King Crimson: Islands ORIG. FIRST UK ISLAND A-1U/ B-1U MINT-/MINT-
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PLEASE NOTE - POSTAGE TO THE UK IS NOT 4.00 , DO NOT SEND PAYMENT BEFORE RECEIVING AN INVOICE FROM ME.
King Crimson: Islands ISLAND ILPS 9175 UK
One of the rarest Cimson albums to find in TOP condition..
Original first pressd copy with flip-back sleeve and the original fold-out inner sleeve (has 2 small splits in the middle of the fold-out part ,also quite a few small browning spots, otherwise NO tears, writing or any other damages..)..
cover: un-laminated single-sleeve flip-back cover, clean MINT- condition ( I’m really tempted to use the magic word of „STUNNING” except I don’t believe in it..) with TINY ( and I mean TINY ..) amount of rubbing on the top of the front,otherwise pretty much AS NEW….the flip-back parts are perfect,as new .…the spine is PERFECT without any wear and so are the top and bottom edges….opening edges are nice,straight and clean without any wear at all....no rips,tears,splits or any other damages....
record,visual: side A is superb clean jet-black and shiny EX++ with 3 paralell VERY light superficial and harmless surface lines,side B is MINT- ….it still retains it’s beautiful original sheen and it looks VERY NEAR NEW
record,audio: I PLAYED THE ENTIRE RECORD FROM START TO END-THE AUDIO IS GREAT WITH CRYSTAL CLEAR AND VIBRANT SOUND WITHOUT ANY SINGS OF GROOVEWEAR,WITH GREAT DELIVERY AND STEREO IMAGE… NO LOUD POPS/CLICKS, MINIMAL AMOUNT BACKGROUND NOISE ON THE TRACK „ISLANDS” BUT LET ME STRESS AGAIN, REALLY MINIMAL …THIS COPY HAS BEEN SITTING IN STORAGE FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS SO A PROFESSIONAL CLEANING JOB WOULD MOST LIKELY IMPROVE THE SOUND AND GET RID OF MOST OF THE BACKGROUND NOISE ..
labels: AS CLEAN AS IT COULD BE without any spindle hole marks …ILPS 9175 A-1U and ILPS 9175 B-1U matrix numbers,VERY FIRST pressing… no tears,stamps or any other damages...
Gradings: I ALWAYS TRY TO DO MY BEST IN GIVING ACCURATE,HONEST AND VERY STRICT GRADINGS BY USING THE FOLLOWING TERMS:
MINT
EX (EXCELLENT)
VG ( VERY GOOD)
I ALSO USE PLUS (+) AND MINUS (-) IF THE CONDITION FALLS BETWEEN TWO GRADES.
VINYL WILL FIRST BE INSPECTED VISUALLY VERY CAREFULLY UNDER STRONG LIGHT..I DON'T HAVE TIME TO PLAY EVERY SINGLE RECORD FROM START TO END ( WHO DOES ? ) - HOWEVER,I TESTPLAY SKIPPING THROUGH TRACKS ON BOTH SIDES ( INCLUDING RUN-IN,RUN-OUT GROOVES AND THE SPACES BETWEEN TRACKS ) TO CHECK THE OVERALL PLAYBACK QUALITY.
IN THE UNLIKELY CASE THAT YOU SHOULD BE UNHAPPY WITH MY GRADING/DESCRIPTION PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE LEAVING NEGATIVE FEEDBACK-I’M SURE THAT WE CAN CLEAR OUT EVERY PROBLEM IN A KIND WAY!
PLEASE NOTE:ALTHOUGH I DIDN’T HEAR ANY SERIOUS PROBLEMS DURING THE TESTPLAY ON MY SYSTEM AND HAVE GIVEN AN HONEST DESCRIPTION OF THE CONDITION OF THE VINYL,I CAN’T GUARANTEE IT WILL PLAY THE SAME WAY ON YOUR SYSTEM -YOU MIGHT HEAR THE ODD STATICK TICK/POP THAT I DIDN’T !!!
DUE TO THE NEW ( ANNOYING !!) EBAY RULES I HAVE TO INDICATE SHIPPING RATES,HOWEVER THE GBP4.00 RATE IS NOT THE ACTUAL AMOUNT,PLEASE REFER TO THE CHART BELOW !!!!
All items will be sent from my European stock,postage as follows,all by airmail:
EUROPE: 1 LP(under 500 gramms) GBP 6.00,2-3 LPs(up to 1000 gramms) GBP 12.00,4-5 LPs(up to 1500 gramms) GBP 16.00,6-7 LPs(up to 2000 gramms) GBP 20.00 ...
OVERSEAS: 1 LP(under 500 gramms) GBP 6.50,2-3 LPs(up to 1000 gramms) GBP 13.00,4-6LPs(up to 1500 gramms) GBP 18.00,6-7 LPs(up to 2000 gramms) GBP 22.50 ...
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All records are sent in hard cardboard packing boxes, removed from the covers
to prevent seem splits and placed in protective plastic sleeves..
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