Uriah Heep VERY EAVY VERY UMBLE UK LP 1st Vertigo Swirl FINAL UPGRADE MINT AUDIO

	£		375
	$		497

URIAH HEEP - VERY 'EAVY VERY 'UMBLE

INCREDIBLE FINAL UPGRADE MINT VINYL - VERTIGO SWIRL 1ST PRESS

PLAYED JUST TWICE (AMAZING CONDITION)

SUPERB LAMINATED SLEEVE WITH SPIRAL INNER

FINAL UPGRADE AUDIO / NEAR PERFECT SLEEVE

ONE FOR THE SERIOUS COLLECTORS. AN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB COPY OF THE DEBUT LP FROM URIAH HEEP. THIS IS THE FIRST PRESS ON THE VERTIGO SWIRL LABEL. THE 1Y1/2Y1 1ST PRESS MATRIX NUMBERS ARE STAMPED INTO THE DEAD WAX. THE CORRECT VERTIGO SPIRAL INNER SLEEVE ACCOMPANIES THE SLEEVE.

I HAVE RECORDED THE WHOLE ALBUM SO PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN TO JUST HOW MAGNIFICENT THIS VINYL IS

I DON'T BELIEVE THERE CAN BE A CLEANER COPY

• CATALOGUE:VERTIGO  6360 006
• MATRIX: 6360006 1Y//1 v 420 1 1 / 2Y//1 v 420 1 1 

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  TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

BOTH LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE WHITE SIDE IS A PURE BRILLIANT WHITE WITH PRISTINE UNRUBBED BLACK TEXT. THE BLACK AND WHITE SIDE IS SHARP AND CLEAR AND AGAIN UNRUBBED

A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS  JUST A COUPLE OF MINUSCULE SPIDER LINES

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. FOR A 49 YEAR OLD ALBUM, THIS LOOKS TO BE IN THE SAME STUNNING CONDITION AS WHEN IT WAS NEW BACK IN 1970.

THERE ARE NO VISIBLE HANDLING MARKS OR LINES, NO FINGERPRINTS AND NO SCUFFS OR BLEMISHES, AND IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TO BE FLAWLESS. EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE OTHER THAN A COUPLE OF TINY ANGEL HAIRLINE WISPY SURFACE LINES

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 AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE 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 MAGNIFICENTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS LP SOUNDS.

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION ON THIS FIRST PRESS IS JUST SUPERB CLEAR . CLEAN AND CRISP, WITH EVERY NOTE HEARD TO PERFECTION

THERE IS NO DISTORTION WHATSOEVER, MEANING THAT THE DISC HAS NOT BEEN PLAYED WITH A HEAVY OR WORN STYLUS

NO  BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS. PERFECT SILENCE IN THE LINKING GROOVES AND QUIET PASSAGES

THIS ALBUM WITHOUT QUESTION PERFORMS TO ABSOLUTE PERFECTION ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES. LOUD POWERFUL PRODUCTION, NO POPS OR TICS AND NO STATIC TO MAR THE SOUNDTRACK

IT WOULD BE WELL WORTH TAKING A FULL LISTEN TO THE WHOLE ALBUM BEFORE DECIDING JUST HOW GREAT THIS IS

FOR ME THIS EASILY GRADES MINT - A FINAL UPGRADE

PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THROUGH, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

FIRST ISSUE LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE

HAS THE CORRECT 'WARNING - COPYRIGHT EXISTS IN ALL VERTIGO RECORDINGS' MESSAGE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER OF THE INSIDE

THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR AND THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE

THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE, NOR ANY RECORD IMPRESSION. FRONT OR BACK

STARTING WITH THE FRONT SURFACE , THE FIRST THING TO SAY IS THAT THE COLOURS HAVE ALL BEEN PERFECTLY RETAINED. THERE IS NO RUBBING OR LOSS OF COLOUR ANYWHERE, AND THE LAMINATE HAS NOT SUFFERED ANY LIFT, PEEL OR FLAKE

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES, AND NOR ARE THERE ANY BENDS OR FOLDS. NO DENTS OR PRESSURE MARKS FROM PENS ETC

THERE ARE FOUR SMALL LAMINATE PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE SPINE. THREE EQUALLY SMALL ONES ON THE TOP EDGE, FOUR ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE. NO THUMB LINES NEAR OR ON THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP EDGES ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. FULLY LAMINATED ALONG THE SURFACES,NO BLEMISHES TO EITHER SURFACE, WITH JUST A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT TIP ENDS.

THE BOTTOM EDGES ARE AS PERFECT. AGAIN GLEAMING UNBLEMISHED LAMINATE ALL THE WAY FROM CORNER TO CORNER

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. THERE IS A VERY LIGHT ROUGH FEEL TO THE SURFACE WHERE I SUSPECT THE LAMINATE HAS FLAKED JUST A TINY BIT. THE COLOURS ARE ALL PERFECT AND THE TYPEFACE PRISTINE AND LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND IT IS OBVIOUS BY LOOKING AT THIS THAT THE LP HAS BARELY BEEN OUT OF THE COVER

THE REAR SURFACE AGAIN HAS GLEAMING UNBLEMISHED LAMINATE. THREE LAMINATE PRESSURE LINES BUY THE SPINE AND FIVE ALONG THE TOP EDGE. ONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A NEAR PRISTINE PAIR OF INNER PANELS. DEEP RICH UNMARKED COLOURS.... THERE IS A WHITE LINE ALONG THE TOP LEFT EDGE. THIS WAS CAUSED AT THE FACTORY, WHERE THE LAMINATE WASN'T FULLY DRY BEFORE THE SLEEVE WAS CLOSED AND PACKED. RESULTING IN A PULL TO THE PAPER AT THE TOP EDGE. THIS IS VERY COMMON ON SLEEVES OF THIS TYPE

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. IT IS ALSO THE CORRECTLY MATCHED INNER, HAVING THE DATE 0470 PRINTED IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER. THERE ARE NO SEAM SPLITS TO THE  EDGES AND THE TOP EDGE IS ALSO IN PERFECT CONDITION. A COUPLE  OF VERY FAINT CREASE LINES , BUT STILL INCREDIBLY WHITE

THIS IS A NEAR PRISTINE EXAMPLE OF THIS 49 YEAR OLD SLEEVE, AND ONE THAT YOU  WOULD BE HARD PUSHED TO BETTER. FOR ME THIS GRADES VERY VERY CLOSE TO MINT MINUS

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

GARRY