^ Second everything.
Beware Discogs ! Tendency is overrating, mostly very overrating nowadays IME. My nightmare: I ordered NM/NM BÖC debut US orig for $30 + postage to Europe, but got G+/VG+ instead. Seller acted poor choir boy and offered a full return BUT NO RETURN COST. I denied due to €33 cost tracked delivery to US. Therefore I politely asked FAIR refund according to Discogs grading scale but gave me lousy $5 and when confronted gave EXTRM hostile names + neg fb. Finally Discogs removed all his comments, OK fair but they cannot help you when you got ripped off.
You really need good luck in buying from there.
Germans are surely quality pressings but some pressings actually have large blank area near label so dynamics are reduced compared to Italians, IME at least.
You can´t go wrong with Japanese, they are name for quality and always like new practically. I have tens of those Japanese Italian Prog albums and most are pristine. + Japan postage Tracked Air Mail is very reasonable, especially when you order many at the same time.
Original Italian editions are quality pressings but to find a decent copy is always hard due to rarity and 45 yrs age.
Good luck
Beware Discogs ! Tendency is overrating, mostly very overrating nowadays IME. My nightmare: I ordered NM/NM BÖC debut US orig for $30 + postage to Europe, but got G+/VG+ instead. Seller acted poor choir boy and offered a full return BUT NO RETURN COST. I denied due to €33 cost tracked delivery to US. Therefore I politely asked FAIR refund according to Discogs grading scale but gave me lousy $5 and when confronted gave EXTRM hostile names + neg fb. Finally Discogs removed all his comments, OK fair but they cannot help you when you got ripped off.
You really need good luck in buying from there.
Germans are surely quality pressings but some pressings actually have large blank area near label so dynamics are reduced compared to Italians, IME at least.
You can´t go wrong with Japanese, they are name for quality and always like new practically. I have tens of those Japanese Italian Prog albums and most are pristine. + Japan postage Tracked Air Mail is very reasonable, especially when you order many at the same time.
Original Italian editions are quality pressings but to find a decent copy is always hard due to rarity and 45 yrs age.
Good luck