COLOSSEUM VALENTYNE SUITE 1st press UK VERTIGO FULL SWIRL PHILIPS vinyl album lp

	£		80
	$		106

COLOSSEUM 

Valentyne Suite

Original UK Ultra Rare Earliest 1st Pressing 

VERTIGO Records Stereo LP

Includes Vertigo Swirl Inner

This was the first record ever released on VERIGO SWIRL hence it's cat is VO 1

So you are looking at not only the earliest pressing of this Album

 but also the earliest pressing of the entire Vertigo Swirl Label.

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Stereo vinyl LP in  Gatefold sleeve

Cat No VO 1

Matrix / Runout (Side A): 886775 1 Y * 1 420 11 1 (Earliest Possible)

Matrix / Runout (Side B): 886775 2*Y * 1 420 11 1 (Earliest Possible)

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Condition

SLEEVE, VINYL, INNER  ALL EXCELLENT

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Notes

 EXTREMELY RARE - the first album to be released on the PHILIPS VERTIGO LABEL and as such has the distinctive status of being VO 1 and for that reason alone it is an essential inclusion in any collection. 

The Vertigo variants are all rare and only seen from time to time, but the only way to be certain that you have the RAREST VARIANT which is this EARLIEST FIRST PRESSINGS is to make sure the ‘A PHILIPS RECORD PRODUCT’ credit is printed on the bottom of the ‘B’ side label between the outline VERTIGO name and ‘All Rights….’ text on the bottom perimeter - which was dropped after the FIRST ISSUE - but even more important and rarer is the ‘A PHILIPS RECORDS PRODUCT’ credit, on the inside centre spread of the gatefold bottom right, which was removed even earlier than the label credit.  These two key features along with the SWIRL INNER BAG and SWIRL LABELS - noting that the ‘A’ side has the original full swirl and the ‘B’ side has the large logo variant (later re-pressing and re-issues have a smaller swirl logo and no Philips credits) - are unique to the EARLIEST FIRST ISSUES and ONLY THE VARIANT WITH ALL OF THESE CHARACTERISTICS AND THE FIRST MATRICES, FIRST MOTHERS & STAMPERS LISTED BELOW ARE FROM THE VERY EARLIEST FIRST UK ISSUE, THEY ARE ALSO PRESSED ON NOTICEABLY HEAVIER VINYL. This one is from EARLIEST ORIGINAL UK PRESS made just prior to the commercial release date in 1969 - AND JUST LOOK AT THOSE 1 & 1 MOTHER & STAMPER CODES, YOU WOULD BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND A MUCH EARLIER PRESSING THAN THIS. To add to the already impressive rarity value this has one of the BEST VINYLS I have seen with any example of this album for a very long time.

The key features are listed below:

COMPLETE ORIGINAL UK ALBUM, FIRST PRESS AND FIRST ISSUE

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FIRST MASTERS, FIRST MOTHERS, VERY EARLY STAMPER CODES

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SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT (146 GMS.) VINYL EXCELLENT

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STEREO RECORDING FORMAT DELIVERING GREAT AUDIO

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ORIGINAL UK VERTIGO FULL SWIRL ‘A’ LARGE SWIRL ‘B’  LABELS

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ORIGINAL UK MARCUS KEEF & LINDA GLOVER DESIGN GATEFOLD

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BOTH GATEFOLD AND ‘B’ SIDE LABEL HAVE THE  PHILIPS CREDIT

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ORIGINAL VERTIGO FULL SWIRL INNER SLEEVE STILL POLYLINED

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ABSOLUTE ORIGINALS LIKE THIS ARE VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND

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Notes on Postage

I do not make on postage charged, in fact for international postage I loose.

This is because Ebay now charge 10% on postage price

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UK Postage

I send all my items Royal mail 1st class signed for

This is £4.50

Addition purchases can be added at an additional £1 per item (max 2)

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INTERNATIONAL Postage

I send all my items Royal mail 1st class International signed for

This is £15.99

Addition purchases can be added at an additional £5 per item (max 2)

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