Colosseum THOSE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE SALUTE YOU UK LP 1ST FONTANA 100% NEAR MINT

	£		37
	$		49

COLOSSEUM - THOSE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE SALUTE YOU

IN MAGNIFICENT 3-4 PLAY CONDITION

ORIGINAL 1969 FONTANA STEREO PRESS

INCREDIBLE NEAR MINT VINYL AND SOUNDS LIKE NEW

• CATALOGUE:FONTANA STL 5510
• MATRIX: 886765 1Y//1 420 1 1 1 4  /  886765 2Y//1 420  1 2 6 
• 1ST PRESS MATRIX NUMBERS

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 RECORDS

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 LEGIBLEAS IS THE AREA SURROUNDING THE FONTANA LOGO.  FINALLY THERE ARE JUST 3-4 MINISCULE SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS 42 YEAR OLD ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED

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 42 YEARS.IN DAYLIGHT IT IS FLAWLESS NOT A MARK ON IT ANYWHERE, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION, THERE ARE JUST A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN. I DON'T BELIEVE YOU WILL EVER FIND A BETTER COPY THAN THIS

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 RECORDED THE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I AM NOW DOING WITH ALL MY LISTINGS AS I AM CONVINCED 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

THIS SUPERB VINYL PLAYS FAULTLESSLY. 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. IF IAM BEING ULTRA PICKY AND THE ONLY THING THAT STOPS ME GRADING THIS PLAY TOTALLY MINT IS THE ODD SECOND OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC, WHICH IS ONLY EVEIDENT IN A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES

I CAN'T EVEN SAY THAT I HEARD ANY LITTLE DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL NEAR MINT

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 ARE 4-5 NEAR INVISIBLE LITTLE LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE, AND ONE ON EACH OF THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES

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

THE TOP EDGE IS 100% FREE FROM AMY SHELF WEAR, WHILST THE BOTTOM EDGE, HAS THE TINIEST AMOUNT OF VERY LIGHT RUBBING

THE SPINE HAS A FEW TINY SEMI FINGER TO THUMB SQUASHES, BUT ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PROPERLY INTACT, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE VERY TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS ARE LIGHTLY RUBBED

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP AND DOESN'T EVEN HAVE ANY THUMB NAIL NICKS ALONG THE EDGES

 THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME SUPER CONDITION AS THE FRONT, WITH NO HEAVY CREASING, JUST A FEW LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE, ONE ON THE TOP EDGE, AND A SMALL LINE ACROSS THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS UNSPLIT, AND VERY WHITE AND FLAT WITH JUST A LITTLE GLUE AGEING AROUND THE PERIMIETR EDGES, AND A COUPLE OF THE CORNERS ARE VERY LIGHTLY WRINKLED

THE SLEEVE GRADES NEAR MINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GARRY