2-LP, SOUL POWER: FUNKY KINGSTON 2, TROJAN - NEAR-MINT - INCORRECT TRACK LISTING

	£		25
	$		33

Various Artists, Soul Power: Funky Kingston 2, Trojan/Sanctuary, TJDDV263, this compilation issued 2005. The track listing is not as stated on sleeve and labels. The songs are all there, if I remember rightly, but not quite in the same order as listed.
Very rare vinyl copy (even the CD version seems to sell for rather a lot). Bought new, played once (carefully on posh and expensive hi-fi)  and slipped into the collection where it's been ever since. Records are in Near-Mint condition, as is the sleeve. Very, very, very nice record!
Includes Shark Wilson and the Basement Healers, The Chosen Few (two tracks), Nicky Thomas, Horace Faith, James Brown, Jamaica Jam, Annetta Jackson, The Chequers, Mike Dorane and the Cimarons, Zap Pow, Tinga Stewart, Bunny Scott and Lee Perry, The Studio Sound, H2O (The Aquarians), Hopeton Lewis, Alton Ellis, Matumbi, The Cimarons and Greyhound. Coordinated by John Reed, Michael de Koningh, Laurence Cane-Honeysett, the last two of whom wrote the excellent book on Trojan Records, Young, Gifted and Black, which is well worth a read. (Laurence Cane-Honeysett even bought a copy of my own discography on B&C Records, which made me feel well-chuffed!)

Please read and understand the Condition and Postage and Packaging sections below because both include important information that you must agree with before you bid!
Note that I'm fed up with paying for storage, so am starting to sell off lots of records from my collection - basically, anything that I haven't played in the last 25 years or longer - so expect lots of very nice (though not necessarily cheap) items to appear over the next few months. The collection, started in 1966, takes in British R&B, progressive rock, blues and blues-rock, folk (traditional, modern, country, ragtime, etc.), roots reggae (and earlier forms), modern jazz, electronic, classical, avant-garde and esoterica - cheesy, organ-based, light jazz anyone? - so it might be a good idea to bookmark me.
Condition descriptions

• Mint. There won't be any records described as 'Mint' in my listings because there's no such condition for vinyl records! I've never yet heard a new, previously-unplayed record that hasn't had at least one minor, audible defect somewhere or other!
• New/Unplayed. Bear in mind the description of 'Mint' above. An unplayed record will not necessarily play without at least some minor defect. Sleeves can also show signs of wear, especially if still sealed from the late 1970s or early 1980s, where the seal itself can react with and stick to the fixer/laminate on the sleeve. Any still sealed records will have the sleeve condition clearly described.
• Near-Mint. I will use this condition only if I'm certain that a record has had no more than one or two very careful plays. There will be no spindle marks on labels and the vinyl will still be bright and shiny. Note that there may be light marks on the vinyl but only those caused by inserting and removing the record from the paper inner sleeve.
• Excellent. The record is in pretty nice condition, close to near-mint above, only it has obviously been played quite a few times, though handled carefully. There may be one or two light spindle marks and fingerprints on labels and an occasional 'pop' in audio (due to detritus in groove rather than caused by damage to the playing surface) and some very light background noise in quiet passages, but not enough to cause much concern. Note that an excellent record can have surface marks, providing they do not interfere with the audio. I'll point out where there are more than minor surface marks on a play-graded excellent record.
• Very Good. This means exactly what it says, which is that the record and sleeve are in very good condition. This is the condition that most well looked-after 1960s/70s sleeves tend to fall into, generally because of light edge creasing (or a couple of light thumb ceases at the opening edge) or shelf-scuffing to edges or light ringwear. Any damage, however, will be light and the record will play very nicely except, perhaps, there may be a few light, repeating marks or more noticable background noise in quiet passages and between tracks. There may be quite a lot of spindle marks. Overall, though, the record should still be enjoyable and one that you should be pleased to have in your collection until that unplayed copy turns up!
• Good. Oddly enough, this also means exactly what it says. Quite why some sellers describe heavily-scratched records as 'good' is slightly beyond me! A good condition record is one that will be in a bit more ropey condition than Very Good as above but will still be an enjoyable listen. Background noise will be a bit more prominent and there may be one or two repeating heavier scratches but this will still be a decently-playable collection filler.
• Fair/Poor/Bad. Well, you know what to expect. You probably won't want to actually play anything in these conditions. Anything offered in these conditions will probably be incredibly rare and sold as collection fillers only.