PUBLIC IMAGE LTD (PiL) Metal Box 1979 UK ORIGINAL MINT
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Dec 20, 2012
Sold Date
Dec 10, 2012
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£ 24
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Description
PUBLIC IMAGE LTD (PiL) Metal Box 1979 UK ORIGINAL MINT
4 DIVIDERS, INSERT, 'METAL 1' STICKER - PERFECT SOUND
PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITEDMetal Box
UK VIRGIN (METAL 1) *COMPLETE* FIRST PRESSING (November 1979) OF PIL's POST PUNK MASTERPIECE
AN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING PIECE OF WORK WHICH SOUNDS EVERY BIT AS IMPRESSIVE TODAY AS IT DID 33 YEARS AGO
AND THE COPY IS IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION - THE FINEST YOU COULD WISH FOR - ALL THREE RECORDS ARE BARELY PLAYED - THE SOUND QUALITY IS FLAWLESS AND THE TIN HAS VERY LITTLE TARNISHING
MATRICES:
RECORD ONE: METAL 1 - A - 2 / METAL 1 - B - 1 (with the B corrected from an A)
RECORD TWO: METAL 1 - C - 1 / METAL 1 - D - 1
RECORD THREE: METAL 1 - E - 1 / METAL 1 - F - 1
PiL managed to avoided all boundaries and Metal Box is undoubtedly the apex of their vision.
It's a hallmark of uncompromising, challenging post-punk, sounding unlike anything else.
There were touchstones the bizarreness of Captain Beefheart, the open and rhythmic spaces of Can, and the dense pulses of Lee Perry's dub productions - 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 mid-range 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 (which 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
LABELS: MINT-
All six labels are clean and unmarked with just one or two light spindle traces - this set has clearly seen little use
VINYL Visual: MINT
All six surfaces are clean, unmarked and shine like-new
VINYL Audio: MINT
Stunning sound quality - pristine - crystal clear, sharp and incredibly strong (with everything turned up to 11) and the whole set plays flawlessly throughout with no audio distractions of any kind (even the run-ins are silent)
TIN: NEAR MINT
The tin has tarnished slightly with age (not as much as most I have have seen) - there are no dents to the rims and the 'METAL 1" sticker is perfect with no signs of attempted removal
DIVIDERS: NEAR MINT
The four white dividers are unmarked - just some light signs of handling
INSERT: EXCELLENT
The small info insert has a few creases to the edges but otherwise, clean
POST & PACKING:
THE CONTENTS OF THE TIN WILL BE SECURELY PADDED TO PREVENT ANY MOVEMENT DURING TRANSIT (ALL THREE RECORDS WILL BE PLACED IN NEW ANTI-STATIC LINERS) AND THE SET WILL BE SECURELY BOXED
UK: 1st Class: £4.50 (recorded delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £12.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
PAYMENT IS BY PAYPAL ONLY SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PAY BY SOME OTHER METHOD PLEASE CONTACT ME FIRST
Guarantee: The record is unconditionally guaranteed and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund (through Paypal) upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any way I will email you when payment has been received to let you know when the item will be posted. Please leave feedback upon receipt of the item so that I know you have received it safely. Any problems please email me. Thanks 486 (GS 6.5.1 (486))
