KING CRIMSON Larks Tongues in LP 1973 UK 1st Press
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KING CRIMSON - LARKS TONGUES IN ASPIC
IN SUPERB CONDITION
FIRST PINK RIM PRESS A2U / B2U
- CATALOGUE:ISLAND ILPS 9230
- MATRIX: ILPS9230 A-2U / B-2U
- SARK ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 1.
LABELS
THE PALM TREE LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. ALL COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND THE WHITE AREAS ARE STILL PURE WHITE. NO MARKS OR STAINS AT ALL ON ANY PART OF THE LABEL.
THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY CLEAR AND LEGIBLE AND UNRUBBED.
THE SPINDLE HOLE IS VIRTUALLY UNWORN AND STILL HAS SMALL SHARDS OF RESIDUE VINYL LEFT OVER FROM THE PRESSING, STILL INSIDE AND CAN BE HEARD WHEN PLACING THE RECORD ONTO A SPINDLE.THERE ARE 3 or 4 SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING THAT THIS SUPERB ALBUM HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED
VINYL
THE VINYL IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION AND HAS NOT LOST ANY OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. YOU CAN TELL THAT IT HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED JUST BY LOOKING AT HOW THE RECORD STILL GLEAMS. THERE ARE NO MARKS ON THE SURFACE EITHER !!! EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO THE SPOTLIGHT ARE THERE ARE NO TINY FAINT WISPY HAIRLINES VISIBLE AT ALL!!!
I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SUPERB VINYL AS NEAR AS MINT !! (IF NOT MINT)
SLEEVE
ORIGINAL ROBOR FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE . SINGLE UNLAMINATED
THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND HAS NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES AND NO BENDS OR FOLDS EITHER. HALF A DOZEN BARELY VISIBLE LITTLE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE ARE THE ONLT ONES ON THE SLEEVE. THE RED BORDER IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND ALL OF THE COLOUR HAS BEEN PRESERVED AS HAS THE SIN SYBOLS IN THE CENTRE OF THE FRONT COVER. THE WHITE AREA IS IN THE MAIN STILL VERY WHITE WITH JUST SOME TINY LIGHT BROWN MOTTLING TOWARDS THE VERY BOTTOM EDGE
THE TOP EDGE SHOWS ABSOLOUTELY NO SHELF WEAR WHATSOEVER, WHILST THE BOTOM EDGE HAS THE BAREST TRACE
THE SPINE ITSELF IS ALSO IN FIRST CLASS CONDITION WITH ALL OF THE TYPEFACE BEING INTACT AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. TINY LITTLE BIT OF SQUASHING. A PROPER FIRST PRESS WITH THE TAPERED ENDS TO THE SPINE
THE OEPNING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP AND SHOWS CLEARLY THAT THE LP HAS HARDLY EVER BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE.
THE REAR SURFACE IS AS GOOD AS THE FRONT SURFACE AGAIN WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY SPECKS OF BROWN.
THE ORIGINAL LYRIC INNER SLEEVE IS USUALLY FOUND IN POOR CONDITION, BUT THIS ONE IS IN SUPERB ORDER. THE TEXTURED SURFACE HAS REMAINED VERY WHITE, AND ONLY HAS A COUPLE OF THOSE TINY BROWN MTTLING SPECKS IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER AND A SMALL STRIP ON THE PLAIN WHITE SURFACE ON THE REAR. THERE ARE NO SPLITS TO THE SEAMS WHATSOEVERE, AND THE TOP OPENING EDGE WITH THE THUMB NOTCH IS PRISTINE
THE SLEEVE GRADES EXCELLENT ++
Track listing
Side one
- "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One" (David Cross, Robert Fripp, John Wetton, Bill Bruford, Jamie Muir) – 13:36
- "Book of Saturday" (Fripp, Wetton, Richard Palmer-James) – 2:49
- "Exiles" (Cross, Fripp, Palmer-James) – 7:40
Side two
- "Easy Money" (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) – 7:54
- "The Talking Drum" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Muir) – 7:26
- "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two" (Fripp) – 7:12
DUE TO THE RECENT AMOUNT OF NON PAYING BIDDERS !!!! EBAY MEMBERS WITH LESS THAN 10 FEEDBACKS MUST EMAIL ME PRIOR TO BIDDING OTHERWISE ALL BIDS WILL BE CANCELLED !!
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