PUBLIC IMAGE LTD PiL Metal Box 3 x 12" Orig LP in tin

	£		34
	$		41

PUBLIC IMAGE LTD. METAL BOX LP.

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL VINYL SET RELEASED BY VIRGIN UK IN 1979 COMPLETE WITH THE METAL 1 STICKER ON THE BACK OF THE TIN. THE TIN ITSELF SUFFERS WITH SOME RUSTING,GRADED AS A STRONG VG+.IT HAS NO DENTS AT ALL.

CONTAINS 3 X 12" VINYL DISCS ALL IN EXCELLENT- CONDITION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SCRATCH I'VE SHOWN ON DISC ONE TRACK 2(SWAN LAKE).AMAZINGLY IT DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH THE SOUND IN ANY WAY,GUARANTEED, BUT I HIDE NOTHING,HENCE MY 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK SPREAD OVER 9 YEARS.

COMES COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL 4 WHITE SEPARATION DISC SHEETS AND A TRACK LISTING SHEET THAT ARE ALL IN EXCELLENT+ CONDITION.

PiL managed to avoid boundaries for the first four years of their existence, and Metal Box is undoubtedly the apex. It's a hallmark of uncompromising, challenging post-punk, hardly sounding like anything of the past, present, or future. Sure, there were touchstones that got their imaginations running -- the bizarreness of Captain Beefheart, the open and rhythmic spaces of Can, and the dense pulses of Lee Perry's productions fueled their creative fires -- but what they achieved with their second record is a completely unique hour of avant-garde noise. Originally packaged in a film canister as a trio of 12" records played at 45 rpm, the bass and treble are pegged at 11 throughout, with nary a tinge of midrange to be found. It's all scrapes and throbs (dubscrapes?), supplanted by John Lydon's caterwauling about such subjects as his dying mother, resentment, and murder. Guitarist Keith Levene splatters silvery, violent, percussive shards of metallic scrapes onto the canvas, much like a one-armed Jackson Pollock. Jah Wobble and Richard Dudanski lay down a molasses-thick rhythmic foundation throughout that's just as funky as Can's Czukay/Leibezeit and Chic's Edwards/Rodgers. It's alien dance music. Metal Box might not be recognized as a groundbreaking record with the same reverence as Never Mind the Bollocks, and you certainly can't trace numerous waves of bands who wouldn't have existed without it like the Sex Pistols record. But like a virus, its tones have sent miasmic reverberations through a much broader scope of artists and genres. 

Metal 1.1: Albatross
Metal 1.2: Memories / Swan Lake (plays endlessly into the run off groove)
Metal 1.3: Poptones / Careering
Metal 1.4: No Birds / Graveyard
Metal 1.5: The Suit / Bad Baby
Metal 1.6: Socialist / Chant / Radio 4

RECORD COLLECTOR GRADING SYSTEM

MINT :
The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. The cover and any extra items such as lyric sheet, booklet or poster are in perfect condition. Records advertised as Sealed or Unplayed be Mint.

EXCELLENT :
The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality. The cover and packaging might have slight wear and/or creasing.

VERY GOOD :
The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticable surface marks and the occasional light scratch. Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items, without any major defects, is acceptable.

I may use a + or a - to emphasise a grading which may be inbetween a grade. I will never use a mint grading for a 2nd hand/used record for instance. Mint- will be the very highest grade.

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