KINGS OF LEON - Youth And Young Manhood

Original UK Out Of Print LP!

LABEL INFO: HAND ME DOWN Records

CATALOGUE NUMBER: HMD26

YEAR: 2003

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK

TRACKLIST: Red Morning Light/ Happy Alone/ Wasted Time/ Joe's Head/ Trani/ California Waiting/ Spiral Staircase/ Molly's Chambers/ Genius/ Dusty/ Holly Roller Novocaine

Now insanely RARE, this is the first LP release by international superstar band Kings Of Leon. Documenting the first 3 years of their existence, it brims over with youthful garage grooves and the deadpan delivery the Followill brothers have made their own. The band's story is a classic one: brothers form a band, struggle for years to find success, and then get it in spades, which Kings of Leon did last year with the release of 'Sex On Fire' from 'Only By The Night.'

This double 10" vinyl pressing was VERY limited at the time of release, and has since become a highly sought after collectable. The hard rockin' grooves are locked down onto two 10" discs. This is a high quality pressing, with delux inner sleeves for both discs and a cool 10" sleeve. The inner sleeves are printed with moody lack and white photography as well as album info. At the time of issue record companies were pressing up small numbers of vinyl copies, which has led to this record being VERY RARE!! Please see below for gradings, and a little further on my definition of MINT and the like. Please bare in mind that I take listing and describing seriously and only strive to give you the most complete picture possible of what you're buying! All items are professionally packed and sent ASAP. Thanks for looking!

CONDITION OF VINYL: EXCELLENT. All four sides are in LOVELY shape. SIDE A is in great condition, with only two noticeable paper scuffs. These scuffs are very light, are not 'feelable' and are a result of moving the disc from its paper inners. SIDE B is 'Near Mint' condition, with NO scuffs or wear AT ALL. SIDE C is comparable to SIDE A: great condition through-out with only one or two VERY light paper scuffs. SIDE D has some VERY light paper scuffing, but this is only noticeable under direct sunlight at an angle, and most sellers wouldn't certainly not go into these details. PLAYBACK on all four sides is AMAZING: further proof that this music is meant to be heard under a needle, with some choice speakers. After hearing the sound reproduction from these discs, you won't go back to MP3s or CDs. All four sides of this record GLEAM like new discs, and are a STRONG EXCELLENT. There is some light spindlemarks on the labels which only show up at an angle. This is a GREAT copy of this record and YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED.

CONDITION OF SLEEVE/INNERS: VERY GOOD +. Prior to my owning this record, they were not kept in PVC sleeves and so the sleeve is not perfect. I have taken a good few photographs to provide as good an analysis as possible. The front sleeve has a few small dints and some ringwear most noticeable at the side opening. There is a small amount of discolouration at the bottom and some very light creasing. Overall, however, this is a nice copy of the sleeve... I like to detail all the faults so you have a great idea of what you're buying. The SPINE is nice, with only one spot of wear on the 'S' illustrated by the photograph. The rear of the sleeve has ONE dog ear crease at the top right, which you may be able to pick up on the photo. The inners are also graded at VERY GOOD: they are nice throughout with the exception of a tear a the top of the 'Studio Info.' While the discs are in better condition than the sleeve, you can see from the detailed photographs that the sleeve is still in nice shape! Good Luck!

CLOSE UP::

I am an avid collector of many, many genres and keep my records in IMMACULATE condition. I grade according to the Record Collector Price Guide 'Ready Reckoner' and almost NEVER sell anything which is below EXCELLENT condition. Rest assured that my EXCELLENT is bloody EXCELLENT! Oh yeah and I NEVER GRADE ANYTHING MINT THAT IS NOT SEALED!! Near Mint is the highest grading I use for unsealed records.

All records will be sent within two days MAXIMUM of receipt of payment (usually within 4/5 hours of payment received). Your record will be expertly packed in a professional brown mailer, using one or two stiffeners and housed in a PVC 12" sleeve with the record in a paper inner placed outside the sleeve as is standard practice. I've always been lucky when buying records from ebay (save the odd occasion) and would like all buyers of my records to be 100% SATISFIED!

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