Sold Date: March 7, 2022
Start Date: February 25, 2022
Final Price: $88.00 (USD)
Bid Count: 46
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PLEASE NOTE: I WILL ONLY GRADE AN OPENED LP NEAR MINT (NM) IF I CAN GUARANTEE IT HAS NEVER BEEN PLAYED (i.e. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER).  OTHERWISE, NEAR MINT MINUS (NM-) IS THE ABSOLUTE HIGHEST GRADE I WILL ASSIGN AN OPENED LP.


MEGA RARE first Specialty pressing from 1986 on Capitol's colorband label with original glossy fold-out lyric poster!!!  LP is a beautiful VG++.  Cover is still in the original shrink wrap and gorgeous.  Even has the original $5.49 Rock Records (R.I.P.) price sticker with iconic lightning bolt and balloon lettering!!!  A gorgeous copy with airtight provenance.  You will not be disappointed.  Auction also includes not one, but two ULTRA RARE original two-sided 12 X 12 in-store promotional displays put out by Capitol & Enigma in 1986 with the album cover art on the rear!!!  I bought these from a former Tower Records (R.I.P. too) manager who had an oversized crush on Brett Michaels and decided to rescue these from the Tower wall for her own private collection (which was staggeringly impressive).  She told me that 99% of these displays were either tossed after they were displayed or never displayed at all and then tossed.  Tower staff saw them as disposable swag and clutter and as a result very few survived from the 1980s.  One has a peel spot in the bottom right hand corner, one has a light corner crease and that's about it.  No staple holes, pin holes, rips or tears.  These are the kinds of rarities Poison fans are going to be fighting over fiercely in the very near future so don't sleep.  You won't see another lot like this.  


I USE GOLDMINE GRADING: MINT (SEALED)
NEAR MINT: LOOKS UNPLAYED VG++:  VERY VERY MINIMAL SIGNS OF USE
VG+:  AVERAGE SIGNS OF USE, NOTHING DEEP, SUPERFICIAL VG:  STILL AN OK RECORD, NOISE BETWEEN SONGS
GOOD: WORN BUT PLAYS FINE WITH DISTRACTING NOISE POOR:  FILLER COPY ONLY.  LOTS OF SCRATCHES