PUBLIC IMAGE LTD (PiL) "Metal Box" UK 1st PRESS *MINT*

	£		122
	$		162

PUBLIC IMAGE LTD (PiL) "Metal Box" UK 1st PRESS *MINT*
COMPLETE w/DIVIDERS & INSERT, ONE/TWO PLAY!! STUNNING!!


PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED
Metal Box


HERE WE HAVE A STUNNING!! ORIGINAL UK VIRGIN (METAL 1) FIRST PRESSING (November 1979, limited edition of 60,000) OF PIL's SUPERB 3 x 12" SET, "Metal Box" - ALL IN BEAUTIFUL, ONE/TWO PLAY TOPS, MINT(-) CONDITION!!!
EASILY THE BEST COPY OF THIS UNCOMPROMISING CLASSIC I HAVE EVER OFFERED FOR SALE!!

ORIGINAL UK 1st PRESSING ON VIRGIN RECORDS
3 x 45rpm DISCS
MATRICES: 1 - A - 1 / 1 - B - 1 / 1 - C - 2 / 1 - D - 1 / 1 - E - 1 / 1 - F - 1
METAL 1 STICKER ON BOTTOM OF TIN
4 PAPER DIVIDERS
TRACKLIST/INFO SHEET

A SUPERB ARCHIVE/UPGRADE COPY!! A BETTER ONE WOULD BE VERY HARD TO FIND INDEED!!!

PiL managed to avoid boundaries for the first four years of their existence, and Metal Box is undoubtedly the apex. It's a hallmark of uncompromising, challenging post-punk, hardly sounding like anything of the past, present, or future. Sure, there were touchstones that got their imaginations running -- the bizarreness of Captain Beefheart, the open and rhythmic spaces of Can, and the dense pulses of Lee Perry's productions fueled their creative fires -- but what they achieved with their second record is a completely unique hour of avant-garde noise. Originally packaged in a film canister as a trio of 12" records played at 45 rpm, the bass and treble are pegged at 11 throughout, with nary a tinge of midrange to be found. It's all scrapes and throbs (dubscrapes?), supplanted by John Lydon's caterwauling about such subjects as his dying mother, resentment, and murder. Guitarist Keith Levene splatters silvery, violent, percussive shards of metallic scrapes onto the canvas, much like a one-armed Jackson Pollock. Jah Wobble and Richard Dudanski lay down a molasses-thick rhythmic foundation throughout that's just as funky as Can's Czukay/Leibezeit and Chic's Edwards/Rodgers. It's alien dance music. Metal Box might not be recognized as a groundbreaking record with the same reverence as Never Mind the Bollocks, and you certainly can't trace numerous waves of bands who wouldn't have existed without it like the Sex Pistols record. But like a virus, its tones have sent miasmic reverberations through a much broader scope of artists and genres.

Metal 1.1: Albatross
Metal 1.2: Memories / Swan Lake (plays endlessly into the run off groove)
Metal 1.3: Poptones / Careering
Metal 1.4: No Birds / Graveyard
Metal 1.5: The Suit / Bad Baby
Metal 1.6: Socialist / Chant / Radio 4

LABELS: All the labels are PRISTINE with NO wear, NO writing and only one/two light spindle traces!! THESE LPs HAVE HARDLY EVER BEEN PLAYED!!
VINYL Visual: All the surfaces have their original DEEP, LIKE-NEW, GLOSSY SHEEN and are COMPLETELY UNMARKED!!! STUNNING LIKE-NEW VINYL!!
VINYL Audio: OUTSTANDING audio delivery!! ALL TOP AND BOTTOM WITH NO MIDDLE AND CRANKED UP TO 11!!! Plays as good as it looks - CRYSTAL CLEAR, VERY SHARP and VERY STRONG AUDIO REPRODUCTION!! There are NO scratches, NO jumps, NO sticks, NO clicks/pops and NO surface noise AT ALL!!!! The sound quality here is simply STUNNING!!! and as the set has seen very little play there is NO groove-wear or distortion!!!! I have NO hesitation in giving this a MINT audio grading!!!! Plays FLAWLESSLY throughout!! NOT over-graded in ANY way as I use STRICT RECORD COLLECTOR grading standards. A FANTASTIC ARCHIVE/UPGRADE COPY!!
TIN: The tin, being the original 1979 copy has tarnished some with age but there are NO dents/wear and it has actually oxidized a lot less than many copies I have seen!!
DIVIDERS: The 4 white dividers are CRISP and CLEAN with just some light handling creases
INSERT: The A5 one sided insert is also CLEAN and FRESH!!!

PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I USUALLY TAKE QUITE A FEW SO YOU CAN GET A CLEAR INDICATION OF EVERY DETAIL OF THE ITEM
THIS REALLY IS A STUNNING ARCHIVE/UPGRADE COPY AND *COMPLETE* AND IN SUCH BEAUTIFUL, VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED CONDITION!!! - VERY SCARCE!!
I GUARANTEE YOU WILL NOT FIND ONE BETTER!!!
AS WITH ALL MY RECORDS THIS HAS A LOW START PRICE AND NO RESERVE
PLEASE CHECK OUT MY OTHER AUCTIONS FOR MORE RARE AND COLLECTABLE VINYL
AND PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUERIES YOU MAY HAVE
THANKS FOR LOOKING, CHEERS


POST & PACKING
UK: 1st Class: £6.00 (Recorded Delivery)
EU: Airmail: £8.00 (Insured & Signed For: £11.50)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £13.00 (Insured & Signed For: £16.50)

UK bidders: PayPal or Cheque
INTERNATIONAL bidders: PayPal ONLY

REDUCED POSTAGE FOR MULTIPLE ITEMS (EACH ADDITIONAL LP: UK: £1.00, EU & INTERNATIONAL £2.00)
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