Rare VIKINGS INVASION VOL 1 1975 signed? 1st PRESS

	£		251
	$		333

HELLO... AND THANKYOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LOOK AT THIS RECORD

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VIKINGS INVASION VOL. 1

[ THIS IS THE ORIGINAL UK PRESSING ON 'PENTHOUSE' - NOT THE LTD RE-ISSUE ! ]

ULTRA  RARE HARD & TO FIND ORIGINAL   U.K. 'PENTHOUSE ' 1st issue 

CAT NO. PEN 1001

ONLY 100 OF THESE 'PRIVATE PRESSING' LP's WERE ORIGINALLY PRESSED IN 1975

A -side matrix - VIKINGS A1

B -side matrix - VIKINGS B1

SLEEVE HAS SLIGHT SHELF WEAR TO BAG CORNERS & THE ODD BIT OF MILD CREASING TOP / BOTTOM

THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE IS SIGNED BY WHOM I CAN ONLY ASSUME IS THE PRODUCER - 'MARTIN MURRAY' - BUT I'LL LEAVE THAT FOR YOU TO DECIDE...

"To Dave & Jane oops!

Jan.

From One NuT to Two NuTS

LOVE HEALTH + PEACE

Martin

Help ! Help Help ! Help! [ ect... see picture ]

'Martin' is also written on A-side label...

CONDITION OF VINYL - RECORD HAS A FEW LIGHT VISIBLE MARKS AND SCUFFS TO THE LAQUER ON BOTH SIDES BUT NO VISIBLE SCRATCHING OR HAIRLINES

RETAINS A LOT OF IT'S ORIGINAL GLOSS & IS NICE AND FLAT - I FEEL IT WOULD BE UNFAIR TO WHOLLY GRADE THIS L.P. VISUALLY - SO INSTEAD I OFFER AN AUDIO REPRODUCTION GRADING

 OVERALL SOUND REPRODUCTION ON THIS LP RANGES FROM  VG+ TO EX - THE MAJORITY BEING EX

APART FROM SOME MILD CRACKLES HERE AND THERE AND VERY LIGHT LIGHT POPPING AT THE QUIET BEGINNING & TOWARDS THE END OF -  'THE LOVE SONG OF J. ALFRED PRUFROCK'  (track two / side 1) - THIS BEING THE TRACK WITH MOST MILD AND OCCASIONAL RANDOM SURFACE NOISE  - NOTHING TOO MAJOR THOUGH & THIS TRACK IS STILL VERY ENJOYABLE ESPECIALLY ONCE THE DRUMS AND BASS KICK IN... BUT THE OVERALL SOUND GRADING FOR THIS TRACK ALONE, CAN ONLY BE FAIRLY GRADED AS VG- [VG MINUS] DUE TO THE CRACKLING ON THIS TRACK -

THERE IS THE OCCASIONAL VERY LIGHT POP HERE AND THERE ELSEWHERE ON THE LP & SLIGHT OCCASIONAL SURFACE NOISE ON THE VERY LONG INTERVALS BETWEEN TRACKS & IN A FEW OF THE MORE QUIET PARTS OF THE OTHER TRACKS... BUT NO REPEAT CLICKS OR THUMPS.

BUT ALL THIS AS STATED ABOVE IS WELL WITHIN TOLERABLE LEVELS, AND OVERALL THIS IS A MORE THAN ACCEPTABLE COPY OF THIS ULTRA RARE LP. THE MINOR DEFECTS HERE AND THERE DO NOT DETRACT FROM ENJOYMENT OF THE OVERALL VERY RAW, RICH AND  WARM SOUND REPRODUCTION -

NO REPEAT HEAVY CLICKING OR THUMPS, AND NO HEAVY POPS -  SO NOTHING HERE TO DAMAGE YOUR NEEDLE !

IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THIS GRADING I OFFER FULL REFUND  [please see the equipment I use below to grade my records...]

THIS IS THE ONLY UK  COPY I HAVE EVER PHYSICALLY SEEN OF THIS L.P. AND I BELIEVE POSSIBLY ONLY THE 3rd TO EVER BE PUT ONTO EBAY

YOU VERY ARE UNLIKELY TO SEE ANOTHER ORIGINAL COPY OF THIS LP AGAIN IN A HURRY

- A VERY RARE L.P. AT A VERY LOW START PRICE WITH  NO HIDDEN RESERVE -

GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS ABOUND OF THIS BAND AS BEING "HEAVY BLUESY PSYCH - ACID ROCK -  A PRE- PUNK SWISS LEFT-WING HARD ROCKGROUP PLAYING AMERICAN STYLE BLUES- ROCK IN ENGLAND, SUNG IN ENGLISH." & THIS SEEMS ABOUT RIGHT -

ALTHOUGH I WOULD ADD THAT A LOT OF IT ALSO SOUNDS LIKE THEY WERE CONFUSED AS TO WHETHER THEY WERE PROTO-PUNKS OR PSYCHED-OUT HEAVY METAL WARRIORS HELL BENT ON CREATING A NEANDERTHAL FREAKOUT -  OR MAYBE SOME KIND OF CRAZED EUROPEAN VERSION HAWKWIND IN A MONSTER TRUCK WITH NO BRAKES... 'THE VIKINGS'  HAVE A VERY RAW AND POWERFULL UNIQUE SOUND!

SO TO SUM UP - ALL IN ALL, THIS IS A VERY ENTERTAINING L.P., SOMETIMES FUNNY & OFTEN VERY WEIRD, OVER THE TOP STUFF... ONCE HEARD CERTAINLY NEVER FORGOTTEN ! ! !

THE ODD BIT OF SURFACE NOISE AS DESCRIBED DOESN'T REALLY DETRACT FROM THE OVERALL ENJOYMENT OF THIS L.P. AND AS STATED IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY WITH MY AUDIO GRADING ON THIS ITEM, I OFFER NO QUIBBLE REFUND.

GOODNESS KNOWS HOW MANY OF THESE LP'S ARE LEFT IN ANY CONDITION AS THERE WERE ONLY 100 MADE ... SO GOOD LUCK & HAPPY BIDDING

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 * I ONLY USE BEST QUALITY MAILERS AND STIFFENERS *

* ALL LP RECORDS ARE CAREFULLY PACKED *

* I ALWAYS SEPARATED THEM FROM THEIR SLEEVES *

 * THE SPINE IS ALWAYS PLACED UPRIGHT IN THE MAILER TO AVOID DAMAGE *

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 A VERY LOW START PRICE & NO RESERVE ON THIS RARE ITEM 

BID WITH CONFIDENCE - I DO NOT END AUCTIONS EARLY

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I have many 1000's of 45's , EP's & L.P's & I am currently downsizing my extensive DJ & private collections due to space and also to 'share out' items (inc. duplicates) that I no longer 'use' or have not played for a long time...    I have been collecting and DJ-ing vinyl for over 30 years...   I have many years experience in collecting all sorts of records to DJ & also for my own listening pleasure as well...

I am now having a clearout and so  listing far too many records to actually play each one all the way through again individually due to sheer the time involved...

~ All my records are visually inspected under strong halogen light conditions, and where the vinyl is graded less than VG+ due to surface marks etc, each record is tested for sound quality via a Project record deck or Thorens TD150 record deck, matched Quad 33/303 power amp / pre amp, and BBC studio reference quality Rodgers Studio 1A monitors, before being offered for sale... If you are in anyway unhappy with your purchase, I offer 100% refund of purchase price upon safe return of the item.

I truly care about my customers... I grade all records conservatively... I only use top quality mailers and stiffeners... I have no interest in inflating the stated quality of either the vinyl or audio reproduction, and wish all of my customers to enjoy top-quality records.

I do not 'skim'... nor do I use other chemicals or polishes to clean my records

Please check my 100% positive feedback... 

kind regards ~ snogsdogs 

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