BLACK SABBATH PARANOID SPACESHIP LABEL EX+ VINYL IY/2Y

	£		67
	$		89

BEFORE BIDDING PLEASE NOTE THIS REVISED SHIPPING INFORMATION ON ALL MY LISTINGS. DO NOT BID UNLESS YOU FULLY UNDERSTAND THE TERMS UPON WHICH I WILL SHIP ITEMS. I AM SORRY FOR IMPOSING THESE TERMS BUT IT IS ALL DOWN TO PAYPAL.

I had a buyer who recently purchased 3 LPs from me at a cost of £72.00, with shipping to Europe. He chose proof of posting with insurance cover of £36.00 and with shipping costs not covered in the event of damage or loss; he even acknowledged this via eBay message system. He did not want to pay for International signed for shipping with insurance over £36.00. 

The LPs were said to be lost in transit and he claimed on Paypal, despite his acceptance of his choice of shipping method and my proof of posting with weight confirmation for 3 LPs; apparently Paypal rules dictate that I am responsible for ensuring safe delivery to the buyer's address and therefore I had to fully reimburse the buyer.

In view of this appalling stance by Paypal all invoices over a total of £36.00 value for non UK delivery items will be sent International signed for with FULL insurance cover, if the invoice is for items over £36.00 then the cost is £2.20 (up to £500.00 value) in addition to the International signed for cost of £3.50. I am sorry for having to insist upon this but I am not prepared to ship LPs and then be subject to a claim for non arrival. If you wish to bid on other sellers' listings that do not stipulate this then I will understand and indeed you may be able to save shipping costs and still be fully covered !!!!! The same applies to UK shipping when the item is over £36.00, Special Delivery must be taken as a shipping method; Recorded Delivery is standard on all my listings and is acceptable for all invoices up to £36.00.  

I do not blame the buyer for claiming on the Paypal system as he says his LPs did not arrive, I will be taking this matter up with eBay and Paypal as the system needs to be clarified; as why should the seller be held responsible if the buyer chooses an under insured shipping method without signed for delivery.

I have decided to sell all my vinyl as my separates system ceased to work some time ago now and I find MP3 more convenient for the car and whilst on the move; having transferred over the majority of my vinyl collection to MP3 via a friend’s quality system.

I will retain a core of 75 of the most highly collectable and valuable vinyl which I will never sell just in case I return to vinyl one day in the future.

I have already sold Led Zeppelin I for £162, Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy with OBI strip for £139  together with Led Zeppelin II copies at £135 and £128, Led Zeppelin IV at £132 and Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland at £138 with Band of Gypsys at £133. Black Sabbath Paranoid for £74, Deep Purple Fireball at £91, Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers for £57 and John Mayall Bluesbreakers for £85.  A number of these buyers have returned and purchased further LPs.

I am a massive fan of Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and the Rolling Stones amongst others and had in excess of 150 Led Zeppelin LPs at the peak of my collecting with over 50 red/plum copies which were acquired when most of my friends moved over to CD.

See my feedback for buyers’ opinions of my LPs.

I have carefully looked after my collection over the years since I started to collect them in the early 1970s. Most have not been played for 20+ years.

I will endeavour to list as accurately as possible using my own grading system supplemented by The Record Collector grading.

I cannot and will not describe any of my LPs or singles as mint condition however, as this to me would imply that they are in an unused condition and none of them are, they have all been played to some degree and at best are near mint and at worst excellent. I am listing all LPs etc using the standard template below.

I will sell the more valuable and rare LPs and singles from my vinyl collection over the next 12/15 months with a percentage going to Cancer Research UK together with an additional donation via a tax credit under the Gift Aid scheme.

I have managed to reach my first target by raising over £1000 and so far have raised £1150 from my sales, thank you to all buyers who have helped support Cancer Research UK.

I am listing a number of LPs and 7” singles in a shop format on a “Buy it now” basis following messages from existing buyers who would like this option in addition to my bi- monthly auctions.

In order to minimise costs I will only provide a maximum of 2 photos per shop listing, however any interested buyer can e- mail me and I will gladly provide a photo of any relevant part of the cover, label etc. I will of course continue to use the appropriate number of photos in the auction listings

This listing is:

Error in RC RRPG on price of Black Sabbath swirl versus spaceship label.

Please read the listing and you may be surprised with what you learn about Black Sabbath and the Vertigo label. An opportunity to buy this LP before the Record Collector issues the next RRPG, whilst I cannot guarantee future values or indeed what the RC will say, if you read the article in the last photograph and this listing it will make you think about how you view Vertigo labels.

I know that most serious collectors of vinyl have known there to be errors in the Record Collector RRPG, this is to be expected when listing so many LPs. I enclose a photograph of a correction issued in the monthly magazine concerning Black Sabbath VOL 4, see how the price differs between swirl and spaceship label prices when corrected !!!!!.It was the spaceship label that had the £200+ value NOT the swirl. You have to ask yourself what does this mean for the later Black Sabbath swirl label issues.

The reason for this is that swirl labels were replaced by spaceship ones as a natural progression in label design (Led Zeppelin from red/plum to green/orange for example). Black Sabbath fell out with Vertigo who insisted on the inclusion of the cross on the gatefold cover on this debut LP amongst other wrangles and eventually they parted company with Black Sabbath going over to NEMS/WWA.

As I have said Vertigo were changing over the labels, it just so happened that at the time of the split they had pressed only a limited number of Black Sabbath on the new spaceship label and of course could not print further copies as Black Sabbath had moved to NEMS/WWA and were therefore out of contract.

This makes the spaceship labels very highly collectable as a result, think about it and then look how many spaceship labels do you see for sale compared to swirl, why do you think that is? You will see this a common theme for the first four LPs which originally had Vertigo swirl and then spaceship labels, look how many spaceship labels you can find for sale of each of them compared to swirl. 

So here we have:

Black Sabbath: Paranoid. Vertigo UK 1st press Spaceship label No 6360 011. Vinyl in EX++ condition with a glossy shine. Superb laminated cover by Keef.

Fully laminated outer cover by Keef in EX+ condition. There is only the minutest of laminate lift on the top front cover corner near the spine and some slight feathering to the opening edge. Please note that many covers are not fully laminated, however 1st press vinyl should have a fully laminated cover.

Labels free from writing.

Matrix No 6360 011 1Y and 2Y denoting 1st press

Fully readable spine

Tracks include:

War Pigs

Paranoid

Planet caravan

Iron man

Electric funeral

Hand of doom

Rat salad

Fairies wear boots

Housed in a protective polythene cover.

I am happy to ship overseas,

I am not liable personally for compensation once the item is passed over to Royal Mail, however unlike a number of other sellers I will complete all documentation needed here in the UK to enable compensation due from Royal Mail to be claimed and then paid over to the buyer.

I only charge a nominal amount for packaging and do not look to make a profit on the shipping part of the sale.

Overseas buyers can email me for a quote based upon this LP and/or multiple purchases.

I am happy to combine postage on multiple purchases within a 7 day period. Please tell me if you intend to bid on multiple listings.

I look to cover my costs on shipping and NOT profit from this element of the sale. I cannot control postage prices levied by Royal Mail.

Artist

BLACK SABBATH

Album

PARANOID

Label

VERTIGO SPACESHIP

No

6360 011

Year

1970

Country

UK

Stereo

STEREO

Speed

33 RPM

Vinyl

EX+

SEE DESCRIPTION

Covers

EX+

SEE DESCRIPTION

Extras

Notes

Thank you for looking and good luck if you decide to bid