THE CLASH LONDON CALLING UK 1ST WITH HAND SIGNED PHOTO
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THE CLASH LONDON CALLING UK FIRST PRESS CBS CLASH 3
A1/B1/A2/B2 MATRICES!
"TRACK 5 IS TRAIN IN VAIN" HAND ETCHED IN DEAD WAX!
"TIMTOM" SCRIBED IN DEADWAX!
INCLUDES HAND SIGNED PROMO PHOTO FROM 1977! (see details, no c.o.a.)
UP FOR AUCTION IS THE ICONIC CLASH ALBUM "LONDON CALLING", A UK FIRST RELEASE WITH VERY EARLY MATRIX MARKINGS OF A1/B1/A2/B2 AND ALSO WITH THE FINAL TRACK ON SIDE FOR (TRAIN IN VAIN) NOT LISTED ON THE RECORD LABEL OR THE LYRIC INNER, BUT INSTEAD HAND SCRIBED IN THE DEAD WAX AS "TRACK 5 IS TRAIN IN VAIN" ALSO "TIMTOM" IS SCRIBED ON BOTH RECORDS.
AS A BONUS THERE IS AN APPARENTLY HAND SIGNED PROMOTIONAL PHOTOGRAPH WHICH I FOUND INSIDE THE ALBUM SLEEVE WHEN I GOT HOLD OF THIS RECORD IN AMONGST A JOB LOT FROM A HOUSE CLEARANCE. THE PHOTO ITSELF IS A LITTLE BEAT UP WITH SOME CREASING, GREASE STAINS TO CORNERS, (probably where blue tack has bled thru), AND EVIDENCE OF THE USE OF CELLOTAPE ON THE REVERSE TO STICK IT TO A WALL. THERE IS A SMALL 1CM CREASE TEAR TO THE NEAR BOTTOM LEFT. FAINTLY VISIBLE ON THE BACK IS THE PHOTOGRAPH COMPANIES STAMP, THE FIRST PART OF WHICH READS "ANABAS PRODUCTS LIMITED" FOLLOWED BY FAINTLY ILLEGIBLE ADDRESS AND COPYRIGHT DETAILS, AND ENDING WITH THE JUST READABLE "ANABAS PRODUCTS LIMITED . 1977".
OBVIOUSLY MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE FRONT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN HAND SIGNED BY EACH BAND MEMBER, IN BLUE PEN. I HAVE NO IDEA IF THESE ARE GENUINE OR NOT, AND CERTAINLY HAVE NO WAY OF PROVING IT WHATSOEVER, ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT THE PHOTOGRAPH IS OLD, GENUINE AND HAD BEEN STUCK ON SOMEONES WALL. THE PENNED SIGNATURES LOOK SOMEWHAT FADED SO WOULD HAVE BEEN CONTEMPORARY WITH THE PHOTO I WOULD GUESS. THEY COMPARE WELL WITH KNOWN EXAMPLES OF THE SIGNATURES I HAVE SEEN ON THE INTERNET, IF NOT A LITTLE NAIVE IN COMPARISON (i figured that maybe if these are early examples from 1977 then they would have been less used to being asked to sign stuff at that point). TWO POINTS I COULD PICK OUT ARE FIRSTLY THE WAY THE "S" IN STRUMMER HAS A KIND OF BACKWARD TAIL TO IT, AND ALSO THE WAY PAUL SIMMONON APPEARS TO HAVE SIGNED HIS FIRST NAME AS "PAL", ? I AM AWARE THAT THE PHOTOGRAPH AND THE ALBUM ARE ABOUT TWO YEARS APART IN PRODUCTION, BUT I SUPPOSE THAT THE ORIGINAL OWNER MAY HAVE KEPT HIS TWO FAVOURITE CLASH ITEMS TOGETHER BY SLIPPING HIS TREASURED SIGNED PHOTO INSIDE THE SLEEVE OF HIS FAVOURITE ALBUM ??
I HAVE NO WAY AT ALL OF KNOWING IF THIS IS GENUINE AT ALL, AND THEREFORE I AM SELLING THIS ITEM ONLY AS A FIRST PRESS UK LONDON CALLING, WITH THE PHOTO THROWN IN AS A BONUS SO PLEASE BEAR THIS IN MIND WHEN BIDDING. I HAVE PROVIDED CLOSE UP PHOTOS OF EACH SIGNATURE AS BEST I CAN SO THAT YOU STUDY THEM AND PLACE YOUR BID ACCORDINGLY, THERE IS NO COA! I AM NOT CLAIMING THIS TO BE AUTHENTIC, I HAVE DESCRIBED EXACTLY WHAT I FOUND WHEN I HOOKED THIS OUT OF A BOX OF RECORDS FROM A HOUSE CLEARANCE. PLEASE BID ACCORDING TO WHAT I HAVE DESCIBED.
THE RECORD ITSELF IS A UK FIRST PRESSING IN DECENT CONDITION. THERE ARE A FEW SCUFF MARKS ON THE VINYL SURFACES, BUT THE ONLY EFFECT ON THE AUDIO PLAYBACK IS TO PRODUCE A LITTLE CRACKLE HERE AND THERE, AND THERE IS SOME BACKGROUND NOISE HERE AND THERE THROUGHOUT. HOWEVER YOU CAN ENJOY THIS RECORD ALL THE WAY THROUGH, WITH NO SKIPS, JUMPS OR STICKING, ITS LOUD AND CLEAR! THE WHITE LABELS HAVE NO PEN MARKINGS OR STICKERS, JUST A LITTLE SPIDERING.
MORE IMPORTANTLY ARE THE FIRST PRESS MATRIX MARKINGS WHICH IN FULL ARE AS FOLLOWS
SIDE ONE CL-1-2-A1 and CBS-S CLASH-3A
SIDE TWO CL-1-2-B1 and CBS-S-CLASH-3B and a tiny little "TIMTOM" scribed in deadwax
SIDE THREE CL -3-4-A2 and CBS-S-CLASH-3-C2 and a tiny little "TIMTOM"
SIDE FOUR CL-3-4-B2 and CBS-S-CLASH-3-D2 and "TRACK 5 IS TRAIN IN VAIN"
THE OUTER SLEEVE IS INTACT WITH WEAR TO THE EDGES AND CORNERS. THERE IS NO PEN MARKING AND THERE ARE NO STICKERS, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME SMALL BROWN SPOT STAINS WHICH LOOK EXACTLY LIKE COFFEE SPLASHES (these might be removed with a rubber or summat?). THE ORIGINAL LYRIC INNERS ARE INTACT IF A LITTLE GRUBBY, WITH SOME SLIGHT SPLITTING TO THE EDGE WHERE THE RECORD EDGE HAS WORN THROUGH. THERE ARE NO PEN MARKINGS OR STICKERS.
THERE YOU GO THEN I HAVE TRIED MY VERY BEST TO DESCRIBE THIS ITEM AS ACCURATELY AS I CAN. NOTHING IS HIDDEN AT ALL. IF I WAS ASKED TO DESCRIBE THIS ITEM IN A COUPLE OF SENTENCES IT WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE
"A NICE, EARLY, FIRST PRESS UK RELEASE OF LONDON CALLING, WHICH HAS BEEN PLAYED OFTEN AND IS IN USED CONDITION BUT CAN DEFINITELY STILL BE ENJOYED ALL THE WAY THROUGH. THROWN IN IS A SIGNED PHOTO WHICH LOOKS AND FEELS OLD BUT HAS NO COA WITH IT, BOTH ARE COLLECTORS ITEMS."
PHEW! DONE AND DONE! BID AWAY, ITEM WILL BE SENT SECURELY PACKAGED.
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