NINE INCH NAILS Pretty Hate Machine 1991 UK 1st PRESS MINT
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Jul 27, 2012
Sold Date
Jul 17, 2012
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NINE INCH NAILS Pretty Hate Machine 1991 UK 1st PRESS MINT
STUNNING UNPLAYED COPY - MINT SLEEVE & LYRIC INNER
NINE INCH NAILSPretty Hate Machine
UK ISLAND (ILPS 9973) FIRST PRESSING OF THE TRENT REZNOR'S SUPERB "Pretty Hate Machine"
ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN THE US IN OCTOBER 1989 (but taking a while to attract any attention) THIS IS THE VERY FIRST UK PRESSING FROM OCTOBER 1991
STUNNING COPY - NEVER BEEN PLAYED
MATRIX: ILPS 9973 A-1U-1-1 / ILPS 9973 B-1U-1-1
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL GLOSSY SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL THICK CARD LYRIC INNER SLEEVE
Virtually ignored upon its 1989 release, Pretty Hate Machine gradually became a word-of-mouth cult favourite; despite frequent critical bashings, its stature and historical importance only grew in hindsight.
In addition to its stealthy rise to prominence, part of the album's legend was that budding auteur Trent Reznor took advantage of his low-level job at a Cleveland studio to begin recording it.
Reznor had a background in synth-pop, and the vast majority of Pretty Hate Machine was electronic. Synths voiced all the main riffs, driven by pounding drum machines; distorted guitars were an important textural element, but not the primary focus. Pretty Hate Machine was something unique in industrial music -- certainly no one else was attempting the balladry of "Something I Can Never Have," but the crucial difference was even simpler. Instead of numbing the listener with mechanical repetition, Pretty Hate Machine's bleak electronics were subordinate to catchy riffs and verse-chorus song structures, which was why it built such a rabid following with so little publicity.
That innovation was the most important step in bringing industrial music to a wide audience, as proven by the frequency with which late-'90s alternative metal bands copied NIN's interwoven guitar/synth textures. It was a new soundtrack for adolescent angst -- noisily aggressive and coldly detached, tied together by a dominant personality. Reznor's tortured confusion and self-obsession gave industrial music a human voice, a point of connection. His lyrics were filled with betrayal, whether by lovers, society, or God; it was essentially the sound of childhood illusions shattering, and Reznor was not taking it lying down. Plus, the absolute dichotomies in his world -- there was either purity and perfection, or depravity and worthlessness -- made for smashing melodrama. Perhaps the greatest achievement of Pretty Hate Machine was that it brought emotional extravagance to a genre whose main theme had nearly always been dehumanisation.
Side 1:
Head Like A Hole (5:00)
Terrible Lie (4:39)
Down In It (3:46)
Sanctified (5:48)
Something I Can Never Have (5:54)
Side 2:
Kinda I Want To (4:34)
Sin (4:05)
That's What I Get (4:31)
The Only Time (4:48)
Ringfinger (5:42)
LABELS: MINT
Immaculate labels with no spindle traces or signs of use
VINYL Visual: MINT-
Both surfaces shine like new with just one or two hairlines from the inner and light misting on one part of the edge from storage (of no audio consequence)
VINYL Audio: MINT/MINT-
This copy has clearly never been on a turntable prior to my play-check and the sound performance is stunning - completely flawless on Side One and practically flawless on Side Two - there are a couple of soft clicks on the quiet intro to 'Kinda I Want To' - extremely brief - over (and forgotten) in a couple of seconds and absolutely nothing intrusive otherwise, Mint. Superb copy
SLEEVE: MINT-
Clean, sharp and fresh
INNER SLEEVE: MINT
Unmarked and unsplit
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: 1st Class: £4.50 (recorded delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £12.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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