BUZZCOCKS "A Different Kind Of Tension" UK 1st PRESS

	£		37
	$		48

BUZZCOCKS "A Different Kind Of Tension" UK 1st PRESS
STUNNING!!!! UNPLAYED MINT/MINT ARCHIVE/UPGRADE COPY
BUZZCOCKS
A Different Kind Of Tension

HERE WE HAVE AN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!!!, UK UNITED ARTISTS RECORDS (UAG 30260), FIRST PRESSING!!! (June 1979) OF THE BUZZCOCKS' PHENOMENAL THIRD LP, "A Different Kind Of Tension" ALL IN AMAZING, UNPLAYED, MINT/MINT CONDITION THROUGHOUT!!! AND DELIVERING OUTSTANDINGLY STRONG AUDIO!!!!
FANTASTIC ARCHIVE/UPGRADE COPY!! YOU WILL NOT FIND ONE BETTER!!!

THE LP IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATTE SLEEVE AND COMES COMPLETE WITH THE FIRST ISSUE ROUNDED CORNER, CARD LYRIC INNER SLEEVE - AGAIN, ALL IN STUNNING CONDITION!!!!

*THIS IS ONE OF A SMALL COLLECTION OF PUNK/PUNK RELATED ALBUMS I AM CURRENTLY LISTING (only a handful left to list from this particular spectacular collection so don't miss out as you will not find better copies anywhere!!!)
ALL OF WHICH ARE IN BEAUTIFUL, UNPLAYED, MINT CONDITION!!!!! ALL HAVE BEEN KEPT, SINCE NEW, IN PLASTIC SLEEVES AND CAREFULLY STORED!!! (SOME EVEN STILL HAVE THEIR ORIGINAL PURCHASE RECEIPTS!!!). ALL HAVE BEEN PLAY GRADED (as always) TO CHECK THEY ARE INDEED AS GOOD AS THEY LOOK AND I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THEY ALL ARE!!
ALL ARE SUPERB ARCHIVE/UPGRADE COPIES!!!!! AND YOU WILL NOT FIND BETTER EXAMPLES!!!
SO IF THIS PARTICULAR ERA OF BRITISH MUSIC IS OF INTEREST TO YOU PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT MY OTHER ITEMS FOR SALE. I GUARANTEE YOU WILL NOT FIND BETTER COPIES AVAILABLE ANYWHERE - SO DON'T MISS OUT!!!

1979 UNITED ARTISTS RECORDS (UAG 30260)
Matrix Nos: A-1U (etched "A PORKY PRIME CUT") / B-2U (etched "PORKY")
MADE IN ENGLAND


The final album of the Buzzcocks' first phase of existence is the most fragmented of the three, with increasingly ambitious songs fighting for time with tracks that sound much like the group's earliest efforts. Said songs are often quite good, like the opening "Paradise" or the great romantic angst of "You Say You Don't Love Me," but one can sense the band working to avoid the trap the Ramones fell into by simply offering up yet more soundalikes. Diggle makes a definite mark on this album, as on the slow crawl then fast thrash "Sitting Round at Home," a highlight of Tension that also features his electronically distorted vocals. "Mad Mad Judy" is a slightly more straightforward blitz, but with energy to spare and a spacious feel (credit again to producer Rushent). As the album closes, the sense of slight schizophrenia resolves itself as the group embraces all-out experimentation, producing some of the Buzzcocks' all-time best songs. "Hollow Inside" shows the band's knack for disguising scalpel-sharp sentiments with seeming simplicity, and the title track's contradictory slogans/demands disturbing robot vocals and nagging beat and melody up the ante even further. "I Believe" concludes things (aside from the fake found-sound snippet "Radio Nine") on the highest possible note. Shelley's slightly bemused recitation of all the things he believes in is suddenly interrupted by the line "There is no love in this world anymore," turned and electronically distorted into an obsessive, anthemic mantra as the band charges along with him up and out. An invigorating blast of, indeed, tension and angst, it alone makes Tension worth investigating.

Track Listing:
SIDE 1: PARADISE / SITTING ROUND AT HOME / YOU SAY YOU DON'T LOVE ME / YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T HELP IT / MAD MAD JUDY / RAISON D'ETRET
SIDE 2: I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MY LIFE / MONEY / HOLLOW INSIDE / A DIFFERENT KIND OF TENSION / I BELIEVE / RADIO NINE

LABELS: PRISTINE!!! and have NO wear, NO writing and NO spindle marks!!!!  I WOULD SAY THE ALBUM IS UNPLAYED!!! AMAZING!!
VINYL Visual: The vinyl has a DEEP, LIKE-NEW, GLOSSY SHEEN. The surfaces are COMPLETELY UNMARKED!!! - BEAUTIFUL LIKE-NEW VINYL!! STUNNING!!
VINYL Audio: SUPERB!! - CRYSTAL CLEAR, VERY SHARP and VERY STRONG!!!!! There are NO scratches, NO jumps, NO sticks, NO clicks/pops and NO surface noise AT ALL!!!!  - truly awesome and very, VERY rare!! The sound quality is simply STUNNING with NO groove-wear and NO distortion!!!! This copy has possibly NEVER been played!!! And I have NO hesitation in giving this a MINT audio grading!!!! Plays absolutely PERFECTLY with NO faults WHATSOEVER!!!! NOT over-graded in ANY way as I use STRICT RECORD COLLECTOR grading standards!!!
SLEEVE: The cover is also in MINT condition!! CLEAN, BRIGHT, FRESH!!! LIKE-NEW!!!! NO wear - NO marks, NO surface scuffing!!! The spine is straight and true with all text SHARP and CLEAR!! A BEAUTIFUL COPY!! IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS!!! I GUARANTEE YOU WILL NOT FIND A BETTER ONE!!!
INNER SLEEVE: The inner is again, LIKE-NEW!!!!! with NO marks, NO wear and NO splits!!! PRISTINE condition!!! The LP is now housed - and will be posted in - a new inner sleeve as I believe Inners should be used as inserts only as they nearly always cause damage to the record over time, especially thick card ones like this!!

PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I USUALLY TAKE QUITE A FEW SO YOU CAN GET A CLEAR INDICATION OF EVERY DETAIL OF THE ITEM
THIS REALLY IS A STUNNING ARCHIVE/UPGRADE COPY!!! AND AS THE ORIGINAL UK FIRST PRESSING FROM 1979!! AND UNPLAYED!!! -- VERY SCARCE!!!!
ONE OF THE GREATEST LPs FROM ONE OF THE GREATEST BANDS FROM THE PUNK ERA (OR, IN FACT, ANY ERA!!)
DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS ONE IT MAY BE QUITE A WHILE BEFORE YOU SEE ANOTHER!!
AS WITH ALL MY RECORDS THIS HAS A LOW START PRICE AND NO HIDDEN RESERVE
PLEASE CHECK OUT MY OTHER AUCTIONS FOR MORE RARE AND COLLECTABLE VINYL
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THANKS FOR LOOKING, CHEERS


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