THE STRANGLERS, THE RAVEN UK 1ST PRESS, EXC+ VINYL AND SLEEVE, EXC INNER SUPERB
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WELCOME TO MY LATEST FEW LISTINGS THIS YEAR - I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING RECORDS SINCE 1969 AND HAVE OVER 3,000 ALBUMS AND 1,000 SINGLES, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE ALL IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. I SOMETIMES LIST ON EBAY ANY DUPLICATE COPIES OR RECORDS I NO LONGER LISTEN TO. PLEASE NOTE MY 100% FEEDBACK, I OFFER DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS AND NUMEROUS PICTURES OF THE RECORD AND SLEEVE PLUS PLAYBACK CONDITION AFTER LISTENING AGAIN TO THE WHOLE ALBUM.
ALL MY RECORDS HAVE BEEN CLEANED AND PLACED IN NEW ANTI-STATIC INNER SLEEVES AND THE COVERS PLACED IN NEW POLYTHENE OUTER SLEEVES. ANY PURCHASES WILL BE SENT 2ND CLASS SIGNED FOR IN A WELL STIFFENED BOXED MAILER TO ENSURE THEY ARRIVE SAFELY WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE. PLEASE MESSAGE ME FIRST IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES WITH YOUR PURCHASE AS I WILL TRY AND SORT OUT ANY PROBLEMS.
LOW STARTING PRICE, GOOD LUCK IF YOU BID.
SORRY, UK SALES ONLY. PLEASE SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS, SOME JOY DIVISION ORIGINAL RECORDS TO BE ADDED.
ANYWAY, HERE WE HAVE A SUPERB THE STRANGLERS, THE RAVEN 1979 UK FIRST PRESS IN SUPERB EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION. A LOVELY COPY BUT NOT WITH THE 3D RAVEN ON THE SLEEVE
A SUPERB COPY, ONLY SELLING AS I HAVE ANOTHER COPY WITH THE 3D SLEEVE.
PLEASE SEE THE NUMEROUS PICTURES.
FIRST PRESS MATRIX NUMBERS : AS HIGHLIGHTED BELOW ON THE DISCOGS INFO :
VINYL : IN EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION, WITH JUST A COUPLE OF SPINDLE MARKS ON THE LABELS SO VERY LIGHTLY PLAYED. THE VINYL HAS A LOVELY SHEEN WITH NO MARKS VISIBLE, PLAYBACK IS ABSOLUTELY SUPERB WITH VIRTUALLY NO CRACKLE HEARD , IF AT ALL. QUIET BETWEEN TRACKS. AFTER CLEANING THE RECORD I HAVE PLAYED IT THROUGH FULLY AND THIS SOUNDS AMAZING. A SUPERB AUDIO COPY!
PLEASE VIEW THE MANY PICTURES.
I HAVE ALSO CLEANED THE RECORD AND PLACED IT IN A NEW POLYLINED INNER SLEEVE.
FIRST PRESS GLOSSY (NOT 3D) SLEEVE : SUPERB WITH NO WEAR AT ALL. THE SPINE IS TOTALLY LEGIBLE. EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION.
I HAVE ALSO PLACED THE COVER IN A NEW PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE FOR YOUR PROTECTION.
FIRST PRESS TINNER SLEEVE WITH ANGLED CORNERS : NO WEAR AT ALL, EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION.
PLEASE SEE THE NUMEROUS PICTURES.
OVERALL A SUPERB AUDIO COPY OF THIS ICONIC STRANGLERS ALBUM UK FIRST PRESSING, ONLY SELLING AS I HAVE ANOTHER COPY. SUCH A BRILLIANT RECORD.
GOOD LUCK IF YOU BID, UK SALES ONLY.
FROM DISCOGS :
The Stranglers – The Raven
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Label: United Artists Records – UAG 30262 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: UK Released: Sept 1979 Genre: Rock Style: New Wave, PunkTracklist
Hide Credits A1 Longships 1:11 A2 The Raven 5:12 A3 Dead Loss Angeles Bass [2nd] – Hugh Cornwell Bass [2nd] – Hugh Cornwell 2:23 A4 Ice 3:21 A5 Baroque Bordello 3:48 A6 Nuclear Device 3:28 B1 Shah Shah A Go Go 4:51 B2 (Don't Bring) Harry 4:09 B3 Duchess 2:29 B4 Meninblack 4:48 B5 Genetix 5:14Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Liberty/United Records (UK) Ltd.
Credits
- Bass, Vocals – Jean Jacques Burnel*
- Composed By – The Stranglers
- Cover [Concept] – The Stranglers
- Design [Coordination] – John Pasche
- Design [Inner Sleeve] – Shoot That Tiger!
- Drums – Jet Black
- Engineer – Alan Winstanley
- Guitar, Vocals – Hugh Cornwell
- Keyboards, Vocals – Dave Greenfield
- Management – Ian Grant
- Mastered By – Porky (5)
- Mixed By – Alan Winstanley, Steve Churchyard
- Photography By [2d Cover Photo] – Chris Ryan (5)
- Photography By [3d Cover Photo] – Toppan
- Photography By [Back Cover Photo] – Paul Cox (5)
- Photography By [Inner Bag Photo] – Allan Ballard
- Producer – Alan Winstanley, The Stranglers
Notes
This version: Non-3D cover; without Pickering's Playmate cartoon of Joh Bjelke-Petersen; without map of Australia on the inner sleeve.Inner Sleeve:
Engineered at Pathe Marconi Studio, Paris, June 1979.
Mixed at Air London Studios.
We would like to thank the following:
Paul 'Sheds' Jackson, Martin Mulligan, Alan McStravich, Max Prior, Sandie Read, Alan Edwards, Paul Loasby, Ground Control, Super Mick Lights
Management: Ian Grant, Black And White Management
Labels:
Published by April Music Ltd./Albion Music Ltd.
℗ 1979 Liberty-United Records (UK) Ltd.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (run-out groove A): UAG 30262 A-1U A PORKY PRIME CUT
- Matrix / Runout (run-out groove B): PORKY UAG 30262 B-1U
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped/etched, variant 2): UAG 30262 A-1U A PORKY PRIME CUT L V 1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped/etched, variant 2): PORKY UAG 30262 B-1U L O 2
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