PETER GABRIEL (Melt) 1980 UK CHARISMA 1st PRESS - MINT
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PETER GABRIEL (Melt) 1980 UK CHARISMA 1st PRESS - MINT
PETER GABRIELPeter Gabriel
UK CHARISMA (CDS 4019) ORIGINAL PRESSING (June 1980) OF PETER GABRIEL'S THIRD SOLO LP
BEAUTIFUL COPY, BARELY PLAYED AND AS-NEW THROUGHOUT
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE CUSTOM CHARISMA LABELS
MARTIX: CDS 4019 A//6▽ESC 12 13 / CDS 4019 B//3▽ESC 13 20
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN A LIGHTLY GLOSSY SINGLE SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL LYRIC INNER
Peter Gabriel's third solo album and the third of four with the same eponymous title.
The album contains two of Gabriel's most famous songs, the U.K. Top 10 hit "Games Without Frontiers" and "Biko", about the late anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko.
This album is often referred to as Melt due to its cover photograph by Hipgnosis (taken with a Polaroid SX-70 instant camera, and subsequently modified by Storm Thorgerson or Gabriel - Thorgerson does not recall whether he or Gabriel manipulated the image)
Generally regarded as Peter Gabriel's finest record - an album that's artier, stronger and more song-oriented than before.
Consider its ominous opener, the controlled menace of "Intruder." He's never found such a scary sound but one that is undeniably alluring, and he keeps this going throughout the record.
For an album so popular, it's remarkably bleak, chilly, and dark -- even radio favourites like "I Don't Remember" and "Games Without Frontiers" are hardly cheerful, spiked with paranoia and suspicion, insulated in introspection.
For the first time Gabriel found the sound to match his themes, plus the songs to articulate them and this remains his masterpiece.
Side 1:
Intruder (4:54)
No Self Control (3:55)
Start (1:21)
I Don't Remember (4:41)
Family Snapshot (4:28)
And Through the Wire (5:00)
Side 2:
Games Without Frontiers (4:06)
Not One of Us (5:22)
Lead a Normal Life (4:14)
Biko (7:32)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
An immaculate set of labels with possibly just one light spindle trace on one side, none on the other
VINYL Visual: MINT
Both surfaces shine like-new, even under bright light there is barely a wispy hairline to be seen
VINYL Audio: MINT
Plays perfectly throughout with nothing to fault the crystal clear, clean, strong sound.
No clicks, ticks or pops or even any surface noted. Beautiful copy
SLEEVE: MINT
The cover is as crisp, sharp and fresh as the day it was made
INNER SLEEVE: MINT
Again, as-new - no seam splits
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £18.00 (International Signed For delivery)
Combined Post: for items purchased within any 10 day period - additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe including Russia) £3 (International)
Guarantee: all records are unconditionally guaranteed (including sealed and/or unplayed) and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any way I will email you when payment has been received to let you know when the item will be posted. Please leave feedback upon receipt of the item so that I know you have received it safely. Thanks 837 (GS 7.0.15 (837))
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