This is one 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)
The Kilgour brothers from Christchurch.
This is one of their very early releases and taking a break from The Clean. Only the brothers are credited on the album
Probably one of my favourite records, fantastic music and it has a "raw-ness" to it which I like very much/
The Great Unwashed - Clean Out Of Our Minds
Flying Nun Records
Cat# BIG 001
Matrix: A side (etched): BIG 001 A
Matrix: B side (etched): BIG 001-B
New Zealand release
1983 - THIS IS THE ORIGINAL RELEASE, NOT THE 1987 REPRESS
Cover is in very good - excellent condition, edges are all great, one tiny "pressure dimple" on the front central area - not a mark. Rear looks great (love the graphic design). No seam damage, no tears no splits and no writing.
Record label on Side B has been affected by over-zealous wet washing way back years ago, it has "bubbles" as the cleaning fluid/distilled water got underneath the label. Still fully attached but just not flat. Side A label is fine.
New plastic inner sleeve
Vinyl is in good - very good condition, inspected under a white halogen light source, I can see just a couple of very light - light scratches at the run-in Side A and around track 4. Side B also has a couple of very light scratches and scuff marks - all of them do not look to be of concern.
I then played both sides entirely, and the play on both sides is very very good. Sure there is very occasional click/pop, particularly on Side 2 (light clicking Side 2 beginning of track 4 but these are low level short lived clicks/pops) Very nice play with very low surface noise and extremely enjoyable as the brothers play some great songs and do a bit of experimentation with different styles.
New outer protective plastic sleeve
Tracks: Hello Is Ray There?, Meanwhile, Small Girl, Thru' The Trees, Yesterday Was, Toadstool Blues, What You Should Be Now, It's A Day, Hold Onto The Rail, What You're Thinking Now, Obscurity Blues, Quickstep, What Happened Ray?
