Sold Date: January 14, 2018
Start Date: January 4, 2018
Final Price: £37.00 (GBP)
Bid Count: 16
Seller Feedback: 2755
Buyer Feedback: 18

TIME TO LIST SOME MORE OF MY VINYL RECORDS AS I'M UNFORTUNATELY RUNNING OUT OF SPACE IN THE HOUSE.
I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING VINYL RECORDS SINCE 1970 AND HAVE OVER 3,000 LP'S AND SINGLES. ALL HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY PLAYED ON A HIGH END SYSTEM, MOST HAVE BEEN STORED IN PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVES IN RECORD BOXES/MDF ICUBES AWAY FROM ANY HEAT AND IN A SMOKE FREE HOUSE. (NOT IN THE LOFT)
EVERY NOW AND THEN I LIST SOME RECORDS WHICH I HAVE DUPLICATES OF OR RARELY PLAY TO FUND MY BUYING OF OTHER RECORDS.
PLEASE NOTE THAT I FULLY PLAY GRADE ALL MY LISTINGS THROUGH HEADPHONES AND GIVE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VINYL, COVER AND PLAYBACK USING THE RECORD COLLECTORS GUIDE 2014. I NEVER USE MINT CONDITION EXCEPT FOR ON A SEALED BRAND NEW RECORD.
PLEASE BID WITH CONFIDENCE, I HAVE BEEN BUYING AND SELLING RECORDS ON EBAY SINCE 2006 AND HAVE 100% FEEDBACK.
IF BY ANY CHANCE YOU ARE NOT HAPPY WITH MY SERVICE PLEASE CONTACT ME FIRST TO RESOLVE ANY ISSUE AS I DO OFFER A FULL REFUND ONCE THE RECORD IS RETURNED TO ME SAFELY IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY.
IF YOU BUY MORE THAN 1 X LP PLEASE WAIT FOR AN INVOICE BEFORE PAYING AS I DISCOUNT ON THE POSTAGE FOR MULTIPLE BUYS AS BELOW ON MY LISTING.

ANYWAY, HERE WE HAVE A SUPERB AUDIO COPY OF AN ICONIC FLEETWOOD MAC FIRST PRESS ALBUM :

FLEETWOOD MAC, RUMOURS 1977 UK FIRST PRESSING VINYL LP ON THE WARNER BROTHERS RECORDS BURBANK LABEL, K56344 (BSK 3010). IN CAREFULLY PLAYED JUST A FEW TIMES EXCELLENT PLUS TOP AUDIO CONDITION WITH AN EXCELLENT MATT SURFACE TEXTURED NON GATE FOLD SLEEVE WITH THE FIRST EDITION LYRIC/POSTER INNER SLEEVE IN EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION. JUST A FEW PLAYS SINCE PURCHASE. THIS SOUNDS SUPERB WITH A LOUD CUT PRESS WITH VIRTUALLY NO CRACKLE AT ALL, A LOVELY AUDIO COPY.  THERE ARE HOWEVER 3 VERY MINUTE PRESSING FAULT BUBBLES ON SIDE 1 WHICH GAVE A COUPLE OF DULL BACKGROUND RANDOM POPS ON 'NEVER GOING BACK AGAIN'. THIS DOES REALLY NOT DETRACT FROM THE LISTENING PLEASURE AT ALL. ONLY SELLING AS I HAVE ANOTHER FIRST PRESSING COPY.
SOME INITIAL FIRST PRESSINGS OF THIS ALBUM CAME IN AN UN-TEXTURED SLEEVE, BUT THIS IS THE MUCH SOUGHT AFTER FIRST PRESSING GOTHIC PRINT UK TEXTURED SLEEVE COPY.
FIRST PRESS VARIANT 1 ETCHED MATRIX NUMBERS : 
SIDE 1 : I-211 K 56344-A3 ALLEN EG  SIDE 2 : I-180 K 56344 B ALLEN EG  (AS LISTED BELOW ON THE DISCOGS WEBSITE) : 
FROM THE DISCOGS WEBSITE :
 ‎– Rumours Label:  ‎– K56344,  ‎– K 56344 Format: , LP, Album 
Country: Released: Genre: ,  Style: ,  Tracklist A1Second Hand News Written-By – * 2:43A2Dreams Written-By – * 4:14A3Never Going Back Again Written-By – * 2:02A4Don't Stop Written-By – * 3:11A5Go Your Own Way Written-By – * 3:38A6Songbird Written-By – * 3:20B1The Chain Written By – Buckingham/McVie/Nicks/Fleetwood/McVieWritten-By – *, *, *, *, * 4:28B2You Make Loving Fun Written-By – * 3:31B3I Don't Want To Know Written-By – * 3:11B4Oh Daddy Written-By – * 3:54B5Gold Dust Woman Written-By – * 4:51 Companies, etc. Published By –  Distributed By –  Printed By –  Recorded At –  Recorded At –  Recorded At –  Recorded At –  Recorded At –  Recorded At –  Mixed At –  Pressed By –  Credits Bass –  Concept By –  Design –  Drums, Percussion –  Engineer – ,  Engineer [Assisted By] – * Guitar, Vocals –  Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocals –  Management –  Mastered By – * Mastered By [Metalwork] – * Photography By, Design [Concept By] – * Producer –  Producer [With] – *, ,  Vocals –  Notes Intersong Music Ltd (Label Details)

Un-textured Sleeve

Catalogue number written without a space on the sleeve and on lyric foldout insert issued with some early releases.

Link to version without 'Gothic Press' on rear -  Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (A Side Runout, Variant 1): I - 203 K 56344 A3 ALLEN EG Matrix / Runout (B Side Runout, Variant 1): I - 154 K 56344 B ALLEN EG Matrix / Runout (A Side Runout, Variant 2): K 56344 A6 ALLEN Matrix / Runout (B Side Runout, Variant 2): K 56344 B5 Matrix / Runout (A Side Runout, Variant 3): I - 247 K56344 A3 EG ALLEN Matrix / Runout (B Side Runout, Variant 3): I - 205 K56344B ALLEN EG Matrix / Runout (A Side Runout, Variant 4): I-35 K56344A ALLEN EG 1 Matrix / Runout (B Side Runout, Variant 4): I-28 K56344B ALLEN EG 5 Matrix / Runout (A Side Runout, Variant 5): I - 224 K56344 A3 EG ALLEN Matrix / Runout (B Side Runout, Variant 5): I - 191 K56344 ALLEN 4 EG Matrix / Runout (A Side Runout, Variant 6): I-65 K56344A ALLEN EG Matrix / Runout (B Side Runout, Variant 6): I-25 K56344B ALLEN EG Matrix / Runout (A Side Runout, Variant 7): I-143 K56344A ALLEN EG Matrix / Runout (B Side Runout, Variant 7): I-128 K56344B ALLEN EG
LABELS :  I CAN SEE NO OBVIOUS SPINDLE MARKS ON THE LABELS. PLAYED JUST A FEW TIMES. NEAR MINT CONDITION.

THICK VINYL VISUAL : WITH A LOVELY SHEEN, THERE ARE JUST A FEW VERY TINY LIGHT SLEEVE REMOVALS VISIBLE UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT WHICH DO NOT SOUND AT ALL. JUST THOSE 3 VERY MINUTE PRESSING BUBBLES ON SIDE 1 AS MENTIONED ABOVE. PLAYED A FEW TIMES IN TOTAL THEN STORED. VISUALLY EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION.

FIRST PRESSING THICK VINYL PLAYBACK :  THIS PLAYS THROUGH SUPERBLY WITH A LOUD CUT BASSY SOUND. THERE IS HARDLY ANY CRACKLE AT ALL, ONLY A COUPLE OF RANDOM DULL POPS DURING SIDE 1 AS MENTIONED ABOVE AND A FEW LIGHT CLICKS AT THE VERY END/FADE OUT OF 'THE CHAIN' ON SIDE 2. THE WHOLE ALBUM HAS THE DYNAMIC MUSIC CRISP AND RIGHT TO THE FORE. THERE IS NOTHING INTRUSIVE THAT DETRACTS FROM A GREAT SOUNDING ALBUM. NO SKIPS, CLICKS OR JUMPS. THIS SOUNDS FANTASTIC THROUGH HEADPHONES, ESPECIALLY 'THE CHAIN'. 
THEREFORE OVERALL IN EXCELLENT PLUS TOP AUDIO CONDITION, A SUPERB AUDIO COPY. YOU WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND A BETTER AUDIO COPY.
I HAVE ALSO CLEANED THE RECORD OF ANY DUST WITH ANTI-STATIC FLUID IN MY KNOSTI-ANTI STAT RECORD CLEANER AND PLACED IT IN A BRAND NEW ANTI-STATIC POLYTHENE INNER.

TEXTURED SURFACE NON GATE FOLD SLEEVE, MADE AND PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY GOTHIC PRINT : KEPT IN A RECORD BOX SINCE STORAGE, WITH HARDLY ANY EDGE WEAR. JUST ONE TINY CORNER BUMP ON THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER. THE SPINE IS CRISP AND FULLY LEGIBLE, JUST A COUPLE OF TINY BUMPS. NO RING WEAR/RUBBING MARKS. (SEE PICS). THE OPENING EDGE HAS HARDLY ANY FEATHERING. NO OBVIOUS GRUBBY MARKS, ONE VERY TINY SURFACE TEAR ABOVE THE 'C' IN FLEETWOOD MAC. 
OVERALL IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, A VERY NICE SLEEVE.
 PLEASE SEE THE NUMEROUS PICTURES.
FIRST PRESS LYRIC/POSTER FOLDOUT INNER WITH K56344 IN BOTTOM CORNER :  NO CREASES. NO SPLITS IN THE MIDDLE CREASE. NO WRITING OR STAINS, EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION.
PLAIN PAPER PATENT NOS. 1,125,555 INNER SLEEVE : NO ISSUES. EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION.

I WILL ALSO SEND THIS OUT TO THE WINNING BIDDER WITH A BRAND NEW PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE TO PROTECT THE COVER.

OVERALL AN EXCELLENT PLUS TOP AUDIO CONDITION 1977 FIRST PRESSING UK COPY OF THIS CLASSIC FLEETWOOD MAC ALBUM WITH AN EXCELLENT TEXTURED NON GATE FOLD SLEEVE AND EXCELLENT PLUS  LYRIC/POSTER INNER SLEEVE.  A SUPERB AUDIO COPY WITH A GREAT SLEEVE, A GREAT UPGRADE TO ANY FLEETWOOD MAC COLLECTION. I EXPECT PLENTY OF INTEREST IN THIS SUPERB COPY SO WILL ONLY SEND IT OUT TO THE WINNER SIGNED FOR/TRACKABLE. PLEASE WAIT FOR AN INVOICE BEFORE PAYING.
LOW STARTING PRICE, SO GRAB A BARGAIN. PLEASE SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS, MORE SUPERB CONDITION RECORDS TO BE LISTED SOON. 

I WILL POST TO THE REST OF EUROPE £14 TRACKABLE AIRMAIL AND TO THE REST OF THE WORLD £18 TRACKABLE AIRMAIL BUT PLEASE WAIT FOR AN INVOICE BEFORE PAYING.

THESE WILL BE SENT OUT TO UK BUYERS 2ND CLASS SIGNED FOR/TRACKABLE IN PROPER RECORD MAILERS WELL STIFFENED WITH THICK CARDBOARD FOR PROTECTION.

I OFFER DISCOUNTED POSTAGE IN THE UK, SIGNED FOR/TRACKABLE - MAXIMUM OF 3 X LP'S IN A BOXED MAILER :
1 X LP- £5, 2 X LP'S - £6, 3 X LP'S - £7.

HAPPY BIDDING!