Pixies. Surfer Rosa. FIRST UK PRESS. Vinyl LP. Near mint. Rough cover. A1 B1.

	£		46
	$		61

From Punk to Indi to Industrial to Gothic to Techno to Ambient.

Welcome to a listing from my personal record collection.

A vinyl journey spanning some 18 years and over 1000 pressings from 1977 to 1995.

THIS LISTING IS FOR

Artist Pixies 

Title Surfer Rosa

Format 12" vinyl album

Pressing First UK pressing 1988

Label 4AD

Label Code CAD 803

Barcode 5 014436 803017

Matrix A Side  BLR(D) CAD 803 A1 MPO JA WITH AN 'F' (etched)

Matrix B Side  BLR(D) CAD 803 B1 MPO JA NUDISM (etched)

TRACK LISTING

A Side 1 Bone Machine   2 Break My Body   3 Something Against You   4 Broken Face

           5 Gigantic   6 River Euphrates

B Side 1 Where Is My Mind   2 Cactus   3 Tony's Theme   4 Oh MY Golly!

           5 Vamos   6 I'm Amazed   7 Brick Is Red

A truly excellent copy of the Pixies 1988 album.

The very first pressings were released in

an unlaminated rough matt card sleeve.

This is one of those very early first pressings.

The condition of the playing surfaces is superb,

both sides are beautifully glossy, dust and fingerprint free.

The only reason I haven't graded as mint is that there is one tiny dull spot, about 5mm in diameter,

in 'Gigantic' and a couple of extremely superficial surface scuffs on the B side.

The outer sleeve is superb condition, especially considering it is made from unsealed stock.

Corners are all undamaged and nice and sharp.

The spine is in perfect condition.

The inner sleeve is also in superb condition, with only the slightest of rubbing to the gold finish

at the corners, where it has rubbed getting it in and out of the rough outer sleeve.

This truly  a superb copy of this album in every way.

Unless otherwise stated every record was purchased by myself from new and only ever played

by myself on my own deck and with as expensive a cartridge as I could afford at the time.

When it comes to attributing a grading to each of my records I will confess I am not an expert.

And while both the Goldmine standard and The Record Collectors systems give us a number of agreed fundamentals

to help determine a grading for vinyl and its associated media, attributing a true and accurate grading to something as

individual as a pre-owned piece of Vinyl is unavoidably subjective.

One person's 'slight scuff' may be another's deal breaker.

With this in mind I will endeavour to describe as accurately as possible, in the descriptions of each listing,

not only what I feel to be a fair grading, but also an overall description of the record in question, along with details

of any and all marks, defects and anomalies I can see.

I am a firm believer in the maxim of - if you can feel it you can hear it.

So if there is anything that looks or feels like it may possibly affect a record's playing quality or sound clarity,

and therefore the pleasure derived from listening to it or its true value to a collector, I will give it one final spin

and make my findings known in the product description.

Over and above this I am happy to take returns.

I personally wouldn't bid on a pre-owned record without the option to return it if I felt that the seller hadn't been

totally truthful and transparent in their description of it, or that on receipt it didn't live up to my expectations. 

And I do not expect you to do so either. 

So please, feel free to bid with confidence.

I am a professional photographer by trade, and have gone to great lengths to light and photograph covers, inner sleeves

and the vinyl themselves in such a way as to show, as accurately as possible, the actual condition of all.

Rest assured that what you see is exactly what will be despatched to you if you are the successful winner of each listing.

Before photographing each record went through a three stage cleaning process:

1 - Removal of any surface dust with a light brushing over with a carbon fibre and velvet disc cleaning pad

2 - Deep cleaning with large (Big Fudge) velvet pad and cleaning solution

3 - A final brushing with a Pro-Ject carbon fibre record brush.

And finally, because Mr or Mrs  Poasty may not handle your record with the same care and reverence that you or I would,

I will dispatch in a specialised corrugated cardboard record mailing outer, and if I feel even more protection is required

I will also include two extra sheets of 3mm corrugated cardboard for added safety and protection.

Thanks for taking the time to read this and for showing an interest

in giving a new home to one of my records.

I have other listings live right now and will be adding new ones on a regular basis,

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