Sold Date: December 26, 2020
Start Date: December 19, 2020
Final Price: £473.00 (GBP)
Bid Count: 58
Seller Feedback: 637
Buyer Feedback: 79

This is an original 1980 pressing of the excellent album Gentlemen Take Polaroids by Japan.
This copy is signed on the back of the sleeve, in silver pen, by David Sylvian and the rest of the band.

Vinyl is in excellent, near mint condition. Sleeve shows minor wear to the edges and minor creases in the bottom corner, and a small area of damage below the signatures. 
Please check the photos to see exactly what you are getting. Please be satisfied with the condition before bidding.
This item was hand signed for a charity auction in 1987. Check out my other items from this event. This is not a printed reproduction and is hand signed in marker pen. But I am not able to provide any provenance or guarantee.  
I purchased this album in a bundle with other signed items from the charity, they had been donated by the band's management for an charity fundraiser. The other signed items I am selling (Depeche Mode, David Sylvian and Japan) and others, all came from the same source. I have always believed these to be genuine, but sorry I have no way in which I can prove this.
Please be aware of this before bidding, and buyer beware.

Tracklist  A1 Gentlemen Take Polaroids 7:06 A2 Swing 6:25 A3 Burning Bridges 5:20 A4 My New Career 3:54 B1 Methods Of Dance 6:53 B2 Ain't That Peculiar 4:40 B3 Nightporter 6:57 B4 Taking Islands In Africa 5:15
This pressing was mastered at The Town House.   Releases had 'TOWN HOUSE' etched into Runout groove. Other pressings which were mastered at Strawberry Mastering also exist. Those pressings have 'STRAWBERRY' etched.
Note: First Edition pressings had Track A3 printed as 'Some Kind Of Fool' on the back of the Sleeve. An erratum sticker listed that Track A3 would be replaced with 'Burning Bridges'.  Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched, Variant 3 - no Townhouse): V-2180 A (scrubbed out 3) 4 Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped, Variant 3): TOWN HOUSE V 2180 B-5U-1-1-15 I am selling items from my personal vinyl collection, so have listened to this record several times in the 14 years I have owned it. I have described this item as fairly as I can and defects I am aware of are as listed. But, please check the photos to see exactly what you are getting. Please be satisfied with the condition before bidding and ask questions before bidding if you would like confirmation of everything.
Please do not bid if you have no intention of buying. 
Where I have stated the vinyl as being a first pressing, this is using the matrix identifier and the website Discogs for reference. I can confirm that the matrix identifier, if included in the listing is definitely the one on the vinyl and can supply a photo on request to serious buyers, but I cannot take responsibility for accuracy of the information copied from Discogs.
Standard postage is free - to UK addresses. All vinyl is mailed in sturdy box mailers. Postage outside UK is available through the ebay global shipping programme. 
Note to buyers outside the UK: If you are outside UK and use the global shipping programme, please be aware that the postage cost is calculated by and paid to ebay.  I mail the item to an ebay warehouse in Lichfield, and ebay arranges onward courier to you.  As a seller I have no control over the GSP postage charge, and I do not receive the money - so please do not leave neutral or negative feedback about GSP postage costs as they are out of my control!!  Also - ebay does not allow you to combine postage on GSP items but if you are outside UK and want to buy more than one item, send me a message and I can relist as a combined lot for you.