The The. Mind Bomb. Limited edition. With poster. Vinyl 12". VG+ Epic 463319 1.

	£		20
	$		27

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 The The

Title Mind Bomb

Format Limited edition 12" vinyl album

Pressing UK & Europe 1989

Label Big Epic / Some Bizzare

Label Code LC0199

Barcode  5 099746 331917

Matrix A Side  EPIC - 463319 . 1 . A1 TY1 11.4.89  (etched)

Matrix B Side  EPIC - 463319 . 1 . B3 TY1 (etched)

TRACK LISTING

A Side 1 Good Morning Beautiful   2 Armageddon Days Are Here (Again)   3 The Violence Of Truth   4 Kingdom Of Rain

B Side 1 The Beat(en) Generation   2 August & September   3 Gravity To Me   4 Beyond Love 

A superb copy of the third album from The The.

Matt Johnson's reformed The The with guitarist Jonny Marr (The Smiths)

and former ABC drummer  David Palmer.

Limited edition pressing with giant colour poster of the band.

Limited edition sticker on the front cover - 463319 1.

The condition of the playing surfaces is superb, both sides are beautifully glossy,

dust and fingerprint free.

The A side is pristine.

There is only one mark on the B side, a scuff that runs across tracks two and three;

it is most pronounced at the beginning of track three.

While it is obvious to the eye, it is still very superficial.

Nothing can be felt, I have play tested the tracks and nothing can be heard either.

There is absolutely no loss of sound quality at all.

The outer sleeve is in very good condition. There is some slight discolouration of the white.

As the cover is made from an unsealed stock this is hardly surprising.

Corners are undamaged. The spine is perfect apart from one little nick in the print near the top.

The inner sleeve is in excellent condition.

The poster has only been taken out of the sleeve to photograph for this listing

and is in superb condition.

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 a 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 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. I will combine postage, so please do ask.