THE SMITHS JAPANESE DEBUT LP WITH RED FLEXI DISC- NEAR MINT MORRISSEY- VERY RARE
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HI THERE, YOU ARE BIDDING ON AN EXTREMELY RARE VINYL PRESSING OF THE SMITHS 1984 DEBUT ALBUM ON THE JAPANESE TOKUMA LABEL. ALL JAPANESE VINYL PRESSINGS OF SMITHS ITEMS ARE HIGHLY PRIZED BY COLLECTORS OWING TO THE SUPERB AUDIO QUALITY OF THE VINYL AND THE LAVISH PACKAGING WITH WHICH THEY ARE ACCOMPANIED.
THIS COPY IS A FANTASTIC EXAMPLE AND WOULD BE A TERRIFIC IT A THE ITEM TO OWN, AS IT COMES WITH THE ORIGINAL ' OBI' STRIP AND FOLD OUT SIX PAGE INSERT CONTAINING JAPANESE AND ENGLISH LYRICS ALONG WITH PHOTOS OF THE BAND. IN ADDITION THIS IS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST PRESSINGS WHICH IS DENOTED BY A WHITE CIRCLE ON THE OBI STRIP AND WAS ISSUED WITH AN EXTREMELY RARE FLEXI DISC FEATURING AN INTERVIEW DONE IN OCTOBER 1983 AT STRAWBERRY STUDIOS DURING THE RECORDING OF THE ALBUM.
THE RED FLXI DISC ITSELF HAS BECOE VERY SOUGHT AFTER IN ITS OWND RIGHT. IN RECORD COLLECTORS TOP 100 LIST OF SMITHS COLLECTABLES THIS ALBUM WITH DISC WAS PLACED AT NUMBER 18 AND ITS SEEMS ITS BECOME RARER AND ITS VALLUE HAS RISEN EVEN HIGHER SINCE 2005 AND WILL CONTUINE TO BE A WONDERFUL PIECE OF ART AND INVESTMENT.
THE RECORD ITSELF IS NEAR AND PRACTICALLY MINT, WITH THE VINYL ONLY HAVING BEEN PLAYED ON A COUPLE OF OCASSIONS, BUT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY WELL LOOKED AFTER. THERE ARE NO MARKS ON THE VINYL AND IT RETAINS ITS GLOSSY SHEEN. THE FLEXI DISC IS IN ABSOLUTELY MINT CONDITION AND HAS NEVER BEEN PLAYED. THE LYRIC INSERT SHOWS PRACTICALLY NO SIGNS OF HANDLING , SO IS IN VERY RARE MINT CONDITION ALSO. THE SLEEVE AND OBI STRIP ARE IN STRONG EXCELENT CONDITION, HAVING NO MAJOR SIGNS OF WEAR AT ALL. ALL EDGES ARE SHARP AND THERE IS JUST SOME EXTREMELY MILD CORNER WEAR IN PLACES WHICH AREBARELY NOTICEABLE.. THERE ARE NO STCIKER MARKS, WRITING OR SIGNIFICANT CREASES ON THE SEAM AND NO SEAM SPLITTING. THE OB STRIP HAS SOME SMALL AND MINOR CREASES IN A FEW PLACES ON THE REVERSE ONLY AND SOME VERY LIGHT MARKS IN A FEW PLACES WHICH ARE ONLY SEEN WHEN HELD TO THE LIGHT.
PLEASE SEE THE OTHER VERY RARE SMITHS AND MORRISSEY ITEMS I AM SELLING FROM MY COLLECTION OVER THE NEXT COUPLD OF DAYS AND SEE MY FEEDBACK WHICH IS 100% . I WILL ACCEPT RETURNS IN THE VERY UNLIKELY EVENT THAT YOU ARE NOT STAISFIED. ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE E- MAIL ME
DUE TO THE VALUE OF THIS ITEM, IT WILL BE POSTED INSURED ROYAL MAIL SPECIAL DELIVERY, BE WELL PACKAGED AND COST £12.99
INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS WELCOME, BUT PLEASE E-MAIL ME FOR POSTAGE COST FIRST. THANKS AND GOOD LUCK.
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