SAD LOVERS AND GIANTS Treehouse Poetry 1991 UK Midnight Music vinyl LP
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Description
Original very scarce vinyl copy of their finaly studio LP from 1991 & one of the last records the Midnight Music label put out (Midnight Music – CHIME 01.20 S).
AMG PROFILE: This UK post-punk group, based in Watford, Hertfordshire, featured a line-up comprising Garce Allard (vocals), Tristan Garel-Funk (guitar), David Woods (keyboards), Cliff Silver (bass) and Nigel Pollard (drums). After the exposure of early singles ‘Colourless Dream’ and ‘Lost In A Moment’, it was the release of ‘Man Of Straw’ and the accompanying Feeding The Flame that really established the group as masters of the double-edged lyric and sweeping, emotional textures of guitar and keyboard: ‘Like confession whispered slowly, Hate’s a word that’s spoken softly, Standing lonely trusting no one, In disarray with collar undone’. The band had already fallen apart by the time the Total Sound mini-album, recorded live for broadcast on Dutch radio in 1983, was released. Another posthumous release, In The Breeze, comprising demos, live tracks and alternative versions recorded for BBC disc jockey John Peel, predated its release. The group was reactivated in 1987, releasing the disappointing ‘White Russians’, while only Pollard and Allard were still in place for the subsequent final albums. The group finished with the collapse of Midnight Music in 1991.
SONGS: A1 Toy Planes In A Southern Sky 5:02 A2 Lizard King 5:39 A3 Still Restless 2:43 A4 Parachute Of Love 4:41 B1 Christmas On Easter Island 5:10 B2 Criminally Sane 3:30 B3 Jungle Of Lies 4:52 B4 The Sky Is A Glove 5:44.
CONDITION: The record is in near mint condition, cover is VG+ with dent on the upper right corner & then 2 approx 2" hairline creases in the middle areas (top one about 2" down & bottom one about 2" up, otherwise really no wear to it.
GRADING:I pretty much use the Goldmine & Record Collector magazines standards for grading, I can send you a link for details in depth about record/cover grading. I've been selling records & CD's professionally for over 20 years now & I try to be accurate in my grading (read my feedbacks on that, records are always VISUALLY graded only unless stated).
LP SHIPPING + PACKING & VARIOUS INFO:
I use real coated cardboard LP mailers when I ship vinyl & these are very durable. I usually take the records with the inner sleeves out of the covers (unless factory sealed of course) so they don't split the seams of the cover in shipment. Then I put them in a 2 or 3 mil plastic sleeve & then wrap a plastic bag or two around them to keep them from flopping around in the mailer, this method seems to work best since it adds air & almost works like bubble wrap (keeps the LP's usually under a pound & saves a lot on shipping rates worldwide compared to using cardboard inserts), breakage rate has been way less than 1 in 1000 using this method, if I added cardboard it also would make the weight of it more prone to the corners getting dented in transit if dropped. 10" records & 12" singles count as 1 LP for shipping, single laserdiscs count as 2 LP's for shipping (& I pack 2+ records differently & I have oversized boxes for larger packages...don't worry I've been sending out stuff about 5 days a week for over 20 years now & know exactly what I'm doing over here). I also add plain white inner sleeves so custom innersleeves don't get spit in shipping also (if either company or specialty sleeves came with the record).
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