PIL Public Image Ltd Metal Box - original Virgin METAL1

£ 55

$ 73

£ 55 Sold For

Sep 25, 2011 Sold Date

Sep 15, 2011 Start Date

£ 50 Start price

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Background:
My father taught me how to handle records and treat them with respect from a very young age in the late 60's and i have maintained this care all my life. Every record has only been played on quality hi-fi and never lent to anyone (this is important), and since purchase has always been stored (with the opening on the RHS) in a dust free/smoke free environment. All 7s were stored in purpose made storage boxes, and together with the 12s have never been stored against an outside wall.
Where necessary (some albums were sold with card inners) all vinyl has been protected by poly-lined inner sleeves. Therefore all my records and sleeves are in excellent condition for their age. I will outline any important detail in the notes for each item, which should help you to decide to buy mine over others.
I am now selling my personal collection and have researched the value of each item, which is why there is a minimum asking price. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions and have a glance at the full list sometime. There are some classics from the late 70's to mid 80's in there.
Payment: Paypal Only.
Shipping: UK cost is shown. For outside the UK, please email for a quote. All records are packaged in dedicated record mailers with stiffeners. _____
Description: Artist : PIL Title(s): Albatross / Memories / Swan Lake / Poptones / Careering / No Birds Do Sing / Graveyard / The Suit / Bad Baby / Socialist / Chant / Radio 4. Label : Virgin Metal 1 Cat No.(s): 1 Metal 1-A / 1 Metal 1-B, 2 Metal 1-C / 2 Metal 1-D, 3 Metal 1-E / 3 Metal 1-F Year: 1979 Condition: Near mint. Photo(s): Actual item (not library). _____
Notes: A VERY RARE AND EXTREMELY COLLECTABLE original Virgin UK release from Nov 1979. There are 12 tracks on three separate 12" records – playing at 45 rpm – originall housed in a limited edition metal canister. I bought this album from HMV in Silver Street, Bedford on the day of release. The vinyl is in near mint condition as I taped the album to listen to it and stored the discs in poly-lined paper sleeves inside a PVC 12" sleeve. This is how it will be shipped. The metal canister still contains the original round paper separators and still has the 'METAL 1' sticker on the back (unopened for 30+ years). The original 'handy' red-print track list is also in perfect condition. I also photocopied a pre-release advert (see pics) published in Sounds (Oct 14th 1978) - this includes a rare set of lyrics which I cut out as 2 x 12" diameter discs to match the rest of the product.