Dire Straits - Alchemy - original 1984 vinyl double live album

	£		15
	$		20

I have been a vinyl enthusiast since the early 1970s and am selling a large range of records covering a very wide variety of musical styles. They are all authentic original pressings, featuring quality music mostly from the 1970s and 1980s. They have all been very well cared for, though I will give an honest appraisal of their condition and will put up plenty of photos of the actual items for sale so you can see exactly what you are bidding on. I always endeavour to highlight anything which I think that I would like to be made aware of before deciding to place a bid, so I do tend to grade critically.
All these records are thoroughly deep cleaned using a professionally constructed wet vacuum system using only the highest purity record cleaning fluid so the vinyl is all very clean, glossy and dust free. Everything listed is, at the very least, really thoroughly test played, (a bare minimum of at least 4-5 tracks) though almost always played right through both sides on a quality deck and I apply extremely high standards to my vinyl and would never sell a record that I would not be perfectly happy to have in my own cherished record collection. In the case of rare or particularly interesting vinyls, I may list records which may fall short in some way of my usual standards, but this would always be very clearly highlighted in the descriptions.
I visually inspect every record under very bright light using an inspection lamp.
A note regarding the most important matter of all - the audio - as with all vinyl, even straight out of the cellophane, there can be light crackle or very light 'pops' during the quiet passages. I have listened carefully, at the very least in part, to all these records, so I will highlight in the descriptions any aspects of the audio playback which I consider to be outside the parameters of the very high standards I apply to my own listening. Please be assured that I would never sell 'fried breakfasts', only high quality records.
All records will be supplied to you in a good quality clear outer wallet to protect your sleeves.
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Dire Straits - 'Alchemy' - original 1984 vinyl album (matrix A4 / B3 / A2 / B3 with 'Sound Clinic' etched on the run out) on Vertigo Records in very good condition.
The vinyls have been on the cleaner so are both in lovely glossy condition with only very light superficial hairlines visible in bright light. I've really enjoyed listening to this brilliant live album again over the past couple of days, I am listening to the album as I type this and the audio is just superb, really crisp and clear and producing every bit of that richness and depth characteristic of music delivered from a high quality vinyl source.
The unmistakable heavy card gatefold sleeve features some lovely artwork and photos of the band and is in very good condition, just showing a little light corner and shelf wear and wear to the two openings, though for a 30+ year old sleeve, this is in very good order and looks well in its plastic outer jacket. The spine is nice and square, fully intact and readable. The original plain black poly-lined inners are also in excellent condition.
As live album audio goes, this record is right up there with the very best I've ever heard, featuring music from over 2 nights in July 1983 at the Hammersmith Odeon on the 'Love Over Gold' tour, this track list is just superb from start to end and the sound recording quality is absolutely wonderful. This concert was recorded using the Rolling Stones' Mobile Unit which was used over many years by some of the world's biggest rock bands.
All in all here is a very nice copy of this much sought after record and this LP would make a very worthy addition to anyone's playing rock vinyl collection.
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I will send the records very thoroughly packaged in very good quality cardboard mailers with card stiffeners and with 'signed for' delivery which does cost an extra quid but I'll feel more confident that the records will safely arrive with you that way.
I will be listing lots of other very varied high quality records over the coming days and weeks and I have other listings currently running so please check out my other items for sale and thank you for looking.