VG++/NM- The Smiths Strangeways Here We Come 1987 LP & STORE DISPLAY
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PLEASE NOTE: I WILL ONLY GRADE AN OPENED LP NEAR MINT (NM) IF I CAN GUARANTEE IT HAS NEVER BEEN PLAYED (i.e. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER). OTHERWISE, NEAR MINT MINUS (NM-) IS THE ABSOLUTE HIGHEST GRADE I WILL ASSIGN AN OPENED LP.
ULTRA RARE original Bobby Hata mastered first US pressing on Sire from 1987 with SRC (Specialty Records Corporation) logo stamped in the dead wax and original printed inner sleeve with complete lyrics!!! LP is a beautiful VG++/NM-. Cover is still in the original shrink wrap and gorgeous. Even has the original $5.99 Rolling Stones Records (represent, Chicago!) price sticker with iconic balloon lettering. An absolute high grade copy in collector condition. You will not be disappointed. Auction also includes an ULTRA RARE original rigid, two-sided, in-store 12" X 12" promotional display put out by Sire in 1987 with glossy album cover image of the Strangeways LP on one side!!! I bought this many years ago from a former Tower Records manager here in Chicago who loved Morrissey and decided to rescue it from the Tower wall for her own private collection (which was staggeringly impressive). She told me that 99% of these displays were either tossed after they were displayed or never displayed at all and then tossed. Tower staff saw them as disposable swag and clutter and as a result very few survived from the 1980s. These are the kind of rare items Morrissey/Smiths fans are going to be fighting over in the very near future so don't sleep.
I USE GOLDMINE GRADING: MINT (SEALED)
NEAR MINT: LOOKS UNPLAYED VG++: VERY VERY MINIMAL SIGNS OF USE
VG+: AVERAGE SIGNS OF USE, NOTHING DEEP, SUPERFICIAL VG: STILL AN OK RECORD, NOISE BETWEEN SONGS
GOOD: WORN BUT PLAYS FINE WITH DISTRACTING NOISE POOR: FILLER COPY ONLY. LOTS OF SCRATCHES
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