'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..

DIRE STRAITS

'DIRE STRAITS'

ORIGINAL 1978 PRESS -Not re-issue

1ST '1 1' mother stamps

MINT TIME CAPSULE COPY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION OF 'FILE LPs'

SEE OUR OTHERS WE ARE SLOWLY LISTING FROM THIS INCREDIBLE COLLECTION!

AS GOOD AS WE HAVE EVER SEEN.

 

Released 1978

Label    VERTIGO 9102 021

Matrix        9102021 1//4 V420 O4  Stamper: 1 1

                   9102021 2//5 V420 O4  Stamper: 1 4

 

THE VINYL   MINT-  

As you can see, this vinyl is the highly prized  original  UK pressing -

Stored from new this LP has seen ONE/TWO PLAYS ONLY- Taped onto cassette and filed away til now!

Just one example from this staggering collection we are offering..

This superb vinyl  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 rarely see  this LP, &never quite as good as this one!

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

Surplus wax around the hole!

There are a few tiny light whisp lines, and a couple of tiny feint hairlines and thats it-  nothing else!  Clearly this LP has been archived for many many years, a few little dust specs are on the vinyl when we slid it for checking..IT REMAINS IN ASTONISHING CONDITION.

On playing through we heard nothing bar the tiiest of static  in the dead grooves.... In fact its easily as good as we have heard.

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   UK issued earliest MATT sleeve  - with INNER SLEEVE

Printer credits  -  ROBOR

 This is in simply incredible condition, quite amazing how it has survived so clean.

A VERY HARD SLEEVE TO SEE THIS CLEAN

The edges are all super clean with NO hints/ traces of rub, at all , and all colours and inks remain in outstanding condition

No powdery white ringwear - NO ring press, and all edges are super crisp.

ONE tiny LIGHT Thumb crease on the front panel  side

 The spine edge is totally unmarked with no wear, or squash.

no tip rub.

A couple of tiny spider lines on the spine only

The open edge remains in immaculate sharp condition -superb.

We cannot add any more than this! ITS A  BEAUTY AND AS GOOD AS WE HAVE SEEN!

 

THE INNER SLEEVE   MINT

LYRIC CARD ORIGINAL..NO SPLITS OR 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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