ULTRAVOX Ha -Ha -Ha 1977 UK ISLAND 1st PRESS w/INSERT + BONUS 7” SINGLE
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Feb 6, 2017 Sold Date
Jan 27, 2017 Start Date
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ULTRAVOX! Ha!-Ha!-Ha! 1977 UK ISLAND 1st PRESS w/INSERT + BONUS 7” SINGLE

ULTRAVOX!
Ha!-Ha!-Ha!

1977 UK ISLAND (ILPS 9505) FIRST PRESSING WITH BONUS Quirks / Modern Love 7" (first 10,00 copies only) AND CARD INSERT
WHERE GLAM MEETS PUNK - EXCELLENT ORIGINAL COPY - SEEN LITTLE USE - SOUNDS GREAT
MARTIX: A PORKY PRIME CUT, I-2, ILPS 9505 A1, EG / T.R.O.X.V.C.M.D.B. 42 D. SAX, I-2, ILPS 9505 B1, EG

Ha!-Ha!-Ha! is a bruising album, a tsunami of a set that epitomised the fire and fury of its age. Icy to its core, producer Steve Lillywhite brilliantly captured both the band's urgency and the brittleness of their sound. Like the implosion of gases that ignited the Big Bang, Ha!-Ha!-Ha! hangs in the millisecond before the ensuing explosion, trembling with ferocious tension and fierce anticipation of the coming storm. Much of the set seems frozen in this moment in time and space, lyrically reflected in "Hiroshima Mon Amour," "Man Who Dies Every Day," and "Frozen Ones." Unlike the celebration of destruction that defined their debut set, Ultravox! now stood staring aghast into the abyss, with the manic exuberance of "Rockwrock" emerging not as the exhilarating dance through the death of civilisation that many listeners assumed, but the band's panicked response to its collapse. And as fear took hold in the Western world, the band battered themselves against its crumbling walls, ravaged by the artificiality of the society rising amongst its ruins. Even decades on, the sheer ferocity of this set continues to impress.

Side One:
ROckwrok
The Frozen Ones
Fear In The Western World
Distant Smile
Side Two:
The Man Who Dies Everyday
Artificial Life
While I'm Still Alive
Hiroshima Mon Amour

LABELS: EXCELLENT+
Clean, unmarked labels - a few light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT/EXCELLENT
Both surfaces sine like-new - Side Two has a superficial mark which does not sound
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT+
Plays beautifully throughout with little to fault - the odd one-off tick noted - nothing really - sounds great
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Wear to the edges and spine otherwise clean and solid
INSERT: MINT
As-new - crisp and sharp
BONUS 7" SINGLE: MINT
Again, as-new - looks unplayed

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: FREE (2nd class standard)
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 @£3 for each additional LP
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  783 (GS 7.0.5 (783))


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