Rare 1996 REM New Adventures in HiFi M- 2x vinyl VG+ gatefold sleeve - from new

	£		124
	$		164

Rare 1996 R.E.M. New Adventures in Hi-Fi near Mint double vinyl; VG+ gatefold sleeve. Mint plain inner sleeves. Owned from new. Condition is "Used" but has only been played a handful of times and would easily pass as unplayed.  I realise that these descriptions may sound like exaggeration but the first few records I've sold are starting to get feedback so you check for yourself.  I'm not a record dealer - I realise in hindsight that I went from being an audiophile record listener to a record buyer in the late 80s and most of my collection from then got very little if any plays. These are the first albums I'm selling off before downsizing - when they've gone, they've gone.
I've taken photos of all sides of the sleeves and vinyl in high resolution - the reflections are of my camera and conservatory roof but hopefully you can see clearly the near mint/VG+  condition of the media.
Using the Goldmine standard I follow the principle that no vinyl is mint if it has ever been played - so I've conservatively rated it as Vinyl Side A: M- Side B: M-
Album sleeve has some very small marks on the bottom edge and a hairline crease on the top edge and just below the title on the title edge. The glossy black back cover shows the hint of ring mark from where it has been sitting alongside other albums and a tiny ripple that may be where a sticky label was removed so I've conservatively rated at VG+ but others may well rate it Mint- . The plain innersleeves are mint. From a pet and smoke-free home.
Special packaging and delivery The record will be packaged in a Defendapack MusicMax TWISTS mailer and I will remove the vinyl from the inner sleeve though it will be protected by a plastic record bag. I will also use additional internal stiffeners in the mailing box and the sleeve and record will also be protected by a PVC sleeve. This has worked really well so far according to my buyers.
As a valuable item this will be dispatched with Royal Mail 1st Class special delivery before 1pm for the base Royal Mail price of £8.85. I make nothing on shipping and the packaging is done at my own cost.  You can also pick up for free from East Grinstead, West Sussex and I will also post worldwide using eBay's Global Shipping Programme. As Royal Mail will only pick up 5 packages a day from my home, I'm going to list up to 5 records at a time with the same auction end date so that you should (Royal Mail being compliant) be in receipt of the record two mornings later (if you are in the UK). That means auctions from Sunday to Thursday (as the Thursday-ending ones should be delivered Saturday morning) and potentially 25 records a week - though I doubt I can maintain that pace! For multiple purchases, I will combine postage where possible (there is a limit with Royal Mail weights but I'll do my best to save you money - for comparison; below a kilo Special Delivery Next Day before 1pm costs £8.85 and this will normally do about 3 albums. Between 1 and 2 Kilos it costs £11.05, which is up to about 6 albums). Please bear in mind that the Global Shipping Programme does not allow combining postage for some unfathomable reason. If you have any questions please let me know and I'll try to answer them.
A  little more about me: I'm also listing original pressings from the Cure, the Cranberries, Robbie Williams, the Prodigy, Morrissey, Ocean Colour Scene; Joe Strummer, Suede etc etc, so please check my other listings if you are interested in mint or near mint original vinyl from this era. These all comes from my personal record collection of over 1500 vinyl albums put together over 50 years. As I need to downsize I am starting to advertise around a 100 rarities starting with 90's vinyl, which I was still buying (but rarely playing!) while the world had moved to CDs. I have been an audiophile for as long as I could afford it and moved up from a Thorens TD150 record deck, via Linn Sondek and Pink Triangle to my current SME10, which I've been running with an SMEV arm and Koetsu Rosewood cartridge for over 20 years. If that means nothing to you, suffice to say I take extreme care of my vinyl to the extent that I invested in a Loricraft PRCII professional record cleaner nearly 20 years ago and all of my vinyl immediately goes into protective plastic sleeves. Almost all of my rock/pop collection has been bought from new and I will always make this clear on the listing.