This is another of my treasured vinyls from when I grew up in New Zealand
I LOVE music, all music but its now time to find a new home for these records.
I am hoping this vinyl will find it's way to someone who also appreciates great (or quirky) New Zealand originated music.
This vinyl was last played about 30 years ago (until today) and then put away, bought over to Australia and then put away in safe/dry storage once again (upright)
My background is technical, particularly relating to the professional music/audio industry and because of this I give a LOT of detail about what I am offering.
Prior to advertising this vinyl, it has had a standard wet wash & vacuum and dry.
The vinyl is first visually inspected and then played ENTIRELY. None of this "played the first 30 seconds" stuff, what good is that!
Visual inspections can be deceptive, the only real way to judge a record is to actually play the whole record entirely (unless still sealed of course)
Formed in 1985, members catching up with each other in Auckland
Jeff Batts (formerly The Stones in Dunedin)
Richard James (formerly Mainly Spaniards in Christchurch)
Ken Stewart (from Dunedin)
Dave Ford (formerly Normal Ambition in Auckland)
The Pterodactyls - We've Done It Now
Meltdown Records
Cat# melt 008
Play at 33rpm
NOTE: Only Side A is recorded, Side B is blank - for this reason I have described it as an EP
Matrix: A side (etched): MELT 008
Matrix: B side (etched): NO CODE IS ETCHED - BLANK
New Zealand release
1987
Cover is in very good, a couple of "dirty" spots front and rear but these are not very noticeable. Includes the original white single bio sheet with two photos. This sheet states that the track order printed on the cover is NOT CORRECT, I can confirm this after listening to the EP. I don't know if anyone else has actually listened to this release but track 2 is DEFINITELY the song Cockroaches ... guitar intro and then the first lyrics are "Cockroaches falling in love again ...." so I have changed the track order below to agree with the included sheet which points out this track order error. This sheet also mentions if a fan sends $9.99 to Meltdown Records, they will receive Side 2. I cannot find any other release from this band so I believe this to be a "tongue in cheek" comment on the sheet.
No seam damage, no tears no splits and no writing anywhere.
New plastic inner sleeve
Vinyl is in very good condition, inspected under a white halogen light source, I can see a few extremely light scratches (they look like cleaning scratches) on Side A.
I then played Side A of the EP, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO PLAY SIDE B, it will be like placing your styli on an ice-rink!
Side A has just one or two very low level clicks/pops and nothing more - vinyl sounds crisp and clean with very low surface noise between tracks.
New outer protective plastic sleeve
*TRUE TRACK ORDER*
Tracks: Germs, Cockroaches, Ode, Gravel Pit, Born Again
