TRUMAN MERIT Alien Boogie LP 1980s 1st IMPOSSIBLE

	£		69
	$		91

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Truman Merit called "Alien Boogie" and is an ORIGINAL 1980s UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Spurt label (I think!)!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST (IF NOT THE RAREST!) INDUSTRIAL/AVANTGARDE LPs EVER MADE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  THIS LP WAS ONLY EVER PRIVATELY PRESSED, WITH LESS THAN 20 COPIES EVER MADE AND IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  HOWEVER I MUST STRESS THAT ALTHOUGH I KNOW THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST & COLLECTABLE AVANTGARDE/INDUSTRIAL LPs EVER MADE - THIS IS NOT THE TYPE OF MUSIC I USUALLY SELL - SO I WILL LIST EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT THIS LP BELOW!!!!

DETAILS GIVEN TO ME BY THE ONE PREVIOUS OWNER:

• HE WAS NEVER SURE OF THE BANDS ACTUAL NAME - AND THOUGH HE ALWAYS REFERED TO THEM AS 'TRUMAN MERIT' (AS THE LABEL STATES) HE SAID THEY WERE ALSO KNOWN UNDER ANOTHER NAME (BUT SADLY HE COULDNT REMEMBER WHAT!).
• LESS THAN 20 COPIES WERE EVER MADE (HE BOUGHT THIS LP DIRECTLY FROM THE PERSON WHO SOLD & MADE THE LP!)

OTHER FACTS ABOUT THIS LP:

• IT COMES WITH 1 LP RECORD, AN EXTRA 'SCOTT RAG' 45, A 'GREETINGS SPACE CADET' INSERT, A 'I FEEL THE AIR OF ANOTHER PLANET' BOOKLET (WITH DETAILS OF UFO VISITATIONS!), A 'BACK TO VINYL' BADGE (ATTACHED TO THE COVER), A 'WATCH THE SKIES - AND LISTEN TO THIS LP' STICKER ON THE COVER, A 'BLACK' TEXTURED INNER SLEEVE, A PLAIN WHITE 'INNER COVER', A 'PADDED' SILVER FOLD-OVER OUTER COVER, AND A PLASTIC 'SPURT RECORDS' COVER!
• RECENTLY 1 COPY OF THIS LP WAS SOLD ON THE OPEN MARKET FOR $2500 (THIS IS MENTIONED NOT TO HYPE UP THE PRICE - BUT SIMPLY TO DEMONSTRATE HOW RARE THIS LP REALLY IS!).
• JUST LIKE THE LP 'THE DARK' IS THE HOLY GRAIL OF PROGRESSIVE COLLECTORS - THIS LP IS EXACTLY THE SAME WITH AVANTGARDE/INDUSTRIAL COLLECTORS (THOUGH IN FACT, IT IS EVEN RARER THAN THE 'THE DARK' LP AS EVEN LESS COPIES WERE MADE!)
• I HAVE SHOWN A PICTURE OF THE TRACK LISTING (SEE PICTURES) WHICH IS IN THE LAST PAGE OF THE BOOKLET.
• THE MUSIC (TO MY EARS!) IS VERY DISTURBING (THOUGH PERHAPS THIS IS BECAUSE I AM SIMPLY NOT INTO THIS KIND OF MUSIC!). 
• THE MUSIC IS EXTREMELY WELL PRODUCED, FULL OF SAMPLES AND BACKGROUND SOUNDS.  TO ME THIS LP SOUNDS WIERD (ITS NOT MY TYPE OF MUSIC!) - BUT IT IS VERY OBVIOUS THAT IT IS OF THE VERY HIGHEST LEVEL OF AVANTGARDE MUSIC!  1 TRACK EVEN SOUNDS SIMILAR TO 'REVOLUTION 9' FROM THE WHITE ALBUM!
• ALL PARTS OF THE MUSIC ARE INCREDIBLY COMPLEX, AND DESPITE THE GENERAL MOOD BEING OF THE 'DARKER SIDE' (TO MY EARS) IS INCREDIBLY VARIED!
• APPARENTLY (ACCORDING TO THE LP) IF YOU LISTENED TO THIS LP THEN YOU WOULD EITHER BE VISITED BY ALIENS, OR INDEED YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THEM (I CANNOT DECIDE WHICH!).
• APART FROM THE RECORDS (WHICH ARE MACHINE PRESSED) ALL OTHER PARTS OF THE LP ARE 'HAND-MADE/PRINTED' (APART FROM THE BADGE!) WHICH IS TYPICAL OF ALL REALLY RARE PRIVATE PRESSINGS! 
• I AM ONLY GUESSING THIS LP IS ON THE 'SPURT RECORDS' LABEL (BECAUSE OF THE OUTER PLASTIC BAG WHICH HAS PRINTED 'SPURT RECORDS' ON IT!) - BUT IN CASE IT IS NOT - HERE ARE ALL THE 'ETCHINGS' TO THE RECORDS!  THE 'EXTRA' 45 HAS THE RUN OFF GROOVE ETCHINGS OF 'A PORKY PRIME CUT', 'MPO', 'ASR', 'ASR-2 A' (ONE SIDE ONLY), ASR-2 B1 (ONE SIDE ONLY), AND 'SCOTT 2' (ONE SIDE ONLY).  THE LP RECORD ITSELF HAS THE RUN OFF GROOVE ETCHINGS:- 'ASR 8 A1' & 'ASR 8 B1' (ONE ON EACH SIDE), 'UFOS ARE PICKING US UP' (ONE SIDE ONLY), 'THE EXCHANGE NILZ', 'DMM', 'PRM', AND 'ALIENS ARE REAL!' (BOTH SIDES!). 
• I DO NOT KNOW OF THE EXACT DATE OF THIS LP - BUT IT IS ALMOST CERTAINLY FROM THE 1980s (AND CERTAINLY NO LATER!).
• IT IS WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THE RAREST AVANTGARDE/INDUSTRIAL LP YOU WILL EVER SEE!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT CONDITION AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1980s UK 1ST PRESSING ON 1ST PRESS SPURT LABEL, 1ST PRESS BLACK INNER SLEEVE, 1ST PRESS EXTRA 'SCOTT RAG' 45, 1ST PRESS 'GREETINGS SPACE CADET' INSERT, 1ST PRESS 'I FEEL THE AIR OF ANOTHER PLANET' BOOKLET (WITH DETAILS OF UFO VISITATIONS!), 1ST PRESS 'BACK TO VINYL' BADGE (ATTACHED TO THE COVER), 1ST PRESS 'WATCH THE SKIES - AND LISTEN TO THIS LP' STICKER ON THE COVER FRONT, 1ST PRESS PLAIN WHITE CARD 'INNER COVER', 1ST PRESS 'PADDED' SILVER FOLD-OVER OUTER COVER, AND 1ST PRESS POLYTHENE 'SPURT RECORDS' PLASTIC SLEEVE! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Spurt UK 1st Pressing from the 1980s and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  As this LP is a PRIVATE PRESSING it has no visible cat number (though ALL the matrixes & run off groove information is listed above!) on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Spurt label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos!)!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in SUPERB condition!!!!  Most of these 70s/80s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, NO hairlines, NO scufflines, only 2 or 3 ULTRA light TINY surface traces, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS SUPERB!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Excellent+ if not better!!!!  SUPERB RECORD!!!!  The 'Extra' 45 is in VG+ condition (with Mint labels!) - basically it is visually Excellent+, but is downgraded as 1 side has 'dulled slightly' - though it is VERY possible that this is from manufacture.  Believe me these records are NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The records also come in their ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeves which are both in SUPERB condition!!!!  THE ULTRA RARE 'GREETINGS SPACE CADET' INSERT, AND 'I FEEL THE AIR OF ANOTHER PLANET' BOOKLET ARE BOTH IN AWESOME CONDITION - AND CLEARLY HAVENT EVER LEFT THE COVER!!!!  The 1st Press 'Silver' Fold-Over 'Padded' Cover & White 'Card' Inner Cover are both in SUPERB condition!!!!  They have has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, barely ANY corner wear AT ALL (NOT through the colour!), barely ANY creases AT ALL (BOTH covers are VERY flat looking!), only some very VERY minor 'foxing' to the white card inner cover (barely ANY!), and NO writing!!!!  The opening edges are beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the 'Badge' and 'Sticker' on the cover front of the 'Padded' Silver Cover are both in PERFECT condition!!!!  Both covers must grade Excellent+ if not better!!!!  SUPERB COVERS!!!!  The 'Spurt Records' Plastic Outer is also in BRILLIANT condition with NO splits!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!!  It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP!!!!  THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1980s UK 1ST PRESSING OF "ALIEN BOOGIE" BY TRUMAN MERIT, IN SUPERB CONDITION!!!!  Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World (Postal discounts are available - see below for details).  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: