AMON DUUL II - CARNIVAL IN BABYLON UK 1st LP A1/B1 EX
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AMON DUUL II - " CARNIVAL IN BABYLON ", United Artists Records (UAG 29327), STEREO, UK Pressing, 1972.
Very rare first English issue of the classic album by Amon Duul II... this is the extremely rare 1st pressing with the laminated gatefold sleeve, original inner sleeve, plus maxtrix numbers which end in A-1/B-1 denoting the very first run off the press.
This record has been professionally cleaned on my Moth cleaning machine (Note: after cleaning such a record, I do not have the heart to put it back in it's original sleeve so I have put the cleaned record in a new inner and included the original so it is still complete).
CONDITION:
VINYL = EXCELLENT (Although the vinyl looks unblemished under normal daylight conditions, under my bright grading lamp I can just make out a few incredibly faint paper-scuff marks, most probably just as a result of the LP being taken in and out of it's inner sleeve and neither correspond directly to any audible defects.
NO scratches, groove damage, distortion, excessive surface noise, etc. Both labels are clean with only very light spindle trails. On playback, it plays strongly without distortion and it clearly has had relatively few spins - the clean labels with just the very lightest of spindle trails support this.
Whilst this LP falls just short of "museum piece" status, in the real world it is a genuinely excellent copy which plays clearly and loudly without interuptions.
Note: for the testing/grading of this record, I have used my Linn LP12 Sondek turntable, which is generally quite critical although I must point out that I cannot guarantee exactly how this LP (or others I have for sale) will sound on your turntable - sorry to be so uptight, but I have met some very silly people on ebay over the years!)
SLEEVE = EXCELLENT- (NO rips, tears, defacing, creases, etc. All I have marked it down for is a couple very small creases in the lamination along the spine - see photo for more detailed info!)
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