KING CRIMSON-COURT OF THE CRIMSIN KING-UK 1st PRESS A2 B3

	£		47
	$		62

Hello, my name is Brian and I have been a vinyl fan for many years now and have always bought and sold items to feed my vinyl hunger...I have never been a dealer and this is not a business. I will always describe my items for sale as honestly and accurately as possible with plenty of clear and detailed pictures.

If you read my ebay feed back as a seller you will see that people are happy with what they receive from my auctions. I try not to waffle on about how rare an album is using silly expressions such as "AWESOME" or "IMPOSSIBLE LIKE THIS" etc etc (yawn yawn)!

I am very particular about packaging the vinyl. I use the latest designed 1 piece mailers that offer great protection. The vinyl is always packaged outside of the sleeve to prevent seem splits. I am happy to post any where in the world but it must be fully insured.

The cost of postage will depend on the final selling value and the destination, so I can't advise the cost until the auction has ended.

PLEASE WAIT TO BE INVOICED

Please bid with confidence, and if for some reason you are not happy with your purchase I am happy to give a FULL refund on receiving the item back in the condition I posted it out in.

I recommend extra insurance for the more valuable items (over £40), it only costs a few pounds and is well worth it in my opinion. I will NOT post items over seas without full insurance.

I use the 'RECORD COLLECTOR' grading system with a + or - where appropriate.

so here we go.........

ARTIST.............KING CRIMSON

TITLE................IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING

LABEL..............ISLAND  PINK LABEL (WHITE i)

YEAR................1969

FORMAT..........12" VINYL LP

COUNTRY.......ENGLAND

CAT No:.............ILPS-9111

DEAD WAX INFO.

Matrix side one. ILPS  9111  A v 2      1  2       2   3

Matrix side two. 14   ILPS  9111  B // 3      1  1

SLEEVE...........

Un-laminated, gatefold. Printed  and made by E. J. Day, London. printed inside the sleeve bottom right of left panel denoting the Very first printing of this iconic sleeve. It shows obvious signs of being well handled. There is moderate edge wear to all edges, but there are NO seem splits.The front panel has had a sticker removal scar touched in (on the edge of the right eye as you look at it) and there is a scratch on the right of the mouth that has also been touched in these are only obvious in certain light. The spine is worn and the information is is mostly readable but NOT split. The back panel just shows signs of being handled with light surface wear. The inside gatefold is in great shape with no damage just a couple of light creases. There is no writing or stains or unwanted writing.

A solid sleeve, not mint but definitely not trashed and honest VG (VERY good) 

INNER SLEEVE.

generic unlined plain white, not original

LABELS.............No unwanted writing or stickers, plenty of spindle/spider lines. EX-, EX-

VINYL................

A well played copy, sits nice and flat on the turntable, heavy original vinyl. Both side have numerous hairlines and blemishes. There is crackling throughout and numerous clicks caused by scratches only really obvious in the quiet parts. The playback has no jumps or skips.The album still has a strong full sound with great stereo separation and wonderful 3D sound stage. VG/VG-

COMMENTS......Iconic and quite rare as an original UK pink label pressing. A rather tired copy but much better than a filler, perhaps a professional clean could help with some of the crackles? VG means VERY GOOD not trashed.