PINK FLOYD. WISH YOU WERE HERE.LP FULLY SEALED ORIG. EARLY PRESS
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AN ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND STILL FULLY SEALED UNOPENED THEREFORE UNPLAYED ORIGINAL EARLY PRESSING OF THIS ICONIC FLOYD MASTERPIECE. RELEASED IN 1975 THESE ALBUMS CAME IN JET BLACK SHRINKWRAP WITH TINY PERFORATED AIR HOLES , NO STICKERS , BUT SALES WERE SO POOR BECAUSE NO ONE HAD A CLUE WHAT THE RECORD WAS OR BY WHO IT WAS, SO STICKERS OF THE NOW FAMOUS ROBOT HANDSHAKE WERE SENT OUT TO RECORD SHOPS TO BE STUCK ON THE PLAIN BLACK SHRINK COVERS, TO MAKE THEM MORE IDENTIFIABLE. I HAVE PERSONALLY OWNED THIS ALBUM FOR APPROX 17 YEARS. I HAPPENED TO COME ACROSS THIS BY CHANCE FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTOR WHOS HOUSE I WAS DOING RENOVATION WORK FOR.THIS AND A FEW OTHER GEMS WERE PART PAYMENT FOR THE WORKS CARRIED OUT.I CAN ASSURE YOU HE HAD ONE HELL OF A FLOYD COLLECTION.ALL I KNOW IS IT IS ONE OF THE EARLIER PRESSINGS, BECAUSE IT REMAINS UNOPENED AND I WOULD BE A FOOL TO OPEN IT SO I CANNOT TELL YOU THE MATRIX NUMBERS WHICH WOULD HELP IN INDENTIFING HOW EARLY A PRESS THIS IS. THIS WOULD BE ENTIRELY UP TO THE DISCRETION OF ITS FUTURE OWNER.THAT IS IF HE OR SHE WISHES TO OPEN IT. I ALSO OWN A NRE 180G SEALED VERSION OF THIS ALBUM, WHICH ALSO COMES IN BLACK WRAPPING, BUT THESE ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT, FIRSTLY THE NEW ONE HAS A HIGHER GLOSS FINISH AND NO PERFORATED AIR HOLES TO THE STICKERED FRONT SIDE, UNLIKE THE ORIGINAL. SECONDLY THE NEW ONES ARE ALOT HEAVIER DUE TO THE 180G VINYL AND THE PACKAGING. THIRDLY WHEN LAID SIDE BY SIDE THE NEW VERSION IS ALOT THICKER.THE CONDITION OF THIS EXTREMELY RARE ITEM WOULD BE CLASSED IN THE HIGHEST BRACKET DUE TO ITS AGE AND STILL FULLY SEALED.THE EDGES ARE BEAUTIFULLY DEFINED AND LAYS PERFECTLY FLAT ON A FLAT SURFACE. I AM NOT ONE OF THESE PEOPLE WHO USES THE MUCH OVER USED TERM MINT IN RECORDS I ONLY CLASS THE VINYL AS MINT WHEN A RECORD IS SEALED SO THEREFORE NEVER BEEN PLAYED AND UNTOUCHED BY HUMAN HANDS. COLLECTION IN PERSON IS VERY WELCOME, ................... POSTAGE IS AS FOLLOWS. UK. SINGLES. £1.50. 12" / LP £ 3.50. DOUBLES £4.50 EUROPE. SINGLES £3.25. 12" / LP. £5.00. DOUBLES. £7.00 USA / S/ AMERICA. SINGLES,. £3.75. 12" / LP. £9.00. DOUBLES. £11.00 REST OF WORLD. SINGLES.£3.75. 12" / LP £9.00. DOUBLES. £11.00 THE FIRST RECORD IS CHARGED AT FULL PRICE, ANY ADDITIONAL WILL BE HALF PRICE. ON LARGE AMOUNTS I GIVE THE BEST POSSIBLE DISCOUNT I CAN. I DO NOT PROFIT FROM THE POSTAGE.
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