Status Quo HELLO UK LP 1ST COPY 1 PLAY EVER PLAYS 100% MINT MINUS

	£		55
	$		73

STATUS QUO - HELLO

IN MAGNIFICENT ONE PLAY MINT MINUS!!!CONDITION

SUPERB MINT MINUS SLEEVE

VERY RARE ITALY/UK HYBRID!!!!

• CATALOGUE:VERTIGO 6360 098
• MATRIX: 6360098 1 1 520 20 09 73 05 L / 2 1 520 20 09 73 05 L
• MADE IN ENGLAND LABELS

THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE FIND!!

THE MATRIX NUMBERS ON THIS UK FIRST PRESS WOULD APPEAR TO BE OF ITALIAN ORIGIN. HAVING THE 520 IN THE NUMBER WHICH INDICATES AN ITALIAN PRESS (UK IS ALWAYS 420). HOWEVER THE LABELS CLEARLY STATE 'MADE IN ENGLAND'

SO THERE IS A MYSTERY HERE. IS IT

A) AN ITALIAN PRESSED VINYL WITH UK LABELS ON IT?, IMPORTED DUE TO HIGH DEMAND FOR THE LP?

B) A UK PRESSED VINYL FOR THE ITALIAN MARKET BUT WITH UK LABELS BY MISTAKE?

LOOKING AT THE REST OF THE MATRIX NUMBER IT IS CLEAR IT IS A FIRST PRESS HAVING THE 1 1 DIGITS TO IDENTIFY IT, PLUS 20 09 73 WOULD INDICATE THAT IT WAS PRESSED ON SEPTEMBER 2OTH 1973. THE LP WAS OFFICIALLY RELEASED IN THE UK ON SEPTEMBER 28TH 1973!!

ADDED TO THE FACT THAT THIS LP HAS ONLY EVER HAD THE ONE PLAY FROM NEW AND HERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THE QUO COLLECTORS

THE RECORDS

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 ONE TINY LINE ON ONE SIDE AND NO SPIDER LINES WHATSOEVER ON THE OTHER. THERE IS STILL RESIDUAL SHARDS OF VINYL INSIDE OF THE SPINDLE HOLE

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 UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE APART FROM A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM, FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS AS I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS.

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 THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

THIS RECORD IS EASY TO GRADE MINT MINUS!!!!!

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED ,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 SECOND AMAZEMENT IS THAT THERE IS NOT ONE LINE NEAR THE SPINE. AGAIN UNHEARD OF. NONE NEITHER ALONG THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES. THERE ARE TWO SMALL THUMB LINES ON ALAN LANCASTER TO THE FAR RIGHT

THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER HAS THE SMALLEST DING TO IT, THE OTHER THREE  CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE

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. IT HAS THE CORRECT TAPERED AND AND EVEN HERE ALL OF THE BLACK SURFACE IS INTACT. 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, WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS TO SHOW THAT THE RECORD WAS REMOVED A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE LAST 37 YEARS.

THE REAR SURFACE IS JUST AS CLEAN AND BLACK AS THE FRONT WITH JUST ONE TINY LINE CLOSE TO THE SPINE AND A SHIMMER OF GREY SHOWING THROUGH THE JET BLACK SURFACE NEAR THE SPINE.

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 ONE CORNER LIGHTLY WRINKLED. SOMETHING I HAVE NEVER NOTICED BEFORE BUT THE SONG TITLES ON THE INNER SLEEVE ARE EMBOSSED ONTO THE PAPER

INSIDE THE SLEEVE THE ORIGINAL LARGE POSTER IS HOUSED AND IN MINT CONDITION. SHARP CREASE LINES AND THE POSTER HAS CLEARLY NEVER BEEN NEAR A WALL.

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS MAGNIFICENT SLEEVE MINT MINUS!!!

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

GARRY