'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..

PETER GABRIEL

'S/T'

Also known as 'Melt'  1980 RELEASE

STILL IN FACTORY SHRINKWRAP- OUTSTANDING MUSEUM EXAMPLE

This has been archived from new as 'file copy'..and it is in simply incredible condition

Released 1980

Label    CHARISMA CDS 4019

Matrix        CDS 4019 A//6 VESC

                   CDS 4019 B//6 VESC

 

THE VINYL   MINT-

As you can see, this vinyl is the highly prized 1st 1980 //6 MATRIX PRESS pressing with the 1ST LABELS (Later presses were the blue charisma label)  - Stored from new this LP has seen possibly ONE/TWO PLAYS only, and remains in pristine condition everywhere. IT IS SIMPLY IMMACULATE.

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.

There are NO spider lines around the centre hole, AND SURPLUS WAX AROUND THE CENTRE HOLE

There are VIRTUALLY NO whisp lines- and thats it-  nothing else! 

ARCHIVED AWAY AS A FILE COPY THIS PLAYS AMAZING.. WITH JUST  AHINT OF STATIC IN THE OPENEING GROOVES, ITS A REAL CRACKER!

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

 

THE LABELS   MINT  FLAT MATT LABELS

 

THE SLEEVE     MINT-

Correct RARE FLAT MATT  first UK issued earliest sleeve  - Most copies you'll see will be glossy thin sleeves, with the round spine.

STILL IN ORIGINAL SHRINKWRAP

Printed by - GOTHIC

 SUPERB ARCHIVED SLEEVE WITH HARDLY A HINT OF ANY EDGE RUB -IT IS QUITE STUNNING

PROUD SPINE IS IMMACULATE WITH NO RUB-PROTECTED BY THE SHRINKWRAP, which has been carefully opened down the open edge tor eveal the vinyl.

The edges are all super clean with no white rubbing.

No powdery white ringwear - some very light ring press bottom front, and all edges are super crisp.

JUST the lightest of tip rub on the open edge -

Overall a stunner! as it came from the shop in 1980

 

THE INNER SLEEVE   MINT 

RARE THICK CARD ORIGINAL INNER..NO DAMAGE, IMMACULATE!

 

 

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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