'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..

TANGERINE DREAM

'FORCE MAJEURE'

UK 1st CLEAR VINYL Pressing LP  - COMPLETE WITH STICKERED TEXTURED SLEEVE

- THIS IS AN IMMACULATE 'ARCHIVED COPY'

Released 1979

Label    VIRGIN V2111

Matrix     V2111 A1

                V2111 B1

 

THE VINYL   EX+    CLEAR VINYL EDITION

As you can see, this vinyl is the highly prized 1st UK pressing withIN CLEAR VINYL -Stored from new this LP has seen a handful of plays at best

Bearing in mind the sound quality of any coloured vinyl is not as good as black, this particular release is a superb cut.

This first pressing is a superb vinyl . There is minimal dulling on the centre dead wax and overall it is in incredible condition for an LP of this age, so rarely do we see a copy at all, let alone like this.

a couple of light spider lines around the centre hole, and no real wear to the spindle hole - it has been played well below average.

On playing through we heard some slight crackle in a few places and the obvious sound quality is not as good as black. BUT it is still a superb listen and easily one of the best 'coloured vinyl' pressings we have heard.. Please bear this in mind when you listen..coloured vinyls have a tendancy to have a very feint 'rumble' in the background' audible on very quiet passages

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

THE LABELS   MINT-  FLAT MATT LABELS

 

THE SLEEVE     EX+ STRONG.....STUNNING!

Correct FLAT TEXTURED SQUARE SPINE  first issued earliest sleeve by ROBOR

 -  Later sleeves were the typical glossier late 70s/80s design- this is straight out the box from 1979 WITH the sticker in place and the textured white finish in outstanding condition.

 This is in simply incredible condition, you will not see better than this we feel!

The edges are all super clean with no traces of rub, at all , and all colours and inks remain in outstanding condition -there is the tiniest of discolour on the edging, but very very minimal.

The texturing is immaculate with no wear or rub at all. One tiny little spot at the top seam and thats it.

No powdery white ringwear or even ring press of any note, and all edges are super crisp.

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

The spine edge is totally unmarked with no squash or wear! This type of  spine is typical of these first edition sleeves, and all legends are perfectly readable, no rub or spider lines at all.

We cannot add any more than this! it is simply 'out the box' condition

    

THE INNER SLEEVE   MINT

Original  paper inner...no wear or discoloration

 

 

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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