JOY DIVISION CLOSER 1ST WEEK TRANSLUCENT RED PRESSING FACT XXV OLD BLUE? A1 B1

	£		20
	$		27

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  JOY DIVISION CLOSER 1ST WEEK TRANSLUCENT RED PRESSING FACT XXV OLD BLUE? A1 B1 JOY DIVISIONS SECOND AND FINAL LP RELEASE, "CLOSER" 1ST WEEK PRESSING, FACT XXV UK RELEASE.

ANOTHER SUPERB COLLECTORS EXAMPLE OF THIS EXCELLENT JOY DIVISION ALBUM.

THIS PARTICULAR RECORD IS THE MUCH RARER AND SOUGHT AFTER ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING, WITH ALL THE MARKERS GIVING IT PROVENANCE AS DETAILED BELOW.

SLEEVE.

THE OUTER SLEEVE IS THE CREAM COLOURED, ALL OVER BUFF TEXTURED VERSION. CONDITION IS EXCELLENT WITH ONLY MINOR HANDLING MARKS, AND TWO TINY FOXING DOTS ON THE FRONT. THE CORNERS ARE NICE AND SHARP. ONLY A SLIGHT "SOFTNESS" TO THE OPENING EDGES AND THE SPINE IS LOVELY AND INTACT.
THERE ARE NO CREASES WHATSOEVER ON THE SLEEVE, NO PEN MARKS ETC ETC, A LOVELY ORIGINAL SLEEVE.

INNER

ORIGINAL CREAM COLOURED, BUFF TEXTURED VERSION, WITH ROUNDED CORNERS. SOME SLIGHT HANDLING MARKS TO THE EDGES AND ONE OR TWO TINY FOXING SPOTS. THERE ARE NO CREASES AT ALL, ITS AN EXCELLENT INNER.

VINYL.

THE DISC ITSELF IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, APPARENTLY BLACK IN NORMAL LIGHTING CONDITIONS, BUT REVEALED AS A TRANSLUCENT DEEP RED WHEN HELD TO A STRONG LIGHT.

THE DEAD WAX ETCHINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

SIDE ONE OLD BLUE? FACT 25 A1

SIDE TWO FACT 25 B1, WITH INITIALS "AN" AT 9 O'CLOCK AND THE NUMBER "2" AT 3 O'CLOCK, ALL HAND ETCHED. A TRUE FIRST WEEK PRESSING.

PLAYBACK IS SUPERB WITH ONLY THE VERY SLIGHTEST BACKGROUND CLICK HERE AND THERE.

BOTH SIDES ARE BEAUTIFULLY GLOSSY, THERE ARE ONE OR TWO VERY MINOR HAIRLINE SLEEVE REMOVAL MARKS, BARELY VISIBLE UNLESS HELD UP TO THE LIGHT.

THE LABELS ARE CLEAR AND CLEAN, WITH ONLY FACTORY MARKS AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE.

THIS IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THIS PARTICULAR RECORD. WITH ITS SOFT CREAM, BUFF TEXTURED OUTER AND INNER SLEEVES, IT WAS PRONE TO EXCESSIVE HANDLING AND STORAGE WEAR, BUT THIS ONE IS QUITE SUPERB, CONSIDERING IT IS 33 YEARS OLD!

ALMOST CERTAINLY A FINAL UPGRADE FOR THE COLLECTOR, YOU'D HAVE TO GO A LONG WAY TO FIND A BETTER ONE IN MY OPINION.

THE RECORD WILL BE SECURELY PACKAGED, AND SHIPPED BY 1ST CLASS RECORDED DELIVERY.

CHECK OUT MY OTHER LISTING, WHICH IS AN UNBELIEVABLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE ICONIC "UNKNOWN PLEASURES" RELEASE.

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