KING CRIMSON Islands LP 1971 1st Press+INNER AWESOME

	£		118
	$		156

On offer here is a very rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by King Crimson called 'Islands' and is a VERY rare 1971 UK 1st pressing on the 1st Press Island label!!!!  THIS LP IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO FIND AND MASSIVELY RARE!!!! IN FACT THIS IS EASILY KING CRIMSONS RAREST EVER LP!!!!  IT SOLD TERRIBLY ON RELEASE AND TODAY IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS A 100% GENIUNE 1ST PRESSING - WITH A FLIPBACK OUTER COVER (LATER ONES DONT), AND ULTRA RARE GATEFOLD INNER/INSERT!!!!  ONLY THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS CAME LIKE THIS - BEFORE THE PACKAGING WAS CHANGED.  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP SO VERY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS IN ABSOLUTELY AWESOME CONDITION!!!!  IN PARTICULAR THE GATEFOLD INNER/INSERT IS IN INCREDIBLE CONDITION!!!! IT WAS SO FRAGILE THAT MANY WERE EVEN SPLIT ON DELIVERY - AND ON MANY 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP THE INSERT IS OFTEN COMPLETELY SPLIT FROM THE INNER SLEEVE - OFTEN LEADING PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THIS LP ACTUALLY HAD A SEPARATE INSERT!!!!  IN ACTUAL FACT ON ALL GENIUNE 1ST PRESSINGS THE INSERT WAS JOINED TO THE INNER SLEEVE (LATER CHANGED) AND IT IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP IN THIS CONDITION!!!!  AND WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THIS IS THE HARDEST KING CRIMSON LP TO FIND IN TOP CONDITION!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1971 UK 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS ISLAND LABEL, 1ST PRESS A-1U/B-1U MATRIX ENDINGS, 1ST PRESS GATEFOLD INSERT/INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS FLIPBACK OUTER COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN THIS SUPERB CONDITION - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS MEGA RARE OPPORTUNITY!!!! This is the ORIGINAL Island UK 1st Pressing from 1971 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is ILPS 9175 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Island label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st pressing!!!!

The record labels are in AWESOME condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!! IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in AWESOME 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 has NO scratches, NO hairlines, and only a VERY few of the VERY lightest paper scuffs only visible under EXTREME light!!!! ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!! THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS AWESOME!!!!  It is great to find that the record plays 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 groovewear, and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade Excellent++++ if not MINT(MInus)!!!! AWESOME RECORD!!!! Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!! I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!! The record comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press Gatefold Inner/Insert sleeve which is in SUPERB condition and easily the best I have EVER seen!!!!  The Gatefold inner is a SUPERB clean white colour with NO grubbyness AT ALL (MEGA RARE on this inner) and is in AWESOME condition!!!!  Importantly there is NO splits AT ALL to the actual record pouch itself - and this is virtually IMPOSSIBLE to find!!!!  The spine of the inner itself is VERY solid indeed (PERFECT side words) with only the VERY beginnings of a split towards the top (though this hasnt happened yet - and with the correct care will NEVER happen)!!!!  But with out ANY doubt this has to be the BEST conditioned inner/insert I have EVER seen - and it will surely be a VERY long time (if ever) before you see one as good as this one!!!! Just look at the pictures!!!!  WHAT AN AWESOME INNER/INSERT!!!!  The 1st Press Flipback Outer Cover is in AWESOME condition!!!! The cover has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, barely ANY corner wear AT ALL (NOT through the colour), barely ANY creases AT ALL (cover is VERY flat looking), barely ANY rubbing AT ALL (virtually NONE), NO ringwear AT ALL, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!! Even the unlaminated back is in AWESOME condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL (virtually NONE), and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Excellent++++ if not better!!!! AWESOME COVER!!!!  JUST LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS LP IS SIMPLY AWESOME!!!!  THIS LP IS THE RAREST KING CRIMSON LP BY FAR AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN THIS AMAZING CONDITION - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS MEGA RARE 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 LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP!!!! THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1971 UK 1ST PRESSING OF "ISLANDS" BY KING CRIMSON, 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.  Paypal, IMOs, Cash, Cheques, and Post Orders accepted. Overseas MUST use either Cash, IMOs or Paypal. Thanks for looking . Cheers!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information:

Will all buyers please note that I can no longer accept cash as a payment option.  It is too risky for both the buyer & seller (direct bank transfer is a far safer option).  However I of course still accept PAYPAL, Bank Transfers, Cheques, and Postal Orders!  GOOD LUCK!