ERIC CLAPTON--BLUES--BLUE VINYL & INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED BOX-SET SEALED--CREAM
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THIS IS NOT THE COMMERCIALLY-AVAILABLE VERSION THAT WAS ISSUED IN BLACK VINYL!
THIS PARTICULAR VARIATION WAS MADE AVAILABLE ONLY THROUGH ERIC CLAPTON'S WEBSITE, AND OBVIOUSLY THEY SOLD OUT VERY QUICKLY!
THESE WERE LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, AND THE RECORDS WERE PRESSED IN BLUE-COLORED VINYL!!
THIS PARTICULAR COPY IS GOLD-STAMPED #000458 ON THE BACK OF THE BOX, LOWER RIGHT-HAND CORNER.
AT THE TIME THESE BLUE-VINYL SETS WERE BEING PROMOTED, WE WERE LED TO BELIEVE THAT THE RECORDS WERE PRESSED IN DIFFERENT SHADES OF BLUE FOR EACH OF THE THREE TITLES IN THE BOX, BUT WE CANNOT FIND ANY INFORMATION TO SUBSTANTIATE THIS CLAIM. HOWEVER WE FIRMLY BELIEVE IT TO BE TRUE.....
THE MANUFACTURER USED THE SAME BASIC OPEN-END SLIP-CASE FOR BOTH BLACK- AND BLUE-VINYL VARIATIONS, BUT THEY SLAPPED A DIFFERENT BAR-CODE ON THE SHRINK OF THE BLUE-VINYL SET, AND GOLD-STAMPED EACH INDIVIDUALLY-NUMBERED COPY NEAR THE BAR-CODE.
WHEN THIS COPY WAS SHIPPED TO US, SOME FOOL HAD PLACED IT IN A SHIPPING CONTAINER THAT WAS WHOLLY INADEQUATE FOR THE JOB, AND THIS COPY SUFFERED A MUSHED UPPER LEFT-HAND CORNER. THE 500 COPIES HAD SOLD OUT BY THE TIME THE DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED, AND WE WERE UNABLE TO REPLACE IT! ONE OF THOSE SAD EVENTS IN LIFE......
SO IF YOU CAN LIVE WITH A DINGED CORNER, YOU WILL BE THE PROUD OWNER OF A SOLIDLY TRUE RARITY OF ERIC CLAPTON'S LONG AND ILLUSTRIOUS RECORDING CAREER.
PLEASE SEE PHOTOS!
ANYWAY, GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU! AND MANY THANKS FOR LOOKING!! DEEPLY APPRECIATED!!
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, OR NEED OTHER PHOTOS, PLEASE CONTACT US!
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, WE WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE PAYMENT AT AUCTION'S END, OR AS REASONABLY SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU FOR THIS VERY KIND CONSIDERATION!
THIS WILL BE SHIPPED IN A 17 X 17 X 8 BOX WITH BUBBLE-WRAP AND CARDBOARD SQUARES. IT WILL GET TO YOU SAFELY. HOWEVER, AS A PRECAUTION, WE WILL STILL INSURE THE ITEM AT OUR EXPENSE!
U.S. BUYERS ONLY, PLEASE!
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