Sold Date: September 1, 2024
Start Date: March 19, 2024
Final Price: £29.00 (GBP)
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X Mal Deutschland – Tocsin
Label:    4AD – CAD 407
Format:    Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:    UK
Released:    25 Jun 1984
Genre:    Rock
Style:    Gothic, Darkwave, New Wave, Post Punk

A1        Mondlicht    5:03
A2        Eiland    5:31
A3        Reigen    3:59
A4        Tag Fur Tag    4:51

B1        Augen·Blick        3:50
B2        Begrab Mein Herz    3:01
B3        Nachtschatten    3:56
B4        Xmass In Australia    3:14
B5        Derwisch    4:32

Original 1984 UK vinyl issue of great X Mal album on 4AD where the rear sleeve has the 2nd "s" of "Xmass" written in superscript.

Matrix / Runout (Side A, hand-etched runout): TOWNHOUSE HARTE ZEITEN - HARTE HERZEN! MPO CAD 407 A1
Matrix / Runout (Side B, hand-etched runout): TOWNHOUSE MPO CAD 407 B1

Vinyl EX. Just a tiny bit of occasional light noise heard between some tracks, otherwise a lovely clean, detailed yet solid sound.

Inner sleeve EX

Outer sleeve VG. Apart from a small sticky remnant where a price label was (which can hardly be seen), the faces are clean and unfaded. However there is a fair amount of wear to the edges and spine and bumping to the corners. The top left corner is particularly bad and the top edge has a small section of very bad wear (see photos).

The record itself is a nice copy and a very enjoyable listen, but I have marked down the price considerably because of the sleeve wear. I don't have one to send but recommend storing this in a polythene protector. This will ensure there's no further wear and, most importantly, hide the present flaws!

PLEASE NOTE: I do not "sight-test" records and list with comments like "vinyl looks to be in good condition". This is because a disc can look perfect but still have surface noise throughout (as I've found on too many occasions). All my records are played from start to finish on a fairly unforgiving Sansui deck fitted with an Ortofon cartridge and stylus.