VAN DER GRAAF - RARE GATEFOLD SLEEVE - The Quiet Zone
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VAN DER GRAAF: The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome (Dutch Charisma, 9124 014, 1977, LP)
This original Dutch copy is a lot more lavish than the UK version, what with the outer sleeve being nice and glossy and with the designs that appeared on the UK insert here becoming a very fine inner gatefold.
As for the music, this could be the psychotic son of Nadir's Big Chance, in that you get a few slow near ballads (Hammill style, obviously), plus some of the most manic and on-the-edge music the group ever made. At it's 'heaviest', it certainly out-punks punk! Yes, Hugh Banton, the 'Generator', had gone, but add violin and see how intense things can get.
Sleeve is VG and record plays at EX.
* * * * Records generally have hairline marks from going in and out of sleeves - I do not mention these unless they cause audible noise. All records are play tested unless explicitly stated otherwise. Most of the records I am selling play at "Excellent" or "Very Good" as per Record Collector grading. Any specific defects are otherwise described in the listing. Please look at the photos carefully for condition of sleeves/labels.
All items won, up to a value of £50.00, will be sent as Royal Mail 'signed for'. If items are bid above £50.00 (or multiple items combine to more than £50), they will be sent as Royal Mail Special Delivery, so that parcels are correctly insured against loss or damage in transit. If you win multiple items, please wait for me to invoice with correct postage. Note that the postage costs stated include packaging costs. Where possible, packaging will be recycled but sturdy/secure.
Combined postage *for UK buyers only* - 6 single LPs costs the same to post as 1 single LP. Note that if you win items in multiple formats, (e.g., an LP and a CD), these have to be sent as multiple parcels (though I can bundle up 7" records with an LP).
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* * * * Unless stated otherwise, all items are from my own collection. Most has been in storage for nearly 20 years. Lockdowns made me wonder why I have multiple copies of records that I will never listen to. There are about 8,000 more items to come from my rambling progressive, jazz fusion, folk, blues, 1950s stereo classical and easy listening, psychedelic, reggae, ambient, spoken word, comedy, railway, field recordings, electronic and occasionally just plain 'out there' collection.
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