Clan of Xymox Self Titled FIRST UK PRESS CAD 503 4AD VG++

	£		26
	$		34

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 Clan of Xymox

Tiltle Clan of Xymox

Format 12" Vinyl album

Pressing First UK pressing 1985

Lable 4AD

Label Code No Label code

Barcode No Barcode

Matrix A Side  THT MPO CAD 503 A¹ (Hand etched)

Matrix B Side  MPO CAD 503 B¹ (Hand etched)

TRACK LISTING

A Side 1 A day   2 No words   3 Stumble and fall   4 Cry in the wind

B Side 1 Stranger   2 Equal ways   3 7th time   4 No human can drown

A fantastic copy of a fantastic album. Xymox debut album is by far my favourite

of theirs that I have in my collection.

This is one of, if not the most important, pioneering albums of the dark, moody,

expansive, electro sound that later became known as Darkwave.

I keep going back to it every once in a while when I am scrolling through my MP3

player's album list and it is still fantastic to listen to. As driving, and at the same time,

as atmospheric as ever.

An absolute must for Darkwave fans and collectors alike.

The condition of the playing surfaces is absolutely fantastic, both sides are beautifully glossy,

dust and fingerprint free.

A Side a few incredibly superficial marks during 'Cry in the wind'. They do not affect the sound quality in the slightest.

The only other thig to report is that there are a number of very very very very very fine surface scratches that look like 

they have been made when the record has been put in and taken out of the inner sleeve.

B Side nothing over and above the very very very very very fine surface scratches mentioned in regard to the A side.

I am being incredibly 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 what is mentioned above.

The cover is in excellent condition. the bottom left corner has a little more ware than the other three.

you can see this in the listing images.

There is a small split at the bottom middle of the inner sleeve which I have shown in the last of the listing images.

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.