Sold Date: September 20, 2015
Start Date: September 19, 2015
Final Price: £50.00 (GBP)
Seller Feedback: 545
Buyer Feedback: 256

First of all, a note on the photographs: because of the highly reflective surface of the laminate used on the sleeve and the gold embossed lettering, plus the heavy PVC outer sleeve I’ve stored this record in, the pictures do reflect a LOT and don’t show the quality of this album off to best effect. If you look at the photographs of my other listings, you’ll see the difference. Onwards....

You are looking at an unplayed coloured vinyl (which appears raspberry in my photograph, but is more like a deep plum) double LP in a gatefold sleeve of  ‘Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da’ by Rammstein on the Universal label some years ago. This is the first pressing German limited edition (which was banned from public display in Germany).It also comes accompanied by a poster, which has remained folded inside the sleeve. I’m only selling this LP as I have the CD, never really got on with these songs and I need the space! As any Rammstein fan will know, this is a scarce and expensive album – I paid around £70 for it new when it came out to a German vinyl seller. I’ve always felt this price was really inflated and this is why my copy is on sale here for a lower price than other sellers.

Immediately after purchase, I sheathed the album in a heavy duty clear PVC gatefold outer sleeve and replaced the cheap unlined paper inner with a high quality polylined paper inners. The album has been stored carefully ever since in my smoke-free home.

I would grade this record as Near Mint to Mint (as I say, it is unplayed, but I reserve Mint grading only for items that are still sealed in shrinkwrap) and the same grading for the sleeve. The poster is Mint- Near Mint and has never been framed or wall affixed. There is some apparent minor edgewear to the corners of the sleeve in some places, but this is due to the tautness of the original shrinkwrap, the production process and the fact that 180gramme vinyl is too bulky for the kind of heavy card used in the sleeve (old rockers from the 70s will recall that records pressed on 140-160gm were fine and were never too tight in their sleeves!). 180gm, of course, does sound fab.

The record will be supplied in the PVC outer sleeve. Packaging will be a professional cruciform cardboard mailer source from Covers33, the record collecting accessories dealer all the pros use.

Please note that I do not sell outside the UK under any circumstances, so please don’t waste your time or mine by asking. Many thanks!