'ITS THE VINYL COUNTDOWN'

Welcome to 'Its the vinyl countdown' music auctions. Here you will find some of the most incredible rare records and music memorabilia for your collection. We pride ourselves on auctioning only the highest grade records and items, you will not see anything listed here below EX+ condition, unles the item is extremely rare. You will not see worn covers, warped records or scratched records. We simply do not bother with them.

We list in many cases, 'Archived' & 'mint' condition items, we are able to source from private collections all over the UK. So we hope you can be put at ease that what you are bidding on is of the highest quality.

We play through most of the records, unless the item is clearly mint, or sealed..in which case we don't play them, thus maintaining their 'unplayed' status!  Obviously with some of these rare items there will be the odd 'anomoly' along the way , the odd little static pop or lead in 'sizzle' for a split second.. nothing is perfect we find! all systems differ, but we aim to describe these as accurately as possible for you.... PLEASE ENJOY THIS ITEM YOU ARE NOW LOOKING AT..

STATUS QUO

'ON THE LEVEL'

1st MOTHER STAMPERS

1//1 MELY ETCHING PRESS  - STORED AWAY FOR DECADES

AN AMAZING PLAY VINYL, AND PRISTINE 1st EDITION SLEEVE

Be sure to see our others listed..they are all quite spectacular!

Released 1975

Label    VERTIGO 9102 002

Matrix        9102002 1V //1  IB  Stamper: 1 1   MELYS

                   9102002 B //2  IB  Stamper: 1 1    MELV I.B.C

 

THE VINYL   EX+   INCREDIBLE  CONDITION

As you can see, this vinyl is the  1975 1st  PRESSING- SPACESHIP LABELS AND 'MELYS' ETCHING

IT REMAINS IN SUPERB CONDITION.

This pressing is a superb vinyl which has retained its amazing glossy sheen and finish. There is no dulling anywhere and overall it is in incredible condition for an LP of this age.

There is barely a hint of any whisp lines -and thats it-  nothing else!  Clearly this LP has been archived for many many years, a few little dust specs are on the vinyl when we slid it for checking..

A COUPLE OF tiny spider lines around the centre hole-

IT REMAINS IN ASTONISHING CONDITION. There is some dust on the vinyl where it has stood for so long untouched!

On playing through we heard nothing in the dead grooves bar the tiniest of static in the dead grooves...the feintest of static in a couple of quiet spots in a couple of places but nothing to worry over.. THE WHOLE LP IS A SONIC MASTERPIECE!

OVERALL THIS IS SIMPLY A MUST FOR ANY FINAL UPGRADE COLLECTION. YOU WILL NOT SEE BETTER.

 

THE LABELS   MINT    FLAT MATT LABELS 

 

THE SLEEVE    MINT-   PRISTINE    

Correct  first UK issued earliest GATEFOLD sleeve  -TEXTURED FINISH

Printed by  -   HOWARDS (Slough)

WITH THE RARE FIRST EDITION 'STICK ON CREDITS' ON ONE SIDE OF THE INNER

A super sleeve, with litle signs of any wear.. AS YOU KNOW THIS SLEEVE IS JUST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND CLEAN!

THIS COPY IS AS GOOD AS WE HAVE SEEN..NO REAL SIGNS OF WEAR AT ALL.

The edges are all super clean with NO  traces of rub, at all , and all colours and inks remain in outstanding condition

No powdery white ringwear -  NO ring press, and all edges are super crisp.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF TINY LITTLE INDENTS AT THE BOTTOM FRONT SEAM, HARDLY WORTH MENTIONING.

There is NO tip rub of any note, on all corners , &  NO spider lines over the edge.

The spine edge shows no wear, or damage..

the open out of the gatefold is like new..totally superb. We cannot add any more than this! ITS A BEAUTY! 

 

THE INNER SLEEVE   EX+  

ORIGINAL PAPER LYRIC BAG..STUNNING, WHITE AND NO WEAR AT ALL. A FEW LIGHT CREASES AND RING PRESS.

 

POSTAGE DISCOUNTS:

Don't forget we offer big postage discounts on multi wins..the more LPs you win, the cheaper the postage works out for you worldwide- Up to 2 kilos or 5 LPs, after which we will send your wins in more than one parcel..ALL very well protected in mailers, stiffeners, plenty of tape & protection, then 'signed delivered' to your door-  and to date we have nad NO damaged items!  ;0)

 

We hope you enjoy looking at this item, and good luck if you decide to bid for it...We can safely say you will not be dissapointed- If you need to know anyting else, please feel free to contact us with any questions.

All our items are sent 'signed delivery' tracked to your door, (we have never had an item go missing anywhere in the world!) for peace of mind for both you and us! All items are sent in strong protective mailer boxes and stiffeners. With over 28 years in mail order and the music industry 'worldwide' we pride ourselves on the fact you can bid safely on all our items, and knowing you are being dealt with by professionals.

 

ENJOY! ;0)          

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