SMASHING PUMPKINS MELLON COLLIE AND THE INFINITE SADNESS HUTTLP 30 RARE LOW No.
£
141
$
187
Favourite Auctions
To save auctions to your favourites, please login
If you don't have an account, please register
Description
"TOWNHOUSE" RUN OFFS, 12 PAGE BOOKLET, No. 1070 RARE!! SMASHING PUMPKINS MELLON COLLIE AND THE INFINITE SADNESS HUTTLP 30 RARE LOW No.! AUCTION FOR A RARE AND HIGHLY COLLECTABLE RECORD, THE ORIGINAL 1995/6 UK RELEASE OF THE SMASHING PUMPKINS THIRD STUDIO ALBUM "MELLON COLLIE AND THE INFINITE SADNESS.
NO OVERSEAS SHIPPING.
COLLECTORS WILL KNOW THAT ON ITS RELEASE, AN INITIAL RUN OF ONLY 5,000 NUMBERED COPIES WERE PRODUCED, WITH A SUBSEQUENT RUN OF A FURTHER 23,000, FOLLOWED BY UN NUMBERED COPIES LATER IN THE RUN.
PLEASE NOTE, AN UN NUMBERED COPY IS NOT RARE, IT IS MUCH LATER IN THE RELEASE HISTORY OF THIS RECORD. NUMBERING STOPPED AFTER THE INITIAL 5,000, AND SUBSEQUENT 23,000 SECOND RUN. SO AN UN NUMBERED COPY IS A THIRD BATCH RELEASE, AND WILL BE OVER 28,000 IF IT WAS TO BE NUMBERED.
THIS PARTICULAR LP IS NUMBERED No. 1070, AND IS THEREFORE ONE OF THE ORIGINAL RUN OF 5,000, AND ALSO A NICE LOW NUMBER WITHIN THAT GROUP.
THE RECORD SET ITSELF IS CONTAINED IN A GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH ILLUSTRATION BY JOHN CRAIG. THE FRONT OF THE SLEEVE CARRIES THE ALL IMPORTANT PRINTED SERIAL NUMBER, IN A SMALL WHITE BOX IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER.
THE SLEEVE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, WITH MINOR CORNER BUMPING, AND A COUPLE OF SMALL CREASES AT THE EDGES. OPENINGS ARE NICE AND SHARP.
THE SET CONTAINS ALL THREE VINYL LP's AND ALSO THE ORIGINAL 12 PAGE LYRIC BOOKLET WITH FABULOUS ARTWORK.
THE BOOKLET IS IN EXCELLENT NEAR MINT CONDITION.
THE THREE DISCS ARE HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL WHITE DIE CUT INNERS WITH ANTI STATIC LINERS.
DISC ONE IS MARKED WITH THE FOLLOWING
Side One
HUTTLP 30 A-1-1-1 "TOWN HOUSE DMM"
Side Two
HUTTLP 30 B-1-1-2 "TOWN HOUSE DMM"
VISUALLY EXCELLENT, NO SCRATCHES, SCUFFS OR HAIRLINES, SOME EVIDENCE OF INNER SLEEVE IMPRESSION. AN INTERESTING ANOMALY WITH THE LABELS. SIDE ONE HAS TWO LABELS! WHAT APPEARS TO HAVE HAPPENED IS THAT A QUALITY CONTROL WORKER SPOTTED A BLEMISH ON THE LABEL, AND SIMPLY THREW IN A SPARE LABEL FOR THE PURCHASER TO STICK OVER THE FIRST ONE IF THEY WANTED! THE ORIGINAL LABEL HAS A PRINTING ERROR (see pics) BUT IS OTHERWISE VERY GOOD. SIDE TWO LABEL IS PERFECT.
PLAYBACK IS SUPERB, HOWEVER I NOTICED A SINGLE JUMP DURING "TAKE ME DOWN" FOR WHICH I CAN FIND NO REASON. BEAR IN MIND FOR ALL THE FOLLOWING PLAYBACK DESCRIPTIONS, THAT I AM USING A QUITE SENSITIVE MICRO SEIKI DD40 TURNTABLE, WITH STANTON 681 EEE CARTRIDGE, AND AS SUCH MAY BE MORE SENSITIVE THAN YOUR OWN SET UP. WHERE I FIND AN OBVIOUS REASON FOR A PROBLEM, I WILL DESCRIBE IT. ALSO, AS THE RECORDS HAVENT BEEN PLAYED FOR OVER FIFTEEN YEARS, THERE WILL BE SOME DUST ETC IN GROOVES, AND PLAYBACK WILL IMPROVE WITH FURTHER SPINS, AS THE GROOVES CLEAR.
DISC TWO
Side One
HUTTLP 30 C-1-1-1 "TOWN HOUSE DMM"
Side Two
HUTTLP 30 D-1-1-1 "TOWN HOUSE DMM"
VISUALLY EXCELLENT, NO SCRATCHES, SCUFFS OR HAIRLINES. BOTH LABELS IN MINT, UNMARKED CONDITION.
PLAYBACK IS EXCELLENT ON BOTH SIDES.
DISC THREE
Side One
HUTTLP 30 E-1-1-2 " (no original early releases have "TOWN HOUSE DMM" etched on this side)
HUTTLP 30 F-1-1-1 "TOWN HOUSE DMM"
VISUALLY VERY GOOD, A COUPLE OF HAIRLINES WHICH DONT AFFECT PLAY, I NOTICED A SLIGHT JUMP OR CLICK DURING "FAREWELL AND GOODNIGHT" AND A SINGLE JUMP AT THE START OF X.Y.U. CAUSED BY A VISIBLE MARK. OTHERWISE PLAYBACK IS EXCELLENT, SOME SLIGHT CRACKLE PROBABLY CAUSED BY DUST IN THE GROOVES AS THIS HAS NOT BEEN PLAYED FOR AROUND FIFTEEN YEARS!
OVERALL, ALL THREE DISCS ARE IN VERY GOOD, CLEAN, GLOSSY CONDITION. THERE ARE SOME SLEEVE IMPRESSIONS WHERE THE RECORDS HAVE BEEN STORED IN THE INNERS FOR SO LONG. THESE CLEAN OFF READILY.
THATS IT REALLY, YOUR CHANCE TO GRAB A VERY RARE AND COLLECTABLE RECORD, ONE OF THE INITIAL 5,000 EARLY FIRST RELEASE, NUMBERED COPIES, WITH A NICE LOW NUMBER WITHIN THAT RUN, IT BEING No. 1070.
THE OVERALL CONDITION OF THIS ORIGINAL THREE RECORD SET IS VERY GOOD INDEED.
A NICE CLEAN GATEFOLD SLEEVE, WITH EARLY STAMPED NUMBER.
ORIGINAL 12 PAGE LYRIC BOOKLET IN NEAR MINT CONDITION.
THREE LOVELY GLOSSY VINYL DISCS, WITH EXCELLENT PLAYBACK OTHER THAN THE ISSUES I HAVE DESCRIBED ABOVE.
APART FROM ALL OF THAT, ITS A GREAT ALBUM TO LISTEN TO AND ENJOY!
price rating
![T.REX ELECTRIC WARRIOR Japan LP [40096ER]](https://www.popsike.net/php/thumbnail.php?url=https://www.popsike.pics/pix/20250915/357619345445.jpg)
![King Gizzard - Live In Adelaide '19 [Colored Vinyl] [3-lp] NEW Sealed LP Album](https://www.popsike.net/php/thumbnail.php?url=https://www.popsike.pics/pix/20211115/284530296612.jpg)
