'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..

MIKE OLDFIELD

'TUBULAR BELLS'

From a collection of Archived Review copy LPs- all in MINT play condition.. Stunning original UK issued and we have never seen better!

VERY EARLY PRESSING- PLAYS SUPERB!!!!

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

Released 1973

Label    VIRGIN V2001

Matrix        V2001 A-4U  Stamper:  1 MPM

                   V2001 B-11U Stamper:  2 MG

 

THE VINYL   MINT-    INCREDIBLE  CONDITION

As you can see, this vinyl is the  EARLY 'SECOND LABEL' PRESSING- 1st labels were only black and white, then colour was added, then they went full colour after this pressing.

FINDING THESE 'TUBUALR BELLS' LPs THAT PLAY CLEAN IS BECOMING IMPOSSIBLE! AND IN THIS CONDITION? WOW!!!!

 Stored from new this LP remains in pristine condition.. very few plays indeed.

STAMPED MATRIX NUMBERS-

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.

RATHER INCREDIBLY..THIS COPY HAS BEEN ARCHIVED SINCE 1975 AND REMAINS MINT- PLAY CONDITION

There is barely a hint of any whisp lines, 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  Clearly this LP has been archived for many many years, a few little dust specs are on the vinyl when we slid it for checking..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 tinist static in the dead grooves..it sounds like new as it could be! No unwanted noises or crackles at all..all the quiet passages were really superb.. no pops or jumps.

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-   

1973   UK issued earliest matt sleeve  -only the very first run were laminated sleeves, these copies came out pretty much the same time!

Printed by  -   EJ DAY

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

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

THE  INKS ARE IMMACULATE LIKE NEW

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

NO tip rub &  just a couple of tiny spider lines over the edge of the spine and edges

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

The open edge remains in immaculate sharp condition -superb.

We cannot add any more than this! ITS A BEAUTY!  ..DO NOT MISS THIS.

 

THE INNER SLEEVE   MINT- 

PAT PRINTED  PAPER ORIGINAL

 

 

 

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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