In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson a2/b4

	£		48
	$		63

There comes a time in every mans life when he must finally shed the weight of vinyl hanging around his neck!. So here goes – all these records were personally bought by me – mostly at the time.

All have been played to confirm the sound quality, none of my records are “MINT” they have all been played. I will document any defects I find as accurately as I can.

I have used the Record Collector grading system throughout for both vinyl and cover/extras with notes where appropriate, so you won’t see comments like “Near Mint” - they are not mint so the best they can be is Excellent.

Nor will I SHOUT at you as to how (allegedly) rare the record is or how a copy sold for 50 trillion pounds only last week.

There will be a whole mix of stuff ranging from the hippy stuff through reggae, punk, hip hop including rarities along side the common stuff. It’s going to take me three years to get through the albums alone so check back and see what comes up. First lot up will cover artistes that came to fame during the sixties and seventies up to the punk revolution.

MINT: The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. The cover and any extra items such as the lyric sheet, booklet or poster are in perfect condition. Records advertised as Sealed or Unplayed should be Mint.

EXCELLENT: The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality. The cover and packaging might have slight wear and / or creasing.

VERY GOOD: The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and the occasional light scratch. Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items, without any major defects, is acceptable.

GOOD: The record has been played so much that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated, perhaps with some distortion and mild scratches. The cover and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discolouration, etc.

FAIR: The record is still just playable but has not been cared for properly and displays considerable surface noise; it may even jump. The cover and contents will be torn, stained and / or defaced.

POOR: The record will not play properly due to scratches, bad surface noise, etc. The cover and contents will be badly damaged or partly missing.

BAD: The record is unplayable or might even be broken, and is only of use as a collection filler.

This record is the seminal In the Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson released in 1969 on Island records ILPS 9111. It’s the gatefold cover, on the pink Island label with the white “i” matrix a2/b4

The cover is in excellent condition except for the sellotape traces top left front and a slight mark where some of said tape has come off. Slight signs of wear bottom front, and to the bottom edge and bottom left corner.

The Vinyl is in excellent condition, a little surface noise in places but no significant defects. The big issue with many King Crimson LP’s is that a large proportion of their music is very quiet so any surface noise does show up. It has my initials and “LP23” written in biro in the “I” on the a side label.

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