Artist: Public Image Limited

Title: Metal Box

Format: 3x LP Limited Edition (housed in Film-Can style metal box)

Record Label: Virgin

Cat. No: METAL 1

Country of origin/Year of release: UK/1979

Sleeve condition: Metal Box Excellent- (metal box demonstrates the tarnish that is commensurate with its age and how you find nearly all copies of this item after 30+ years. some minor rust spots and creasing but basically overall still retains an excellent shape and is a very decent copy and my excellent- grading probably quite strict. many would probably just grade as excellent)

Vinyl condition: Excellent- (all 3 records may have been played but not excessively so and have some paper marks and signs of gentle handling but are all in more than decent condition. i think my grading of excellent- is again probably quite strict)

Inner Sleeve/Inserts etc condition: Original A5 track list insert and 4x separators Excellent- 

Other information: Original 'METAL 1' label in place on bottom (see photo)

UK BIDDERS VERY IMPORTANT PLEASE NOTE: Postage for this item is not £4.50. ebay listings do not facilitate heavier items such as this which affect normal postage costs so please note the winning bidder must wait for invoice. Postage cost for a securely double boxed delivery will be £7.50 in the UK. 

OVERSEAS BIDDERS VERY IMPORTANT PLEASE NOTE: International postage is not £0.01 as stated. International bidders I would insist they ask for an estimate of a postage/shipping cost before making any bid as I would expect postage to be very expensive and maybe even far too prohibitive. I do not want an overseas bidder to win this item and then be shocked by postage/shipping costs. I will cancel any bid from an overseas bidder who has not asked first what postage/shipping cost will be. If an overseas buyer wins the item with a late bid without asking first for a shipping cost then they are committing to the purchase with whatever the shipping cost is at their consequence. 

I have a collection of literally thousands of 10", 12" & LP Punk/Post Punk/Indie/New Wave/Alternative/Industrial/Shoegazer/Garage Rock/Lo-Fi/Thrash/Space Rock/Electronic/Avant-Garde/Reggae vinyl records. I am a private collector not a dealer and any items I sell will be from my personal collection. I will not be listing prolifically but will be doing so from time to time and often with some rare and collectable items. Please check my other auctions and keep an eye out for future listings.

Auctions will start at £0.99 with no reserve and leave the selling price to be determined by those that want the item the most.

Every record I have ever acquired has been placed immediately into a brand new PVC cover to protect the outer sleeve and where applicable vinyl has been removed from inner picture sleeve and placed into a paper sleeve to protect both vinyl and inner sleeve. As such every record I have bought new remains basically 'as new' or as close to it as you are likely to get no matter how old it may be. However, I have not bought every record in the collection new and therefore where this applies my methods will have kept the item in the same condition as it was when I acquired it. I will to the best of my ability follow the grading system used by ‘Record Collector’ (see below) but I may add a + or – to a grading to help fine-tune the condition report. Please note that vinyl will be visually graded only. Furthermore, I will grade as strictly as I can whilst drawing a balance between honest appraisal and not wanting to put off a buyer by over analysing the item for sale. Condition is often a matter of personal judgement and just to say that I have often had an item sold to me as mint but I would not consider it as such. The age and rarity of an item may also tweak the grading.

Record Collector’s 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 the lyric sheet, booklet or poster are in perfect condition. Records advertised as sealed or un-played should 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 noticeable surface marks and the occasional light scratch. Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items, without any major defects, is acceptable.

??GOOD: The record has been played so much that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated, perhaps with some distortion and mild scratches. The cover and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discoloration, etc.??

FAIR: The record is still just playable but has not been cared for properly and displays considerable surface noise; it may even jump. The cover and contents will be torn, stained and/or defaced.

POOR: The record will not play properly due to scratches, bad surface noise, etc. The cover and contents will be badly damaged or partly missing.

BAD: The record is unplayable or might even be broken, and is only of use as a collection-filler.

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Terms & conditions

I describe every item for sale as accurately as possible and provide as much information as I can or that is deemed necessary for a particular sale. I welcome any questions prior to auction end and I will do my utmost to provide an accurate reply (due to other commitments I cannot guarantee a reply to any question sent within the last 12 hours of the auction).

Communication is the major factor with eBay, as we all want to avoid any possibility of a bad experience. Please make sure you ask any questions you have before auction ends and if you have any doubts then it is possibly better not to bid. Once the transaction is completed I will only accept an item to be returned if it can be proved that I have in some way mistakenly misrepresented it. In any such circumstances communication is again the key, as any problems can always be resolved. As with all auctions buyer remorse or change of mind is not an acceptable reason for return and would make it unfair on others who may have submitted bids.

Payment conditions & postage

PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION THAT ANY ITEM BOUGHT BY AN OVERSEAS BUYER FOR A FINAL SALE PRICE IN EXCESS OF £50.00 IS SENT BY INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR OR AIRSURE. THIS WILL INCUR A FURTHER SHIPPING SURCHARGE OF £4.00 IN ADDITION TO THE QUOTED PRICE. IF AN OVERSEAS BUYER DOES NOT CHOOSE THIS OPTION THEN ONCE I OBTAIN PROOF OF POSTAGE FINAL DELIVERY IS AT BUYERS RISK. OVERSEAS BUYERS PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOUR PREFERRED OPTION BEFORE MAKING PAYMENT AND I WILL INVOICE ACCORDINGLY   

All records will be sent in purpose made mailers with vinyl taken out of picture sleeves (inner & outer) and placed in a paper sleeve to prevent seam splits during transit. At least two cardboard stiffeners will be used and sleeve will be extra protected in PVC cover within package.