JOY DIVISION-UNKNOWN PLEASURES..RARE TRANS RED 1ST UK PRESS EX VINYL LP 1979
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143
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190
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SOME 1ST UK PRESSINGS OF THIS ALBUM WERE PRESSED BY PYE ON TRANSLUCENT RED VINYL...CALLED THE 'TRANCO' PRESSING. WHEN VIEWED IN FRONT OF A STRONG LIGHT THE BLACK VINYL IS ACTUALLY A DARK TRANSLUCENT RED. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PRESSINGS!!
VERY RARE! GENUINE 1ST UK PRESS TRANCO PRESSING TRANSLUCENT RED LP ON FACTORY RECORDS (NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH ANY OTHER PRESSINGS OR REISSUES). PURCHASED NEW BY ME WHEN RELEASED 43 YEARS AGO IN 1979. TEXTURED SLEEVE WITH GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE PRINTING CREDIT AND WITH ORIGINAL DIE-CUT CARD CREDITS INNER WITH ROUNDED CORNERS AND NOTCHED OPENING / 1ST UK PRESS 'PORKY PRIME CUT' MATRIXES WITH 'STEP' AND 'THIS IS THE WAY' DEADWAX TEXT / LABELS WITH DOUBLE PRESSING RING NEAR THE DEADWAX / ORIGINAL CAT NUMBER / INCORRECTLY 'OUTSIDE' IS MARKED B AND INSIDE IS MARKED A IN THE DEADWAX. ONLY GENUINE 1ST UK 'TRANCO' PRESSINGS HAVE ALL THESE CHARACTERISTICS...
THE TRANSLUCENT RED VINYL IS BRIGHT AND GLOSSY AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO SIGNIFICANT SCRATCHES BLEMISHES WARPS OR SCUFFS JUST SOME LIGHT UNFEELABLE SURFACE HAIRLINES ONLY VISIBLE UNDER A STRONG LIGHT-HARD TO FIND A BETTER COPY!! THE LABELS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ONLY LIGHT 'BARELY THERE' SPINDLE LINES. THE TEXTURED SLEEVE IS IN VERY GOOD+ CONDITION WITH RING AND EDGE WEAR BUT WITH NO EDGE SPLITS. THE DIE-CUT INNER IS IN VERY GOOD + CONDITION WITH SOME LIGHT USEAGE WEAR BUT WITH NO EDGE SPLITS. THE THIN SPINE IS VERY GOOD+. THE CATALOGUE NUMBER IS FACT 10 WITH 1ST UK PRESS 'PORKY' MATRIX NUMBERS AND DEADWAX TEXT FACT 10-OUTSIDE 1 B THIS IS THE WAY A PORKY PRIME CUT AND FACT 10-INSIDE 1 A A PORKY PRIME CUT STEP.
LOW START PRICE AND NO RESERVE!
A RARE CHANCE TO BUY A GENUINE 1ST UK TRANCO PRESS IN SUPERB CONDITION! DUE TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE I WILL NOT SELL TO RUSSIA OR BELARUS.
POSTAGE TO UK IS £4.00. POSTAGE TO EUROPE IS £14.95 BY TRACKED AIRMAIL. POSTAGE TO REST OF THE WORLD £PLEASE ASK. I WILL ALWAYS COMBINE POSTAGE FOR MULTIPLE PURCHASES. PLEASE READ MY FEEDBACK AND BID WITH CONFIDENCE. I USE THE RECORD COLLECTOR GRADING SYSTEM. GRADING VINYLS THAT ARE DECADES OLD IS A VERY SUBJECTIVE PROCESS SO IF YOU DISAGREE WITH MY GRADING OR THERE ARE ANY OTHER PROBLEMS PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE LEAVING FEEDBACK AND I GUARANTEE TO RESOLVE THEM TO YOUR TOTAL SATISFACTION. THE PHOTOS SHOW THE ACTUAL ITEM YOU WILL RECEIVE IF YOU WIN THE AUCTION.
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