U2 Complete Set of 16 Achtung Baby LP Sized Prints + Cardboard Sleeve

	£		36
	$		48

I Have loads more punk/new wave/indie items currently listed so Check out my other items! And plenty more to list in every catagory (from rare 50's cheesecake to thrash metal promos!) over the next 2 months (I'm saving to go travelling AND need the space, so downsizing is the obvious solution! So don't miss a thing and Be sure to add me to your favourites list! 
I have bought and sold records for years here and there (including some very very rare ones), but every now and then one needs a clean-out, otherwise what's left to collect!?! In truth I need both space and the money to go travelling, and so want to sell as many as possible in the next 1 and a half months, so if there are particular rarities that you're after, please let me know, and if I have them, I'll make a strong effort to list them sooner rather than later! Due to my time constraints, I'm listing fairly simply for most listings, if there's particular interest in some item I'll endeavour to expand the information. But just to clarify, I've never had my gradings questioned (except by some kind and very satisfied customers who have told me I'm over-severe! Please check past feedback!)
I'm listing lots of record this week, as I have to shift an awful lot in a short time, therefore, please give me a day or two extra leeway with my usual dispatch time!
Just to clarify, THIS IS NOT A RECORD! This is a massively sought after piece of U2 memorabilia! Issued to some UK shops to issue with copies of the Achtung Baby LP in 1991, only available on the day of release, now they are rather hard to find, and even when you find them they are either not for sale, else folded etc. This is a superb complete set of the 16, 12"x12" prints, that make up a massive 4 ft. by 4 ft. version of the cover! Hence why it's hard to get a decent photo to do it justice! I will add more photos during the week. They are in superb condition, really can't have been out of their embossed protective brown cardboard sleeve many times at all!  Apart from half of them having an incredibly minor (4mm) slight bend to the top corner (and this isn't really visible from the front,  to properly notice this one needs to turn the prints around to view the from their plan white backs, and even then is hardly visible at all!!), these are as crisp as on the day of printing! Really absolutely stunning! Only the very back one (the one of the sat in the car) even has any real colour rub on the textured white back, which, usually these ALL have! Testament yet again to how little these have been touched, clearly they have been left as they sit for almost their entire lives! I'm giving them a straight EX. You'd be hard pushed to find better! The sleeve they are in seems to be even rarer, being that I've only seen one other copy come up featuring it! I have nothing to compare this one to, however, it has protected the prints brilliantly! The sleeve it's self has minor wear, it is very deep (just shy of a cm deep!), and yet has suffered very little to crushing etc, the right hand side remains uncrushed, and beautifully square, the bottom and left hand edges, show signs of having been a little squashed in a few places, but still hold a nice square shape! The corners show very slight feathering, though for the type of cardboard this is it is less than you'd think normal! The embossed shapes on the front, are the only signs of any kind on this sleeve, (the cartoon-style drawn child's face, the star, and the car), these are as close to perfect as you could imagine! Only the car's hub-caps show the mildest signs of rubbing at all!! Unbelievable! The back is damn crisp! With just a slight corner knock visible on the bottom right corner (very minor), and an even tinier knock on the top left corner (a couple of mm), extremely light wear to the opening mouth edge, no feathering etc! A tiny stain near the bottom right next to the edge, very faint and more or less the same colour as the cardboard and measuring just over 1cm by 3mm. I'll try to catch it in a photo, but it'll be hard!The front also beautiful, though a tad more wear, some very slight fingerprint style stains near the top opening edge, again faint, possibly cleanable (though I'm scared to!) and VERY light abrasions, and a slight bump/crease at the top left hand corner. Very slight handling wear along the top opening mouth edge. Really hard to find fault with though! All the seams hold perfectly, completely rip/writing free etc etc etc. The sleeve I give a confident VG+. Of course I'll make multiple item postage discounts! A quick guide to the extra photos (sorry about the background, I didn't have anything big enough!): The second photo shows them all placed out beautifully crisp (don't worry I thoroughly vacuumed  the floor before putting them down!). The third photo shows the only imperfection on any of their fronts, a few have the TINIEST corner bump, it doesn't even show up on most, but this one is the one it most shows up on, so I thought I'd absolutely cover all bases, so no-one is disappointed! The fourth photo shows them laid out in the same order but face down (if there were any imperfections, which there aren't, you'd see them more from this angle!) The fifth photo shows the only back with the very slightest colour rub (the final one, bottom right in both photos of them all together), the others have none of this, and even this one is so very minor! This really is a superb set, and you'd have to search for a long time to find a set as good, let alone better, rarely come up at all, and even rarer like this! get them now! If any further info/photos are required (such as of the sleeve) please let me know! Really good luck and happy bidding!

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I WILL OF COURSE MAKE COMBINED ITEM POSTAGE DISCOUNTS!

GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY BIDDING!

My Grading system:

Based on a slightly stricter version of the Record Collector, Rare Record Price Guide system.

I Don't believe in Mint, I almost only ever hear it from sellers who don't know the grading systems, therefore, you won't hear me using "MINT". If an Item is sealed I will state it as such, but still will only go as high as EX+.

EX+: Sealed, or seemingly NEVER played, if EX+ were to ever spill over to an item that may have been played a handful of times, but incredibly carefully, I will explain this thoroughly!

EX: The top end really, someone has very much cared for this record, else forgotten they've had it! Again only played with reverence, and not played much!

EX-: Very similar to EX, but slightly more realistic, many cared for collections may have a few EX- discs in them, though usually they'll be those James Last records your Auntie bought for you and (hopefully) you've never listened to since!

VG+: Again a very well looked after record, though with noticeable surface marks/hairlines when caught in the light, the worst one may hear is the lightest, very occasional background noise, often not even this on many players!

VG: Same as above, except more surface marks,  and a little more audio background noise, though certainly not detracting from the listening experience. A good playing copy for someone who buys to play the record.

VG-: A little worse, still very listenable, and plays though fine, though might not be the end of the world, if someone drunkenly adds a few more surface marks to it one night! Background noise will be there in some form!

G+: "Good" doesn't really mean good does it?! G+ means it still plays though, though someone in the room, un-used to records (and probably born when minidiscs were already a thing of the past!), will probably make a comment about the crackliness.

G: You won't want to use your best stylus on this one probably! We're definitely in "filler" territory now, unless it's a particularly rare copy, this is a party copy, you shouldn't mind when this one gets a scratch, (you might not even notice!).

G-: If crackling gives vinyl it's "warm" sound, then this one is beginning to become a fire hazard! The likelihood is you won't catch me selling a record at this condition or less, unless there really is special cause (rarity/signed/mispressed etc.). 

I often won't even grade things lower than a "decent playing copy" (VG-), though if they don't play through or are warped etc (even if they do play through), I will mention "JUMPS", "WARPED" etc. etc. either in the title, or near the beginning of the item's description, so there can be no doubt!

I endeavour to be as meticulous as possible when grading, and almost always play test the entirety of every LP and 7" I'm selling (often I make an MP3 back-up of it too... yes I know it's obsessive), but I'm sure one of these days I will overlook something, or someone will have reason to question my gradings (so far I have only had the honour of being told that I'm shooting myself in the foot by undergrading! If an honour, that is!), in which case please do contact me, and we will sort the issue out! 

Please check out my other rare punk/new wave/indie in my other items!

And I'll be listing loads more over the next few weeks so be sure to add me to your favourites list and check in regularly

Alittle about me!

I've collected records for about 20 years, and now have TONNES! I want to go travelling for as long as I can, and as such don't want to have too many possessions to have to store, I also need dosh to travel as freely as I'd like, and therefore selling the bulk of my collection seems the best of both worlds! I love records and will still keep buying them, I'm sure, but I really need to downsize in a big way! I do have some seriously RARE records to list over the next few months, and will price them to sell, so please do watch this space!

And if you're at all unsure, please check my previous feedback for tales of satisfied customers, many of whom return again and again!!

I will of course, if you aren't ENTIRELY happy with your item offer you a full refund upon a quick return of the item, in exactly the same condition I sent it out in, I wont however cover the postage costs- just in order to put off any time-wasters, I hope you understand. I do have here some REAL MEGA-RARITIES, and I understand perhaps your confidence in me might not be complete, as I haven't listed for a while, which is why I offer this offer of full re-embursment. However I am not a fan of the trend of people trying it on and asking to keep the item but want a partial re-fund, I haven't had it happen to me, and want to keep it that way, so please don't try that, I will happily offer your full winning bid money back upon the safe return of the item, and I think that's fair. 

I am very strict with my grading, having been a collector myself for many years, and I try to include as much relavent information as possible on sales, however if you have any further questions please don't hesitate to ask, I will gladly resond as soon as I can.

One thing I would ask is that the winning bidders do leave feedback, as it's annoying when people overlook it.

I happily offer reductions of postage costs on multiple-items, 

I try grade using direct sunlight which shows up more than anything (hence where poss I take my photos in direct sunlight too), however living in the Pennine Hills, contrary to popular rumour it isn't sunny here EVERY day! So when this isn't always possible, as a backup I also use a 100 Watt lightbulb, though when poss I try to use both.

I feel my grading system is stricter than many I see used, but the sellers I respect on Ebay and elsewhere seem to be of the same mind as me, I'd much prefer to be known as someone who undergrades and you can get a good record from, than someone you have to wonder, "actually is their VG+ quite what I'd expect from that?". Hope I can win you over! 

(SOMETIMES I MAY COME ACROSS A RECORD OF SIGNIFFICANT RARITY/DESIRABILITY THAT MAY HAVE A JUMP/STICK IN IT. IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT THAT I THINK SOMEONE MAY WANT IT (EG. IT'S COVER'S IN GOOD NICK, OR IT'S A PRIVATE PRESSING/PROMO OF LIMITED AVAILABILITY) I'LL CLEARLY MARK THIS IN THE TITLE "JUMPS" OR "WARPED" ETC.)

Good luck and Happy Bidding! Loads more punk/new wave etc. etc. every genre really to come over the next 2 months! so...

River.Dog.