Dr Strangely Strange HEAVY PETTING 1970 UK LP 1st Vertigo VAULT MINT COPY HEAR

	£		686
	$		909

DR STRANGELY STRANGE - HEAVY PETTING

 MAGNIFICENT MINT AUDIO - LISTEN TO IT BELOW

WITH AN INCREDIBLE MINT MINUS GATEFOLD GIMMIX SLEEVE

FINAL UPGRADE EXAMPLE AND THE BEST YOU ARE EVER LIKELY TO COME ACROSS

• CATALOGUE:VERTIGO 6360 009
• MATRIX: 6360038 1//Y 1 11 2/ 2//Y 1  11 2
• THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE MATRIX NUMBERS

THIS RARE ALBUM CAME FROM A BAND THAT ONLY MADE TWO ALBUMS IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THE 70'S. THEIR FIRST ALBUM WAS RECORDED ON ISLAND.

THIS THEIR SECOND ALBUM  PRESSED, ON THE VERTIGO SPIRAL LABEL, AND THIS IS A COPY IN SUCH MAGNIFICENT CONDITION IT JUST DEFIES TIME

 TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD PRESS THE PLAY BUTTONS BELOW AND WAIT FOR THE MUSIC TO LOAD (ONE PER SIDE)

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE SPIRAL 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, AND THE WHITE SURFACE IS PURE WHITE AND UNMARKED. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST 2-3 MINUSCULE SPIDER LINES SHOWING THE LIMITED PLAY THAT THE RECORD HAS RECEIVED IN 51 YEARS

THE VINYL

THE RECORD GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE HAS BEEN RETAINED. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE MARKS OR ANY SIGNS OF HANDLING ON THE DISCS IN DAYLIGHT AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF VERY LIGHT WISPY HAIRLINES

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 AM CONVINCED 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 CLEAR AND CRISP THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS, AND THAT THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND AT ALL. 

SO NO GROOVE WEAR

THE RECORD PLAYS WITHOUT ANY  BACKGROUND CRACKLE OR LOUD CLICKS AT ALL.

CLEARLY THIS VINYL HAS BEEN WELL CARED FOR AND BARELY PLAYED. 

PLEASE WHATEVER ELSE YOU DO, TAKE A LISTEN TO THE RECORDINGS WHICH WILL DEMONSTARATE JUST HOW PRISTINE THIS AUDIO PERFORMANCE REALLY IS

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE - NO CLICKS - NO POPS

NOT EVEN ANY STATIC LIKE STUFF, AND THE LINKING GROOVES ARE SILENT

THE RECORD WAS PLAYED THROUGH AN AUDIO TECHNICA DECK AND A BOSE SPEAKER SYSTEM

IT WITH ABSULUTE PLEASURE THAT I GRADE THIS VINYL AS CLOSE AS I POSSIBLY CAN TO MINT

PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN FOR YOURSELF THOUGH AND BE THE JUDGE OF ITS QUALITY

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED , HOWARDS GATEFOLD IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN A COLLECTIBLE CONDITION. MOST WILL HAVE DAMAGE TO THE FRAGILE COMPONENTS THAT MAKE UP THE FOLD OUT FLAP SECTIONS, BUT NOT THIS ONE.

I HAVE WAITED YEARS TO BE ABLE TO OFFER ONE OF THESE FOR MY CUSTOMERS AND NOW AT LAST ONE OF THE 'BEST COPIES IN THE WORLD' IS AVAILABLE

SO LETS START WITH THE FRONT SECTIONS 

THE TWO OUTER FOREST SECTIONS ARE BOTH PRISTINE. THE CURVY INNER EDGES ARE RAZOR SHARP AND HAVE NO CREASES OR BENDS. NO RIPS OR SPLITS AND NO LOSS OF COLOUR WHATSOEVER. THE DIE CUT HOLES ARE ALSO PRISTINE NO DAMAGE TO THE EDGES AND NO FEATHERING OF THE HOLE . THE BOTTOM INNER TIPS ARE SQUARE AND SHARP. THERE IS JUST ONE MINUSCULE PRESSURE LINE ON EACH SIDE AGAINST THE SPINES. ON THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE LEFT FLAP THE TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND SHOWS NO RUBBING WHATSOEVER, SAME WITH THE CATALOGUE NUMBER ON THE RIGHT SIDE 

OPENING THE TWO OUTER FLAPS REVEALS A PRISTINE CENTRE PANEL. AGAIN SUPERB DEEP RICH COLOURS AND NO RUBBING WHATSOEVER. NO CREASES OR MARKS

WITH THE TWO FRONT FLAPS WIDE OPEN REVEALS THE TWO TOMBSTONE INNER FLAPS WHICH HAVE PRINTED LYRICS ON THEM. BOTH OF THESE ARE PERFECT. TOTALLY BLACK WITH CLEAR WHITE TEXT. THE TOP CIRCULAR EDGES ARE ALSO PRISTINE

THESE TOMBSTONES ARE HINGED AT THE BOTTOM AND IN MOST CARSES ARE WORN OR TORN BUT THIS MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE HAS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT UNWORN HINGES

YOU WILL NEVER EVER FIND A COPY AS FOOD AS THIS ONE AND IT IS CLEAR THAT THE LP HAS REMAINED BARELY PLAYED AND KEPT SEPARATE FROM THE SLEEVE

THE TWO SIDE EDGES LEFT AND RIGHT ARE BOTH PERFECTLY BLACK IN COLOUR AND SHOW NO RUBBING APART FROM A PIN PRICK ON THE BOTTOM TIPS

FLIPPING THE SLEEVE OVER TO THE SHOW THE REAR SURFACE SHOWS THIS TO BE AS AMAZING AS THE REST OF THE SLEEVE. AGAIN PURE BLACK AND NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE.

NO PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE SPINES AND ONLY ONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE IN THE LEFT CORNER

THERE ARE NO CREASES, CREASE LINES, FOLD, BENDS OR DINGS.

THE TOP OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP ALL THE WAY ALONG

THE ORIGINAL VERTIGO SWIRL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED , HAS THE CORRECT 0470  DATE PRINTED IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER. IT IS UNSPLIT, BUT HAS BROWNED LIGHTLY ON THE EDGES FROM AGE

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS MAGNIFICENT SLEEVE MINT MINUS

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