BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST 4/LP Promo Box 1972 1st MINT
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PLEASE NOTE!!!! ON SOME OF THE PICTURES ABOVE - THE WHITE AREA IS NOT PART OF THE PHOTO - BUT OUT OF COURTESY, IT HAS BEEN USED TO HIDE A 'FACTORY PRINTED' NAME ON THE 'PROMOTIONAL SHEET' THAT COMES WITH THE BOX SET.
On offer here is a VERY rare 4/LP Box Set (especially in this condition!!!!) by Barclay James Harvest called "Barclay James Harvest Promotional Box Set" (as it was NEVER released - it never had an official title - but this is what it is known as!) and is an ORIGINAL 1972 'Promotional ONLY' UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Harvest label!!!! THIS 'PROMOTIONAL ONLY' BOX SET LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!! IN FACT, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT IT IS THE RAREST ITEM ON THE HARVEST LABEL!!!! JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!! THIS 'PROMOTIONAL ONLY' BOX SET WAS ONLY EVER MADE IN TINY AMOUNTS (100 COPIES ONLY!) AND WAS SPECIALLY MADE TO PROMOTE BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST IN THE UK!!!! IT WAS NEVER RELEASED AND IS THE ULTIMATE HARVEST RARITY!!!! AND WHAT AN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING PACKAGE THIS BOX SET REALLY IS!!!! IT FEATURES THE FIRST FOUR BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST LPs, 4 'PROMOTIONAL' PICTURES OF EACH BAND MEMBER, A 'PROMOTIONAL' SHEET (WITH DETAILS OF THE BOX & CONTENTS!), A BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST 'STICKER', AND EVEN A 'BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST' BADGE!!!! THE CURRENT (AT THE TIME!) BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST LP 'BABY JAMES HARVEST' COMES IN A STUNNING 'PICTURE/CREDITS' INNER SLEEVE, AND THE OTHER 3 LPS COME IN 3 MATCHING BLACK INNER SLEEVES - WHICH WERE EXACTLY THE SAME TYPE (TEXTURED BLACK SLEEVES WITH 'SILVER TEXT!) WHICH PINK FLOYDS 'DARK SIDE OF THE MOON' LP WAS RELEASED IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR!!!! AND ALL OF THIS IS CONTAINED INSIDE AN AMAZING 'HINGED' BOX WITH AN AMAZING COLOUR 'BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST' DESIGN ON THE FRONT!!!! ALL FOUR LPs HAVE 'FACTORY SAMPLE' STICKERS ON EACH LABEL - AND AS THIS 'PROMOTIONAL ONLY' BOX SET WAS NEVER RELEASED (100 COPIES ONLY!) - IT IS MORE THAN LIKELY THAT ALL HAD THESE ON THE LABELS!!!! WHAT AN AMAZING BOX SET - AND THIS ONE HAS TO BE THE BEST EXAMPLE LEFT IN EXISTENCE!!!!
BUT WHAT MAKES THIS 4/LP 'PROMOTIONAL ONLY' BOX SET REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS IN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING CONDITION!!!! AND THIS IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!! THIS 4/LP 'PROMOTIONAL ONLY' BOX SET COMES FROM A 1 OWNER COLLECTION, FROM SOMEONE WHO WAS VERY HIGH UP IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS BACK IN THE LATE 1960s & EARLY 1970s!!!! ALL OF HIS RECORDS WERE RECEIVED DIRECT FROM THE FACTORY AND STORED OUT OF THE LIGHT (VERTICALLY IN CLOSED BOXES!) AND REMAINED IN PLASTIC SLEEVES SINCE NEW!!!! AS A RESULT THIS 4/LP BOX SET HAS REMAINED IN AWESOME CONDITION - AS IT HASNT SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY SINCE THE YEAR IT WAS MADE!!!! AND IN THIS 4/LP BOX SET'S CASE, 3 OF THE RECORDS HAVE NEVER BEEN PLAYED AT ALL, AND 1 LP HAS ONLY EVER BEEN PLAYED ONCE!!!! ALL FOUR RECORDS ARE IN AMAZING CONDITION, THE INNER SLEEVES ARE SIMPLY SUPERB, THE BADGE, STICKER, PROMOTIONAL SHEET & PHOTOS ARE ALL IN STUNNING CONDITION, AND THE 'OUTER BOX' IS ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!!!! JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!! THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1972 UK 'PROMOTIONAL ONLY' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS HARVEST LABELS, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVES (AS DETAILED ABOVE!), 1ST PRESS BADGE, 1ST PRESS STICKER, 1ST PRESS 'PROMOTIONAL SHEET', 1ST PRESS BAND PHOTOS, AND 1ST PRESS 'LAMINATED FRONTED' OUTER BOX!!!! THIS 4/LP BOX SET IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!! This is the ORIGINAL Harvest UK 1st Pressing from 1972 and is in AWESOME condition!!!! The records are pressed on THICK quality vinyl. There was NO Cat. No allocated to this Box Set (as it was PROMOTIONAL ONLY!)!!!!
ALL FOUR record labels are in AWESOME condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and NO spindle marks AT ALL (apart from 1 tiny trace on 1 label ONLY!)!!!! IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT 3 OF THESE RECORDS HAVE NEVER BEEN PLAYED AT ALL, AND 1 RECORD HAS ONLY EVER BEEN PLAYED ONCE!!!! The vinyl on ALL FOUR records is in AMAZING condition!!!! Most of these 60s/70s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and ALL FOUR records have NO scratches, NO hairlines, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the VERY lightest paper scuffs only visible under EXTREME light!!!! ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!! THE RECORDS STILL RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS AWESOME!!!! It is also great to find that the records play as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!! The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!! ALL FOUR records must grade MINT(Minus)!!!! WHAT AN AMAZING SET OF RECORDS!!!! Believe me these records are NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!! I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!! The records also come in their ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeves (as detailed above!) which are in AWESOME condition and completely UNSPLIT!!!! ALL OF THE CONTENTS OF THIS BOX SET - INCLUDING THE 'STICKER', 'BADGE', PROMOTIONAL SHEET, AND BAND PICTURES ARE ALL IN AMAZING CONDITION!!!! The 1st Press 'Hinged' Outer Box is in AWESOME condition!!!! It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, barely ANY corner wear AT ALL (NOT through the colour!), NO crushing (the box retains a PERFECT shape!), VERY shiny laminate to the front design, and NO writing!!!! The opening edges & the hinge are beautifully straight with NO wear!!!! Even the inside of the cover is in AWESOME condition with NO wear AT ALL!!!! The Box must grade Excellent++++ if not better!!!! AWESOME BOX!!!! THIS AMAZING 'PROMOTIONAL ONLY' BOX SET IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!
HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!! It really is a GREAT looking 4/LP Box Set and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE Box Set!!!! THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1972 UK 'PROMOTIONAL ONLY' BOX SET 1ST PRESSING OF "BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST PROMOTIONAL BOX SET" BY BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST, IN AWESOME CONDITION!!!! Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World (Postal discounts are available - see below for details). Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!
On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information:
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