U2 Unforgettable Fire LP 1984 Island ZIMBABWE 1st Press!! AMAZING RARITY!!!!

Sold Date: November 2, 2018
Start Date: October 28, 2018
Final Price: £27.00 (GBP)
Bid Count: 6
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Buyer Feedback: 80


RARITY:-   Extreme rarity! It sold virtually NOTHING on release back in Zimbabwe in 1984 and due to the ravages of time, only a few hundred copies can exist worldwide today!  You simply cannot get rarer than this!

A WORD ABOUT SOUTH AFRICAN / RHODESIAN / ZIMBABWE 1ST PRESSINGS AND WHY THEY ARE SO RARE:-  It is VERY important to explain the sheer rarity of South African / Rhodesian / Zimbabwe 1st Pressings today.  Firstly South Africa.  From 1990 onwards South Africa has had a very volatile existence, with many people emigrating / moving / losing homes etc.  Thus many MANY records were destroyed / damaged / lost over the years.  And even copies that do come out of South Africa today are often in VERY poor condition.  Plus only a VERY few copies were sold in the first place - compared to UK/U.S. markets.  Rhodesia / Zimbabwe is far FAR worse.  Only TINY amounts were sold here in the first place, and hardly ANY records of Western Music still exist in Zimbabwe today!  So the chances of anything 'new to the market' coming out of that country is highly remote.  Nearly all records were destroyed.  So it is very VERY hard indeed to find ANY copies in top condition from South Africa / Rhodesia / Zimbabwe - as barely ANY are left in existence today!!!!  HOWEVER THE ONE PREVIOUS OWNER OF LP EMIGRATED FROM SOUTH AFRICA TO THE UK IN 1991.  HE KEPT HIS LPs IN SUPERB CONDITION AND TOOK THEM WITH HIM, CAREFULLY TRANSPORTED IN 1991.  THIS IS JUST 1 LP FROM THAT HUGE COLLECTION - WHICH WERE ALL SOUTH AFRICAN / RHODESIAN / ZIMBABWE 1ST PRESSINGS!!!!  MANY ARE STILL IN THEIR ORIGINAL 'SHRINKWRAP' AND ALMOST ALL ARE STUNNING CONDITION!!!!  THIS IS JUST 1 LP FROM THIS AMAZING COLLECTION - SO PLEASE READ ON BELOW:-

COUNTRY:-  ZIMBABWE

MONO/STEREO:-  STEREO

PRESSING:-   1ST PRESSING 

ARTIST:-  U2

TITLE:-  THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE

CAT NUMBER:-  ILPC 25

LABEL:-  ISLAND

DATE:-  1984

SIGNS OF PLAY:-  BARELY ANY!

LABELS:-  NM

RECORD GRADING:-   The record is very VERY strictly graded at VG++ if not better (Graded directly under a 150 watt bulb!) and is VERY bright & shiny looking indeed!  And most I am certain would grade even higher still!  It is in BRILLIANT condition - with NO scratches, only 2 or 3 MEGA light hairlines, only 2 or 3 ULTRA light surface traces, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!  The record plays with NO pops, barely ANY clicks AT ALL, NO jumps, NO sticks, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!  A BRILLIANT record and very VERY strictly graded!

INNER:-  EX+

COVER GRADING:-  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Lightly Textured' Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!  It has NO edge wear, NO sticker marks, only some VERY minor 'touching in' to the spinal edge, NO splits, NO ringwear, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, only VERY slight corner wear, NO rips, NO tears, only a few VERY light creases, a TINY 'touched in' mark in the EXTREME bottom left corner, NO sticker tears, NO annotations, and NO writing!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!  Even the back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition - with NO grubbyness, NO rubbing, and NO writing!  The cover must grade VG+ if not better!  A very VERY decent cover indeed!

DEFECTS OUTSIDE OF THE GRADE GIVEN:-  N/A

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