KING CRIMSON IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING A/2 B/4

	£		54
	$		71

KING CRIMSON " IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING ".ON ISLAND RECORDS ILPS - 9111 in STEREO on PINK LABEL WITH WHITE i LOGO. 

RARE AND VERY EARLY A2/B4 PRESSING, ORIGINAL FIRST ISSUE ON PINK ISLAND LABELS WITH THE "WHITE i" LOGO.

FIRST PRESSING THICK CARD MATT FINISHED SLEEVE.

Matrix Nos ILPS 9111 A#2  1 1 2 and  ILPS 9111 B#4 1 1 5.  

OUTSTANDING DEBUT ALBUM.  RELEASED IN 1969.

Original Island Thick Sturdy Heavy Duty Vinyl, typical of the late 60's Issues.

Side 1 : 21st Century Schizoid Man; Talk To The Wind; Epitaph; March For No Reason; Tomorrow And Tommorow.

Side 2 : Moonchild; The Dream ; The Illusion; The Court Of The Crimson King; The Return Of The Fire Witch; The Dance of The Puppets.

Classic Psych Album from probably one of the greatest and most talented, of the British Progressive Psych Bands of the sixties, Psych Experimental Rock from the very end of the sixties. Recorded and released in 1969.

Rare Record. The record is in very good condition.

The labels are the original Island PINK with white i Logo. Both sides show only minimum signs of spindle marking. Made In England text along the bottom edge of the label rim.

The Vinyl is excellent and very clean, and has a good vinyl sheen. Very Thick, Heavy duty Island Vinyl, typical of the late 60's. The surface of the record is very good, some visible very light surface marks, other very light marks which are mainly only noticable under strong light, which is only to be expected at this age, and of course the record has been played. 

Record plays very well, please note that there is some very minor but only very slight background hiss/crackle detected, this is mainly limited only to the lead ins to each side where needle has dropped, then plays well. Some very slight hiss on some of quieter tracks, but gaps betweeen tracks are very good and clear of hiss. Moonchild, has 3 pops to very start and there is some very light background detectable, as is normal on Moonchild, which is a very quiet and sensitive track, also two light surface marks across the track which are feintly detectable, but overall plays very good. 21st Century has a light surface mark which is slightly detectable but disguised as track is very loud. The record has been played of course, but it does play through very well. Overall gives a very good sound quality. Lovely Nice Rich High Gloss Deep Black Vinyl and Classic Stereo sound. All round very good record.

The Gatefold Sleeve is in very good condition. This is the very early sturdy card sleeve which has a non laminated Island First Issue Cover which was succeptable to wear and heavy staining. There are No nasty creases, No unwanted stickers, No rips or Tears on the sleeve, short (2") split on seam bottom right of opening edge and some light surface/storage wear, has edge and corner wear. The outer opening edges are sharp and  intact and in very good order with only minor edge wear. Spine showing signs of wear to spine edges and to top and bottom edges. First Pressing UK Sleeve. E J Day London. Overall  a very good Sleeve.

Inner Gatefold is very good, Very Clean, and free from any wear.

Record comes complete with the Very Rare Gold Card Inner Sleeve which is in very good condition, has a slight tear on top edge of one side where a small part of sleeve is missing and 3" seam split on bottom edge.

Record will be posted in fully protective packaging.

Please E mail through E Bay Record Listing for any Questions. Thank you for looking.

Currently selling off some of my vast collection of mainly 60's/70's Rock Psych, Lots of Pink Island, Harvest, Vertigo etc, lots of duplicates and memories, Lots of King Crimson.

Having recently experienced some extremely disturbing negative feedback, which in no way reflected the condition of the record, and upon which i was never given an opportunity to comment on or discuss first with the sender, and worse unable to publicly comment on, as he choses to keep himself "private" and therefore protect himself from feedback comments, I wish to stress that for comfort and confidence please read the rest of the 500+ positive comments and there is of course a no quibble return policy should you not be happy with the record. Unfortunately there is always someone out there keen to destroy a 100% feedback record, but to all 99.99% of genuine ebay record collectors, thanks for looking and i will be happy to answer any questions. 

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