Item: Kluster:Zwei Osterei.1st Press 1970 Plastic Releif Sleeve+Poster!! Krautrock.Nm!
Sold For: $1,760.09
Bids: 15
Date: May 26, 2012
Auction: Ebay
Seller: steve10000_90_3
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Description and Image By: steve10000_90_3
Artist/band:kluster.
Title:zwei osterei.
Label:schwann
Label(s) condition: mint/mint.absolutely perfect 1st press schwann labels.no marks or unwanted writing.no spindles.
Year of release:1970.
catalogue number:schwann-studio 512
Matrixes:side 1:f 60 335 a-1 side 2:f 60 335 b-1
Mono/stereo/speed:stereo/33 rpm.
Origin of manufacture:germany.
Cover grade:ex++. Absolute 1st press original pink plastic releif sleeve(only 200 ever made).superb condition throughout.would be virtually impossible to find a better one now.
Front of sleeve:perfect! No marks/splits.no wear.
Back of sleeve:perfect!
Top seam:there are atotal of 31 plastic ‘teeth’ on the top seam(i have counted them).of these 9 have become seperated in the middle but you can only tell by looking very closely.otherwise perfect.
Bottom seam:again there are 31 plastic ‘teeth’.6 have become seperated in the middle.again you have to look very closely to see this.
Spine:again there are 31 ‘teeth’ on the spine seam.6 have become seperated in the middle.again hard to spot.
It would prove impossible i think to find a 1st press plastic sleeve with fewer seperated teeth.the sleeve is notoriously fragile.this is as close to a perfect example as i feel you will find now.remember,only 200 were made!!
Poster: near mint. Original 1st press giant poster.superb condition.no marks or unwanted writing.no tears or extra creases.no pin holes or tape marks.has never been on a wall.
Vinyl grade(visual):near mint/near mint. Stunning! I would be tempted to grade as a stone cold mint but just to cover myself i have grade as near mint.appears unplayed!!
Vinyl grade(play grade). Side 1:mint.perfect throughout. Side 2:near mint. Just a couple of very ‘soft’ ticks at the end of the side but virtually nothing.
Other info: don’t miss out on this one for your collection.you may never have a better chance to score a complete german 1st press of this krautrock monster.
Formed in berlin by conrad schnitzler,dieter moebius and hans-joachim roedelius.they produced the stunning music of kluster! Using all sorts of processing devices including echo,tape machines,filters and other electronics.very stark and bleak and quite scary!
Both off their albums(klopfzeichen and this l.p) feature a side of spoken text over minimalist electronics and another side of pure avant garde electronics.