Tom Petty Into The Great Wide Open Vinyl LP. VGC+ RARE

	£		25
	$		33

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You are  bidding on a 12” vinyl LP of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into The Great Wide Open.

Please  read  the condition of the item carefully  before  bidding.

This is from  my own personal collection. It’s time to make  some  space so sadly I am selling  my vinyl  collection. Please check out my other   items  for sale and there are many more to follow, so keep  checking back.

I make no bones about it. I am a massive Tom Petty fan.

For me, this is one of "the great albums" of all time. I certainly think it's Tom Petty's finest achievement as a songwriter and performer. Every track in my humble opinion is top notch. I am aware it has also become quite a rare album in vinyl form. There certainly aren't many around on eBay.

I also happen to think this was the best Heartbreakers line-up with Stan Lynch on drums and the late-great Howie Epstein on bass. As well as Mike Campbell (guitars) and Benmont Tench (keyboards) of course. And it had the genius that is Jeff Lynne producing it as well. 

Tracks:

Side 1 – Learning To Fly : King's Highway : Into The Great Wide Open : Two Gunslingers : The Dark Of The Sun : All Or Nothin'

Side 2 - All The Wrong Reasons : Too Good To Be True : Out In The Cold : You And I Will Meet Again : Makin' Some Noise : Built To Last

I am not a  record dealer and I am not an expert at  grading records. I will give as much  information as possible to assist in  identifying particular albums and an  honest opinion as to condition.

For the vinyl collectors looking in,  the following information is available:

Label: MCA

Made in Germany

Year: 1991

Catalogue No: MCA 10317

Additional  Matrix number information: 106 DM F-3803 A1 C and 106 DM F-3803 B1 C

I don't know what pressing this is, but I'm pretty sure I bought it as soon as it was released in the UK.

Stereo.

Condition: VGC+

Record: Both labels clean. Vinyl has some light finger marking. I can see some faint hairline marks, but not what I would call significant scratching.  I have played the whole album through tonight (why does it sound so much warmer than the cd???) and it plays really well. It has a good clean sound. I couldn't hear any surface noise. There are certainly no skips, jumps or sticking and I didn't hear any clicks at all. Overall, a great listen.

Cover: Single sleeve. Front and back clean. All edges intact. Very light signs of wear to corners. Some small creasing (non-obtrusive) around the edges. There is small text to the top edge and on the spine and it is all clear and readable. No real signs of shelf wear. Light arc shaped crease to front about midway down - again  I would say non-obtrusive. 

Inner sleeve: Printed one side with b&w photo of TP and on the other with lyrics. All intact. Some light creasing and finger marks.

Compared with how others grade LP’s on eBay I would  say this is certainly overall VGC+ and the way it plays I would guess that some would grade it as EXC. The cover perhaps marginally less than VGC+...maybe VGC.

If you like your albums in "mint" condition, this one is not for you. However it is a very respectable looking album and an extremely good playing album.

If  you would  like any further information regarding this  item, please feel free to ask and I  will do my best to answer your  questions.

Describing  the condition of items is very subjective.(one man’s treasure is another man’s junk etc). I will always try to be as  honest as possible in describing the  items. I  would rather be honest from the outset, than  end up with a  disappointed winning  bidder. I buy  things on eBay as well and would expect the  same honesty from others. 

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Thank you for looking. Good luck and happy bidding.