KING CRIMSON "islands" 1973 ORIGINAL 1st UNPLAYED
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KING CRIMSON "ISLANDS"1971 ISLAND EARLY PINK RIM.
ILPS 9175.
THIS ALBUM WAS PURCHASED BY ME WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT AND IS IN ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC UNPLAYED CONDITION.
THIS LP IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO FIND AND SERIOUSLY RARE,IT'S ONE OF KING CRIMSONS RAREST ALBUMS EVER.
IT SOLD TERRIBLY ON RELEASE AND TODAY IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE.
THIS LP IS A GENUINE 1st PRESSING,WITH A FLAP BACK OUTER COVER THE LATER ONES DON'T,AND THE ULTRA RARE GATEFOLD INNER,ONLY THE EARLIEST 1st PRESSING CAME LIKE THIS BEFORE IT WAS CHANGED.
I NEVER PLAYED THIS, A FRIEND AND I BOTH BOUGHT A COPY AT THE SAME TIME WE PLAYED HIS AND I DIDN'T LIKED IT SO IT GOT PACKED AWAY WITH ALL MY OTHER ALBUMS.
I HAVE DECIDED TO SELL ALL MY OLD VINYL SO KEEP LOOKING THERE WILL BE LOADS MORE COMING UP OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
I AM AND ALWAYS HAVE BEEN VERY PARTICULAR IN THE WAY I STORED AND HANDLED VINYL AND WILL ALWAYS GIVE AN HONEST DESCRIPTION.
THIS IS THE EARLIEST PRESSING.
THE MATRIX NOs ARE SIDE 1. ILPS 9175 A1-U. SIDE 2. ILPS 9175 B-1U.
THE ORIGINAL SLEEVE WHICH WAS VERY THIN CARD IS IN FANTASTIC CONDITION,JUST TINY RUBS TO THE CORNERS.
THE ORIGINAL GATEFOLD INNER SLEEVE IS IN ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT CONDITION ,IT WAS SO FRAGILE THAT MOST WERE SPLIT AT THE RECORD SHOP AND ON MANY 1st PRESSINGS OF THIS ALBUM THE INSERT IS COMPLETELY SPLIT FROM THE INNER SLEEVE.OFTEN LEADING PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THIS ALBUM ACTUALLY HAD A SEPERATE INSERT.ON ALL GENUINE 1st PRESSINGS(LIKE THIS ONE)THE INSERT WAS JOINED TO THE INNER SLEEVE(LATER CHANGED)AND IT IS VIRTUALY IMMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A 1st PRESSING OF THIS ALBUM IN THIS CONDITION. THIS IS THE HARDEST KING CRIMSON ALBUM TO FIND IN TOP CONDITION AND THIS ONE IS AS NEW.
THE EARLY PINK RIM ISLAND LABELS ARE EXCELLENT .
THE VINYL HAS A LOVELY UNMARKED GLOSSY SHEEN. ONLY SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY THREE OR FOUR TIMES.
YOU MIGHT HAVE TO WAIT YEARS TO FIND ANOTHER ONE IN THIS UNPLAYED CONDITION. VERY VERY RARE.
IF YOU REQUIRE ANY MORE INFORMATION PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO EMAIL.
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