THE GODS GENESIS MONO 1ST PRESS COLUMBIA/EMI SUPER RARE ORIGINAL LP*NR MINT*

	£		303
	$		401

Artist:THE GODS

Title:GENESIS "MONO" LP

Year:1968

Label/code:EMI COLUMBIA SX 6286

Grading-Vinyl:NEAR MINT, PLAYS FANTASTIC*SEE BELOW FOR DETAILED DISCRIPTION

Grading-Sleeve/Inserts:EX,*SEE BELOW FOR DETAILED DISCRIPTION

Other Info:SUPER RARE AND HIGHLY COLLECTABLE ORIGINAL MONO LP, NOT A REPRODUCTION THIS IS THE ORIGINAL COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL EMI RECORDS "SHAPED" INNER.

VINYL CONDITION:

The Vinyl is stunning, we purchased this from one of our regular customers who states he has owned from new and has not played it since the early eighties and at most 5-6 times, we have played through and tested twice and the quality and sound is amazing,*WE HAVE AUDIO AVAILABLE SEE BOTTOM OF LISTING SO YOU CAN CHECK SOUND BEFORE BUYING*  .Certanly no jumps, skips, pops and for sound alone we believe deserves grading as NR MINT, audio is clear and dynamic.

Vinyl apperance is clean, glossy and has certanly been looked after and stored well, studied under bright light we have noticed a small mark on Side A-Track 2 , Its no bigger than a pin head and as above does not effect sound.

There are a couple of very very faint other marks which are hard to spot and we have no doubt some would grade apperance as MINT, however small we know these faint marks are there and therefore so should you, best to mention but in highlighting these we are carefully not to detract from the overall quality.

VINYL CENTERS CONDITION:

Really clear and strong undamaged Blue Columbia labels, no writing or tears. Two very small and faint spindle marks but that is being very picky, They look like they could have been printed yesterday, No damage to centre hole and fits cleanly and tightly onto Record Deck.

The Matrix are SIDE A-XAX 3676 1G

                         SIDE B-XAX 3677 1G

SLEEVE CONDITION:

Lovely Garrod and Lofthouse half Laminated "flipback" cover, Lamination is still glossy, couple of marks from where nestling against other LP's in storage but there is no damaged to the main artwork/picture on sleeve, colours are still vibrant and clear. Three small bits of creasing-nothing major, one very small bit of damage to bottom right corner,minor but we have highlighted this in image 7 above.

Bottom spine has one bit of wear and can be seen to the left of bottom spine on picture 3, as you can see its nothing major it measure approx 3cm out of a total sleeve lengh of 32 cm.

There are no splits, rips or damage to the front sleeve other than the minor bits above.

Rear Sleeve:-Once again a couple of bits or creasing and some discolouration to the full white sleeve-please see picture 4 above, sleeve is completly intact and still glued together with no splits, once again slight discolouration ( common with age) on the glue joins.The EX rating we have given is conservative and would like to stress there is alot right with this sleeve and if it was not for the discolouration on the back we would have graded higher, buyer will need to note that due to age the rear sleeve is not pearly white in places.

INNER SLEEVE CONDITION:

Original EMI advertisment inner, " die cut" or shaped with no damage at all, no splits etc and printing is clear and bold, very small bit of age discolouration, not covering whole of inner and is not bad at all.

SUMMERY:

Along with Led Zeps debut Turquoise Sleeve, this is one of those LP's we frequenly get asked for, this is only the second copy we have owned and already have had collectors making us offers.

We are happy to Auction off but not at a silly 0.99p starting price and will be only posting out Fully Tracked/Recorded from us to destination, UK Bidders the £4.50 postage will be to cover SPCIAL DELIVERY FULLY TRACKED , Overseas bidders note we will be using the higher level of tracking .postage is obviously a little higher than standard but not prepared to have this go missing.

To sum Up, Vinyl Apperance-Near Mint, Audio Playback-NR MINT, Front Sleeve, EX+, Rear Sleeve EX,Inner-NR MINT.

No other copy on Ebay, Music Stack or Discogs at present, comes up for Auction very Rarely and if you want a top quality-great sounding version then this is the one to go for but would advise any potential bidde to check audio for themselves as below to avoid disappointment( our NR Mint could be your EX+ ETC)

   We have similar new and used items for sale in our shop-please follow the A-Z links on our shop categories.

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Please note that for UK buyers our default postage is 1st Class and EU is International Standard-however many more options available with multiple purchase discount available on our comprehensive Postage page which is found on left hand menu of our shop page or by following:-

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Thanks

*Due to the large number of Enquries we have received regarding this record we have made available the first track of the LP "Towards The Skies' to potential Buyers, the Track is taken direct from the Pictured LP and is available in WAV format.

Please send an email to blacktonguerecords@hotmail.co.uk requesting this audio and we will forward on-please allow 24 hours for us to respond and please note any requests for this Audio received less than 12hrs before Auction ends will not be honoured.

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