Tom Petty - Wildflowers, rare Europe 1994 original release, x2 vinyl LP w inners
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From my own collection that I'm down-sizing . . .
This is the 1994 European release of Wildflowers on double vinyl. I bought it on release in the UK and it's been with me ever since. It has been played occasionally from time to time (maybe twenty times in thirty years) and everything is in excellent condition apart from a blemish to the cover.
The wide single sleeve is in plain brown matt and textured, with the Warner logo embossed on rear near the bottom right. You can see from the pictures that there are no splits or creases, just a touch of general edgewear and handling. The main blemish is top right where the shop (it was either Virgin or HMV) had unhelpfully stuck a large circular price sticker directly onto the textured sleeve. At some point fairly early on after purchase I tried to remove it, and having started I soon realised the textured card sleeve meant the label wasn't coming off cleanly but I just carried on and did the best I could, hence the blemish.
The inner sleeves are excellent with no splits etc., just a touch of ringwear and general handling from carefully removing and replacing the vinyl in the sleeves.
The vinyl itself looks shiny and new, and clearly has been well looked after. If you look closely then there is just the merest hint of surface rubbing in a couple of places, the sort that's hard to avoid when taking vinyl out of sleeves. There are tiny three blemishes in the actual pressing, on the first track on both sides of LP1 in symmetrical places on each side (something looks like it got pressed into the vinyl) and one on the first track on side one of LP2.
The runouts are as follows: LP1 (Side One) Stamped - WMME Alsdorf 936 245759-1-A2 plus very small etching - 2 Hu LP1 (Side Two) Stamped - WMME Alsdorf 936 245759-1-B2 plus very small etching - 2 Hu LP2 (Side One) Stamped - WMME Alsdorf 936 245759-1-C plus very small etching - 3 Hu LP2 (Side Two) Stamped - WMME Alsdorf 936 245759-1-D plus very small etching - 3 Hu
I've played the album from time to time over the years on good equipment, so whilst it's not mint it is definitely in excellent condition. I've just checked all sides now using a Pro-ject deck and this is what it sounds like: LP1 - Side One: A really good pressing, very quiet vinyl between tracks. The blemish gives a very faint click near the end of Track 1. LP1 - Side Two: A really good pressing, very quiet vinyl between tracks. The blemish isn't audible on this side. LP2 - Side One: A really good pressing, very quiet vinyl between tracks. The blemish isn't audible. LP2 - Side Two: A really good pressing, very quiet vinyl between tracks.
Will be packaged well and sent out quickly.
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