King Crimson IN THE WAKE OF POSEIDON UK LP 1ST PINK i

£ 53

$ 70

£ 53 Sold For

May 4, 2008 Sold Date

Apr 27, 2008 Start Date

£ 19 Start price

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KING CRIMSON - IN THE WAKE OF POSEIDON

CAT:ILPS 9127
MATRIX: ILPS 9127 A-1 / B-1 (GENUINE FIRST PRESS INDICATORS)
FIRST PRESS PINK ISLAND LABEL

HAVING RECENTLY SOLD A MINT COPY OF THIS ALBUM, I AM TOTALLY GOBSMACKED TO HAVE COME ACCROSS ANOTHER COPY IN EXACTLY THE SAME PRISTINE CONDITION. I MAKE NO APOLOGY THEREFORE FOR USING MOST OF MY PREVIOUS DESCRIPTION. THIS IS A FIRST CLASS MINT MINUS VINYL AND SLEEVE

KING CRIMSON'S SECOND ALBUM IN THE MOST AMAZING CONDITION YOU WILL EVER SEE

THE RECORD LABELS

THE HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE PINK ISLAND LABEL. THIS SUPERB EXAMPLE DISPLAYS NO FLAWS WHATSOEVER. THE PASTEL PINK SURFACE IS IN MINT CONDITION. SMOOTH AND MARK FREE. THIS HAS NOT BEEN HANDLED MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES SINCE NEW. THE PINK SURFACE CONTINUES ALL THE WAY INTO THE SPINDLE HOLE, WHERE ON LESSER COPIES THIS WOULD SHOW WHITENESS WHERE THE LABEL HAD WORN DUE TO PLAY. IN FACT AS I PLACED THE LP ONTO MY TURNTABLE I NOTICED SMALL FRAGMENTS OF THE PRESSING VINYL STILL INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE. THIS WOULD HAVE FALLEN OFF IF THE LP HAD BEEN PAYED A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT IT IS STILL PRESENT TO VOUCH FOR THE MINT 1 PLAY STATUS I HAVE GIVEN THIS SUPERB ITEM. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS CLEAN AND CLEAR AND ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND THE PINK i IS WHITE AND UNSOILED. I CANNOT EVEN SEE ANY SPIDER LINES EVEN UNDER CLOSE SCRUTINY. THIS IS JUST AN ABSOLUTE BEAUTY. ACTUALLY ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT THERE ARE 2 VERY SMALL AND LIGHT SPIDER LINES

THE VINYL

ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE GLOSSY BLACK HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL. REMOVING IT FROM THE SLEEVE AND GENTLY AND CAREFULLY EXAMINING THE DISC REVEALS A SPOTLESS SURFACE. THIS VINYL APPEARS EXACTLY HOW A NEW VINYL WOULD HAVE LOOKED BACK IN 1970 WHEN THIS DISC WAS ORIGINALLY PRESSED. ETCHED INTO THE RUN OFF WAX ARE THE DIGITS THAT IDENTIFY THIS ALBUM AS A VERY FIRST PRESS. NAMELY THE CATALOGUE NUMBER ILPS 9127 A-1 / B-1. THE HIGH GLOSS AND MARK FREE DISC IS WITHOUT A DOUBT ONE OF THE CLEANEST I HAVE EVER SEEN. EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO A SPOTLIGHT (WHICH ARGUABLY ISN'T REALLY A TRUE REFLECTION OF HOW GOOD A VINYL IS, AS THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOMETHING TO SEE THIS WAY) THE VINYL DISPLAYS NO MORE THAN A FEW RIDICULOUSLY WISPY HAIRLINES

PLAYING THE RECORD

I HAVE INCLUDED A SHORT EXAMPLE OF JUST HOW GREAT THIS RECORD SOUNDS. PLEASE CLICK ON THE MEDIA PLAYER BELOW TO HEAR IT. I ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT THE INTRODUCTION (RUN IN GROOVE) IS A REALLY GOOD REFLECTION OF THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THE DISC. SO I HAVE STARTED THE RECORDING FROM THE RUN IN GROOVE, HENCE A FEW SECONDS BEFORE THE MUSIC STARTS. HOWEVER YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CLEARLY HEAR WHAT THAT RUN IN SOUNDS LIKE, WHETHER IT HAS ANY NOISE ETC.

I HAVE RECORDED 4 SECTIONS FROM THE ALBUM INCLUDING BOTH RUN INS TO EACH SIDE AND THEREFORE THE FIRST TRACK FORM EACH SIDE, IN ADDITION THE AMAZINGLY SILENT TRACK 3 WHICH FOR THE FIRST 45 SECONDS IS VIRTUALLY SILENT. THIS SHOWS THE VINYL OFF TO ITS UTMOST. I CAN GIVE IT NO HIGHER ACCOLADE THAN MINT MINUS

THE RUN IN IS SILENT, AND AS THE RECORD STARTS TO PLAY "PEACE" IT IS VERY OBVIOUS THAT YOU ARE LISTENING TO SOMETHING SPECIAL. .THE FIRST THING THAT IS CLEAR IS THAT THE SOUND IS DISTORTION FREE. ALMOST POINTLESS STATING THIS IN LIGHT OF HOW LITTLE THE ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT THE PLAY THAT THE RECORD HAS HAD WAS DONE WITH A GOOD QUALITY STYLUS AND NOT ONE THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE GROOVE SUCH AS A WORN, CHIPPED STYLUS, OR INDEED ONE THAT WAS TRACKING TOO HEAVILY.

EACH TRACK PLAYS THROUGH WITH UTMOST CLARITY. THE PERFORMANCE ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES IS JUST OUTSTANDING. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND NOISE ANYWHERE ON EITHER SIDE, AND EACH LINKING GROOVE IS STONE SILENT . EVEN THE RUN OUT WHICH HISTORICALLY HAS NOISE ON MOST ALBUMS IS AS CLEAR AS A BELL. IF THERE IS ANYTHING ITS JUST THE MOST SILENT AND BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN ONE OR TWO SPOTS BUT SERIOUSLY I AM BEING ULTRA PICKY HERE

THIS IS JUST ABOUT THE BEST KING CRIMSON RECORDING I HAVE EVER HEARD. THE CLARITY AND PRODUCTION ARE JUST AMAZING AND COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT THIS OFTEN DELICATE AND NEAR SILENT OFFERING HAS NO BACKGROUND NOISE AT ALL IS JUST AN UNBELIEVEBALE ACHIEVEMENT

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS DISC MINT MINUS WITHOUT THE FIRST 5-6 SECONDS I WOULD HAVE WITHOUT DOUBT HAVE GRADED THIS MINT MAYBE EVEN UNPLAYED ITS JUST THAT GOOD

THE SLEEVE

THE OVERALL GRADING OF THE SLEEVE IS MINT MINUS

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL FIRST PRESS E.J DAY SLEEVE. A TEXTURED NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD WHICH IS IN AMAZING CONDITION. USUALLY SUFFERS FROM COLOUR LOSS AND WEAR DUE TO THE TEXTURED FINISH NOT BEING ABLE TO STAND UP TO THE RIGORS OF SHELF LIFE. THIS SLEEVE HOWEVER WAS PROTECTED FROM NEW AND REMAINS IN THE BEST POSSIBLE CONDITION.

THE FRONT SURFACE HAS A BEAUTIFUL FEEL TO IT, AND CLOSELY EXAMINING THE COLOUR GRADIENTS IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THE SURFACE HAS NOT LOST ANY COLOUR AT ALL THERE ARE NO CREASE LINES WHATSOEVER, NOT EVEN ONES NEAR THE SPINE. IT IS A PERFECT SURFACE IN EVERY WAY.TE VERY TIP AT THE TOP RIGHT AND BOTTOM RIGHT HAS RUBBED BUT AGAIN THIS IS RIDICULOUSLY SMALL.THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE THE MOST MINIMAL SHELF WEAR. THE SPINE IS AGAIN FREE FROM ANY WEAR, COLOUR LOSS ETC. PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AS WELL. THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS CLEAN AS THE FRONT . THE OPENING EDGE IS AS NEW AND SHOWS THAT THE ABUM JUST HAS NOT BEEN OUT OF THE COVER. THE INNER GATEFOLD IS JUST IN MINT CONDITION

THE ORIGINAL MATCHED POLY LINED SWIRL INNER SLEEVE IS PRESENT AND PLACED CAREFULLY INSIDE THE SLEEVE

THE RECORD HAS BEEN PRESERVED IN A NEW POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE, THE ORIGINAL IS INCLUDED AND LEFT INSIDE THE SLEEVE. THE LP WILL BE SENT VERY CAREFULLY PACKAGED AND I WILL PLACE THE LP OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE FOR MAXIMUM PROTECTION. YOUR NEW PURCHASE WILL ALSO COME HOUSED IN A NEW STIFF PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE.

SO ONCE AGAIN THIS IS A VERY VERY HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE ALBUM IN THE MOST SUPERB CONDITION IMAGINABLE, SO BID WITH CONFIDENCE, AND GOOD LUCK IF YOU DECIDE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY

On 27-Apr-08 at 19:52:09 BST, seller added the following information: