XTC. English Settlement. FIRST UK PRESS. Vinyl LP. VG+ Embossed green lettering.

	£		20
	$		27

From Punk to Indi to Industrial to Gothic to Techno to Ambient.

Welcome to a listing from my personal record collection.

A vinyl journey spanning some 18 years and over 1000 pressings from 1977 to 1995.

THIS LISTING IS FOR

Artist XTC

Title English Settlement

Format Double 12" vinyl album

Pressing First UK pressing 1982

Label Virgin

Label Code V2223

Barcode No barcode

Matrix A Side  V-2223-A2 (etched) TOWNHOUSE (stamped)

Matrix B Side  V-2223-B1 (etched) TOWNHOUSE (stamped)

Matrix C Side  V-2223-C1 (etched) TOWNHOUSE (stamped)

Matrix D Side  V-2223-D2 WADDIES 6X RULES HIC! (etched) TOWNHOUSE (stamped)

TRACK LISTING

A Side 1 Runaways   2 Ball And Chain   3 Senses Working Overtime   4 Jason And The Argonauts

B Side 1 No Thugs In Our House   2 Yacht Dance   3 All Of A  Sudden (It's Too Late)

C Side 1 Melt The Guns   2 Leisure   3 It's Nearly Africa   4 Knuckle Down

D Side 1 Fly On The Wall   2 Down In The Cockpit   3 English Roundabout   4 Snowman

A Superb copy of a superb album. 

A very first 1982 edition pressing, with embossed green lettering

and textured cover that opens at the top.

The later pressings the same year had white lettering on the cover.

The condition of the playing surfaces is superb, 

all four sides are beautifully glossy, dust and fingerprint free.

There are only the finest of hairlines and marks from getting the records

in and out of their sleeves, and two, slightly more noticeable, but still very superficial, scuffs on side 3.

One is in 'Melt the Guns' and the other in 'Leisure'.

I have play tested these tracks and there is absolutely no problem with play,

or loss of sound quality in the slightest.

The outer sleeve is in very good condition corners are good.

The top left shows a little more wear than the others.

There is also a small crease near the opening at the top of the sleeve, both front and back.

The spine is in good condition, with a couple of small areas of slight wear.

All of this can be seen in the listing images.

Unless otherwise stated every record was purchased by myself from new and only ever played

by myself on my own deck and with as expensive a cartridge as I could afford at the time.

When it comes to attributing a grading to each of my records I will confess I am not an expert.

And while both the Goldmine standard and The Record Collectors systems give us a number of agreed fundamentals

to help determine a grading for vinyl and its associated media, attributing a true and accurate grading to something as

individual as a pre-owned piece of Vinyl is unavoidably subjective.

One person's 'slight scuff' may be another's deal breaker.

With this in mind I will endeavour to describe as accurately as possible, in the descriptions of each listing,

not only what I feel to be a fair grading, but also an overall description of the record in question, along with details

of any and all marks, defects and anomalies I can see.

I am a firm believer in the maxim of - if you can feel it you can hear it.

So if there is anything that looks or feels like it may possibly affect a record's playing quality or sound clarity,

and therefore the pleasure derived from listening to it or its true value to a collector, I will give it one final spin

and make my findings known in the product description.

Over and above this I am happy to take returns.

I personally wouldn't bid on a pre-owned record without the option to return it if I felt that the seller hadn't been

totally truthful and transparent in their description of it, or that on receipt it didn't live up to my expectations. 

And I do not expect you to do so either. 

So please, feel free to bid with confidence.

I am a professional photographer by trade, and have gone to great lengths to light and photograph covers, inner sleeves

and the vinyl themselves in such a way as to show, as accurately as possible, the actual condition of all.

Rest assured that what you see is exactly what will be despatched to you if you are the successful winner of each listing.

Before photographing each record went through a three stage cleaning process:

1 - Removal of any surface dust with a light brushing over with a carbon fibre and velvet disc cleaning pad

2 - Deep cleaning with large (Big Fudge) velvet pad and cleaning solution

3 - A final brushing with a Pro-Ject carbon fibre record brush.

And finally, because Mr or Mrs  Poasty may not handle your record with the same care and reverence that you or I would,

I will dispatch in a specialised corrugated cardboard record mailing outer, and if I feel even more protection is required

I will also include two extra sheets of 3mm corrugated cardboard for added safety and protection.

Thanks for taking the time to read this and for showing an interest

in giving a new home to one of my records.

I have other listings live right now and will be adding new ones on a regular basis,

so please do take a peak and stay tuned for more. I will combine postage, so please do ask.