THE CURE Three Imaginary Boys UK LP First Press Strawberry Gothic Cult Smiths

Sold Date: June 3, 2024
Start Date: May 27, 2024
Final Price: £37.00 (GBP)
Bid Count: 16
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You are bidding on an VG+/Excellent minus original First Press of the 1979 THE CURE LP Three Imaginary Boys on original UK first press.  This is an original UK first press on Fiction Records. Catalogue No. FIX 1
SLEEVE - the original Card picture sleeve is in VG condition. There is light wear throughout (see photos), but the sleeve retains much of its original sheen. There are no tears or seam splits. The spine is fully readable.   There is creasing and ringwear and light wear to the corners/edges.  The picture is intact, the top seam has come unglued, there is no damage but the seam could be reglued if desired.  The record comes in a plain paper inner sleeve there is NO PICTURE INNER SLEEVE. Overall a solid sleeve
VINYL - the disc is in Excellent condition,  it retains all of its sheen, the labels are clean.  Even under halogen light there are only 1-2 very light marks visible but no deep scratches visible.  The run off includes STRAWBERRY and THE GATWICK SOUND, and A1:B2 matrix numbers.  Overall this is a super vinyl example of an original FIRST PRESS of this LP.
Overall a strong example of an almost 45 year old record.  Bid with confidence.
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