THIN LIZZY CHINATOWN UK 1st Press LP ARCHIVED PRISTINE COPY ONE PLAY

	£		27
	$		36

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Welcome to 'Its the vinyl countdown' music auctions. Here you will find some of the most incredible rare records and music memorabilia for your collection. We pride ourselves on auctioning only the highest grade records and items, you will not see anything listed here below EX+ condition, unles the item is extremely rare. You will not see worn covers, warped records or scratched records. We simply do not bother with them.

We list in many cases, 'Archived' & 'mint' condition items, we are able to source from private collections all over the UK. So we hope you can be put at ease that what you are bidding on is of the highest quality.

We play through most of the records, unless the item is clearly mint, or sealed..in which case we don't play them, thus maintaining their 'unplayed' status!  Obviously with some of these rare items there will be the odd 'anomoly' along the way , the odd little static pop or lead in 'sizzle' for a split second.. nothing is perfect we find! all systems differ, but we aim to describe these as accurately as possible for you.... PLEASE ENJOY THIS ITEM YOU ARE NOW LOOKING AT..

THIN LIZZY

'CHINATOWN'

AN IMMACULATE ARCHIVED  1st  TOWNHOUSE pressing

IMMACULATE VINYL  '1 1' MOTHER STAMPERS

 From a Private music business associate, this LP is from a collection of archived 'from new' LPs, all are simply outstanding condition with only one play of the vinyl...

See our others listed, there's a lot more to come from this collection-all in this amazing condition..

Released   1980

Label        VERTIGO 6359 030

Matrix      6359030  1//4 V  ETH    Stamper: 1 1  TOWNHOUSE

                 6359030  2//2 V  ETH    Stamper: 1 1  TOWNHOUSE

THE VINYL    MINT-   INCREDIBLE  CONDITION

As you can see, this vinyl is the EARLIEST 1st UK pressing -Stored from new this LP has seen POSSIBLY TWO PLAYS AT BEST BUT SHOWS NO SIGN OF PLAY AT ALL- AND WAS STORED FROM NEW, and remains in pristine condition everywhere.

This first pressing is a superb vinyl which has retained its amazing glossy sheen and finish. There is no dulling anywhere and overall it is in incredible condition for an LP of this age. The edges are silky smooth, typical of these vintage pressings. We are seing fewer and fewer copies of this LP, so rarely do we see a copy at all, let alone like this.

No spider lines around the centre hole, and no wear to the spindle hole whatsoever. SURPLUS WAX AROUND THE CENTRE HOLE

There are a few tiny feint whisp lin, a couple of tiny hairlines and thats it-  nothing else!  There are some light dust flecs confirming the LP has been stored in its sleeve for decades..its really quite amazing. It is obvious this Lp has not been played since 1980 and then stored away til now- it is easy to see it has been barely handled!

OVERALL THIS IS SIMPLY A MUST FOR ANY COLLECTION. YOU WILL NOT SEE BETTER.

THE LABELS   MINT  FLAT MATT ORANGE VERTIGO LABELS

THE SLEEVE     EX+   AS GOOD AS YOU CAN REALISTICALLY EXPECT

Correct  UK  GLOSS  'EMBOSSED' FINISH SLEEVE  first issued earliest sleeve with SQUARE SPINE & RAISED LETTERING

THIS ONE IS QUITE EASILY THE BEST WE HAVE SEEN FOR AGES..only the lightest edge wear which is unavoidable due to the delicate finish of this particular sleeve- we rarely bother taking this one on (afraid to say, cos it's amazing!) as there are simply no copies good enough on the sleeve for us to auction..so actually finding one is a real treat!

The edges are all super clean with only fine  traces of rub on each edge and all colours and inks remain in outstanding condition. This sleeve which is so hard to preserve without wear has clearly been stored away for decades!

No powdery white ringwear or even ring press of any note, and all edges are super crisp.

Some tiny tip rub and a few light spider lines over the spine.

The open edge remains in immaculate shape 

The spine itself has some light fade and some areas of fine rub all along- BUT no squash!

So yes a few little areas of rub on this sleeve, but honestly we simply do not see this LP in any decent condition hardly ever- this is a cracker..   

THE INNER SLEEVE   MINT

Original thick paper lyric inner..immaculate no wear or damage a real beauty

DO SEE OUR OTHER THIN LIZZY AUCTIONS- WE HAVE MORE OF THE SAME INCREDIBLE  'ARCHIVED RARITIES'.....

We hope you enjoy looking at this item, and good luck if you decide to bid for it...We can safely say you will not be dissapointed- If you need to know anyting else, please feel free to contact us with any questions.

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ENJOY! ;0)