'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..

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'ALIVE'

1972 //2 //2 UK PRESSING - BARELY PLAYED!

We have just taken in an amazing collection of Archived FILE copy VINTAGE ROCK LPs.

SOME ARE NEW OLD STOCK AND UNPLAYED!

All in IMMACULATE play condition.. Stunning original UK issued and we have never seen better!

Be sure to see our others listed from this collection ..they are all quite spectacular!

Released 1972

Label    POLYDOR 2383 101

Matrix      2383101 A//2   Stamper: 1332

                 2383101 B//2   Stamper: 114

 

THE VINYL   MINT-   INCREDIBLE  CONDITION

As you can see, this vinyl is the  ORIGINAL UK   pressing- Stored from new this LP has seen A HANDFUL PLAYS AT BEST only, and remains in pristine condition everywhere.

It has been archived from new until now- an immaculate vinyl!

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.

JUST  A FEW VERY LIGHT spider lines around the centre hole, and no wear to the spindle hole whatsoever.

There is barely a hint of any fine whisp lines, and thats it-  nothing else!  Just 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..The very odd tiny static in a few places, nothing to worry over at all

IT PLAYS PRETTY MUCH LIKE NEW!

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+  

Correct  first UK issued earliest MATT GATEFOLD  sleeve  -with the SQUARE SPINE 

Printed by  - E.J.DAY

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

The edges are all super clean with just a couple of very fine spots  of rub on the edge, and all colours and inks remain in outstanding condition

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

SOME TINY tip rub  &  some very light feather spots on the open edge

The spine edge is totally square with no squash or damage

There are no spider lines anywhere!

The open edge remains in immaculate sharp condition -superb.

The inside gatefold is immaculate with just some very light settled dust discolour on the top seam

We cannot add any more than this! ITS A BEAUTY and AS GOOD AS IT GETS HERE!

 

THE INNER SLEEVE   EX+

PAT PRINTED POLY LINER ORIGINAL - THERE ARE NO SPLITS, SOME LIGHT DISCOLOUR-

It still has the original penciled price added by the shop keeper on the top corner £2.25!! 

 

 

 

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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