Hafler Trio "BANG" an open letter. 1st UK PRESS. Vinyl. Near mint. Rare. A1 B1

	£		19
	$		25

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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  Hafler Trio

Title  "BANG" - an open letter

Format 12" vinyl album

Pressing First UK pressing 1984

Label Doublevision

Label Code DVR 4

Barcode  No barcode

Matrix A Side  MPO DVR 4 A1 ORIGINAL MATRIX NUMBER AMRL-TR-74-81 (1954) A PORKY PRIME CUT (etched)

Matrix B Side  FOUR HIDDEN MANTA'S DID YOU FIND THEM? A PORKY PRIME CUT. MPO DVR 4 B1 (etched)

TRACK LISTING

A Side 1 Suppressed Noise   2 Inherent Aggression   3 All Largely Propaganda   4 A Sound And Colour  Analogy

           5 Acoustic Lens Facsimile   6 "BANG!"   7 The Mortality Of Sound   8 The Location Of Detached Sounds

B Side 1 Psychophon Installation Test Tape   2 Location Screening Exercise   3 The Limitations OF Science  4 Echoes In The Body

            5 "Robolised" Atomium Dawn Chorus   6 A Demonstration Of The Non-Medical Use Of Microphones

            7 Owl Ionisation Recording (1968)

A truly superb copy of Hafler Trio's first album.

This record must hold the award for the most snappily

titled tracks ever to grace vinyl!!!

Joking aside, this is a very very rare collectors piece in

absolutely superb condition.

The condition of the playing surfaces is superb,

 as near mint as I believe you are likely to find in a record that has been played.

Both sides are beautifully glossy, dust and fingerprint free.

The only reason I haven't graded as mint is that it has been played a couple of times

and there are one or two incredibly small and superficial scuffs on side 2

and one very small hairline in the run-in grooves on side 1.

Apart from these tiny tiny things the vinyl is unmarked.

The outer sleeve is in excellent condition.

There is a tiny amount of wear to the top corners and one tiny nick in the spine.

There is an area in the top right hand corner of the front cover where the removal

of the price sticker has changed the colour of the print.

There is also a very small split in the top edge of the cover.

All of this can be seen in the listing images,

and I have taken a photo specifically to show the small split mentioned above.

Please see 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 a 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 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. I will combine postage, so please do ask.