Peter Gabriel Shaking The Tree Rare 1990 Australia Press Virgin PGTV 6 NM Play
$
41
$ 41
Sold For
Jul 10, 2025
Sold Date
Jun 30, 2025
Start Date
11
Number Of Bids
USA
Country Of Seller
eBay
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Description
- Peter Gabriel.
- Shaking The Tree - Twelve Golden Greats.
- Rare Australian Pressing Import.
- Thin Card Stock Color Printed Inner Sleeve With Credits.
- Embossed Center Labels.
- A6 Remixed With New Vocal.
- B2 Is A New Recording, 1990.
Item Details
Manufactured in: Australia
Recorded: 1976-1990 At Various Locations
Lacquer Cut At: CBS Records Artamon, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Pressing By: EMI Music Group, Sydney, Australia
Original Issue: December 4, 1990
This Issue: 1990
Label: Virgin PGTV 6
Runout Deadwax Matrix Numbers:
Side 1: (etch:) MX307115 PGTV6 · 1
Side 2: (etch:) MX307116 PGTV6 · 2
Was bought new by this seller many years ago and now offered from his private collection (you have absolutely known provenance). Has had just a few plays only on an expertly setup high-end audiophile turntable, arm, and cartridge. Has never been exposed to heat or tobacco smoke and always stored vertically in a specially designed record cabinet (Rackit brand) to prevent warpage.
All vinyl sides are cleaned on a VPI HW-16.5 record cleaner. I use the Audio Intelligent "One-Step" formula that requires no rinsing and leaves no residue. It is alcohol free and uses enzyme agents to remove pressing mold-release compounds, fungi & bacteria, finger oils, and many other environmental contaminants. Made with laboratory-grade pure water(50X purer than distilled water). I neutralize residual static charge from both vinyl and new inner sleeve with a Milty Zerostat. I wear nitrile surgical gloves while cleaning and play testing to avoid any chance of transferring finger oils to the vinyl.
Very sensitive play testing was performed straight off my Ayre P-5xe fully balanced phono preamp over Sennheiser HD 600 headphones using a Schiit Audio Valhalla 2 tube headphone amp fitted with NOS Soviet Voskhod matched tubes (see last photo).
Track list
For track listings, please see my attached record label photographs.
I take close-ups under photo lamps so you can see nearly everything I describe in the jacket grading. After cleaning I use very bright light and close visual inspection on each side to assign "visual-only" grades. However, I always perform play testing with thorough coverage on high resolution equipment to assign play grades.
Grading Details
Note: Grading LPs by text characters is subjective and at best are only a guide as no two used records are of exactly the same quality. I do not use "EX" grades as my VG+ is right below "NM-." I never sell a "G" play grade and very rarely ever sell a "VG" play grade. Please, refer to both my photo evidence and detailed descriptions to judge by YOUR OWN grading standards. Play quality is the absolute most important grade and cannot be predicted from any visual-only inspection so those are separately graded and described in detail.
Outer Jacket Inspection/grading:
(Front Face/Rear Face)
NM-/VG++
The front face looks perfect except for a price sticker residue sitting just below "gab." I didn't want to test a removal with some kind of solvent so I will leave that to a buyer. The rear face has a noticeable crease at the lower left corner and it may have come to me that way as it was imported. It is visible on my photo. But, the rest of the rear face is perfect.
Vinyl Visual Inspection/Grading:
(Side 1/Side 2)
NM/NM
Both sides looked perfect.
Play Testing/Grading:
(Side 1/Side 2)
NM/NM
Play testing is always performed after visual inspection and written notes get taken. I spot check each track by taking a few needle drops in each one. On wider tracks I take more play samples to get better coverage. I also listen to the lead-in, lead-out and some transition grooves to get a feel for the overall pressing quality. Anything that I find during visual grading that might cause serious noise always gets special attention. If I digitize my favorites to 96k/24-bit WAV files for archiving I listen to the entire track while recording giving 100% coverage. Below are play testing rundowns of each side.
Side 1 Play
The lead-in grooves were pretty quiet right before music start. T1 had zero vinyl noise on all play samples. The first transition grooves were very quiet. T2 had very hot levels so zero noise on all samples. T3 had very deep and "meaty" bass. Also no noise on samples with more near-silent trans-grooves. T4 only had 2 very tiny LF NM-level ticks on my first sample with the remaining samples having no noise. T5 and T6 had zero noise on all samples. My notes concluded: "very clean "like mint" vinyl fresh out of a sealed jacket." So, an NM play grade for the side.
Side 2 Play
T1 got recorded to keep it for my music server so that track got a 100% play test. I counted 3 tiny soft "micro-ticks" in it total. T2 had only 1 soft LF micro-tick with no noise for any other samples. Tracks T3 to T6 all had zero vinyl noise in all their play samples. Another pretty strong NM play grade.
A great collection of Peter's best classic songs plus a new and remixed one. Wrapped up well in a nice clean Australian pressing.
Packaging
- Records are placed outside the jacket to protect against seam splitting.
- Original inner sleeves (if still present) are included separately.
- All records will be placed into new MFSL-style "rice paper" plastic sleeves. Any original sleeves may be holding onto some dust and if paper lined could even be abrasive. This will keep vinyl surfaces clean and well protected during shipping and ultimately during buyer usage.
- Outer jacket is contained in a new clear polyethylene protective sleeve.
- Sent in high quality record mailer with cardboard stiffeners and all corners double-taped.
Shipping
- Shipping will be via USPS Media Mail for a flat charge of $5.00 per single album sale. eBay keeps raising the rates for Media Mail but I still don't pass all of that or any costs for shipping materials on to the buyer. I do try to reduce additional costs for my customers.
- A combined shipping discount is available on multiple sales completed on the same day ($5.00 plus $0.50 for each additional LP).
- If you do buy more than one LP on the same daydo not pay immediately but wait for my all-combined invoice with the discount applied to your total.eBay does give you the option to "Request an invoice from the buyer," but this option is not available on the eBay mobile app. A discount for the combined items will show on that invoice. Then, once payment is received, the items will ship.
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