SMITHS STRANGEWAYS HERE WE COME 1987 SIRE LP & IN-STORE PROMO 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.
RARE original Bobby Hata mastered Sire first pressing from September 29, 1987 with SRC (Specialty Records Corporation) logo stamped in the dead wax and original printed inner sleeve with complete lyrics!!! LP is a gorgeous VG++/NM-. Cover is a beautiful VG++ with a tiny scuff in the bottom left hand corner on the front only. A high grade copy. You will not be disappointed. Auction also includes and ULTRA RARE two-sided, rigid 12" X 12" in-store promotional display put out by Sire in 1987 with album cover art on the rear!!! I purchased this from a former Tower Records (R.I.P.) manager here in Chicago some time in the in the early 2000s who was a big Smiths fan and rescued it from the Tower wall for her own private collection (which was staggeringly impressive). She told me that 99% of these displays were either destroyed 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. Display is in beautiful condition with NO staple holes, peel spots, creases or tears. These are the kinds of items Smiths fans are going to be fighting over fiercely in the very near future so don't sleep. You won't see another lot like this.
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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