Wire. Chairs Missing. Vinyl. FIRST UK PRESS. 1978. SHSP 4093. Near mint.

	£		39
	$		52

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 Wire

Title Chairs Missing

Format 12" Vinyl album

Pressing First UK pressing 1978

Label Harvest

Label Code  No Label code

Barcode No Barcode

Matrix A Side  SHSP 4093 - A2 (stamped)

Matrix B Side  SHSP 4093 - B2 (stamped)

TRACK LISTING

A Side 1  Practice Makes Perfect   2 French Film Blurred   3 Another Then Letter   4 Men 2nd

5 Marooned   6 Sand In My Joints   7 Being Sucked In Again   8 Heartbeat

B Side 1 Mercy   2 Outdoor Miner   3 I Am The Fly   4 I Feel Mysterious Today  

5 From The Nursery   6 Used To   7 Too Late

A near mint copy of Wire's second album.

The only "fly in the... fly in the... fly in the ointment," is that it is the

version with the black print inner sleeve. The very first run had

lilac print, before the band decided to change it to black.

This version still has the rounded cornered, heavy card inner sleeve, 

indicative of the first pressings.

The condition of the playing surfaces is as near mint as I believe you are likely to find in a record that has been played.

Both sides are beautifully glossy, dust and fingerprint free. As closely as I look I can't see a mark in either of them.

I can't see any spindle marks on either label. 

The Outer sleeve is in superb condition. Incredibly so for an album that is over 40 years old.

The spine is also perfect.

The inner sleeve shows quite a lot of age discolouration, which can be seen in the listing images.

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.