URIAH HEEP - VERY 'EAVY VERY 'UMBLE LP VERTIGO 1970 IST PRESS NR MINT

	£		274
	$		363

Artist or Band: URIAH HEEP

Album Title: Very ’Eavy… Very ’Umble.

Producer(s): Gerry Bron.

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: Gypsy; Waling in Your Shadow; Come Away Melinda; Lucy Blues.

Side 2: Dreammare; Real Turned On; I’ll Keep on Trying; Wake Up (Set your Sights).

Label/Format: Vertigo – original full spiral in side one and large spiral logo on side two. Side two prove an ultimate first pressing as the song titles have NO writing credits. The second pressing has the songwriters printed next to the individual songs. (Please see my label scans).

Label Conditions: Both very clean, fresh and highly attractive with only very light/light+ and mainly faint spindle marks and no wear around the hole area. The famous swirl logo on side one is gorgous and looks perfect from rim to hole with no chipping or rubs. Side two is still incredibly white with no grubbiness or handling marks. 

Cat Number: 6360 006.

Rarity: Getting rare like so many on this massively collectable label. This ultimate first pressing without the credits on the songs on side two will rarely be found much better and these show up very infrequently. The second pressing came within the same year and the first editions are at a real premium. This is a fantastic copy with a super-fine record that sounds amazing and the cover almost gleams like new. Even the date coded Swirl inner with it’s correct date code has aged little. A rare vintage first press spiral with one of the greatest rock covers ever in connoisseur standard condition – yes this is very rare indeed.

Original Year of Release: 1970

Matrix Nos: 6360006 1Y // 1 420 1 1 1 

  6360006 2Y // 1 420 1 1 1

Musicians: David Byron - lead vocals; Ken Hensley - organ, piano, slide guitar, mellotron and vocals; Mick Box - lead guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals; Paul Newton - bass guitar, vocals; Ollie Olsson - drums, percussion.

Brief Info: Debut album with it’s famous macabre cover and one of the very early titles from the famous Spiral catalogue. Like most all their albums, issued to scorn and hostility by the critics of the day, it’s almost miraculous how this band survived and actually thrived selling millions of albums.  This is superb debut album . A very solid and enjoyable progressive beginning and this includes the sublime track ‘Gypsy’.

 How many actually know there are differences on the first two pressing label formats? This ultimate first omits any song writing credits on side two, quickly to be reprinted and pressed with them included – both still have the large Swirl logo, so at first glance they look the same. Both cover and record are in sublime conditions, the record looks little played and sounds fantastic.

With one of Vertigo’s greatest ever sleeves, try finding one better than this. For fans of this evergreen and still very popular band (with fans anyway) and collectors of prog’s most sort-after label, this one almost sets the standard to ever be beaten.

Cover Grade and Format: EXCELLENT: a gatefold format with front and back laminate. The inside is matt finished and smooth. The laminate ends inside the gatefold on the top edges and all closed edges are protected. Printed and made in England and including the original copy warning ‘Copyright subsists in all Vertigo recordings.’ This was later to changed from ‘Vertigo’ to ‘this label’ (please see this in close-up), beware of substitutions.

Cover Inner Gatefold: Apart from the usual slight sticking to the laminate ends that have caused a few very small, bordering on tiny surface pulls, there is nothing else to fault. When the laminate ends on the inside of these covers, the slightly sticky ends adhere when closed, and this trait is near impossible to avoid and many were like it from day one. 

The Spiral Inner Sleeve: EXCELLENT this has its original Swirl inner, date coded 1/0470  This too in super condition and aged little,it more than does justice to the rest of the set. These Vertigo inners, almost as famous as the labels, do not age well and are normally seen browned, torn or split. Any darkening on this original is modestly very light and minor. 

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: MINT(-): an exceptional record, clearly only very lightly played with any surface traces or hairlines few, very light and faint. A superb visual copy that is very clean, shiny, intense black and very solidly pressed. Visually a very impressive first pressed record that should please most-all collectors again.

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GRADINGS

MINT The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. The cover and any extra items such as lyric sheet, booklet or poster are in perfect condition. Records advertised, as Sealed or Unplayed will be mint.

EXCELLENT The record shows some signs of having been played, possibly with light surface marks but there will be very little lessening in sound quality. The cover and packaging might have slight wear and/or creasing.

VERY GOOD + The record may have scuff marks and signs of some wear but will still play almost perfectly throughout, with only barely detectable crackles or pops. A slight noise at the beginning is allowable, but the remainder must be nearly flawless. Definitely no scratches or gouges that a touch with a dry finger can feel. The cover may only have the slightest signs of normal wear.

VERY GOOD The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and the occasional light scratch. Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items, without any major defects, is acceptable.

GOOD The record has been played so much that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated, perhaps with some distortion and mild scratches. The cover and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discoloration, etc.

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