Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – The Boatman's Call Original 1997 Pressing
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Description
First UK pressing of this beautiful album
Minor shelf wear ie creases, scuffs, small damage to the bottom cover
Plays with some crackle and gentle clicks but not very obtrusive -under the strong light surface shows hairline or paper sleeve wispy scratches hence graded conservatively as VG. Crackling or clicks are nowhere near to overpowering the music and could be a result of Shibata stylus I use now , it seems to be quite picky when it comes to quality of the pressing compared to microcline or Gyger styli I used in the past. I’d rather stay on the safe side as I am unable to check this as all other cartridges have been sold and Ortofon CB is the only one left so I rather under grade susceptible records .
If you have any questions just drop me a message, I am the same as most of you - long time record collector buying too many records I rarely listen to and it came to the point where I really need to thin my collection down a little.
I do try and listen to all listed records and I do my best to describe condition as well as possible. Sometimes it’s very hard to sit through the whole album especially if I have to listen to the stuff I never actually like so there is a small possibility I might’ve missed odd click or crackle in a couple places that’s why I prefer to downgrade listed records. Playback quality and amount of crackle, clicks and background noise depends to some extent on the stylus profile, phono stage specs so bear this in mind but there is no worse profile shape than Shibata on my Ortofon CB so it should only be better with most other stylus profiles.
Most of the listed stuff is doubles, something I don’t really listen to or I have way too many versions, some of the listed records I haven’t listened to since buying until now when play tested 😂.
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