WELCOME TO MY FIRST 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, MORE RECORDS TO BE ADDED.
ANYWAY, HERE WE HAVE :
VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR PAWN HEARTS 1971 UK FIRST PRESS PINK SCROLL LABEL ALBUM ON CHARISMA RECORDS CAS 1051 IN VERY GOOD/EXCELLENT AUDIO CONDITION WITH AN EXCELLENT CONDITION GATEFOLD COVER.  A VERY DECENT COPY, PLEASE SEE THE NUMEROUS PICTURES.
MATRIX NUMBERS : FIRST PRESS VARIANT 3 AS HIGHLIGHTED BELOW ON THE DISCOGS INFO FOR THIS UK FIRST PRESS VERSION 
VINYL : WITH A LOVELY SHEEN WITH MINIMAL SPINDLE MARKS ON THE LABELS. NO MARKS ON SIDE 1 - EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION, SADLY TWO MARKS AS PICTURED ON SIDE 2 BUT STILL VERY GOOD CONDITION - PLAYBACK AUDIO AS BELOW.
PLAYBACK : UNFORTUNATELY SOME RANDOM CONTINUOUS BACKGROUND CLICKS AT THE START OF SIDE 2 IN THE QUIET MOMENTS (NOTHING REALLY INTRUSIVE) DUE TO THE BEGINNING OF THE MAIN MARK AS PICTURED. THE SMALLER MARK PICTURED GAVE NO PLAYBACK ISSUES ON MY SYSTEM SO NO OBVIOUS CONTINUOUS CLICKS FROM THE MIDDLE TO THE END OF SIDE 2. SO OVERALL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION ON SIDE 2 BUT OTHERWISE STILL A GREAT LISTEN, NO SKIPS OR JUMPS.
THE PLAYBACK ON SIDE 1 OF THE ALBUM IS IN EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION WITH A LOUD CUT FIRST PRESS SOUND AND VIRTUALLY NO TICS OR POPS AT ALL, SUPERB.
GATEFOLD SLEEVE : VERY MINIMAL WEAR ON THE CORNERS, VIVID COLOURS AND ONLY VERY MINOR RINGWEAR. THE SPINE HAS JUST MINIMAL RUBBING AS PICTURED. INSIDE THE GATEFOLD IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. OVERALL IN EXCELLENT CONDITION
ORIGINAL PAPER INNER SLEEVE : SOME LIGHT STAINING BUT NO CREASING, NO SPLITS OR TEARS. VERY GOOD PLUS CONDITION.
SORRY, NO LYRIC INSERT WITH THIS COPY.
OVERALL A VERY DECENT UK FIRST PRESSING COPY OF THIS ICONIC PROG ROCK ALBUM, SIDE 1 OF THE RECORD IN EXCELLENT PLUS AUDIO CONDITION AND THE GATEFOLD SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.
ONLY SELLING AS I HAVE A NEAR MINT COPY, SUCH A BRILLIANT RECORD.
GOOD LUCK IF YOU BID, UK SALES ONLY.
FROM DISCOGS :

Van Der Graaf Generator – Pawn Hearts

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Companies, etc.

• Record Company – B&C Records Ltd.
• Manufactured By – B&C Records Ltd.
• Distributed By – B&C Records Ltd.
• Published By – Stratsong
• Published By – Carlin
• Recorded At – Trident Studios
• Pressed By – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
• Printed By – E.J. Day Group
• Made By – E.J. Day Group

Credits

• Cover – Cleen Mashine Studio, Paul Whitehead
• Drums, Timpani, Percussion, Piano – Guy Evans
• Electric Guitar – Fripp*
• Engineer – David Hentschel, Ken Scott, Robin Cable*
• Engineer [Assistant, "Brightest Hope"] – Howard*
• Lacquer Cut By – Bobil
• Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Slide Guitar, Electric Piano, Piano, Lyrics By – Peter Hammill
• Music By – Jackson* (tracks: B1b, B1i), Evans* (tracks: B1f), Banton* (tracks: B1b, B1j), Hammill* (tracks: A1 to B1a, B1c to B1e, B1g, B1h)
• Organ [Hammond, Farfisa], Synthesizer [Arp], Piano, Mellotron, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Pedalboard [Bass Pedals], Effects [Psychedelic Razor] – Hugh Banton
• Photography By – Keith Morris (8)
• Producer – John Anthony
• Tape Op – Dave C.*, Mike*
• Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute, Vocals, Effects [Devices] – David Jackson

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Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (A-side label, bracketed): CAS 1051A
• Matrix / Runout (B-side label, bracketed): CAS 1051B
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 1: A-side runout): CAS-1051A -1U BOBIL
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 1: B-side runout): CAS-1051B -1U
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 2: A-side runout, GP and 2 rotated at 90 degrees characters): CAS-1051A -1U BOBIL GP 2
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 2: B-side runout, RL rotated at 90 degrees characters): CAS-1051B -1U RL
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 3: A-side runout, stamped; "BOBIL", etched): CAS-1051A-1U 1 O BOBIL
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 3: B-side runout, stamped): CAS-1051B-1U 2 GD
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 4: A-side runout, stamped; "BOBIL", etched): CAS-1051A -1U C 2 BOBIL

• Matrix / Runout (Variant 4: B-side runout, stamped): CAS-1051B-1U P