NICK DRAKE NR MINT UNPLAYED 1979 UK BOX-SET FRUIT TREE
  £   117
  $   155

 


£ 117 Sold For
Jul 23, 2006 Sold Date
Jul 13, 2006 Start Date
£   3 Start price
11   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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Description

Very Very Rare Original UN-PLAYED 1979 U.K. Island 1st Press Fully Complete Box Set 'Fruit Tree - The Complete Recorded Works' by Nick Drake!!! Massively Rare UK Triple Vinyl Box Set and 8-Page (16 Sides) Complete w/ Thick Glossy Booklet!!! The Best Example You'll See - All Discs/Sleeves/Booklet in Un-played/Mint/Mint Condition!!!

Like all my original 1st press Nick Drake records, this is a very hard one to give up! As you've probably guessed from my eBay id - I'm pretty big on Nick's music. This, like most of my Nick Drake 1st press vinyl, remains un-played from new. I have multiple UK 1st press copies of his 3 albums that I'll be listing soon!!!  Firstly though, you are bidding on an impossible rare 'un-played' fully complete UK 3-LP box-set 'Nick Drake - The Complete Recorded Works'!!!  The legendary UK 1975 Island 1st Press box-set, quite rightly regarded as the best and most comprehensive compilation of Nick's work ever released.

As we all know Nick's tragic story now I won't bother with pages & pages of text on this; if you are reading this then I'm sure you are as familiar with Nick's life as I am. I guess we should just be thankful for the small but beautiful body of work he left us with.  As we all know, Nick's 3 records sold poorly upon release, some estimate that each album literally sold in the hundreds, whatever the case, to find any original 1970's UK Nick Drake 1st pressing is always a very rare event. This superb box set, as well as being very rare and un-played, features everything of any importance that he recorded.

I'll cut straight to the chase then and describe what you will be getting for you money if you are lucky enough to win this special auction. All discs are in MINT un-played condition, not a single blemish on any of them, they are all absolutely pristine!!!  Next up, the sleeves. Each sleeve is also in MINT condition, only ever having been removed from the box at best 2 or 3 times!!! Each retains its brilliant white colour and textured feel, with NO discolouration, NO unwanted writing/scribbles etc. and NO grubbiness!!! Inside each sleeve is the correct MINT black Island inner housing each record. The original booklet is also in incredible Nr Mint condition with no grubbyness, creases or unwanted scribbles etc. The staples are nice and tight, giving it all of its original 'booklet' feel. It has been read once before but it was handled very carefully and it has remained in Perfect Condition!!! The box has retained all its box-like shape with a Mint opening seam!!! There is some very light corner wear resulting is slight whitening but it is import to note that these are NOT dings or bashes etc. it is just light wear where a little of the blue has worn down, and that's it!!! The laminate is in beautifully preserved condition with NO cracking/lifting etc. there is just a tiny laminate crease near the top right corner.This box easily grades as Ex+!!! A beautiful original 1970's laminated box!!!

There is really nothing else to add here. One lucky winner will be receiving an almost perfect un-played copy of this very rare and sought-after original Nick Drake 1st press box set. It is however worth adding that this will be professionally packaged in a strong reinforced box to prevent damage during shipping, so whatever corner of the planet you live on, you will receive it in exactly the condition you see it now. Good luck!!!

I will be selling my entire UK 1st Press collection of 1960/70's Psych/Prog./Beat/Rock & Folk over the coming months, most of these records are in Mint- condition, many having 3 figure book prices. All will be listed here on eBay UK, most with a £2.99 start and No Reserve - bookmark my pages. Like the vast majority of my collection, this record has been archived upright in a thick outer PVC sleeve in a smoke & damp free environment since purchase!

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