SERGE GAINSBOURG-L'ANTHRACITE-RARE 1ST FRENCH PHILIPS MEDIUM 432 398 BE. NICE

	£		57
	$		76

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THIS IS AN ORIGINAL COPY OF SERGE GAINSBOURG'S 'L'ANTHRACITE' EP ON FRENCH PHILIPS. MEDIUM 432 398 BE. PLAY TESTED AND FROM MY OWN COLLECTION. A RARE ITEM...I DON'T USE OVERBLOWN LANGUAGE FOR RARITY BUT ANYONE WHO KNOWS THIS EP WILL KNOW THAT COPIES ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. ESPECIALLY ONES THAT PLAY THROUGH NICELY WITHOUT RAISING THE EYEBROWS!!
SLEEVE: NICE VG. NO TEARS! NO WRITING! NO SEAM-SPLITS! INTACT FLIP-BACKS. TAB IS STILL IN PLACE BUT ONLY HALF ATTACHED. (THE PERFORATION HAS COME AWAY FROM HALF OF IT BUT NOT RIPPED). OBVIOUS AGE-RELATED WEAR: MINOR DISCOLOURATION/SOME EDGE+CORNER SCUFFING/LIGHT RINGWEAR BUT NO MAJOR DEFECTS. IT'S ALL THERE IN THE PHOTOS...TAKE A LONG LOOK.
DISC. FULLY PLAY-TESTED! A-SIDE: NO SKIPS. NO JUMPS. NO NASTY POPS OR ANNOYING TIC REPEAT. OBVIOUS SIGNS OF PLAY AND LIGHT MARKS/HAIRLINES. THE OCCASIONAL VERY LIGHT TIC BUT WITH  MINIMAL SURFACE SOUND. PLAYS LOVELY THROUGHOUT AND THE CLARITY IS STILL EXCELLENT. LOOKS VG (OR A LITTLE BETTER) PLAYS VG+.  ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO MAKE THE EAR GO 'OUCH'!
B-SIDE:  AGAIN, NO JUMPS ,NO SKIPS. A FEW MORE  MARKS/HAIRLINES ETC. A LITTLE INTRO/OUTRO CRACKLE BUT NOTHING UNTOWARD. STILL REATINS A NICE CLARITY AND PLAYS NICE. MINIMAL SURFACE NOISE BUT NOT TO THE DETRIMENT OF LISTENING PLEASURE. A COUPLE OF LIGHT LITTLE TICS, RIGHT AT THE END OF THE 2ND TRACK. OTHERWISE..PLAYS A NICE VG.
SUMMARY: SLEEVE OBVIOUSLY HAS AGE-RELATED WEAR BUT NO MAJOR DEFECTS AND THE TAB IS STILL (HALF) HANGING ON. 
DISC: PLAYS REALLY WELL THROUGHOUT IN SPITE OF OBVIOUS SIGNS OF HAVING BEEN ENJOYED (BY ME). NICE CLARITY AND ONLY THE OCCASIONAL SUPER LIGHT TIC AND VERY MINIMAL BACKGROUND INTERFERENCE. A LITTLE INTRO/OUTRO CRACKLE NOTICEABLE ON THE B-SIDE MOSTLY BUT THE DEAD WAX IS SHORT AND SO IT'S OVER BEFORE IT'S STARTED! NICE COPY FOR A SLAB OF WAX THAT IS NEARLY 65 YEARS OLD.
I'VE LOOKED AT OTHER COPIES ON EBAY (ONE)! AND ALSO ON DISCOGS (THREE) AND I'VE PRICED MINE LOWER AND I RECKON THAT IT'S PROBABLY A BETTER COPY.
PLEASE SEE MY FEEDBACK FOR PEACE OF MIND. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I AM A COLLECTOR  AND ITEMS ARE FROM MY OWN PERSONAL COLLECTION AND HAVE BEEN LOOKED AFTER. MY DESCRIPTIONS ARE ACCURATE AND I WOULD NEVER SELL A RECORD THAT I DIDN'T THINK WAS A DECENT SOUND.  ANY ISSUES? I AM HUMAN. TALK TO ME.
AS THIS EP IS SO RARE, IT NEEDS TO BE SENT 'SPECIAL DELIVERY' AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE ROYAL MAIL'S DISGUSTING SHIFTING OF THE GOALPOSTS RE: COST/INSURANCE ETC. 'SIGNED FOR' ONLY GOES UP TO £20 INSURANCE AND SO IT NEEDS TO BE SENT SD. . THEY SURELY ARE RUNNING A RACKET. Postage/Shipping: Tracked Post Only!  Overseas? Wait for my invoice.  UK Special Delivery £8.95 EU /Europe £10.60 NORTH AMERICA /U. S. A £12.50
ALL THE BEST JOHNNY.

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