PUBLIC IMAGE LTD (PiL) "Metal Box" 1979 UK 1st PRESS

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PUBLIC IMAGE LTD (PiL) *"Metal Box" 1979 UK 1st PRESS
COMPLETE w/DIVIDERS & INSERT, STUNNING NR MINT AUDIO


PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED
Metal Box


HERE WE HAVE A SUPERB, ORIGINAL UK VIRGIN (METAL 1) FIRST PRESSING (November 1979, limited edition of 60,000) OF PIL's UNCOMPROMISING AND OUTSTANDING 3 x 12" SET, "Metal Box" - COMPLETE, AND ALL IN FANTASTIC CONDITION

* ORIGINAL UK 1st PRESSING ON VIRGIN RECORDS
* 3 x 45rpm DISCS
* MATRICES: 1 - A - 1 / 1 - B - 1 / 1 - C - 1 / 1 - D - 1 / 1 - E - 2 / 1 - F - 1
* METAL 1 STICKER ON BOTTOM OF TIN
* 4 PAPER DIVIDERS
* TRACK LIST/INFO SHEET

THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING AND UNIQUE PIECE OF WORK WHICH SOUNDS EVER MORE IMPRESSIVE AS THE YEARS GO BY!!
PiL managed to avoid boundaries for the first four years of their existence, and Metal Box is undoubtedly the apex. It's a hallmark of uncompromising, challenging post-punk, hardly sounding like anything of the past, present, or future. Sure, there were touchstones that got their imaginations running -- the bizarreness of Captain Beefheart, the open and rhythmic spaces of Can, and the dense pulses of Lee Perry's productions fueled their creative fires -- but what they achieved with their second record is a completely unique hour of avant-garde noise. Originally packaged in a film canister as a trio of 12" records played at 45 rpm, the bass and treble are pegged at 11 throughout, with nary a tinge of midrange to be found. It's all scrapes and throbs (dubscrapes?), supplanted by John Lydon's caterwauling about such subjects as his dying mother, resentment, and murder. Guitarist Keith Levene splatters silvery, violent, percussive shards of metallic scrapes onto the canvas, much like a one-armed Jackson Pollock. Jah Wobble and Richard Dudanski lay down a molasses-thick rhythmic foundation throughout that's just as funky as Can's Czukay/Leibezeit and Chic's Edwards/Rodgers. It's alien dance music. Metal Box might not be recognized as a groundbreaking record with the same reverence as Never Mind the Bollocks, and you certainly can't trace numerous waves of bands who wouldn't have existed without it like the Sex Pistols record. But like a virus, its tones have sent miasmic reverberations through a much broader scope of artists and genres.

Metal 1.1: Albatross
Metal 1.2: Memories / Swan Lake (plays endlessly into the run off groove)
Metal 1.3: Poptones / Careering
Metal 1.4: No Birds / Graveyard
Metal 1.5: The Suit / Bad Baby
Metal 1.6: Socialist - Chant - Radio 4

LABELS: All the labels are CLEAN, BRIGHT and UNMARKED with NO wear, NO writing and only light spindle traces. THIS SET HAS NOT BEEN OVERPLAYED AT ALL. Side 6 has been mis-pressed with 2 labels (one on top of the other) (see pics) but this obviously has no effect on the playback
VINYL Visual: All the surfaces have their original DEEP, GLOSSY SHEEN. There are a few superficial surface marks on some of the sides but these have NO audio consequence WHATSOEVER. Visually EX
VINYL Audio: OUTSTANDING audio delivery - ALL TOP AND BOTTOM WITH NO MIDDLE AND CRANKED UP TO 11. Plays BEAUTIFULLY throughout all 6 sides - CRYSTAL CLEAR, VERY SHARP and VERY STRONG AUDIO REPRODUCTION. There are NO scratches, NO jumps, NO sticks, NO clicks/pops - The sound quality here is simply AWESOME (and I don't use that word too often) and I have NO hesitation in giving this a EXCELLENT+/NEAR MINT audio grading. GREAT COPY
TIN: The tin, being the original 1979 copy has tarnished some with age but there are NO major dents/wear and it has actually oxidized a lot less than many copies I have seen. There is a cleaner patch on the tin where the original tape (which held the tin together in the shop) has helped to reduce tarnish. There is no tape reside remaining now (see pics)
DIVIDERS: The 4 white dividers are CRISP and CLEAN with just some light handling creases
INSERT: The A5 one sided insert has a couple of light creases and a few 'foxing' spots and a tiny tear to the edge but still in very nice condition and a real bonus to still find it with the set as these are usually the first thing to go missing

PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I USUALLY TAKE QUITE A FEW SO YOU CAN GET A CLEAR INDICATION OF EVERY DETAIL OF THE ITEM
THIS REALLY IS A SUPERB COPY AND *COMPLETE*  - VERY SCARCE!!
AS WITH ALL MY RECORDS THIS HAS A LOW START PRICE AND NO RESERVE
PLEASE CHECK OUT MY OTHER AUCTIONS FOR MORE RARE AND COLLECTABLE VINYL
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THANKS FOR LOOKING, CHEERS


POST & PACKING
UK: 1st Class: £6.00 (Recorded Delivery)
EU: Airmail: £8.00 (Insured & Signed For: £11.50)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £13.00 (Insured & Signed For: £16.50)

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 236 (GS 5.0.3 (236))

 THERE ARE 4 PAPER DIVIDERS NOT JUST THE THREE AS SHOWN IN THE LAST PHOTO
CHEERS