Tom Waits NIGHTHAWKS AT THE DINER 1975 2xLP Original UK Pressing Excellent Cond.

	£		39
	$		52

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Tom Waits NIGHTHAWKS AT THE DINER 1975 2xLP Original UK Pressing Excellent Cond.. Condition is Used. Dispatched with Royal Mail Signed For 2nd Class.

Great condition, very few scuffs or creases in the gatefold sleeve (all are photographed). There’s a number written inside the sleeve, from Used Records Shop I bought this from in the mid-eighties. Vinyl plays beautifully.

This ostensibly “live” album was order in a studio laid out like a cabaret bar, with tables and drinks etc and t captures the tail end of this era of Waits’ persona. The louche barfly raconteur, in love with the nightlife and the night birds. As well as the songs it’s unique in Waits’ discography in displaying his audience patter, the extended riffs and stories mimicking loose lipped drunk who doesn’t want to go home just yet. It’s a great record.

And this is a fabulous copy.

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All records will be posted in Defendapack Twistwrap double thickness record mailers and with the disc *outside* the sleeve and protective bubblewrap, so there will be no new corner damage or holes in the edges caused by the LP sliding inside the sleeve in transit.

All existing wear, tear and damage done to the sleeve when I was a teenager and didn't think the state of my records was any concern of anyone else other than myself, will be either described or will be clearly photographed.

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As a personal note: this is my own vinyl collection. I'm downsizing, so saying a ceremonial goodbye to my LPs and singles that have been part of my life for the best part of 50 years. I'm not a dealer: these records were bought to listen to - in many cases to listen to A LOT. And they've been with me through goods times and bad times. I'm a very careful owner, so they're mostly in really condition for their age (wish I could say that for other things), but none of them are in mint condition.

As part of saying goodbye, I'm first cleaning them using a DISCO-ANTISTAT RECORD CLEANER, and to be honest they have never sounded this good - in some cases they're better than the day I bought them. Then I'm giving them a last play through using a brand new stylus, paying attention to any surface noise, audible scratches etc. I'm noticing that vinyl really took a plunge in quality around 1990 :-) both in weight and sound. Because of this last play through, I can honestly tell you what they sound like after a clean.

This is a slow process - about ten records a week - so please save my eBay selling page and see if anything else you're interested in crops up: having been raised under the wing of John Peel, it's a very eclectic collection.

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