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White vinyl seems unplayed. Label cover.

Close to NM.

Vinyl is close to NM.

Sealed copy!

Limited Edition. Pink Vinyl.
Copy is close to NM.

Still sealed.

Still sealed. Slightly bent corner.

Sealed copy. Cover with very light wear.

If it wasn’t for the global lockdown, we might never have had the chance to hear one of this year’s most intriguing and inventive albums.

Lonely Guest was conceived and put together over the last 18 months by one of British music’s true innovators: Tricky. But as he’s keen to make clear: this ain’t no Tricky album. Rather it’s a thrilling meeting of musical mavericks, with the likes of Lee “Scratch” Perry and Idles’ Joe Talbot all pitting their unique approaches to songwriting against Tricky’s otherworldly production. From an unsettling tale of isolation courtesy of Maxïmo Park’s Paul Smith ‘Christmas Trees’ to the grunge stylings of Marta’s ‘Move Me’, via the tense storytelling of London rapper Kway’s ‘On A Move’, these diverse statements come together as a bold artistic statement of their own.

Yet incredibly none of this was planned. Tricky had been expecting to be on the road throughout 2020, promoting the stark-yet-beautiful songs from his mesmerising last solo record Fall To Pieces. Instead, to keep his relentlessly creative mind busy during the pandemic, he began working through various collaborations with other artists … and realised they could work together.

Gatefold cover. Original inner sleeve.

Vinyl is very close to NM. With poster.

Record is close to NM.

Pink vinyl. Cover with beginning of seam split on bottom spine.

Golden vinyl limited edition. Cover is close to NM.

vinyl is close to NM. tiny wear

single sided promo copy. Writing on label sticker.

Vinyl with a couple of marks and light scratches

This is a limited edition of approximately 300 copies on 140 grams black vinyl plus 6 unreleased bonus tracks and a UV laminated outer sleeve. As part of the emerging alternative rock/post-punk movement, Proxies was formed around 1978-79 in Thessaloniki, Greece, by Dimitrios Bitzenis (guitar), Jiannis Nastas (bass), George Pavlidis (lead singer), Manolis Trihakis (keyboards), and Lazaros Pliampas (drums). This formation got very well known locally by playing covers of Roxy Music, Talking Heads, Magazine, Devo, Television, Stranglers and other New wave bands. When Pavlidis left Greece, Nastas also left Proxies to form his own band, thus leaving Bitzenis behind as the new lead singer, guitarist and synth player, Trihakis on synth and bass, and with Pliampas still on acoustic drums. That formation almost got an contract with EMI but Xristos Vatseris (RIP), owner of the independent Thessaloniki based record company CVR, took Proxies under his wings so that they could keep control over their work. Eventually – in 1983 – their debut album “Groovin’ over Beirut“ was released, recorded at the CVR studio together with engineer Kostas Kosmatopoulos (RIP). Bitzenis and Trihakis then went to the UK to study and almost got signed to Virgin Records who loved their music. Unfortunately they had to return to Greece to do their military service and the dream was over. In 1984, Pliampas left the band and the second album “Eastern Side of Love“ was released. It featured a cover of the traditional Greek song “Fishing Boat“ which became a huge hit and made Proxies a well-known name all over Greece. Trihakis eventually left the group due to not agreeing to the musical direction Proxies was about to pursue. In 1991, Bitzenis released a new album together with his cousin Nikos Bitzenis (who later formed the band Mikro and co-founder of Undo Records), and a final album together with Marina Jele in 1994 before Proxies went quiet. This re-issue features a bonus LP with six previously unreleased tracks recorded between 1982 and 1985.

Close to NM.

Triple gatefold cover. Without OBI. One record has light hairlines, besides that vinyl is NM. Limited edition.

Colored vinyl.

Cover is very close to NM.

Great copy, only a couple completely inaudible superficial marks.

White label copy. Writing on label sticker.

Label cover.

Generic cover has a seamsplit.

White Vinyl!

Copy close to VG+

Record is close to NM.

few paper scuffs. Label cover.

promo copy. Label cover has tear.

Great copy, record shows signs of use but only superficially.

Great copy. record has some signs of use but plays and sounds fine.

Ships in a label sleeve with hype sticker.

Close to NM!

Writing and sticker on label.
Side A track 1 has a tiny pressing inclusion.

Ships in a label sleeve.

Small light scuff on side 2.
Record is close to VG+.

Cover is close to VG+.