how many were preserved like this one ??!!!!!!
The mixes are Superb,Rich,warm and full of bass, with a natural warmth from NEARLY 40 YEARS AGO!
In the early 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 immaculate 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 and always will be!
GREAT WIDE RANGE STEREO SOUND WITH GREAT BASS!
I TEST ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITHOUT FILTERING OR A MONO SWITCH.
There is NO spindle wear.
Look elsewhere on ebay and you MIGHT see other copies-Look closer and you will find they are often reissues,inferior USA issues 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 DOUBLE LP-EXAMINE YOURS IF YOU HAVE ONE AT ALL AND IT MAY NOT BE AS GOOD AS YOU THINK!
THE LPs AS USUAL WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE COVER BEFORE SENDING!
REMEMBER I AM GRADING STRICTLY! PLEASE STUDY ALL OF THE PHOTOS!
As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!!
Realistic £200 STARTING price with no annoying reserve.
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 DOUBLE LP. A GREAT INVESTMENT!
CHEQUE WILL NEED TIME TO CLEAR BEFORE DELIVERY.
SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES FOR SEVERAL ITEMS BOUGHT
Checkout my feedback of OVER 13,000 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 9 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 9 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 WITH AN IMPRESSIVE STACK OF PROGRESSIVE ROCK LPs ENDING AT AUCTION FROM ME ON THE SAME EVENING AS THIS ONE!
I HAVE MENTIONED EVERYTHING BUT IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK.
MANY MORE FANTASTIC LPs TO COME IN FUTURE WEEKS IN 2012 FROM THIS COLLECTION FROM THE SAME ERA OF THE EARLY 1970s!
KEEP WATCHING!
DON'T LEAVE YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN!
THIS COULD BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET SUCH A WONDERFUL DOUBLE LP LIKE THIS ONE!
GOOD LUCK AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.
On 09-Jan-12 at 14:24:50 GMT, seller added the following information:
IF YOU MISSED OUT ON THE RECENT AUCTION OF A LOWER GRADE COPY THAT ATTRACTED KEEN BIDDING,THEN THIS COULD BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO BID FOR A FAR BETTER EXAMPLE-PROBABLY THE BEST SET THAT HAS BEEN SEEN ON EBAY IN YEARS! DON'T MISS OUT! I HAVE HAD SEVERAL OFFERS FOR BUY IT NOWS WHICH HAVE ALL BEEN REFUSED! THIS IS STRICTLY AN AUCTION ONLY!
On 16-Jan-12 at 10:58:42 GMT, seller added the following information:AT THE TIME OF ADDING THIS WITH JUST OVER 14 HOURS TO GO BEFORE THE END OF THE AUCTION,CURRENTLY AT £661,IT ONLY SEEMS RIGHT TO GET A BID OF £666 FOR THE 666 ALBUM TITLE-OR ARE YOU ALL SUPERSTITIOUS???
GOOD LUCK ON THIS ONE! SEE YOU JUST AFTER 1AM UK TIME,TUESDAY MORNING! STAY BRIGHT!
