Used EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN "Kollaps" 1981 Vinyl LP

• You are bidding on one used copy of the EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN stereo vinyl LP "Kollaps," released in 1981. This is an original release, MADE IN GERMANY. Duration: 56:10

• The LP and jacket is USED but is in excellent condition. (See grading legend below). The disc is graded NM and is not warped; there are a few light marks on both sides. We played it and it sounds great. The jacket is VG+; there is no edge wear, some contact and ring wear on both sides, and no bends in the cardboard. The jacket is in a sealable plastic sleeve. The inner sleeve is generic white. The pictures below are of the actual LP.

• Side One:
  1. Kollaps - 8:04
  2. Sehnsucht - 1:21
  3. Vorm Krieg - 0:20
  4. Hirnsäge - 1:55
  5. Abstieg & Zerfall - 4:28
  6. Helga - 0:39
  Side Two:
  1. Tanz Debil - 3:23
  2. Steh Auf Berlin - 3:47
  3. Negativ Nein - 2:27
  4. U-Haft-Muzak - 3:41
  5. Draussen Ist Feindlich - 0:49
  6. Hören Mit Schmerzen - 2:32
  7. Jet'm - 1:24

• AllMusic Review by Stewart Mason:
  Einstürzende Neubauten's first album, as one might imagine, is their most primitive and radical effort, the purest expression of their original aesthetic. This makes the album both historically significant and conceptually intriguing, of course, but what's most interesting about this album is that it still sounds surprising decades after its release. Often, albums that are considered extreme art statements upon their debut sound almost quaint a few years later, but while Kollaps perhaps sounds less extreme to ears that heard industrial music turned into disco pabulum by the likes of Nine Inch Nails than it did before, songs like the eight-minute title track and the rumbling live closer, "Negativ Nein," are still a fascinating blend of rhythm and random bashing, tonality and atonality, with anguished vocals by Blixa Bargeld that often seem to have little connection with anything else in the piece. The brief tracks, like the 80-second "Sehnsucht," are even more extreme explorations of pure noise. Starting as early as the next album, Einstürzende Neubauten would begin slowly introducing more mainstream musical concepts into their aesthetic, making Kollaps as undiluted a listening experience as there is in the entire catalog.

• ZickZack Platten ZZ 65, released in 1981. 33-1/3 RPM. EfA 2517 - LP 08. Made in Germany by Record Partner Hamburg.

• Sold AS-IS. NO RETURNS.

• To protect this collectible recording, this auction also includes the packaging necessary to ship a vinyl record. Included is a new cardboard container specifically designed for vinyl records. The record will be shipped in the original paper sleeve. The empty jacket will be shipped in the existing plastic sleeve.

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• M = Mint. In all but the rarest cases, still sealed. If we know that an open record has never been played, and the rating otherwise applies, it will be graded mint.
  
• NM = Near mint, or unplayed condition. Cover is near perfect, new looking, with no surface or ring wear.
  
• EX = Only slight signs of wear; very clean, only light surface marks which do not distract significantly from the sound. Cover has only slight surface wear and is still in nice collectible condition.
  
• VG+ = Evidence of play, with moderate surface wear and some minor noise - still plays well. Cover is solid with no breaks but may have minor surface wear or some ring wear.
  
• VG = Overall wear, but no skips or serious defects. May be somewhat noisy during quiet passages. Cover is worn, with considerable ring wear, and may have partially broken edges.
  
• VG- = Playable, but both the record and cover are well worn.
  
• G or G+ = Poor or Rough condition. Holefiller only!

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