Swans. CHILDREN OF GOD. Vinyl. Near Mint. FIRST UK PRESS. 33 PROD 17. Rare.

	£		54
	$		72

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 Swans

Tiltle Children of God

Format 12" Vinyl double album - Gatefold sleeve

Pressing First UK pressing 1987

Lable Product Inc

Label Code  PROD 17

Barcode No Barcode

Matrix A Side  33-PROD-17-A² D DAMONT TOWNHOUSE DMM (etched)

Matrix B Side  33-PROD-17-B² DAMONT E TOWNHOUSE DMM (etched)

Matrix C Side  33-PROD-17-C² ?D?A?M?O?N?T?-L TOWNHOUSE DMM (etched)

Matrix D Side  33 PROD 17 D² DAMONT S TOWNHOUSE DMM (etched)

TRACK LISTING

A Side  1 New Mind   2 In My Garden   3 Our Love Lies

B Side  1 Sex, God, Sex   2 Blood And Honey  3 Like A Drug (Sha La La La)

C Side  1 You're Not Real, Girl   2 Beautiful Child   3 Blackmail   4 Trust Me

D Side  1 Real Love   2 Blind Love   3 Children Of God

An absolutely fantastic copy of this very hard to find, first UK Pressing of Children of God.

It was produced in very limited numbers, so is now extremely rare and highly sought after.

Children of God was re-issued in 2020, but this is the original  version

Direct Metal Mastered at The Town House

The condition of the playing surfaces are in superb as I only played the album a couple of times

back in 1987, and once again just now. All four sides are beautifully glossy, dust and fingerprint free.

There really is no need for me to go into my usual detailed descriptions of each of the playing surfaces

as there is so little to say. All I can see are a few extremely superficial scuffs and hairlines from getting the discs

in and out of the inner sleeves a couple of times.

The outer sleeve is in very very good condition. A very small amount of wear can be seen near the top

on both the front and the back. Corners are very good with an extremely small amount of wear.

The spine is in excellent condition, only one small spot of wear near the very top.

The inner sleeves, with printed lyrics are as close to mint as you will ever see.

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 an 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's 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,

so please do take a peak and stay tuned for more.