NICK DRAKE Fruit Tree 4/LP 1986 1st Press BOX SET

	£		62
	$		82

On offer here is a VERY rare Box Set (especially in this condition!!!!) by Nick Drake called 'Fruit Tree' and is an ORIGINAL UK 1986 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Hannibal label!!!! THIS 4-LP BOX SET IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  IT IS EASILY NICK DRAKES RAREST AND MOST SOUGHT AFTER BOX SET EVER AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1986 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED - IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS, AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DELETED!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS BOX SET REALLY SPECIAL (AND THE MAIN REASON WHY THIS PARTICULAR BOX SET IS SO SOUGHT AFTER!) IS THAT IT CONTAINS 10 TRACKS THAT HAD NEVER EVER BEEN RELEASED BEFORE!!!!  IN TOTAL THIS BOX SET CONTAINS 8 SIDES OF MUSIC AND OVER 40 TRACKS!!!!  THIS BOX SET IS ALSO 100% COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL BOOKLET & 4 'PICTURE' RECORD INNER COVERS!!!!  IT HAVE ALSO SUPPLIED 4 PLAIN INNER SLEEVES (SEE PICTURE) WHICH THE RECORDS WILL BE DESPATCHED IN - TO AVOID DAMAGE TO THE COVERS!!!!  THIS BOX SET IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS!!!! 

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS BOX SET IS IN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT CONDITION AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE 1986 UK 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS HANNIBAL LABELS, 1ST PRESS 'PICTURE' RECORD INNER COVERS, ULTRA RARE 1ST PRESS BOOKLET, AND 1ST PRESS 'HINGED' OUTER BOX!!!!  THIS BOX SET IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL 1986 Hannibal UK 1st Pressing and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The Cat. No is HNBX 5302 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Hannibal labels (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos!)!!!!

The record labels to ALL records are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO writing, NO wear, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THESE RECORDS HAVE BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!! The vinyl to ALL records is in absolutely BRILLIANT condition!!!!  Most of these Box Set LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable.  This one is NOT and ALL FOUR records have NO scratches, only 2 or 3 VERY light hairlines, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  ALL FOUR RECORDS STILL RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINE LIKE NEW!!!!  It is also great to find that the playing of the records is as STUNNING as the visual!!!!  They play with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some EXTREMELY low level background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  ALL FOUR records must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  WHAT A BRILLIANT SET OF RECORDS!!!!  Believe me these records are NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The records also come in their ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Picture' Inner Covers which are in BRILLIANT condition with NO splits, NO rubbing, NO rips, NO tears, NO writing, and only the VERY slightest touches of intermittent edge wear!!!!  ALL the 'Picture' Inner Covers MUST grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  THE ULTRA RARE BOOKLET IS IN STUNNING CONDITION AND CLEARLY HASNT BEEN USED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  The 1st Press Outer Box is in SUPERB condition!!!!  It still retains a PERFECT box shape and ALL the corners have NO splits AT ALL!!!!  There also barely ANY rubbing AT ALL and certainly NOTHING which breaks the surface of the box!!!!  Even the VERY bottom edges of the opening front box have NO WEAR AT ALL!!!!  There is NO spinal wear, NO edge wear, a virtually PERFECT front face with NO rubbing AT ALL, only some ULTRA faint 'foxing traces when angled under bright light (completely invisible under normal conditions), barely ANY corner wear (NO splits!), a PERFECT and UNDAMAGED 'hinge', NO yellowing, NO grubbyness, and NO writing!!!!  Even the inside of the box is in SUPERB condition - and the black bottom of the box is simply STUNNING with NO rubbing and NO indentations!!!!  The Outer Box is near IMPOSSIBLE to find in this condition and must grade FULL Excellent if not Excellent+!!!!  SUPERB OUTER BOX!!!!  THIS BOX SET IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!! It really is a GREAT looking BOX SET and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE Box Set!!!!  THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1986 UK 1ST PRESSING OF "FRUIT TREE" BY NICK DRAKE, IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!!  Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World (Postal discounts are available - see below for details).  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: