COLOSSEUM-VALENTYNE SUITE-ORIG 69 1ST PRESS PHILIPS UK PRESS-SUPERB AUDIO &COVER

	£		46
	$		61

((((((((COLOSSEUM))))))))

VALENTYNE SUITE

FIRST LP MADE ON THE VERTIGO SWIRL

VERY EARLY 1ST PRESS !!!!

WITH 'A PHILIPS RECORD PRODUCT' ON LABEL !!!

AND 'A PHILIPS RECORDS PRODUCT' ON THE COVER !!!

THIS IS AN ORIGINAL 1969 UK EARLIEST 1ST PRESS :: 1Y X 1 :: 2 X Y X 1 .

ON THE LARGE VERTIGO SWIRL LABEL :: 847 900 VTY ( VO 1 ) .

Colosseum is a pioneering British progressive jazz-rock band, mixing progressive rock and jazz-based improvisation The band was formed in September 1968 by drummer Jon Hiseman, tenor sax player Dick Heckstall-Smith and bass player Tony Reeves, who had previously worked together in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers on the Bare Wires album. Dave Greenslade, on organ, was immediately recruited, and the line-up was completed by Jim Roche on guitar, although Roche only recorded one track before being replaced by James Litherland, (guitar and vocals). Hiseman and Heckstall-Smith had also previously played in Graham Bond's band, and Colosseum utilised several of the songs from that period. This is also the first album recorded on the vertigo swirl label, and it is a very early 'philips' complete 1st press which also makes it very collectable, and apart from this it is an amazing album as well !!!

COVER :: ORIGINAL GATEFOLD AND ONE OF THE BEST THAT I HAVE SEEN !!!! THIS HAS 'A PHILIPS RECORDS PRODUCT' ON THE INSIDE OF THE GATEFOLD ( PLEASE NOTE THAT ON THE LABEL IT SAYS 'RECORD', BUT ON THE COVER IT SAYS 'RECORDS' ), THE SOLID SQUARE READABLE SPINE IS IN GREAT CONDITION; AND ALSO THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE SOLID WITH A BIT OF LIGHT SHELF WEAR ON BOTTOM EDGE ( AND DOES NOT EFFECT FRONT OR BACK FACES OF THE COVER ) :: INSIDE THE GATEFOLD IS SUPERB, AND OPENING EDGE IS STILL SHARP :: THERE IS ONLY A TINY RUB ON EACH CORNER; AND THERE IS NO WRITING, STICKERS, RIPS, SPLITS ETC :: THERE IS ONLY A TINY BIT OF RING WEAR ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE ONLY ( HARDLY NOTICABLE ). THE COVER IS LOVELY AND SMOOTH AND HAS BEEN LOVED AND WELL LOOKED AFTER. I WOULD GRADE THIS ORIGINAL 1ST PRESS GATEFOLD :: A VERY VERY STRONG EX . LOVELY COVER !!!

VINYL :: LOOKS AND PLAYS AS FANTASTIC. THERE ARE ONLY A FEW SPIDER WEB THREAD ULTRA FINE LINES SEEN  ONLY UNDER BRIGHT LIGHT, AND THERE ARE NO OTHER MARKS OR SCRATCHES, SO NO SKIPS, STICKS OR JUMPS ANYWHERE !!! PLAYS REALLY WELL AND IS A PLEASURE TO LISTEN TO WITH ONLY TWO SOFT TICKS BETWEEN TRACK 1 & 2 AND ALSO THREE SOFT TICKS BETWEENTRACK 3 & 4 ( THIS IS NOT ON THE AUDIO !!! ) :: WHILE ON SIDE 2 THERE ARE ONLY FOUR VERY SOFT BACKGROUND POPS ON THE INTRO TO TRACK 1.....AND THAT'S IT !!!! I WOULD GRADE THE AUDIO :: EX/EX+ . IT IS MUCH CLOSER TO EX+!!!!!! AS THERE IS NOTHING TO SPOIL THIS UNIQUE ALBUM, OR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE IN ANY WAY AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!

LABELS ::  1ST PRESS WITH 'A PHILIPS RECORD PRODUCT' AND SPOTLESS WITH ONLY A COUPLE OF SPINDLE LINES AT THE CENTRE SEEN WHEN ANGLED AT LIGHT :: EX/EX+ .

ORIGINAL SWIRL POLYLINED INNER :: NO SPLITS OR WRITING ONLY A BIT OF AGEING AROUND THE EDGES AND A CREASE IN ONE CORNER :: VG+ . 

THIS REALLY HAS BRILLIANT AUDIO AND A COVER TO MATCH, AND SWIRL INNER AS WELL. A VERY RARE AND HARD TO FIND COMPLETE 'PHILIPS' UK 1ST PRESS ORIGINAL, AND WHAT MAKES IT MORE RARE, IS THE FANTASTIC ALL ROUND CONDITION THAT IT IS IN !!! THIS IS ONE NOT TO MISS, AND WITH A LOW START PRICE. YOU WILL ONLY BE DISAPPOINTED IF YOU MISS IT !!! THANKYOU AS ALWAYS FOR YOUR TIME.

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VINYL WILL BE PACKED SEPARATE FROM COVER IN PLASTIC SLEEVES, AND WILL BE PACKED BULLET AND POSTMAN PROOF.

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