REVOLUTIONARY ARMY OF THE INFANT JESUS. 1st UK PRESS. Vinyl LP. VG+ Rare PROBE12

	£		35
	$		46

From Punk to Indi to Industrial to Gothic to Techno to Ambient.

Welcome to a listing from my personal record collection.

A vinyl journey spanning some 18 years and over 1000 pressings from 1977 to 1995.

THIS LISTING IS FOR

Artist  Revolutionary Army Of The Infant Jesus

Title The Gift Of Tears

Format 12" vinyl album

Pressing First UK pressing 1987

Label Probe Plus

Label Code PROBE 12

Barcode  No label code

Matrix A Side  PROBE 12 A¹ TOWNHOUSE MPO (etched)

Matrix B Side  PROBE 12 B¹ TO LORD SINCLAIR OF WIDNESS TOWNHOUSE MPO (etched)

TRACK LISTING

A Side 1 Come Holy Spirit   2 Tales From Europe   3 The Miller   4 De Profundis   5 Singing Ringing Tree

B Side 1 Beauty After The Fall   2 The Dream (Awakening Of A Childes Mind)

            3 Lament (Ashes In The Water)   4 Transfiguration   5 Communion 

An excellent, first pressing copy, of this very rare 1987

debut album from Revolutionary Army Of The Infant Jesus.

Neofolk album along the lines of Death in June and with

more than a hint of Dead Can Dance thrown in.

The condition of the playing surfaces is superb,

both sides are dust and fingerprint free.

While both sides have some areas which have lost their high shine,

they are still in excellent condition and play superbly, with only a whisper

of surface noise in only the very quietest of moments.

There are a few scuffs and hairlines to both sides, but again, absolutely

nothing that has any impact on play or sound quality,

so all in all, I have to say that the vinyl looks a weak VG+,

but does play a very strong VG+ to near mint.

The outer sleeve is in good condition.

There is a small amount of wear to the corners, especially the bottom right one.

There is also some discolouration and evidence of water damage to the

front cover, along the bottom edge.

Please see the listing images.

The spine is in excellent condition.

Unless otherwise stated every record was purchased by myself from new and only ever played

by myself on my own deck and with as expensive a cartridge as I could afford at the time.

When it comes to attributing a grading to each of my records I will confess I am not an expert.

And while both the Goldmine standard and The Record Collectors systems give us a number of agreed fundamentals

to help determine a grading for vinyl and its associated media, attributing a true and accurate grading to something as

individual as a pre-owned piece of Vinyl is unavoidably subjective.

One person's 'slight scuff' may be another's deal breaker.

With this in mind I will endeavour to describe as accurately as possible, in the descriptions of each listing,

not only what I feel to be a fair grading, but also an overall description of the record in question, along with details

of any and all marks, defects and anomalies I can see.

I am a firm believer in the maxim of - if you can feel it you can hear it.

So if there is anything that looks or feels like it may possibly affect a record's playing quality or sound clarity,

and therefore the pleasure derived from listening to it or its true value to a collector, I will give it one final spin

and make my findings known in the product description.

Over and above this I am happy to take returns.

I personally wouldn't bid on a pre-owned record without the option to return it if I felt that the seller hadn't been

totally truthful and transparent in their description of it, or that on receipt it didn't live up to my expectations. 

And I do not expect you to do so either. 

So please, feel free to bid with confidence.

I am a professional photographer by trade, and have gone to great lengths to light and photograph covers, inner sleeves

and the vinyl themselves in such a way as to show, as accurately as possible, the actual condition of all.

Rest assured that what you see is exactly what will be despatched to you if you are the successful winner of each listing.

Before photographing each record went through a three stage cleaning process:

1 - Removal of any surface dust with a light brushing over with a carbon fibre and velvet disc cleaning pad

2 - Deep cleaning with large (Big Fudge) velvet pad and cleaning solution

3 - A final brushing with a Pro-Ject carbon fibre record brush.

And finally, because Mr or Mrs  Poasty may not handle your record with the same care and reverence that you or I would,

I will dispatch in a specialised corrugated cardboard record mailing outer, and if I feel even more protection is required

I will also include two extra sheets of 3mm corrugated cardboard for added safety and protection.

Thanks for taking the time to read this and for showing an interest

in giving a new home to one of my records.

I have other listings live right now and will be adding new ones on a regular basis,

so please do take a peak and stay tuned for more. I will combine postage, so please do ask.