THE CURE Japanese Whispers LP 1983 FICTION 1st Press + INSERT 1st UK Issue
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VINYL AND SLEEVE: EX
RARE IN THIS CONDITION
Read what the guy I bought it from says about it (unplayed and carefully stored by me since purchase) below, lol:
The Cure called "Japanese Whispers" and is an ORIGINAL 1983 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Fiction label!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!! THIS ONE OF THE CURE'S RAREST LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!! JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!! BACK IN 1983 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED - IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS, AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DELETED!!!! AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE, AND IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!! IT IS ALSO 100% COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL 1ST PRESS INSERT (NEARLY ALWAYS MISSING!) WHICH IS IN FANTASTIC CONDITION!!!
NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION - AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALLIIII JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!! THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1983 UK 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS FICTION LABEL, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, 1ST PRESS INSERT, AND 1ST PRESS COVER!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!! This is the ORIGINAL Fiction UK 1st Pressing from 1983 and is in SUPERB condition!!!! The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is FIXM 8 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Fiction label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos)!!!!
The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!! IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!! The vinyl is in absolutely SUPERB condition!!!! Most of these Punk/New Wave LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, NO hairlines, NO scufflines, only 2 or 3 absolutely ULTRA light surface traces, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!! ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!! THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS SUPERB!!!! It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!! The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!
The record must grade Excellent+ if not better!!!! SUPERB RECORD!!!! Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!! I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!! The record comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!! THE ULTRA RARE 1ST PRESS INSERT IS IN AWESOME CONDITION - AND CLEARLY HASN'T EVER LEFT THE COVER!!!! The ORIGINAL 1st Press Cover is in SUPERB condition!!!! It has NO edge wear (SUPERB unworn edges!), NO spinal wear (SUPERB vertical spine with PERFECT side words!), NO sticker marks, NO sticker tears, barely ANY corner wear AT ALL (virtually NONE - and SUPERB square shape to ALL corners!), NO rips, NO tears, only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking!), NO ringwear, NO rubbing, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!! The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!! Even the back of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO grubbyness, NO rubbing, NO yellowing, NO sticker marks, NO sticker tears, and NO writing!!!! The cover must grade Excellent+ if not better!!!I SUPERB COVER!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLŸ IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!
HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!! It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP!!!! THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1983 UK 1ST PRESSING OF JAPANESE WHISPERS", BY THE CURE, IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION!!!
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