GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR-F A ∞-’97 CONSTELLATION (cst003) ltd edition LP NM

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General details : Rare 1997 CANADA Original limited edition second press LP on CONSTELLATION (Side A: CST 003-A Nervous, Sad, Poor... / Side B: CST-003-B R-1 Bleak, Uncertain, Beautiful... etched matrix numbers & Original ‘plain black’ labels; see photo), with a pasted photo, embossed, heavily textured picture sleeve, several inserts & a plain inner sleeve (see sleeve details) , in a very nice condition  

Country - Label (Catalogue Nr.) - Year : CANADA Original LP – CONSTELLATION (cst003) - 1997

Inserts &/or Sleeve Details : Cover: handmade deep purple card cover w/ embossed lettering & photo frame with a pasted photo (this one being a 'Train') at the front / Back cover has a hand-drawn cross, catalogue number and a stamped Constellation Records logo, all in silver ink / Inserts: a locomotive etching (green), a yellow envelope, a credit sheet, a handbill, a label insert, a blueprint of "faulty schematics for ruined machine”, a Canadian 1 cent coin flattened by a train (see photos)  

Record &/or Label Details:  - (see photos)
   
Condition Record(s) : NEAR MINT
Condition Sleeve : MINT  

Track listing : - On request; see also label photos please      

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Grading 
For grading purposes I use the British Record Collector's grading scale with very occasionally (+) or (-) signs to denote the in-between conditions.

Generally speaking:
MINT (M) a sealed record
NEAR MINT (NM) ultra shiny and clean but opened. No marks
EX+: practically NM, but for maybe 1 very, very light, non-sounding wispy sleeve mark seen under bright light 
EX: couple very light, non-sounding wispy sleeve marks seen under bright light  
VG++: few more light marks without any significant audio impact
VG+ : still shiny w/ few more light marks; maybe the odd pop during play but nothing unpleasant 
VG: more of the above; still a very decent audio. For lesser grades refer to my item description
 
Same logic applies to the cover's grade.

Packing
All records are securely packed & shipped in protective plastic sleeves out of their jackets & inners, to avoid seam splits in transit (no cost or time spared)