'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

'DEBUT'

IMMACULATE ARCHIVED COPY WITH INNER

STILL IN THE ORIGINAL SHRINKWRAP

VERY FEW PLAYS - AND  MINT- PLAY CONDITION THROUGHOUT

Released 1978

Label    VERTIGO 9102 021

Matrix        9102021 1Y //4  V 420 04  Stamper 1 9

                   9102021 2Y //5  V 420 04  Stamper 1 9

 

THE VINYL   MINT-   INCREDIBLE  CONDITION

As you can see, this vinyl is the ORIGINAL 1978 pressing  - Stored from new this LP has seen possibly a COUPLE of plays only, and remains in pristine condition everywhere. A STUNNING PLAY EXAMPLE

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 -

Just two tiny spider lines around the centre hole, and no wear to the spindle hole whatsoever.

There are  a few light whisp lines, a couple of the lightest of 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  Clearly this LP has been archived for many many years, a few little dust specs are on the vinyl when we slid it for checking..IT REMAINS IN ASTONISHING CONDITION.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 tiniest of lead in static in the dead grooves....some light static in a few spots during play..but overall this is SUBLIME!!!

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

 

THE LABELS   MINT-  FLAT MATT LABELS

 

THE SLEEVE    EX+  IN THE SHRINKWRAP!

Correct MATT SLEEVE WITH INNER LYRIC SLEEVE

PRINTER CREDITS -  ROBOR

Later sleeves are flat gloss finish with no texturing etc -AND WERE ORANGE VERTIGO LABEL RE-USSUES.

 This is in SUPERB condition, quite amazing how it has survived so clean. As you know most sleeves from this rare first pressing are normally grubby with finger marks and damage to the white matt card.

AND IN THE ORIGINAL SHRINKWRAP AND PRICE STICKER ON FRONT

There are a couple of feint hailrine creases on the sleeve and a few spider lines over the ddges, but overall its  so rare to se one this clean.

No rub or damage, no doggy corners

Just the tiniest 'dink' on the top open edge

The spine is immaculate

WE CANNOT SAY MORE THAN THIS REALLY IS A BEAUTY!

 

THE INNER SLEEVE   MINT-

Original white  PRINTED  lyric  inner..no wear at all 

 

 

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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