The Damned Music For Pleasure 1977 UK 1st Press VG+ VG+ Island Pressing Stiff Records SEEZ 5

Artist: The Damned
Edition: 1977 UK 1st Pressing - Island Pressing / Porky Prime Cut
New/Used: Used
Condition: Strong VG+ Sleeve and Vinyl
Color: Black
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THE DAMNED - MUSIC FOR PLEASURE

Original UK 1977 First Pressing (Island Pressing) with original custom inner sleeve!

Sleeve grades VG+.  Very clean with good finish, strong corners (small dings), intact spine/seams.  Small touch of ring wear on back.  Original custom inner sleeve included in excellent condition.

Vinyl grades VG+.  Play tests with no issues.  Extremely clean vinyl, pretty close to NM, just a couple light marks/hairlines in total under magnification.

1977 UK import/release by Stiff Records, catalog # SEEZ 5.  Island Pressing version.  First pressing made in UK.  Porky Prime Cut in runouts.

Arriving in the combustible autumn of 1977 hot on the heels of their genre-defining debut, The Damned’s Music for Pleasure captures first-wave UK punk at a pivotal crossroads of chaotic velocity and avant-garde ambition. Produced by Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason—recruited after original target Syd Barrett failed to materialize—the album injects unexpected psychedelic friction and art-rock textures into Brian James’ buzzsaw riffs, Dave Vanian’s gothic-croon baritone, and Rat Scabies’ blistering percussion, further augmented by new second guitarist Lu Edmonds. Packed with relentless rippers like "Problem Child," "Stretcher Case Baby," and the motorik energy of "Neat Neat Neat"-era momentum, Music for Pleasure remains a fiercely raw, polarized document from the foundational year of British punk rock on Jake Riviera and Dave Robinson’s renegade Stiff Records imprint.