'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..

U2

'OCTOBER'

ARCHIVED PRIVATE COLLECTION COPY- MINT- PLAY CONDITION!

From a collection of privately owned vinyls- They are all in incredible like new condition, and most in this collection were played only a couple of times as they were all taped onto cassette! Keeping the LPs themselves in 'Museum' condition

THESE LISTED ARE AS GOOD AS WE HAVE SEEN

Be sure to see our others listed..they are all quite spectacular!

Released 1981

Label    ISLAND ILPS 9680

Matrix        ILPS 9680 A-3U   Stamper: 3  TOWNHOUSE

                   ILPS 9680 B-4U-1-1   Stamper: 3  TOWNHOUSE

 

THE VINYL   MINT-   INCREDIBLE  CONDITION

As you can see, this vinyl is the  ORIGINAL 1981  UK  PRESS WITH THE 'TOWNHOUSE' STAMPERS

Stored from new this LP appears at very best it has seen ONE OR TWO PLAY only, and remains in pristine condition everywhere.

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

NO spider line around the centre hole, and no wear to the spindle hole whatsoever.

SURPLUS WAX AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE

There is barely any whisp lines, & no marks or signs of wear and thats it-  nothing else! 

On playing through we heard barely any hint of lead in 'static crackle' and possible the tiniest little static pops along the way caused by the dust on the vinyl where it has settled -The LP has not seen the light of day for many many years after all..

IT REMAINS IN ASTONISHING CONDITION. THATS ABOUT ALL WE CAN SAY!

OVERALL THIS IS SIMPLY A MUST FOR ANY FINAL UPGRADE COLLECTION. YOU WILL NOT SEE BETTER.

 

THE LABELS   MINT  ORIGINAL LABELS

 

THE SLEEVE     MINT-

Correct  'UK' issued earliest FLAT MATT sleeve  -with the SQUARE spine & THICK INNER.

STILL HAS ORIGINAL PRICE STICKER IN PLACE

Printed by  -   GARROD

CUT TO THE CHASE HERE!

This sleeve is pretty much as brand new..it is an immaculate example that we feel you could not wish to see better.

No powdery white ringwear -or any ring press, and all edges are clean with NO tip rub

A couple of tiny spider lines over the edges & spine.

THE SPINE  HAS NO SQUASH OR RUB. 

The open edge remains in  sharp AS NEW condition -

We cannot add any more than this! ITS A BEAUTY!

 

THE INNER SLEEVE   MINT- 

THICK CARD  INNER SLEEVE,NO SPLITS OR DAMAGE

Vinyl housed in aditional poly liner

 

 

POSTAGE DISCOUNTS:

Don't forget we offer big postage discounts on multi wins..the more LPs you win, the cheaper the postage works out for you worldwide- Up to 2 kilos or 5 LPs, after which we will send your wins in more than one parcel..ALL very well protected in mailers, stiffeners, plenty of tape & protection, then 'signed delivered' to your door-  and to date we have nad NO damaged items!  ;0)

 

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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