COS Viva Boma IBC 1st Press 1976 Belgium • Canterbury Prog Jewel NM/EX in SHRINK

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Over 100 rare vintage PROG, Krautrock, SPACE ROCK and Electronic Music LPs in this Auction series.
from 50+ years collection of decades-long radio DJ, Record Store associate and dedicated Vinyl Collector.
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All Auctions in this series start at 99¢ opening bid!
Everybody should have a good chance at taking a few of these treasures home.
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Mostly 1st PRESSING Vintage imports, including a few Private Press and Promo LPs
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A lot of 1st Press CANTERBURY, KRAUTROCK and Euro-Prog LPs - some SIGNED - this time around, plus much more.
including some VERTIGO Swirl, Green BRAIN, OHR, PDU, Deram, Crypto, Harvest, Cobra, Spalax, Caroline, Charisma, etc. labels.
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Many still in SHRINK WRAP. Several STILL SEALED.
Quite a few Sterling, Masterdisk and Monarch (USA) pressings in the mix!

SECURE, TOP LP Packing and Materials - 40+ years experience.

This listing is for:
COS
VIVA BOMA
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IBC (International Best Seller) Records 4B062-23605
Original 1976 issue Stereo LP
MADE in BELGIUM • 1st PRESSING

VINYL is NM/EX+
Super-clean gleaming gloss vinyl is pristine SIDE ONE. a few light sleeve hairlines show on SIDE 2 that are 100% inaudible (play tested). Labels are immaculate both sides.
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COVER is EX+
Still in the importer's original Shrink Wrap. Opening edge a bit 'wavy' from snugess of shrink on thin cover - may well flatten out with removal of shrink. tiny 'dot' delete mark at bottom of spine; otherwise NEAR MINT, with no creases, dings, writing, soil or other marks. All corners sharp. No splits.


STRICT CONSERVATIVE GOLDMINE GRADING
NM / EX(VG++) / VG+ / VG



Canterbury sound, chamber prog jewel led by Marc Hollander with Marc Moulin (MOOG), out of Brussels, Belgium
VERY SCARCE Original BELGIUM issue

Truly wonderful 'chamber prog', very much in - and long reverently referenced as- the vein of the Canterbury sound.
As well as hearing decidedly Hatfield'ish interwoven, often whimsical keyboard/guitar interplay, some touches of a more Euro feel often come forth - not unlike Italy's Picchio Dal Pozzo and Celeste - or the other greatest Belgium Prog group: Julverne. Warm, intricately fluid, never bombastic or jagged, often gentle, always delightful.

Record Company: International Bestseller Company (IBC)
Recorded at Studio Katy's 24-track, Brussels, July 1976
Produced by Marc Moulin for IBC
Rights Society: SABAM

"Printed in Belgium by druco halle" on back cover, l.l. corner
"Made in Belgium" printed on labels (last line of white text block at left side, below "SABAM")
...all other text relating to origin / manufacture, states BRUXELLES, BRUSSELS and/or BELGIUM.
NO mention of "Netherlands", "Holland" or "STEMRA" anywhere on labels or cover.
Genuine Original 1976 BELGIUM issue!

*on front cover the title is spelled "VIVA BOMA" (port town along the Congo river) but on back cover, labels and spine "VIVA BOMMA"
(Bomma is the Brussels dialect word for grand-mother, who is sitting between Daniel Schelll and Marc Hollander in the back cover photo.
...also present as Anna Müller in the thanks).

TRACK LISTING
SIDE ONE Perhaps Next Record 1:25 Viva Boma (Document Ramene De Koekelberg) 2:35 Nog Verder 4:32 Boehme 3:17 Flamboya 7:33 SIDE TWO
In Lulu
4:08 L'Idiot Léon 10:48 Ixelles 6:11
Incredibly hard to find original BELGIUM 1st Press
especially in such clean condition.

Vinyl inside anti-static lined inner sleeve
even though still in the Shrink wrap
LP kept in a protective, poly outer-sleeve

Please see my other listings for more Rare Vintage Collectible
PROG, KRAUTROCK, PROG-PSYCH, ELECTRONIC and SPACE-ROCK Import LPs.
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From an utterly vast and deep record collection, from my life-long best friend
who was a DJ at the Radio Station I co-founded in the 1970's - and who worked for me at my California record store in the '70s and '80s.
Sadly he has now finally left this mortal coil, bequeathing me his deep Vinyl Mine.
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Several thousand records (mostly LP's, but also hundreds of 45's), several hundred collectible and Rare, Out of Print CDs and Box Sets,
plus posters and other memorabilia will all eventually be listed.

Truly a great (and enormous) collection!
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