RAINBOW DOWN TO EARTH 1st 1979 Press MINT- PLAY ARCHIVED LP

	£		19
	$		25

'ITS THE VINYL COUNTDOWN'

Welcome to 'Its the vinyl countdown' music auctions. Here you will find some of the most incredible rare records and music memorabilia for your collection. We pride ourselves on auctioning only the highest grade records and items, you will not see anything listed here below EX+ condition, unles the item is extremely rare. You will not see worn covers, warped records or scratched records. We simply do not bother with them.

We list in many cases, 'Archived' & 'mint' condition items, we are able to source from private collections all over the UK. So we hope you can be put at ease that what you are bidding on is of the highest quality.

We play through most of the records, unless the item is clearly mint, or sealed..in which case we don't play them, thus maintaining their 'unplayed' status!  Obviously with some of these rare items there will be the odd 'anomoly' along the way , the odd little static pop or lead in 'sizzle' for a split second.. nothing is perfect we find! all systems differ, but we aim to describe these as accurately as possible for you.... PLEASE ENJOY THIS ITEM YOU ARE NOW LOOKING AT..

RAINBOW

'DOWN TO EARTH'

ORIGINAL 1979 UK PRESS VINYL FROM A COLLECTION OF ARCHIVED  LPs

STUNNING MINT- PLAY  PRESSING

SEE OUR OTHER  LPs WE ARE  LISTING FROM THIS INCREDIBLE COLLECTION!

AS GOOD AS WE HAVE EVER SEEN.

Released 1979

Label    POLYDOR POLD 5023

Matrix       POLD 5023 A//2 EV420

                  POLD 5023 B//1 EV420 

Later copies had an etched matrix, this copy is stamped correctly..

THE VINYL   MINT- STRONG PLAY

As you can see, this vinyl is the ORIGINAL  BLACK VINYL pressing - KEPT IN SUPERB ARCHIVED CONDITION (1st presses also came in clear vinyl- actually very common!)

Just one example from this staggering collection we are offering..

ARCHIVED AWAY IN A PRIVATE COLLECTION SINCE ITS RELEASE,  THIS IS QUITE SUPERB

PLAYED JUST A HANDFUL OF CAREFUL TIMES AND IT REMAINS IN STUNNING CONDITION

This vinyl shows ONE TINY LIGHT spider line around the centre hole

NO WEAR TO THE CENTRE HOLE

The vinyl IS SUPER GLOSSY AND BRIGHT  with just some TINY FEINT  whisp only  -  they do not sound

The LP has no lead in static we could hear of any note and nothing else in play of any note anywhere at all. 

IT PLAYS SUPERB THROUGHOUT!!!

OVERALL THIS IS A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS HIGHLY PRIZED LP. 

THE LABELS   MINT-  FLAT MATT LABELS

THE SLEEVE  EX STRONG 

Original MATT CARD  sleeve   WITH 1st EDITION  INNER SLEEVE (Later copies had no inner sleeve)

Printer credits  - N/C

LITTLE SIGNS OF HANDLING AND THERE'S JUST SOME LIGHT RUB ON THE EDGES

AND A FEW LITTLE SPOTS ON THE SEAM EDGES..

NO RINGWEAR OF ANY NOTE

THE OPEN EDGE IS  SHARP - JUST VERY MINIMAL FEATHERING 

THE TINIEST TIP RUB

THE SPINE IS CLEAN WITH NO SQUASH -SOME LIGHT RUB AT BOTTOM

BOTH PANELS ARE SUPERB WITH VIRTUALLY NO RING PRESS OF ANY NOTE AT ALL

NO DISCOLOURATION

We cannot add any more than this! ITS A SUPER EXAMPLE

THE INNER SLEEVE   EX+ 

ORIGINAL THICK CARD  SLEEVE - NO WEAR OR DAMAGE

POSTAGE DISCOUNTS:

Don't forget we offer big postage discounts on multi wins..the more LPs you win, the cheaper the postage works out for you worldwide- Up to 2 kilos or 5 LPs, after which we will send your wins in more than one parcel..ALL very well protected in mailers, stiffeners, plenty of tape & protection, then 'signed delivered' to your door-  and to date we have nad NO damaged items!  ;0)

We hope you enjoy looking at this item, and good luck if you decide to bid for it...We can safely say you will not be dissapointed- If you need to know anyting else, please feel free to contact us with any questions.

All our items are sent 'signed delivery' tracked to your door, (we have never had an item go missing anywhere in the world!) for peace of mind for both you and us! All items are sent in strong protective mailer boxes and stiffeners. With over 28 years in mail order and the music industry 'worldwide' we pride ourselves on the fact you can bid safely on all our items, and knowing you are being dealt with by professionals.

ENJOY! ;0)