Colosseum Valentyne’s Suite Vertigo swirl UK NEAR MIN
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Description
COLOSSEUM
Valentyne’s Suite
847 900 VTY
Matrix 1Y/ 2Y Stampers 1 / 1
1969 UK original release. VERY FIRST UK Pressing!!
Labels
Black & White vertigo swirl. Near Mint condition with the delicate flash residue still visible around central hole. One or two plays only. Hardly a spindle trace observed. Remarkable condition.
Swirl inner bag-Near mint minus. Just a little creasing around outer edges. Nothing much to fault.
Gatefold sleeve
Unlaminated opening gatefold sleeve. Most are found heavily worn. This one is graded excellent/nr mint minus. Solid spine with slight top edge wear only. Title very clear and legible. Faces quite superb with an ultra clean appearance, lightly handled. The centrefold is near perfection. The front face is staggering with the iridescent pinkish tints filtering softly through the landscape in magnificent style. Have not seen a better example of this album cover.
Audio
Delivery is absolutely superb. At least an excellent and considerably better in some parts . Any surface disturbance is virtually undetected and is heard in the extreme distance, if at all, as the extra loud cut engineering operates very effectively with tones delivered sharp and clear. Vertigo pressings are renowned for much wider grooves to accommodate the heavy rock ballads/grating tones so widely used during the heavy rock presentation. These grooves operate effectively ,conveying one of the best Colosseum performances ever heard from this release.The heavy guitar riffs and the pounding percussion beats punch the airwaves with a warm vibrancy seldom heard from this Colosseum classic and is delivered like no other. Sensational delivery.
Vinyl
Thick vertigo pressing. A giant heavyweight and has a stunning appearance. On first viewing, it appears absolutely perfect , unmarked and with little to fault. On closer examination, and with a microglass and only on one side, there is some very faint surface staining of some cleaning fluid which has caused the wispiest of faint markings on one side but they are extremely difficult to pick up under ordinary light. In fact, have only just discovered them myself if angling against a very strong halogen.Therefore visual has been downgraded to Excellent ++ rather than near mint. I must stress that this factor does not affect the musical presentation in any way.
Only played once/twice and falls into a mega rare category as these vertigo pressings were heavily played, used and abused suffering much groove wear and surface damage. This record has come through decades virtually undamaged and is probably one of the best examples of this rock classic ever offered to you. Do not miss out on this awesome and stunning album release.
Shipping
UK-£3.50
Europe-£4.50
USA/Japan-£8.00
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