Ocean Colour Scene: 1992 debut album on rare 12" black vinyl pressing
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Artist: Ocean Colour Scene
Release: Ocean Colour Scene (debut album)
Format: 12” black vinyl pressing plays at 33 1/3 rpm
Label: Fontana
Barcode: 7 31451 226915
Release number: ILPS 8104/548 686-1
Release date: 1992
Rarity: this is rare record as on release in 1992 only got to number 54 in the UK charts, and quickly dropped out of the UK charts. This was released in CD, vinyl and cassette tape, and by far the rarest version is the vinyl record version. The album was later reissued cheaply as a ‘nice price’ discounted CD in 1996 by Fontana off the back of the success of the new ‘Moseley Shoals’ release and ultimately achieved a ‘silver’ sales status in the UK market only. (NB. The first pressing CD is rare also and comes with burgundy and gold text and background printing, whereas the much more common ‘nice price’ CD replaces burgundy for dark blue background and gold lettering). Vinyl sales and production at the point of release in 1992 were at an all-time low, and this release would have a had a very small print run of vinyl! Perhaps the least desirable of their album releases, and the musical style and ‘genres’ are very different from the later 1996 ‘classic sound’, but for OCS completists this will be an important release to secure.
***This listing is only for the much rarer vinyl 1st and only 1992 pressing***
Condition: overall a really solid condition copy, and the record is graded on the following basis:
Outer sleeve: fragile thin card single sleeve is in excellent minus (-) condition, with minor wear points on corners, edges and the spine, minimal if any rubbing and minor creasing. There are some storage impressions in the surface of the front panel. I have taken photographs under harsh fluorescent lighting, and overall this is a good example of a very fragile thin card sleeve.
Inner sleeve: fragile and thin card inner picture sleeve is in excellent condition, with no splits or tears and minimal creasing.
Vinyl: this is a single 12"disk vinyl pressing. Surface is shiny and with one non-sounding minor scuff, minor handling marks and minor hairlines. Labels have minimal spindle marks and overall condition evidences minor plays. Overall vinyl condition sonically is a great listen, and the record plays to a minimum excellent standard with minimal background static and noise.
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