Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works 85-92 FIRST PRESSING no barcode VG+++/NM
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Description
From Punk to Indi to Industrial to Gothic to Techno to Ambient.
Welcome to a listing from my personal record collection.
A vinyl journey spanning some 18 years and over 1000 pressings from 1977 to 1995.
THIS LISTING IS FOR
Artist Aphex Twin
Tiltle Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Format Double album
Pressing First pressing 1992
Lable R&S Records
Label Code Label code
Barcode No barcode
Matrix A Side AMB LP A2 (etched)
Matrix B Side AMB LP 3922 B2 (etched)
Matrix C Side AMB LP C2 (etched)
Matrix D Side AMB LP 3902- D2 (etched)
TRACK LISTING
A Side 1 Xtal 2 Tha 3 Pulsewidth
B Side 1 Ageispolis 2 i 3 Green Calx 4 Heliosphan
C Side 1 We are the music makers 2 Schottkey 7th Path 3 Ptolemy
D Side 1 Hedphelym 2 delphinm 3 Actium
A truly exceptional copy of this seminal ambient work from the early nineties by
Richard D. James. An absolute must for Aphex Twin fans and collectors alike.
An genuine first pressing, no barcodes or catalogue numbers on sleeve or labels
and three tracks on sides C & D.
The condition of the playing surfaces is as near mint as I believe you are likely to find.
All four sides are beautifully glossy, dust and fingerprint free.
A Side One superficial hairline through Xtal. absolutely pristine apart from this.
B Side an incredibly fine hairline at the beginning of Green Calx and a slight mark in the middle of Heliosphan.
C Side one incredibly fine hairline near the end of Ptolemy.
D Side 3 very light 1.5mm marks at the very beginning of Hedphelym.
As always, I am being very very picky here and have mentioned everything I can see in hard critical daylight.
You will have to look very closely and at specific angles to see any of the marks mentioned above,
Nothing highlighted above has the slightest affect on sound quality or playability.
Outer sleeve is in superb condition. a couple of very minor creases one slight crease in the spine.
Unless otherwise stated every record was purchased by myself from new and only ever played
by myself on my own deck and with as expensive a cartridge as I could afford at the time.
When it comes to attributing a grading to each of my records I will confess I am not an expert.
And while both the Goldmine standard and The Record Collectors systems give us a number of agreed fundamentals
to help determine a grading for vinyl and its associated media, attributing a true and accurate grading to something as
individual as a pre-owned piece of Vinyl is unavoidably subjective.
One person?s ?slight scuff? may be another?s deal breaker.
With this in mind I will endeavour to describe as accurately as possible, in the descriptions of each listing,
not only what I feel to be a fair grading, but also an overall description of the record in question, along with details
of any and all marks, defects and anomalies I can see.
I am a firm believer in the maxim of - if you can feel it you can hear it.
So if there is anything that looks or feels like it may possibly affect a record?s playing quality or sound clarity,
and therefore the pleasure derived from listening to it or its true value to an collector, I will give it one final spin
and make my findings known in the product description.
Over and above this I am happy to take returns.
I personally wouldn?t bid on a pre-owned record without the option to return it if I felt that the seller hadn?t been
totally truthful and transparent in their description of it, or that on receipt it didn?t live up to my expectations.
And I do not expect you to do so either.
So please, feel free to bid with confidence.
I am a professional photographer by trade, and have gone to great lengths to light and photograph covers, inner sleeves
and the vinyl?s themselves in such a way as to show, as accurately as possible, the actual condition of all.
Rest assured that what you see is exactly what will be despatched to you if you are the successful winner of each listing.
Before photographing each record went through a three stage cleaning process:
1 ? removal of any surface dust with a light brushing over with a carbon fibre and velvet disc cleaning pad
2- deep cleaning with large (Big Fudge) velvet pad and cleaning solution
3- A final brushing with a Pro-Ject carbon fibre record brush.
And finally, because Mr or Mrs Poasty may not handle your record with the same care and reverence that you or I would,
I will dispatch in a specialised corrugated cardboard record mailing outer, and if I feel even more protection is required
I will also include two extra sheets of 3mm corrugated cardboard for added safety and protection.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and for showing an interest
in giving a new home to one of my records.
I have other listings live right now and will be adding new ones on a regular basis,
so please do take a peak and stay tuned for more.
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