GONG-LIVE ETC. RARE 1ST UK DIE-CUT Sleeve Double LP 1977 Virgin VGD 3501
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GONG-LIVE ETC..RARE! 1ST UK DIE-CUT SLEEVE PRESSING - VINYL DOUBLE LP 1977. Condition is "Used". Dispatched with Royal Mail 2nd Class.
Vinyl is in superb condition - all 4 sides, as good as the day it was bought. This is the first Virgin pressing with the original (and now rare) label design. Unfortunately the inner sleeves were missing when I bought it myself in the mid-eighties and some of the more fragile sections of the die cut design on the front have been reinforced with sellotape.
Gong were at their best in front of an audience, floating free unfettered by the restrictions of playing times, swear filters, set lists and reality. Compared to their live performances, the studio recordings can sometimes feel hemmed in and buttoned up.
This excellent set collected three great line ups between 1973 and 1977 after which Allen and Smyth left. As a bonus it includes the band’s two attempts at a hit single - which are suitably odd.
I have no idea how many spliffs were rolled on this record through the 70s ?
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All records will be posted in Defendapack Twistwrap double thickness record mailers and with the disc *outside* the card sleeve and inside a new plastic sleeve, so there will be no new corner damage or holes in the edges caused by the LP sliding inside the sleeve in transit.
All existing wear, tear and damage done to the sleeve when I was a teenager and didn't think the state of my records was any concern of anyone else other than myself, will be either described or will be clearly photographed.
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As a personal note: this is my own vinyl collection. I'm downsizing, so saying a ceremonial goodbye to my LPs and singles that have been part of my life for the best part of 50 years. I'm not a dealer: these records were bought to listen to - in many cases to listen to A LOT. And they've been with me through goods times and bad times. I'm a very careful owner, so they're mostly in really condition for their age (wish I could say that for other things), but none of them are in mint condition.
As part of saying goodbye, I'm first cleaning them using a DISCO-ANTISTAT RECORD CLEANER, and to be honest they have never sounded this good - in some cases they're better than the day I bought them. Then I'm giving them a last play through using a brand new stylus, paying attention to any surface noise, audible scratches etc. I'm noticing that vinyl really took a plunge in quality around 1990 :-) both in weight and sound. Because of this last play through, I can honestly tell you what they sound like after a clean.
This is a slow process - about ten records a week - so please save my eBay selling page and see if anything else you're interested in crops up: having been raised under the wing of John Peel, it's a very eclectic collection.
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