Status Quo HELLO 1973 UK LP 1st Press PLAYS NEAR MINT W/ A MINT SLEEVE + POSTER

	£		19
	$		25

FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED PRIOR TO LISTING

STATUS QUO - HELLO

SUPERB NEAR MINT AUDIO

AMAZING AND IMPOSSIBLE MINT SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH POSTER AND INNER

THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE FIND!!

IF YOU ARE A QUO COLLECTOR THEN YOU WILL KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO FIND THE SLEEVE ON 'HELLO' IN PERFECT CONDITION. RING WEAR, RUNNING TO THE CHROME EFFECT TEXT AND CREASE LINES ARE USUALLY FOUND TO LIVE ON THIS SLEEVE.
THIS ONE HOWEVER LOOKS JUST LIKE IT HAS BEEN PUT INTO THE STORE RACK IN 1973. I AM ABSOLUTELY GOBSMACKED AT JUST HOW PRISTINE THIS SLEEVE IS

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

THE SPACESHIP 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. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS  just 2-3  SPIDER LINES 

THE VINYL

THE RECORD GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND COULDN'T LOOK ANY BETTER. ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE HAS BEEN RETAINED.THE DISC LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE MARKS OR ANY SIGNS OF HANDLING ON THE DISCS, AND EVEN UNDERA MAGNIFYING LED HALO THERE ARE JUST A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES

THE TEST PLAY

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 FANTASTIC THIS VINYL SOUNDS 

THE VINYL PLAYS TO ABSOLUTE PERFECTION. NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND AT ANY POINT

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND CERTAINLY NO LOUD CLICKS

NO VINYL NOISE ANYWHERE, JUST SOME OCCASIONAL BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN SOME OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES

I HEARD NO MORE THAN TWO TINY DUST POPS  AND A FEW STATIC TICS AND A TINY OCCASIONAL SPECK OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN A SILENT PASSAGE OR TWO

THIS RECORD IS EASY TO GRADE NEAR MINT

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED MATTE ,ROBOR SINGLE SLEEVE

THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN A COLLECTIBLE CONDITION. THE REASON BEING THAT THE DUSTY AND DELICATE BLACK SURFACE IS USUALLY FOUND WORN AWAY AND RING WORN. THE SILVER LOGO IS ALSO USUALLY FOUND TERRIBLY RUBBED, AND THE WHOLE THING IS PRONE TO SEVERE CREASING, PARTICULARLY AT THE SPINE WHERE THERE ARE USUALLY PLENTY OF WHITE LINES VISIBLE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS SUPERBLY CLEAN THERE IS NO LOSS OF BLACK 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.

INCREDIBLY THERE IS NOT ONE SCRATCH OR BLEMISH TO THE SILVER TEXT TOP OR BOTTOM, AND THIS IS UNHEARD OF. THE SLEEVE HAS CLEARLY BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FROM NEW

THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SO SHARP AND SQUARE. IT REALLY DOES LOOK BRAND NEW

THERE ARE THREE OF THE TINIEST LITTLE PRESSURE LINES ON THE SPINE. NONE ON THE TOP EDGE, NONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE BOTH JUST IMMACULATE. NO LOSS OF COLOUR WITH THE BLACK SURFACE RUNNING FROM TIP TO TIP UNINTERRUPTED

AGAIN IT'S CLEAR IS THAT THIS SLEEVE HAS BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FOR MOST OF ITS LIFE

THE SPINE IS 100% FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. NOT EVEN A FINGER TO THUMB IMPRESSION.  NO RUBBING OR LOSS OF COLOUR AT ANY POINT ON THIS SPINE. ALL OF THE WHITE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND  PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP

THE REAR SURFACE IS JUST AS CLEAN AND BLACK AS THE FRONT . SERIOUSLY IMMACULATE

THE LYRIC INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION. TOTALLY FLAT AND UNCREASED, AND NO SPLITS TO ANY OF THE SEAMS.  A NEAR PERFECT EXAMPLE, WITH JUST A FEW LIGHT WRINKLE LINES

INSIDE THE SLEEVE THE ORIGINAL LARGE POSTER IS HOUSED AND IN MINT CONDITION. SHARP CREASE LINES AND EVIDENCE THAT IT HAS BEEN ON A WALL AS THERE ARE SOME BLU-TACK MARKS ON THE BACK. OBVIOUSLY THE ORIGINAL OWNER SAW THE ERROR OF THEIR WAYS AND RETURNED IT TO ITS SLEEVE

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS MAGNIFICENT SLEEVE MINT 

YOU WILL NEVER, EVER FIND A BETTER EXAMPLE I GUARANTEE IT 

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

GARRY