THE GO-BETWEENS..LEE REMICK/KAREN..ABLE LABEL..
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WELL HERE IT IS FOLKS, A SIGNED COPY OF ONE OF THE RAREST AUSTRALIAN / BRISBANE POST PUNK 45 'S EVER...ONLY 500 PRESSED IN 1978...THE GO-BETWEENS...LEE REMICK.. B/W KAREN...RELEASED IN 1978 ON THEIR OWN ABLE LABEL..AB001..THIS " IS " A PIECE OF POST PUNK HISTORY...FIRST OFF..THE ONLY REASON THIS IS FOR SALE IS BECAUSE I HAVE AQUIRED A MINT PERIOD AUTOGRAPHED COPY AND I HAVE A MAJOR CAR RESTO UNDER WAY...OTHERWISE THIS WOULD HAVE NEVER SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY...THIS COPY I HAVE HAD FOR SOME 20 YEARS...THIS COPY WAS THEN SIGNED ONLY RECENTLY BY GRANT AND ROBERT AT AN INSTORE GIG AND SIGNING IN BRISBANE / AUSTRALIA ON MAY 1st 2005...AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE SCAN ROBERT HAS DATED AND AUTHENTICATED WITH " IN ROCKING HORSE" ABOVE HIS SIGNATURE...I HAVE ALSO INCLUDED A SCAN OF THE FLYER THAT ADVERTISED THE SHOW...THIS SINGLE COMES UP FOR SALE RARELY TO NEVER, AND A SIGNED COPY LIKE THIS MAY NEVER COME UP FOR SALE AGAIN...JUST DO THE MATH ON IT... THIS SINGLE IS ONLY EVER FOUND IN MY HOMETOWN OF BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA..I COULD WAFFLE ON FOREVER ABOUT ITS RARITY AND INFLUENCE..BUT I GUESS IF YOU ARE BIDDING YOU ALREADY KNOW ALL THAT..I WILL SAY THAT IT IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING FIVE MINUTES OR SO EVER COMMITED TO WAX..PERIOD...ANYWAY...THE SLEEVE HAS MINOR RING/SURFACE WEAR AND A 15MM SPLIT IN THE SPINE..AND A SMALL MARK NEAR THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER ON THE EDGE ..NO OTHER SPLITS OR TEARS..I WOULD RATE THE SLEEVE AS VERY GOOD...IF NOT FOR THE SPINE SPLIT I WOULD RATE AS EXELLENT..THE SCANS OF THE SLEEVE TURNED OUT DARKER THAN THEY ACTUALLY ARE..THE SLEEVE IS ALOT BETTER THAN THE SCANS SUGGEST..ANYWAY NOW THE VINYL..THERE ARE A FEW VERY FINE MARKS ON THE KAREN SIDE THAT DOES NOT EFFECT PLAY..I WOULD RATE THIS SIDE AS VERY GOOD+..THE LEE REMIK SIDE IS SPOTLESS AND IT WOULD HAVE TO RATE AS EXELLENT..BOTH LABELS ARE NEAR PERFECT WITH ONLY MINOR SIGNS OF WEAR..I HAVE TAKEN CARE WITH THIS OVER THE YEARS AND I HAVE PLAYED IT ABOUT A HAND FULL OF TIMES IN THE 20 ODD YEARS I HAVE OWNED IT...THE LAST MINT COPY I HEARD OF WAS RUMOURED TO CHANGE HANDS FOR NEARLY 4 FIGURES..AND THAT WAS UNSIGNED.. IF THEY EVER SURFACE ..THIS SINGLE WILL ONLY EVER INCREASES IN VALUE..A TRUE VINYL INVESTMENT...PLEASE CHECK MY FEEDBACK .. ALL ITEMS MAY BE RETURNED IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE DESCRIPTION IF I'AM CONTACTED WITHIN 48HRS OF RECEIPT..ALL RECORDS ARE GRADED TO UK RECORD COLLECTOR GRADING STANDARDS..PLEASE SEE THE "ME" PAGE FOR POSTAGE COSTS WORLDWIDE..THANKS FOR LOOKING...PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR MORE DETAILS IF NEEDED..
