'ITS THE VINYL COUNTDOWN'

Welcome to 'Its the vinyl countdown' music auctions. Here you will find some of the most incredible rare records and music memorabilia for your collection. We pride ourselves on auctioning only the highest grade records and items, you will not see anything listed here below EX+ condition, unles the item is extremely rare. You will not see worn covers, warped records or scratched records. We simply do not bother with them.

We list in many cases, 'Archived' & 'mint' condition items, we are able to source from private collections all over the UK. So we hope you can be put at ease that what you are bidding on is of the highest quality.

We play through most of the records, unless the item is clearly mint, or sealed..in which case we don't play them, thus maintaining their 'unplayed' status!  Obviously with some of these rare items there will be the odd 'anomoly' along the way , the odd little static pop or lead in 'sizzle' for a split second.. nothing is perfect we find! all systems differ, but we aim to describe these as accurately as possible for you.... PLEASE ENJOY THIS ITEM YOU ARE NOW LOOKING AT..

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'HOW DARE YOU'

UK EARLIEST 'MELYS GOLD'  PRESSING

Pristine archived copy -stored away since 1975! from a collection of review copy LPs

An outstanding 'ARCHIVED FROM NEW' example of this very collectable classic LP. We have never seen better than this! SEE OUR OTHER ROCK LPs FROM THE SAME COLLECTION.

Released 1975

Label     MERCURY 9102 501

Matrix     9102 501  1V // 1   Stamper: 1 2   8       MELYS GOLD

                9102 501  2V // 5   Stamper: 1 1 3 14     MELYS

 

THE VINYL   MINT-   INCREDIBLE CONDITION

As you can see, this vinyl is the highly prized 1st UK  'MELYS' pressing - , and it is in incredible play condition..

This first pressing is a superb vinyl which has retained its amazing glossy sheen and finish. There is no dulling only and overall it is in incredible condition for an LP of this age. We are seing fewer and fewer copies of this LP, so rarely do we see a copy at all, let alone like this.

The centre hole shows a couple of tiny light spindle skate lines only, the holes remain tight with no wear.

Under a very bright light you can see there are a few tiny light whisp lines and a couple of tiny hairlines nothing of which penetrates the vinyl..thats it!

The LP was played only what appears to be very few times, and then archived since then to now- these vinyls we are listing are simply as good as it gets.. all are in supreme  condition.

On playing there was only some tiny lead in static in the dead grooves as you would expect, and a couple of tiny little feint static cracks in the dead grooves in a couple of tracks, and the whole LP played absolutely amazing, as good as we have heard!

OVERALL A STUNNING VINYL IN PRISTINE CONDITION

 

THE SLEEVE     MINT-   STUNNING!

Correct FLAT MATT  first issued earliest GATEFOLD sleeve -With the SQUARE WIDE SPINE

'Howards Printers' Wide spine version thick card design.

 This is in SUPERB condition with virtually no signs of wear - Just a few tiny little spider lines over the edges and one little light crease on the front.

The edges are all super clean , all colours and inks remain in outstanding condition -LIKE BRAND NEW!

No powdery white ringwear - and only the feintest of ring press hardly visible at all.

The open edge remains in immaculate sharp condition -no  trace of feathering.

The tips have some tiny litle rub on the spine top and bottom, nothing of note elsewhere.

The spine edge  is totally unmarked and all legends are perfectly readable, NO SQUASH AT ALL

INSIDE THE GATEFOLD IT IS PERFECT!

WE CLARIFY BY SAYING, THIS SLEEVE IS SIMPLY OUTSTANDING QUALITY.

    

THE INNER SLEEVE   MINT-

Original lyric card inner with square corners. no damage or scissoring.

 

 

We hope you enjoy looking at this item, and good luck if you decide to bid for it...We can safely say you will not be dissapointed- If you need to know anyting else, please feel free to contact us with any questions.

All our items are sent 'signed delivery' tracked to your door, (we have never had an item go missing anywhere in the world!) for peace of mind for both you and us! All items are sent in strong protective mailer boxes and stiffeners. With over 28 years in mail order and the music industry 'worldwide' we pride ourselves on the fact you can bid safely on all our items, and knowing you are being dealt with by professionals.

 

ENJOY! ;0)          

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