Sold Date: March 15, 2015
Start Date: March 8, 2015
Final Price: $137.50 (USD)
Bid Count: 24
Seller Feedback: 1318
Buyer Feedback: 48

This is an outstanding lot of 25+ Rock LPs including New Wave, Punk, Synth pop records from the 1980s. There are 25 LPs and one 12-inch 45 single. Almost all are in NEAR MINT and clean condition. The albums range from 1978 to 1988.

The majority of the collection is some of the best classic rock of the 1980s, including U2, REM, Cars, Talking Heads, Duran Duran, Elvis Costello, The Police, Tears for Fears, Billy Idol, Adam Ant, Squeeze, The Pretenders, Men at Work, 999, Split Enz, Stray Cats, Thompson Twins, Joe Jackson, Fine Young Cannibals, Dave Edmunds, Lone Justice, Big Audio Dynamite and more.    

Vinyl condition ranges from NM to VG++, with 19 NM records, 6 NM- and 1 VG++ records.  

All vinyl is very clean with no fingerprints, stains or obvious dust.

There are 2 gatefolds. All covers are very clean with no splits, rips, stickers or writing (except for a few very faint markers or light smudges where a name was cleaned off or a sticker removed.) A few of the labels may have some kind writing on them, usually small initials or a name that couldn't be removed. 

All of the LPs have inner sleeves, almost all are original. 

Here are the records:   

1. Adam Ant, Strip, 1983

Vinyl: NM 

Cover: NM-  

2. Big Audio Dynamite, Tighten Up, Vol. 88, 1984 

Vinyl: NM 

Cover: NM

3. The Cars, Heartbeat City, 1984 

Vinyl: NM 

Cover: NM- gatefold

4. Elvis Costello, This Year's Model, 1978

Vinyl: NM 

Cover: NM- 

5. Duran Duran, Notorious, 1986

Vinyl: NM  

Cover: NM- 

6. Dave Edmunds, Information, 1983

Vinyl: NM  

Cover: NM-

7. Fine Young Cannibals, S/T, 1985

Vinyl: NM

Cover: NM 

8. Billy Idol, S/T, 1983

Vinyl: NM-

Cover: VG++   

9. Joe Jackson, Night & Day, 1982

Vinyl: NM

Cover: NM- gatefold  

10. Lone Justice, Shelter, 1986

Vinyl: NM

Cover: NM-

11. Malcolm McLaren, Madame Butterfly, 1984

12-inch 45rpm Single

Vinyl: NM 

Cover: NM-  

12. Men at Work, Cargo, 1982

Vinyl: NM-

Cover: NM- cutout  

13. 999, The Biggest Tour in Sport, 1980

Vinyl: VG++ 

Cover: VG++ 

14. The Police, Ghost in the Machine, 1981

Vinyl: NM-

Cover: VG++

15. The Pretenders, S/T, 1979

Vinyl: NM  

Cover: VG++ 

16. Red Rider, As Far as Siam, 1981

Vinyl: NM- 

Cover: NM-

17. REM, Fables of the Reconstruction, 1985 

Vinyl: NM  

Cover: NM-  

18. Squeeze, East Side Story, 1981

Vinyl: NM-  

Cover: NM- 

19. Spandau Ballet, Parade, 1984

Vinyl: NM  

Cover: NM still in shrink with hype sticker 

20. Split Enz, True Colours, 1980

Vinyl: NM  

Cover: NM- 

21. Stray Cats, Built for Speed, 1982

Vinyl: NM  

Cover: NM- 

22. Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense, 1984

Vinyl: NM-  

Cover: NM- 

23. Tears for Fears, Songs from the Big Chair, 1985

Vinyl: NM-  

Cover: NM- with hype sticker, cutout 

24. Thompson Twins, Close to the Bone, 1987

Vinyl: NM  

Cover: NM 

25. UB40, Geffery Morgan, 1984

Vinyl: NM

Cover: NM- 

26. U2, Unforgettable Fire, 1984

Vinyl: NM-

Cover: NM- name on back cover

Grading Chart

M: Looks as though it's never been played 

NM: One or two tiny scuffs or blemishes 

NM-: A few minor scuffs 

VG++: Light visible scuffs/light scratches  

VG+: Noticeable scuffing/scratches (does NOT skip) some light surface sound.

Winning bidder pays actual shipping cost via USPS Media Mail in lower 48.

International bidders pay actual postage cost for USPS Priority International. 

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