Sold Date: November 10, 2015
Start Date: October 28, 2015
Final Price: $35.00 (USD)
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BUNNY WAILER Blackheart Man (Island ILPS 9415) Bob Marley RARE US 1st Press MINT-
RARE early US pressing of Bunny Wailer`s solo debut "Blackheart Man" on Island Records (September 1976). 
"I will make good albums, yes, for I have made good albums. (...) But Blackheart Man is really an exceptional album, as to the valuation of the message and the amount of people who have received that message and have made themselves better people through them lives within the spiritual and cultural settings that the Blackheart Man exhibits." - Bunny Wailer in The Daily Gleaner, Kingston Jamaica, June 2009.
GRADING:
EX COVER with a bit of all-round wear. Please see photos for details.
- Unlaminated gatefold sleeve with two delete-cut corners.
- Some edge wear along top and bottom edges.
- A few creases to the spine, predominantly on rear cover.
- Inner gatefold in perfect, untouched condition.
- Also includes the custom-printed black Island Records inner sleeve. No tears or creasing, but two seam splits.

MINT- RECORD that looks practically unplayed.
- Very near-perfect vinyl on both sides, with impeccable audio reproduction throughout.
- The record was bought new in the late seventies. It has been very carefuly played a few times only. 
- No visible hairlining or spindle wear whatsoever.
- Original matt-black Island Records labels that look untouched.
- The matrix stamps in the run-off grooves read "ILPS 9415 - A - 1 B" and "ILPS 9415 - B - 1 B". 
- This record is hereby certified to be a US first pressing of "Blackheart Man", released in September 1976.
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