KING CRIMSON Starless And Bible Black SD-7298 1st Press MONARCH Textured NM LP

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Over 100 rare vintage PROG, Krautrock, SPACE ROCK and Electronic Music LPs in this Auction series.
from 50+ years collection of decades-long radio DJ, Record Store associate and dedicated Vinyl Collector.
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All Auctions in this series start at 99¢ opening bid!
Everybody should have a good chance at taking a few of these treasures home.
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Mostly 1st PRESSING Vintage imports, including a few Private Press and Promo LPs
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A lot of 1st Press CANTERBURY, KRAUTROCK and Euro-Prog LPs - some SIGNED - this time around, plus much more.
including some VERTIGO Swirl, Green BRAIN, OHR, PDU, Deram, Crypto, Harvest, Cobra, Spalax, Caroline, Charisma, etc. labels.
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Many still in SHRINK WRAP. Several STILL SEALED.
Quite a few Sterling, Masterdisk and Monarch (USA) pressings in the mix!

SECURE, TOP LP Packing and Materials - 40+ years experience.

This listing is for:
KING CRIMSON
Starless and Bible Black
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ATLANTIC Records SD 7298
Original 1974 issue Stereo LP
FIRST PRESSING
Textured Gatefold Cover
LYRICS INNER SLEEVE included
MONARCH Press

VINYL is NEAR MINT-
Full Gloss, Super Clean; few faintest sleeve wisps only (not hairlines) visible under hard bright light. Labels are bright and clean both sides.
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COVER is NEAR MINT-
Thick, sturdy, open texture Gatefold cover is incredibly clean with snapping bright whites. No wear, creases, dings, writing or soil. Barely bumped (still sharp) bottom corners. All corners sharp, all edges straight. Inside gatefold is immaculate. Spine titles completely legible. Seams and flat, crisp spine 100% intact with no wear or splits.


STRICT CONSERVATIVE GOLDMINE GRADING
NM / EX(VG++) / VG+ / VG



MONARCH FIRST PRESSING
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MATRIX NUMBERS
SIDE ONE: ST-A 743067-AA   MR    ∆2391 ②   PR.
SIDE TWO: ST-A-743068-BB- AT GP   MR     ∆18867-X ③   PR
"MR" for MONARCH Records Mfg.

.Labels have "-MO" suffix (for MONARCH) in runout number at bottom of labels.
(Side 1 Label): ST-A-743067-MO // (Side B Label): ST-A-743068-MO.

*Don't look for any 1841 Broadway address on STARLESS and BIBLE BLACK
...That Atlantic address was already gone by the time this LP came out.

Produced by King Crimson for E.G. Records at AIR Studios, London, January 1974.
Released in a textured gatefold cover with a lyrics inner sleeve
℗ & © 1974 Atlantic Recording Corporation

Clean LYRICS INNER SLEEVE included with no splits
Disc inside separate anti-static inner sleeve to protect both the vinyl and the original inner.

ROBERT FRIPP - Guitar, Mellotron, Effects, Devices
JOHN WETTON - Bass, Vocals
BILL BRUFORD - Drums, Percussion
DAVID CROSS - Violin, Viola, Keyboards

Track Listing
SIDE ONE The Great Deceiver 4:02 Lament 4:00 We'll Let You Know 3:46 The Night Watch 4:37 Trio 5:41 The Mincer 4:10 SIDE TWO
Starless And Bible Black

9:11 Fracture 11:14
VERY HARD to find such a CLEAN example - the soft 'texture' sleeve is usually a dirt magnet
It would be near impossible to find an cleaner original first press!

Album kept in a protective, poly outer-sleeve

Please see my other listings for more Rare KING CRIMSON and related LPs
and other Vintage Collectible KRAUTROCK, PROG, PROG-PSYCH, ELECTRONIC and SPACE-ROCK Import LPs.
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From an utterly vast and deep record collection, from my life-long best friend
who was a DJ at the Radio Station I co-founded in the 1970's - and who worked for me at my California record store in the '70s and '80s.
Sadly he has now finally left this mortal coil, bequeathing me his deep Vinyl Mine.
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Several thousand records (mostly LP's, but also hundreds of 45's), several hundred collectible and Rare, Out of Print CDs and Box Sets,
plus posters and other memorabilia will all eventually be listed.

Truly a great (and enormous) collection!
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