John Carpenter Solo Project The Coupe De Villes Vinyl LP SEALED

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Up for sale is a very rare "promo" album by Musician and Filmmaker John Carpenter - The Thing / Escape From New York! This vinyl LP is still sealed in original shrink and is in excellent condition. Please see photographs.

Never officially released or distributed, this was given away to associates of the band. Recorded at Electric Melody Studios, Glendale, California. 
According to member Tommy Lee Wallace: the album was paid for by Carpenter's then-wife actress Adrienne Barbeau, and 150 copies were pressed - split evenly between the three band members. The album is essentially a John Carpenter solo project, though he brought in his long-time friends and used their band name 'to give himself some cover'.

• Bass – Alan Howarth (tracks: A1) 
• Bass, Rhythm Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synthesizer, Vocals, Producer – John Carpenter
• Design [Album Design] – Firehouse Graphics
• Lead Guitar, Vocals – Tommy Lee Wallace* 
• Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
• Photography By – Charles S. White
• Producer, Recorded By, Mixed By, Sequenced By [Sequencing], Synthesizer [Synthesizer Programming] – Alan Howarth
• Vocals – Nick Castle

ARTIST : The Coupe De Villes

TITLE :  Waiting Out the Eighties

RELEASE : 1985

LABEL : Local Boy Music

CATALOG : n/a

COVER : MINT

VINYL : MINT

NOTES : Rare work from John Carpenter. Fantastic copy - hard to find anything wrong with this, and I am a strict grader.

M Still Sealed Never opened. Flawless, with no damage whatsoever.

M- Mint Minus

Has been opened, but is still flawless with no damage whatsoever.

VINYL & CD: No visible marking / scuffing / scratches & plays perfectly.

VG+ Very Good Plus

CD: ("VG+" grade not used. "EX" or "VG" used instead.)

VINYL: May have scuff marks and signs of some wear but will still play almost perfectly throughout, with only "barely detectable" crackles or pops. A slight noise at the begining is allowable, but the remainder must be nearly flawless. Definitely no scratches or gouges that a touch with a dry finger can feel.

Cover: May only have the slightest signs of normal wear.

"VG++" is sometimes used as an intermediate grade between VG+ and M-.

VG Very Good

The majority of saleable albums fall under this grade.

CD: Visible scratches but plays perfectly all the way through.

VINYL: May crackle, pop or make other annoying noises, but only occasionally,never continuously, and not more loudly than the music being listened to

COVER: Normal used cover wear such as ring wear and split seams. If there is abnormal damage such as tears or markings, but the seller still feels that it qualifies as a "VG", the damage must be described in comments attached to the item.

G Good

"Good" actually means "trashed" in collector circles!

CD: one or more tracks skip.

VINYL: May have continuous low level crackles, pops, etc... but not so loud as to make the music completely unlistenable or unenjoyable to the casual listener. Might also have "nasty little scratch" causing popping on one or two more songs, with the rest of record playing fine.

COVER: More than normal wear and tear.

F Fair

i.e. VINYL: Only one side playable

P Poor

i.e. Only one or two songs on the whole album are playable.