Status Quo HELLO UK LP 1973 1st Press W/Poster Barely Played NEAR MINT - LISTEN

	£		24
	$		32

STATUS QUO - HELLO

ONE PLAY AND 100% NEAR MINTAUDIO

MAGNIFICENT NEAR MINT  SLEEVE

COMPLETE WITH PERFECT LARGE POSTER

• CATALOGUE:VERTIGO 6360 098
• MATRIX: 6360098 1Y//2 v 420 0 12 3 / 2y//2 V 420 0 11 12
• 'damon and mels' etched into dead wax side one
• 'mels' etched into dead wax side two

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE VERTIGO SPACESHIP LABELS ARE JUST IMMACULATE.  THE DEEP RICH COLOURS ARE UNBLEMISHED AND FULLY STRETCH INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE LIKEWISE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST ONE OR TWO MINUTE SPIDER LINES.

THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF THE ORIGINAL SHEEN. AND IN DAY LIGHT THE DISC LOOKS FLAWLESS. ONLY WHEN PLACED UNDER A REALLY STRONG LED SPOTLIGHT AND I ABLE TO SEE SOME WISPY HAIRLINES AND 12 ANGEL HAIR HANDLING LINES, PLUS A COUPLE OF SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL LINES AS THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN HOUSED IN A PAPER INNER SLEEVE.

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

VERY WORTH A LISTEN THIS ALBUM, AND WHAT YOU WILL HEAR IS A FANTASTIC FIRST PRESSING  SOUND QUALITY, AND THE GLORIOUS STEREO REPRODUCTION..

THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND SO WHAT LITTLE PLAY THIS VINYL HAS RECEIVED WAS DONE ON A HIGH-END HI-FI THAT HAD A PERFECTLY BALANCE WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS.

IN ADDITION THERE IS NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE EITHER, NOT THAT THE NORMALLY IS ON VERTIGO PRESSINGS.

NO LOUD POPS AND NO LOUD CLICKS, AND NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE  ANYWHERE THROUGH THE PLAY.

THERE IS THE OCCASIONAL TINY LITTLE BIT OF STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND, WHICH IS SOMETIMES DETECTABLE IN A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROUPS, AND IN ONE OR TWO OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES. IN ADDITION I HEARD no more thanA FEW TINY LITTLE STATIC TICS, WHICH HAVE NO SERIOUS IMPACT ON THE OVERALL SOUND QUALITY.

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL NEAR MINT !!!!

 PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

SO IF YOU ARE A COLLECTOR OF STATUS QUO ALBUMS, YOU WILL KNOW THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE HARDEST SLEEVE TO COLLECT ANYTHING LIKE  THE SORT OF CONDITION THAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO. due mainly to the UN LAMINATED BLACK POWDERY SURFACE WHICH APPEARS TO RUB AS SOON AS YOU LOOK AT IT,  THE SILVER STATUS QUO AND HELLO TYPEFACE ON THE FRONT COVER ALSO RUBS BADLY, AND QUITE FRANKLY MOST COPIES THAT YOU WILL SEE WILL BE CREASED AND BATTERED.

I'M DELIGHTED TO SAY THAT THIS COPY IS BETTER MOST EXAMPLES YOU WILL COME ACROSS ON YOUR SEARCH.

SO STARTING WITH THE FRONT SURFACE, THE FIRST THING TO NOTE IS THAT THERE IS NO SERIOUS RUBBING TO THE JET BLACK COLOUR, plus THE SILVER STATUS QUO LOGO AT THE TOP OF THE SLEEVE and the hello TYPEFACE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLEEVE ARE BOTH PRISTINE AND  UN SCRATCHED, UNRUBBED CONDITION. THERE ARE  THREE SMALL LINES AGAINST THE SPINE ONE OF WHICH STRETCHES ACROSS THE BOTTOM LEFT-HAND CORNER AND TOUCHES THE BOTTOM EDGE. THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY  NONE  ALONG THE TOP EDGE WHICH IS VERY SURPRISING, AND FOUR ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, PLUS ONE THUMB LINE JUST TO THE LEFT OF LANCASTER'S ARM.

TOP EDGE HAS RETAINED ALL OF THE BLACK SURFACE  WHILST THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS A FEW WHITE FLECKS OF UNDERCARD SHOWING NEAR THE RIGHT CORNER  AND ALSO NEAR THE LEFT CORNER. 

THE VERY THIN TAPERED ENDED SPINE HAS ONE VERY LIGHT FINGER TO THUMB IMPRESSION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SURFACE, AND A FEW WHITE SPECKS OF UNDERCARD VISIBLE ON THE TAPERED ENDS PLUS ONE OR TWO ON THE TOP LEADING-EDGE. THE TYPEFACE APPEARS TO BE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THE OPENING EDGE IS VERY SHARP ON THE FRONT EDGE BUT A LITTLE BURRED ON THE REAR EDGE.

THE REAR SURFACE LIKE THE FRONT IS STILL PERFECTLY BLACK, ONCE AGAIN THERE ARE THREE OR FOUR SMALL LINES AGAINST THE SPINE and a little record shape just under the top leading-edge. THE WHITE TYPEFACE is UNBLEMISHED

THE WAFER THIN PAPER INNER SLEEVE, WHICH ALSO HAS THE LYRICS PRINTED ON BOTH SIDES YOU WILL BE PLEASED TO KNOW HAS THREE PERFECTLY SEALED EDGES, NO SPLITS ANYWHERE. THERE IS ONE CORNER CREASE AT THE TOP AND A FEW LITTLE WRINKLES ELSEWHERE, BUT THIS APPEARS TO BE IN GREAT CONDITION.

FINALLY THE MASSIVE POSTER THAT CAME WITH THIS ALBUM FROM 1973 HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME SUPERBLY WELL. THE FIRST THING TO SAY IS THAT IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO EVER HAVE BEEN PLACED ANYWHERE NEAR A WALL BECAUSE THERE ARE NO PINHOLES IN THE CORNERS nor IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE OF GLUE OR BLUE TACK ON THE WHITE SIDE OF THE POSTER..  MY PERSONAL BELIEF IS THAT THIS IS HARDLY EVER BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE BECAUSE ALL OF THE FOLD LINES ARE RAZOR SHARP THE CORNERS ARE ALSO SHARPEN SQUARE.

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT.

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

GARRY