The Higher Intelligence Agency. Colourform. FIRST UK PRESS. Vinyl LP. Near mint.
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From Punk to Indi to Industrial to Gothic to Techno to Ambient.
Welcome to a listing from my personal record collection.
A vinyl journey spanning some 18 years and over 1000 pressings from 1977 to 1995.
THIS LISTING IS FOR
Artist The Higher Intelligence Agency
Title Colourform
Format Double 12" Vinyl album
Pressing First UK pressing 1993
Label Beyond
Label Code RBADLP5
Barcode 5 018240 574125
Matrix A Side BLR(D) R BAD LP 5 - A1 PR-M COPYMASTERS. Miles. (etched)
Matrix B Side BLR(D) R BAD LP 5 - B1 PR-M ? (etched)
Matrix C Side BLRD R BAD LP 5 - C1 PR-M ? (etched)
Matrix D Side BLR(D) R BAD LP 5 - D1 PR-M D (etched)
TRACK LISTING
A Side 1 Delta 2 Speedlearn
B Side 1 Influx 2 Spectral
C Side 1 Conoid Tone 2 Orange
D Side 1 M+T=E 2 Re-echo 3 Ketamine Entity
A truly superb copy of The Higher Intelligence Agency's
debut 1993 IDM double album.
The condition of the playing surfaces is superb,
all four sides are beautifully glossy, dust and fingerprint free.
Side 1 and 2 look unmarked, as good as the day they were pressed.
The only thing stopping me graded as mint is that it has been played a couple of times
and there are a few extremely fine hairlines on sides 3 and 4 and one slightly more obvious,
yet sill very superficial one, half way through the second track on side 4.
I have play tested this and there is absolutely no loss of sound quality in the slightest.
The outer sleeve is in superb condition, with only the smallest amount of
discolouration near the top of the front cover.
The corners are all undamaged and nice and sharp.
The spine is in excellent condition.
Unless otherwise stated every record was purchased by myself from new and only ever played
by myself on my own deck and with as expensive a cartridge as I could afford at the time.
When it comes to attributing a grading to each of my records I will confess I am not an expert.
And while both the Goldmine standard and The Record Collectors systems give us a number of agreed fundamentals
to help determine a grading for vinyl and its associated media, attributing a true and accurate grading to something as
individual as a pre-owned piece of Vinyl is unavoidably subjective.
One person's 'slight scuff' may be another's deal breaker.
With this in mind I will endeavour to describe as accurately as possible, in the descriptions of each listing,
not only what I feel to be a fair grading, but also an overall description of the record in question, along with details
of any and all marks, defects and anomalies I can see.
I am a firm believer in the maxim of - if you can feel it you can hear it.
So if there is anything that looks or feels like it may possibly affect a record's playing quality or sound clarity,
and therefore the pleasure derived from listening to it or its true value to a collector, I will give it one final spin
and make my findings known in the product description.
Over and above this I am happy to take returns.
I personally wouldn't bid on a pre-owned record without the option to return it if I felt that the seller hadn't been
totally truthful and transparent in their description of it, or that on receipt it didn't live up to my expectations.
And I do not expect you to do so either.
So please, feel free to bid with confidence.
I am a professional photographer by trade, and have gone to great lengths to light and photograph covers, inner sleeves
and the vinyl themselves in such a way as to show, as accurately as possible, the actual condition of all.
Rest assured that what you see is exactly what will be despatched to you if you are the successful winner of each listing.
Before photographing each record went through a three stage cleaning process:
1 - Removal of any surface dust with a light brushing over with a carbon fibre and velvet disc cleaning pad
2 - Deep cleaning with large (Big Fudge) velvet pad and cleaning solution
3 - A final brushing with a Pro-Ject carbon fibre record brush.
And finally, because Mr or Mrs Poasty may not handle your record with the same care and reverence that you or I would,
I will dispatch in a specialised corrugated cardboard record mailing outer, and if I feel even more protection is required
I will also include two extra sheets of 3mm corrugated cardboard for added safety and protection.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and for showing an interest
in giving a new home to one of my records.
I have other listings live right now and will be adding new ones on a regular basis,
so please do take a peak and stay tuned for more. I will combine postage, so please do ask.
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