Status Quo WHATEVER YOU WANT UK LP 1st Press Vertigo MINT MINUS AUDIO - LISTEN

	£		19
	$		25

STATUS QUO - WHATEVER YOU WANT

ONE PLAY MINT MINUS AUDIO

MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:VERTIGO 9102 037
• MATRIX: 9102037 1Y//1 v ESTR 11 / 2Y//1 v ESTR 13
• 'STRAWBERRY' STAMPED INTO THE DEAD WAX ON BOTH SIDES

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

ABSOLUTELY PERFECT VERTIGO SPACESHIP LABELS. HAVING MADE IN ENGLAND ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LABEL.

ALL OF THE COLOURS ARE IMMACULATE, NO RUBBING TO EITHER SURFACE, AND EVEN A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE, REVEALS JUST ONE MICROSCOPIC SPIDER LINE ON EITHER SIDE. THE DEAD WAX SHOWS THE CORRECT ONE Y – 1 AND 2Y1  FIRST PRESS MATRIX NUMBERS.

THE VINYL

THE VINYL STILL HAS ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL SHAME, AND IN DAY LIGHT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS. WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION I AM ABLE TO MAKE OUT A FEW WISPY SLEEVE REMOVAL LINES, AS THIS ALBUM WAS PLACED INTO A NON-POLY LINED PICTURE INNER SLEEVE IN THE FACTORY. THERE ARE NO HANDLING MARKS, OR HANDING LINES ANYWHERE.

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 IN THE FIRM BELIEF 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 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 LP SOUNDS.

THE FIRST THING TO SAY ABOUT THIS DISC IS THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE, NOR IS THERE ANY DISTORTION TO THE SOUND THUS MEANING THE LP WAS PLAYED ON A DECENT HI-FI SYSTEM WITH A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND TRACKED BALANCED STYLUS.

THERE ARE NO LOUD CLICKS OR POPS, AND NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE EITHER.

THERE IS THE OCCASIONAL TINY BIT OF'S STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND, WHICH CAN BE HEARD IN A FEW OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES AND FINALLY I DID HEAR TWO OR THREE TINY LITTLE STATIC TAKES IN THE LAST TRACK ON SIDE TWO.

THIS IS A TRULY SUPERB COPY OF THIS ALBUM, AND I AM HAPPY TO GRADE IT MINT MINUS FOR THE AUDIO REPRODUCTION

 PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

THE SLEEVE I BELIEVE IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS. NON-LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE IN PRISTINE CONDITION.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS QUITE IMMACULATE, HAVING ABSOLUTELY NO LOSS OF COLOUR WHATSOEVER, AND NO MARKS OR STAINS ON ANY PART OF THIS COVER. THERE IS JUST ONE MINUTE AND I DO MEAN MINUTE LINE AGAINST THE MIDDLE OF THE SPINE. TWO NEAR INVISIBLE ONES ON THE TOP EDGE, ONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR OR ANYWHERE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

THE TOP EDGE IS FULLY COLOURED ALL THE WAY ACROSS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT WITH JUST A TINY PINPRICK OF WHITE VISIBLE ON THE VERY RIGHT-HAND CORNER TIP END.

THE BOTTOM END IS IDENTICAL WAS JUST A FRACTION MORE WHITE SHOWING ON THE RIGHT CORNER TIP.

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT, AND 100% ON SQUASHED. ALL OF THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND THERE IS NO DAMAGE OR RUBBING FOR THAT MATTER TO EITHER THE TOP OR THE BOTTOM TIPS.

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS GOOD AS THE FRONT AGAIN ONE MINISCULE LINE BY THE SPINE, ONE ON THE TOP EDGE, AND THAT IS ALL.

THE PAPER PICTURE/LYRIC INSERT/INNER SLEEVE IS FLAT AND CLEAN, AND HAS SEAMS THAT HAVE NO SPLITS ON ANY OF THE THREE SEALED SURFACES. THERE IS A TINY SPECK OF GLUE AGEING DOWN THE LEFT AND RIGHT-HAND EDGES.

AS A BONUS THE ORIGINAL WHATEVER YOU WANT MERCHANDISE FLYER COMES WITH THIS PARTICULAR COPY IT FEATURES A RANGE OF MERCHANDISE AVAILABLE FOR STATUS QUO COLLECTORS AND IS STILL IN INCREASED CONDITION.

THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THIS SLEEVE GRADES MINT MINUS

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO FIND A BETTER EXAMPLE

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

GARRY