Status Quo HELLO UK LP VERY 1ST 1Y1/2Y1 BILBO BAGGINS + 1ST POSTER 1 PLAY MINT

	£		24
	$		32

STATUS QUO - HELLO

IN MAGNIFICENT ONE PLAY MINT!!!!! CONDITION

VERY 1ST PRESS!!! BILBO & BAGGINS

INCREDIBLE MINT MINUS SLEEVE

COMPLETE WITH LYRIC INNER SLEEVE &

RARE 1ST ISSUE GIANT WALL POSTER (THIS IS DIFFERENT TO THE MAJORITY)

TIME VAULT CONDITION

• CATALOGUE:VERTIGO 6360 098
• MATRIX: 6360098 1//Y 1 v 420 11 1 6 / 2//Y 1 v 420 11 29 
• 'BILBO' ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 1
• 'BAGGINS' ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 2

A FIRST PRESS OF THIS ALBUM IS EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND. MOST WILL BE THE SECOND ISSUE. HOW TO TELL?

WELL FIRSTLY THE MATRIX NUMBERS WILL BE 1Y//1 AND 2Y//1 WHERAS A SECOND ISSUE WILL USUALLY BE 1Y//2 AND 2Y//2

BUT THE MOST COMPELLING DIFFERENCE IS WHAT IS ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX. ONLY A FIRST PRESS WILL HAVE 'BILBO' AND  'BAGGINS' WHEREAS ALL OTHER ISSUES HAVE ' DAMON AND MELS' AND  'MELS'

FINALLY THE POSTER ON THE FIRST PRESS IS ISSUED ON HEAVIER PAPER. IT IS FOLDED DIFFERENTLY IN THAT THE FINAL FOLD SEES THE IMAGE ON THE OUTSIDE, AND MOST TELLING IS THE TOTAL LACK OF THE LP CATALOGUE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER

THIS SET IS AS RARE AS IT GETS!!!!

SO HERE WE HAVE A GENUINE UK VERY 1ST ISSUE

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE SPACESHIP LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. THE COLOURS ARE ALL RICH AND VIBRANT AND FULLY STRETCH INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND UNRUBBED. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST ONE TINY SPIDER LINE, PLUS THERE ARE STILL SHARDS OF RESIDUAL VINYL INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

THE RECORD GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND COULDN'T LOOK ANY BETTER. ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE HAS BEEN RETAINED. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE MARKS OR ANY SIGNS OF HANDLING ON THE DISCS, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE

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 HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM, FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS AS I FIRMLY BELIEVE 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.

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 ALBUM SOUNDS SOUNDS.

THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER

THE VINYL PLAYS TO ABSOLUTE PERFECTION. NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AT ALL, AND NO LOUD CLICKS

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND THE ONLY SPECK OF STATIC I HEARD WAS IN THE RUN OUT GROOVE, AND IN ONE LINKING GROOVE

I HEARD JUST ONE MINUSCULE DUST POP THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH WHICH IS IN THE RUN IN TO 4500 TIMES

THIS RECORD IS EASY TO GRADE MINT !!!!!!!!!! OR MINT MINUS AT THE VERY LOWEST

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED ,ROBOR SINGLE SLEEVE

THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN A COLLECTIBLE CONDITION. THE REASON BEING THAT THE DUSTY AND DELICATE BLACK SURFACE IS USUALLY FOUND WORN AWAY AND RING WORN. THE SILVER LOGO IS ALSO USUALLY FOUND TERRIBLY RUBBED, AND THE WHOLE THING IS PRONE TO SEVERE CREASING, PARTICULARLY AT THE SPINE WHERE THERE ARE USUALLY PLENTY OF WHITE LINES VISIBLE.

HERE HOWEVER WE HAVE A SLEEVE THAT HAS BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE FOR ALL OF ITS LIFE AND IS IN INCREDIBLE CONDITION

THE FRONT SURFACE IS SUPERBLY CLEAN THERE IS NO LOSS OF BLACK TO THE SURFACE WHATSOEVER. IT IS QUITE INCREDIBLE TO SEE ONE IN THIS MAGNIFICENT CONDITION.

THERE IS NO RING WEAR EITHER NOR IS THERE ANY SIGN OF RECORD SHAPE.

THE SILVER BAND LOGO AND LP TILES ARE BOTH ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE MINT. NO LOSS OF THE SILVER WHATSOEVER. THIS IS UNHEARD OF!!!

THERE IS NO CREASING TO THE FRONT SURFACE, AND THE MAIN BODY OF THIS SLEEVE IS AS GOOD AS ANY I HAVE EVER SEEN

EVEN THE SMALL LINES FOUND NEAR THE SPINE ARE RESTRICTED TO JUST TWO MINUSCULE ONES AT THE TOP OF THE SPINE, AND TWO CLUSTERED TOGETHER AT THE BOTTOM.

THERE IS ONE TINY ONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE BOTH JUST IMMACULATE. NO LOSS OF COLOUR WITH THE BLACK SURFACE RUNNING FROM TIP TO TIP UNINTERRUPTED. OK ONE PIN PRICK OF WHITE ON THE VERY TIP END OF THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER!

THE SPINE IS STILL INCREDIBLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF TINY SIMPLES ON THE SURFACE AT THE TOP. THE BLACK COLOUR HAS AGAIN REMAINED  PERFECT. ALL OF THE WHITE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP, AND SHOWS WHY THIS LP HAS REMAINED INSIDE THE SLEEVE FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS.

THE REAR SURFACE IS JUST INCREDIBLE!!! NO A MARK ON IT AND JUST THREE MINUSCULE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE.

THE LYRIC INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION. TOTALLY FLAT AND UNCREASED, AND NO SPLITS TO ANY OF THE SEAMS. PERFECT EXAMPLE WITH JUST A LITTLE GLUE AGEING TO THE BOTTOM SEAM

INSIDE THE SLEEVE THE ORIGINAL LARGE POSTER IS HOUSED AND IN MINT CONDITION. SHARP CREASE LINES AND THE POSTER HAS CLEARLY NEVER BEEN NEAR A WALL.

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS MAGNIFICENT SLEEVE MINT MINUS!!

I AM CERTAIN THERE CAN BE NO BETTER EXAMPLE

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

GARRY