JOY DIVISION - CLOSER FIRST PRESS VINYL LP VERY GOOD FACTORY NEW ORDER PUNK

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JOY DIVISION...CLOSER FIRST PRESS BLACK/TRANSLUCENT RED VINYL L.P. ON FACTORY RECORDS CAT. NO. FACT. 25 FROM 1980.

GENUINE FIRST PRESS OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM. I HAVE OWNED THIS FOR MANY YEARS BUT NOT FROM NEW. THE SLEEVE IS THE FIRST PRESS ROUGH TEXTURED MATT FINISH VERSION. THE INNER SLEEVE IS SIMILAR AND WITH THE ROUNDED CORNERS. THE VINYL IS TRANSLUCENT DARK RED WHEN HELD UP TO THE LIGHT (SEE PHOTO) AND HAS BLACK SEMI MATT FINISH LABELS WITH SILVER WRITING. DESCRIPTIONS OF GRADING ARE AS BELOW AND ARE BASED ON RECORD COLLECTOR GRADING SYSTEM.

MATRIX NOS IN RUNOUT GROOVES:

SIDE A. - FACT 25 A1 F I OLD BLUE?

SIDE B. - FACT 25 B-1 T 2

THE VINYL IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. A WELL PLAYED COPY WITH A GOOD HANDFUL OF HAIRLINE MARKS OF VARYING SIZES AND DEGREES, BUT PLAYING IS GENERALLY EXCELLENT THROUGHOUT ON BOTH SIDES.THERE IS SOME LIGHT BACKGROUND NOISE IN THE FORM OF LOW BUT AUDIBLE CRACKLE AT THE START AND END, IN BETWEEN TRACKS AND IN SOME QUIETER PARTS, BUT THIS ALL SEEMS TO COMPLETELY DISAPPEAR UNDER THE MUSIC AND THE SONGS STILL SOUND VERY STRONG. THERE IS ALSO THE ODD LIGHT TICK ON OCCASION. ON SIDE B TRACK ONE 'HEART AND SOUL' THERE IS AN UGLY LOOKING SCUFF MARK (SEE PHOTO). THIS WAS THERE WHEN I BOUGHT IT. AT FIRST IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH IT JUMPS A LITTLE AS SOON AS THE SINGING STARTS, BUT HAVING PLAYED IT SEVERAL TIMES OVER AND COMPARING IT TO OTHER VERSIONS, MAINLY VIA YOU TUBE ETC, I CAN CONFIRM IT DOES NOT JUMP, THE VOCALS ARE LIKE THAT. LUCKILY, THE SCUFF ITSELF IS MAINLY COSMETIC AND LOOKS WORSE THAN IT IS AND APART FROM THE LIGHT CRACKLE DURING THE RUN ON AND A COUPLE OF VERY LIGHT TICKS IT PLAYS THROUGH IT ALL FINE. THE LABELS HAVE SOME LIGHT AND FAINT FINGER MARKS ON THEM (NOT MINE, AND I WAS CAREFUL WHEN PHOTOGRAPHING TO HIGHLIGHT THE RED TRANSLUCENCE), AND THERE IS SOME LIGHT WEAR AND A COUPLE OF SPINDLE MARKS AROUND THE HOLES.

THE SLEEVE IS IN AT LEAST VERY GOOD PLUS CONDITION AND FULLY INTACT. THERE ARE A FEW MINOR FLAWS AS FOLLOWS. THERE IS SOME VERY MINOR WEAR TO THE CORNERS, BUT IT IS MINOR. THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER HAS A SLIGHT DINK. THERE ARE A FEW VERY SMALL EDGE AND SPINE CREASES. THE FRONT AND REAR OF THE LEFT HAND EDGE BY THE SPINE HAS SOME VERY SLIGHT DISCOLOURATION. THERE IS ALSO SOME VERY VERY LIGHT RUBBING FRONT AND REAR. THE SPINE IS FULLY INTACT AND SO IS THE BAND AND TITLE WRITING. NO BIG CREASES, NO SPLITS, NO RINGWEAR, NO MARKS, NO WRITING. THE VERY NATURE OF THE SLEEVE TELLS YOU THAT IS DIFFICULT TO KEEP IN PRISTINE CONDITION.

THE INNER SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. WITH A FEW VERY LIGHT FAINT CREASES AND SOME VERY SMALL EDGE CREASES, IT REALLY IS SUPERB. AGAIN NO MARKS, NO SPLITS, NO RINGWEAR, NO WRITING. THE VINYL HAS BEEN KEPT SEPARATE SINCE I BOUGHT IT IN A POLY LINED SLEEVE AND WILL BE POSTED OUT AS SUCH.

I'M ALSO GIVING AWAY AN 'UNKNOWN PLEASURES - A WALK AROUND JOY DIVISION'S MACCLESFIELD' A4 FOLD OUT TOUR GUIDE. THIS WAS BOUGHT (AND STILL CAN BE I BELIEVE) BY ME AT THE TOURIST INFORMATION OFFICE IN MACCLESFIELD. IT IS A TOUR OF ANYTHING JOY DIVISION IN AND AROUND MACCLESFIELD TOWN CENTRE INCLUDING THE FORMER HOUSE WHERE IAN AND DEBORAH CURTIS LIVED, THE IAN CURTIS MEMORIAL AT THE CREMATORIUM (BLINK AND YOU MISS IT, IT IS THAT SMALL SADLY) AND THE LABOUR EXCHANGE WHERE IAN CURTIS WORKED. IT FOLDS OUT TO POSTER SIZE PHOTO OF IAN CURTIS AND AN ESSAY BY PAUL MORLEY. IT IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION BUT I TORE THE PRICE TAG OFF THE FRONT HOPING IT WOULD JUST UNPEEL, BUT UNFORTUNATELY REMOVED A SMALL AREA OF THE SURFACE UNDERNEATH.

40 YEARS OLD AND IN GREAT OVERALL CONDITION FOR A GENUINE FIRST PRESSING. I'M STARTING THIS A VERY LOW START PRICE WITH NO RESERVE SO IT SELLS FOR WHATEVER IT SELLS FOR.

TRACKS AS FOLLOWS:

SIDE A. 

1. ATROCITY EXHIBITION

2. ISOLATION

3. PASSOVER

4. COLONY

5. A MEANS TO AN END

SIDE B.

1. HEART AND SOUL

2. TWENTY FOUR HOURS

3. THE ETERNAL

4. DECADES

N.B. - GLOBAL SHIPPING ONLY VIA THE EBAY GSP.

AS A COLLECTOR MYSELF, MY RECORDS, TAPES AND CD'S HAVE BEEN STORED PROPERLY OVER THE YEARS. RECORDS WILL BE SENT OUT IN CARDBOARD MAILERS WITH INTERNAL STIFFENERS. PLEASE SEE MY FEEDBACK AND BID WITH CONFIDENCE. 

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