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RECORD FOR SALE: ARTIST: PLEASE SEE IMAGES.
TITLE: "PLEASE SEE IMAGES"
LABEL: PLEASE SEE IMAGES.
FORMAT AND DESCRIPTION: HOUSED IN THE VERY RARE ORIGINAL PAPER ENVELOPE SLEEVE, WITH BOOKLET. FIRST PRESS VINYL, LABELS, AND SLEEVE. BLACK VINYL, 12-INCH, 33rpm, 12" LP.
For sale is an unbelievable scarce, original 1963 copy of The Popular Image Exhibition catalog and an accompanying LP, entitled, "Record of Interviews With Artists Participating In The Popular Image Exhibition: The Washington Gallery of Modern Art April 18 - June 2, 1963." This is the catalog for the groundbreaking 1963 The Popular Image Exhibition (apparently the expression "Pop Art" hadn't yet been invented) at the short-lived and long-defunct Washington Gallery of Modern Art in Washington D.C., which featured a rather staggering number of important Pop and Post-Abstract Expressionist artists, including Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, Claes Oldenburg, Jim Rosenquist, Robert Rauschenberg, Jim Dine, George Brecht, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, John Wesley and Robert Watts, all of who are interviewed on the accompanying LP. Set comes with; a paper cover sleeve, featuring a design by Jim Dine, in blue; a 20-page booklet featuring photographs of artists, works exhibited and an essay by Alan Solomon; and the LP. LP features a funny interview with Andy Warhol caught off guard at the opening, many intriguing interviews with artists at the exhibition and in their studios, etc. In superb condition, especially considering that the LP is held in a simple paper sleeve. Easily the rarest Andy Warhol-related LP.
DEAD WAX INSCRIPTIONS: .
YEAR OF RELEASE: 1963.
COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE: USA.
SLEEVE DESIGN: SINGLE ENVELOPE PAPER SLEEVE. PAPER FRONT; PAPER REAR.
LABEL DESIGN: ORIGINAL FIRST PRESS PAPER LABELS.
CONDITION:
CONDITION OF SLEEVE: EXCELLENT.CONDITION OF SLEEVE GRADED ON A 1 - 10 SCALE: 8.5.CONDITION OF VINYL: EXCELLENT.CONDITION OF VINYL GRADED ON A 1 - 10 SCALE: 8.5. CONDITION IN DETAIL:
THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, DISPLAYING A LITTLE ACCEPTABLE HANDLING WEAR, WHICH INCLUDES EDGE, CORNER, AND SHELF WEAR. THERE IS A LITTLE LIGHT CREASING. THERE IS NO PEN, PENCIL, OR INK DAMAGE. THERE ARE NO TEARS. THERE ARE NO WORRYING CREASES. IF ANY, ALL FAULTS ARE ACCEPTABLE, AND NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT TOO MUCH.
THE SPINE IS SOLID, SQUARE AND TRUE WITHOUT WORRYING FAULTS. ALL OF THE TEXT IS UNDAMAGED IF ANY, ALL FAULTS ARE ACCEPTABLE AND NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT TOO MUCH.
THE LABELS ARE IN GREAT SHAPE WITHOUT WORRYING FAULTS. THERE ARE NO WORRYING SPINDLE MARKS, JUST A FEW LIGHT TRACES. THERE IS NO MAJOR SPINDLE WEAR. THERE IS NO INK DAMAGE. IF ANY, ALL FAULTS ARE MINOR, ACCEPTABLE, AND NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.
THE DISC IS IN NICE CONDITION, VISUALLY PLEASING, WITHOUT WORRYING FEELABLE SCRATCHES, RUBS, OR SURFACE MARKS. THE DISC DISPLAYS A DEEP GLOSS, AND RETAINS A BEAUTIFUL SHINE AND LUSTRE. THE RECORD APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN LOVINGLY PLAYED, AND PLAYED WITH A GREAT DEAL OF CARE. THERE ARE NO WORRYING SCRATCHES OR SURFACE MARKS, BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF EXTREMELY LIGHT, INSIGNIFICANT, UNIMPORTANT SURFACE MARKS, WHICH PRODUCE THE OCCASIONAL SUBTLE LIGHT BACKGROUND CLICK AND POP ON OCCASION UPON ROTATION DURING THE QUIETER PASSAGES.
THE RECORD TEST EXTREMELY WELL, POWERFUL AND PUNCHY, WITHOUT INTERRUPTION DURING PLAYBACK, NO MAJOR LOSS IN SOUND QUALITY OR AURAL PERFORMANCE, AND NO WORRYINGLY OBTRUSIVE POPS OR CLICKS. BOTH SIDES CAN BE ENJOYED ENORMOUSLY. IF ANY, ALL FAULTS ARE MINOR, ACCEPTABLE, AND NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT TOO MUCH.
A LOVELY, STRONG EXAMPLE OF A VERY RARE RECORD AT A VERY NICE PRICE! THIS ONE IS FOR THE COLLECTION, WITHOUT REASON TO UPGRADE. STRICTLY GRADED USING RECORD COLLECTOR'S GRADING SYSTEM. BID WITH COMPLETE CONFIDENCE AS TOTAL SATISFACTION IS GUARANTEED.
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the entertaining mr. sloane