'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..

ELO

'BALANCE OF POWER'

RARE UK EARLIEST A2  PRESS ON EPIC - PLAYS IMMACULATE!

 Rare to find this UK pressing these days, this copy is a beauty!

Released   1986

Label        EPC 26467

Matrix      EPC 26467 A2  Stamper: A 5

                 EPC 26467 B2  Stamper: B  10

 

THE VINYL   MINT-   INCREDIBLE  CONDITION

As you can see, this vinyl is the EARLIEST 1st UK pressing -RARE to see this on vinyl, most copies are on CD.  Stored from new this LP has seen A FEW PLAYS ONLY, and remains in superb condition everywhere.

IT PLAYS STUNNING -hardly any static at all, Only a little inbetwen the grooves on track 2..

A few light spider lines around the centre hole, but no wear to the spindle hole whatsoever. and SURPLUS WAX around the centre hole.

There barely any light whisp and a couple of very light hairlines that are visible under bright light! The silky vinyl sounds amazing as you would wish for, and only some very light lead in static on the opening grooves. Its sounds amazing and sonically huge.. no unwanted noises at all here.

OVERALL THIS IS SIMPLY A MUST FOR ANY COLLECTION. FINDING THESE FIRST PRESSES IS BECOMING VERY HARD TO DO.

 

THE LABELS   EX+   A couple of light discolour spots

 

THE SLEEVE     MINT-    PRISTINE SLEEVE

Correct  UK  LOW GLOSS FINISH SLEEVE  first issued earliest sleeve By SHOREWOOD''

This is a superb sleeve and has no wear or whitening to report , we do not auction any sleeves that we deem to have 'wear' so rest assured you are looking at a sleeve of stunning condition..

The edges are all super clean with no traces of rub, at all , and all colours and inks remain in outstanding condition. This sleeve which is so hard to preserve without wear has clearly been stored away for decades!

A few light spider lines over the edges and there is  a tiny little 'cross' in pen on the top of the front sleeve.

Some very light ring press-typical of this flimsy sleeve, but nothing to worry about and nothing that spoils the look of the sleeve.

No powdery white ringwear or even ring press of any note, and all edges are super crisp. No rub or corner tip rub to report..the whole sleeve is pristine!

The open edge remains in immaculate sharp condition with not a hint of handling

The spine edge is totaunsquashed, just two little spots of rub (hard to see these even!) - titles are perfectly legible.

WE CLARIFY BY SAYING, THIS SLEEVE IS  SUPERB  QUALITY. and RARE TO SEE AT ALL!

    

THE INNER SLEEVE   MINT-

Original printed CARD LYRIC  inner..immaculate no wear or damage

 

 

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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