The B52's. FIRST 4 albums. 4X Vinyl LPs. Near mint/VG+

	£		70
	$		93

From Punk to Indi to Industrial to Gothic to Techno to Ambient.

Welcome to a listing from my personal record collection.

A vinyl journey spanning some 18 years and over 1000 pressings from 1977 to 1995.

THIS LISTING IS FOR

Artist The B52's

Title The B52's - Wild Planet - Mesopotamia - WHAMMY!

Format 4X 12" vinyl albums

Pressing Various pressings 1979 -1983

Label Island Records

Label Code Please see bellow.

Barcode  No Barcodes.

The B52's

Matrix A Side  ILPS 9580 A-4U (stamped) AHJUS-LUV... CA SOUND CLINIC JONZ (etched)

Matrix B Side  ILPS 9580 B-3U (stamped) RP SOUND CLINIC JONZ ...THE B52'S (etched)

ILPS 9580*

1st UK Pressing - 1979. Label variant - does not have 'Made in Great Britain' printed on labels.

Heavy printed card inner with rounded corners.

Wild Planet

Matrix A Side  ILPS 9622 A-1U (stamped) GRAEME (etched)

Matrix B Side ILPS 9622 B-2U (stamped) SOUND CLINIC (etched)

ILPS 9622*

1st UK Pressing - 1980.

Generic Island Records inner sleeve.

Mesopotamia

Matrix A Side  ISSP 4005 A-3U (stamped) GRAEME - SOUND CLINIC (etched)

Matrix B Side  ISSP 4006 B-3U  (stamped) GRAEME (etched)

ISSP 4000

1st UK Pressing - 1982.

Generic Island Records inner sleeve.

WHAMMY!

Matrix A Side  ILPS 9759 A-1U-1-1- (etched) GRAEME - SOUND CLINIC (scratched)

Matrix B Side  ILPS 9759 B-2U-1-1-0 SOUND CLINIC (etched)

ILPS 9759

Early UK Re-pressing - 1983.

With track B3, 'Don't Worry' replaced with "Moon '83", but still with 'Don't Worry' printed on the rear cover in the track list.

Heavy printed card inner sleeve.

Truly excellent copies of the B52's first 4 albums.

We don't count the Remix album 'Party Mix'

as an album in it's own right, do we.

The condition of all playing surfaces is superb.

All eight sides are beautifully glossy, dust and fingerprint free.

They are all near mint, or a very good VG+. 

None have any marks or hairlines of any consequence at all,

and most are absolutely spotless.

The  condition of all four outer sleeves is superb.

All corners show hardly any wear at all and all spines are in perfect condition.

The inner sleeves of 'The B52's and WHAMMY! are excellent, especially 'The B52's.

There is a split of about 5cm in the left hand seam of the inner sleeve of WHAMMY.

Unless otherwise stated every record was purchased by myself from new and only ever played

by myself on my own deck and with as expensive a cartridge as I could afford at the time.

When it comes to attributing a grading to each of my records I will confess I am not an expert.

And while both the Goldmine standard and The Record Collectors systems give us a number of agreed fundamentals

to help determine a grading for vinyl and its associated media, attributing a true and accurate grading to something as

individual as a pre-owned piece of Vinyl is unavoidably subjective.

One person's 'slight scuff' may be another's deal breaker.

With this in mind I will endeavour to describe as accurately as possible, in the descriptions of each listing,

not only what I feel to be a fair grading, but also an overall description of the record in question, along with details

of any and all marks, defects and anomalies I can see.

I am a firm believer in the maxim of - if you can feel it you can hear it.

So if there is anything that looks or feels like it may possibly affect a record's playing quality or sound clarity,

and therefore the pleasure derived from listening to it or its true value to a collector, I will give it one final spin

and make my findings known in the product description.

Over and above this I am happy to take returns.

I personally wouldn't bid on a pre-owned record without the option to return it if I felt that the seller hadn't been

totally truthful and transparent in their description of it, or that on receipt it didn't live up to my expectations. 

And I do not expect you to do so either. 

So please, feel free to bid with confidence.

I am a professional photographer by trade, and have gone to great lengths to light and photograph covers, inner sleeves

and the vinyl themselves in such a way as to show, as accurately as possible, the actual condition of all.

Rest assured that what you see is exactly what will be despatched to you if you are the successful winner of each listing.

Before photographing each record went through a three stage cleaning process:

1 - Removal of any surface dust with a light brushing over with a carbon fibre and velvet disc cleaning pad

2 - Deep cleaning with large (Big Fudge) velvet pad and cleaning solution

3 - A final brushing with a Pro-Ject carbon fibre record brush.

And finally, because Mr or Mrs  Poasty may not handle your record with the same care and reverence that you or I would,

I will dispatch in a specialised corrugated cardboard record mailing outer, and if I feel even more protection is required

I will also include two extra sheets of 3mm corrugated cardboard for added safety and protection.

Thanks for taking the time to read this and for showing an interest

in giving a new home to one of my records.

I have other listings live right now and will be adding new ones on a regular basis,

so please do take a peak and stay tuned for more. I will combine postage, so please do ask.