CARPENTERS Japan Only NM 2LP "The Singles" like gatefold slv & cap OBI

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? CARPENTERS' "Super Disc" Janan Only 2LPs

CARPENTERS' Japan only original compilation 2LP set, pressed by King Record Co. Ltd Japan. Housed in a very unique gatefold embossed sleeve just as the same design as "The Singles 1969-1973", with 8 paged lyric booklet. This item comes with the original "SUPER DISC 3,600 yen" cap OBI. The sleeve is intact with only a bit of sign of ages, and the vinyl is near mint. Catalog number GXF 9001-2. 
Track List A1 We've Only Just Begun
A2 Top Of The World
A3 Ticket To Ride
A4 Superstar
A5 Raindy Days And Mondays
A6 Goodbye To Love
B1 Yesterday Once More
B2 It's Going To Take Some Time
B3 Sing
B4 For All We Know
B5 Hurting Each Other
B6 (They Long To Be) Close To You
C1 Please Mr. Postman
C2 This Masquerade
C3 Goofus
C4 Bless The Beasts And Children
C5 Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
D1 Only Yesterday
D2 I Need To Be In Love
D3 There's A Kind Of Hush
D4 Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
D5 Desperade

Condition (Sleeve / Disc) = EX+/NM-   ( Mint > NM > EX >VG >G> Poor, with +/-, if any  )   Grading is based on visual observation only.  
Postage&Packing
Worldwide: US$ 13.99 (Registered Economy Airmail): about 10~14days. With Tracking. Buyer assume all risks of damages in transit.
??The buyes in the countries for which there's no "registered SAL (economy air mail)" service from Japan, i.e. Australia, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Hungary, Poland, Paraguai, Greenland, Serbia, Taiwan and Moldova, shall bear the extra shipping cost as it has to be shipped by registared "standard" air mail. The extra shipping cost will be US$4 to 6, depending on the actual weight including packing. Please ask before bidding if such buyers would like to know how much the extra will be.  (Standard air mail will be delivered much faster than SAL usually. ) 

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Why Japanese vinyl releases are so special?

?Premium Quality Pressings Japanese vinyl releases are premium quality pressings, much sought after by audiophiles and collectors alike. Japanese pressings are synonymous with quality - the vinyl shines like no other countrys' pressing - everything about their releases feels special. It is a famous story that when US audiophile label Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab first released their series of high quality pressings the records were manufactured in Japan. The sonic quality of Japanese pressings is considered to be among the best in the world.  
?Obi All Japanese LPs were issued originally with an obi.  This delicate paper strip, usually wrapped around the left side of the album cover, often contains marketing information and album content details, all printed in Japanese kanji and ~kana script. Obi designs can be as varied as the LPs they adorn, and some series of obi designs can be as collectable as the artists' albums they decorate. Obis make a unique, attractive addition to the overall package and are becoming increasingly rare, especially on LPs from the 1960s and 70s. Their delicate and disposable nature meant that very early obis were routinely discarded, so that now they can often be worth several times more than the record they accompany.
?Sleeve Printing and Insert Japanese releases are beautifully presented; their covers usually printed on better quality heavy stock paper and almost always including a bonus lyric insert with dual language Japanese & English text.

As you see now, Japanese records make, regardless of your musical taste, a stunning addition to any collection. Audibly and visually they present the collector with a feast of delights. Genuine mint condition records, complete with inserts and obi, are becoming rarer every day. Whatever the digital age throws at you there is still a valid opinion that says vinyl sounds best. With Japanese records, you get top quality pressings and a tactile picture sleeve that looks stunning, and you can sing along from the lyric insert. This is the real alternative to a download!

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