Sold Date: August 9, 2023
Start Date: July 30, 2023
Final Price: $61.00 (USD)
Bid Count: 29
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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.


ULTRA RARE original Howie Weinberg mastered Specialty first pressing from 1990 on Chrysalis with glossy printed inner sleeve with complete lyrics!!!  LP is a beautiful VG++.  Cover is a nice VG with a bit of ring.  Includes the achingly gorgeous Prince-pened Nothing Compares 2 U.  Auction also includes a pair of ULTRA RARE single-sided 12 X 12 in-store promotional displays for Sinead's brilliant debut LP The Lion And The Cobra put out by Chrysalis in 1987 with the catalog number in the bottom left hand corner!!!  I purchased these from a former Tower Records manager here in Chicago many years ago who was a big fan of the late singer-songwriter 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 of these survived from the 1980s.  These are the kinds of rarities Sinead fans are going to be fighting over fiercely in the very near future so don't sleep.  Both displays are in exceptional condition with NO peel spots, rips, tears, bends, creases, staple/pin holes or stains of any kind.  You will not be disappointed.


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