LEGEND  - RED BOOTS

VERTIGO SWIRL 1ST PRESS

PLAYED JUST TWICE (AMAZING CONDITION)

PLAYS TO A MINT (MINT MINUS) GRADE

ONE FOR THE SERIOUS COLLECTORS. AN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB COPY OF THE SOUGHT AFTER LP FROM LEGEND. THIS IS THE FIRST PRESS ON THE VERTIGO SWIRL LABEL. THE 1Y4/2Y4 ARE THE CORRECT 1ST PRESS MATRIX NUMBERS  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

SIDE A HAS A COUPLE OF REALLY TINY SCUFFS COVERING THE VERY END OF TRACK TWO AND THE VERY BEGINNING OF TRACK THREE, BUT AS YOU WILL HEAR WHEN LISTENING TOTHE AUDIO, THE ONLY UNWANTED NOISE IS ONE TINY LITTLE (BARELY AUDIBLE) TIC IN THE LINKING GROOVE BETWEEN THE TRACKS

 

CATALOGUE:VERTIGO  6360 019 MATRIX: 6360019 1Y//3 v 420 1 1 / 2Y//4 v 420 1 2 

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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

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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, PLUS THERE IS STILL SOME RESIDUAL VINYL ATTACHED TO THE SPINDLE HOLE ON THE WHITE SIDE

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS PRISTINE. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION OTHER THAN THE TWO TINY NON SOUNDING SCUFF I MENTIONED AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, THERE ARE FEW TINY WISPY (AND AGAIN NON SOUNDING) HAIRLINES

THERE ARE NO VISIBLE HANDLING MARKS OR LINES, NO FINGERPRINTS 

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 OTHER THAN THE ONE MINUSCULE TIC I HAVE MENTIONED AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE

THIS ALBUM WITHOUT QUESTION PERFORMS TO NEAR 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 VERY VERY CLOSE TO A PERFECT  MINT (MINT MINUS AT WORST) GRADE

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 NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE FROM HOWARDS PRINTERS

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

THE COLOURS ARE STILL RICH AND VIBRANT

THERE IS NO RING WEAR 

STARTING WITH THE FRONT SURFACE , THE FIRST THING TO SAY IS THAT THERE IS A SMALL NICK TO THE PAPER SURFACE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOOT. YOU WILL SEE A SMALL SLIVER OF WHITE IN THE PICTURES. OTHER THAN THIS THERE IS A PIN PRICK OF WHITE ON THE VERY EDGE OF THE SPINE, AND A COUPLE ON THE RIGHT EDGE. THE CORNERS HAVE A LITTLE RUB TO THEM

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 IS JUST ONE TINY PRESSURE LINE AGAINST THE SPINE AT THE VERY TOP. THREE EQUALLY SMALL ONES ON THE TOP EDGE, ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE. NO THUMB LINES NEAR OR ON THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE MILD SHELF RUB IN TINY PATCHES ALONG THE SURFACES, AND AT THE CORNERS

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. THERE ARE SOME TINY SPECKS OF SHELF RUB ON THE LEADING EDGES AND AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS. THE WHITE TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY 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 HAS NO COLOUR LOSS OTHER THAN A VERY LIGHT SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A NEAR PRISTINE PAIR OF INNER PANELS. DEEP RICH UNMARKED COLOURS.... WITH JUST ONE OR TWO PIN PRICKS OF WHITE UNDERCARD VISIBLE WHEN CLOSELY INSPECTED

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. IT IS ALSO THE CORRECTLY MATCHED INNER, HAVING THE DATE 1070 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 WITH A LITTLE FOXING AT THE BOTTOM

MOST OF THESE LEGEND SLEEVES ARE BATTERED AND IN POOR CONDITION AND WHILST THIS ONE IS NOT PERFECT IT CERTAINLY GRADES EX+ IN MY OPINION

 

 

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

GARRY