Colosseum THOSE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE SALUTE YOU 1969 UK LP 1st EX+ / MINT HEAR

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	$		33

COLOSSEUM - THOSE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE SALUTE YOU

STUNNING EX+ / MINT AUDIO FROM START TO FINISH

ORIGINAL 1969 FONTANA STEREO PRESS

MINT MINUS SLEEVE

THIS IS THE DEBUT ALBUM FROM COLOSSEUM, PRESSED AND RELEASED IN 1969, IT IS AN ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT SLAB OF PROG ROCK

AND THE VINYL IS IN ABSOLUTELY STAGGERING MINT MINUS ORIGINAL CONDITION AND PLAYS TO PERFECTION ALL THE WAY THROUGH

RELEASED IN MARCH 1969 AND MADE NUMBER 15 IN THE UK CHARTS

A FIRST PRESS OF THIS ALBUM MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES

THE LABEL MUST BE THE TEXTURED BLACK AND SILVER FONTANA LABEL (BRONZE LABEL WAS THE REISSUE)

THE MATRIX NUMBERS MUST BE 1Y1 / 2Y1 AND THE DIGITS FOLLOWING 420 MUST BE 1 1

THE SLEEVE MUST BE LAMINATED FRONT AND BACK

THERE MUST BE NO MENTION OF THE MAKER OF THE SLEEVE ANYWHERE

THERE IS A TEXT BOX ON THE RIGHT INNER PANEL WHICH STATES ' WARNING- COPYRIGHT SUBSISTS IN ALL FONTANA RECORDINGS'

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

THE BLACK AND SILVER LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THEY ARE RICH AND VIBRANT IN COLOUR AND THE BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS CLEAR AND UNRUBBED AND ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AS IS THE AREA SURROUNDING THE FONTANA LOGO.  

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION AND HAS NOT LOST ANY OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. A BEAUTIFULLY GLOSSY ALBUM . IT IS CLEAR JUST BY LOOKING AT IT, THAT IT HAS BARELY SEEN A TURNTABLE IN ITS 55 YEARS.
THERE IS A SMALL FACTORY FLAW ON SIDE ONE TRACK THREE. IT HAS A COUPLE OF THOSE TINY PRESSING DIMPLES YOU SOMETIMES GET

THESE LITTLE DIMPLES CAUSE A FEW LITTLE POPS AS THE STLUS PASSES OVER. NOT TOO LOUD BUT THERE NON THE LESS

THE TEST PLAY

THIS SUPERB VINYL PLAYS SUPERBLY. THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS MAGNIFICENT, AND THE SOUND IS BOTH CRISP AND CLEAR AND NO DISTORTION AT ANY POINT.

CLEARLY WHAT PLAY THIS LP HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A TOP SYSTEM WITH A STYLUS THAT WAS TRACKED AND WEIGHTED CORRECTLY, AND UNWORN BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT DURING THE PLAY

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES OR CLICKS EITHER

YOU HAVE TO TAKE A LISTEN TO APPRECIATE JUST HOW SUPERB THIS VINYL SOUNDS. 

THE LINKING GROOVES ARE SILENT, AND THE QUIET PASSAGES PLAY FLAWLESSLY

AS MENTIONED ABOVE THERE ARE A FEW LITTLE POPS IN TRACK THREE DUE TO THE PRESSING FLAW AND IN ADDITION I HEARD JUST TWO TINY LITTLE TICS IN TRACK ONE
THE REST OF THE ALBUM PLAYS TO ABSOLUTE PERFECTION

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS AUDIO EX+ FOR SIDE ONE AND MINT FOR SIDE TWO

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE ALBUM AND JUDGE ITS QUALITY FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

FULLY LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE OF THIS SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. THERE ARE NO  HEAVY CREASES OR LARGE AND DEEP CREASE LINES, AND THE LAMINATE STILL GLEAMS LIKE NEW

THERE IS NO LAMINATE PEEL, LIFT OR FLAKE.

THERE IS ONE SMALL PRESSURE LINE BY THE SPINE.NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THERE IS NO RING WEAR TO THE SLEEVE, OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE FOR THAT MATTER

THE TOP EDGES ARE FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR,WITH JUST A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT CORNER TIPS ENDS.

THE BOTTOM EDGES ARE IDENTICAL

THE SPINE IS ALSO PERFECTLY LAMINATED . BOTH ENDS REMAIN UNBLEMISHED

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP

 THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME SUPER CONDITION AS THE FRONT, WITH NO HEAVY CREASING, JUST ONE SMALL PRESSURE LINE NEAR THE SPINE.

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO PERFECT INNER PANELS. 

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS UNSPLIT, AND VERY WHITE AND FLAT WITH JUST A LITTLE GLUE AGEING AROUND THE PERIMIETR EDGES.

THE SLEEVE GRADES MINT MINUS