Ben-Ben 1971 UK Vertigo 6360 052 M(-)/M(-)PLAYS SUPERB ARCHIVE NM TOP CONDITION

$

2,069

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I have much more I will be offering the next few months including as always some top rarities in choice condition on such labels as Harvest, Marmalade, Neon, Vertigo, B&C/Charisma, Dandelion, Deram, Polydor, Pegasus, Philips, Blue Horizon, Transatlantic, Virgin/Caroline etc. Please be patient and keep watching as it takes time when available to go through various sections of my collection and in some areas I've barely scratched the surface of what I'll be offering.

Welcome Back Rare Vinyl Fans & Fiends Alike.

     HERE you will often FIND offered BETTER CONDITION RECORDS than many other

(visually graded only) sources offer, WHICH ARE FREQUENTLY TOP COPIES & VIRTUALLY new or LIKE-NEW

and unplayed or played very few times, AND/OR THE BEST COPIES POSSIBLE of many choice records.

Purchased: NEW or MAYBE USED? 5/18/20 UPDATE: I usually remember very clearly if I've bought an LP new or not & indeed even frequently recall the exact record store from which it came, but I missed significant spindle marks on this one making me think it was used & had a prior owner! Visually very close to Stone Mint & now very rare 1st UK 1971 edition of these excellent scintillating performances which feature this worthy top known UK jazz scene talent including drummer Dave Sheen pre-Mirage! Yet more always uncompromising experimental improvisational recordings by this/these fine jazz zone troopers. Once again this player/these players demonstrate a unique affinity and collective mindset for producing such telepathic improvisation. It doesn't always work well but when it does like here it's absolutely glorious! Worth the price of admission for those who are experimentally inclined and not uptight or inclined to become prejudicially divided (as all of us need to be unified worldwide to stave off the stifling New World Order and their tyrannical diabolical aspirations to enslave us all). Beware and please don't be too square! Yet another LP I hadn't ever anticipated parting with but sacrifices must be made to meet my financial obligations & I am grateful to still have plenty to offer in the way of collectible vinyl!!

Cover Condition: Superb M(-) with no surface or edge wear, crisp corners. No upgrade realistically required or desired, assuming you can even procure one that looks any better!

Inner Sleeve: Original dated white poly-bag 0572 protecting the immaculate vinyl.

Record Condition:  Looks Superb M(-) with fairly limited hairlines/sleeve-wear and plays predominantly the same NM throughout with superb fidelity & only occasional very fleeting light background crackle in some but not many of the quieter parts including very briefly the first few seconds of A1 & B1. A really strict fanatical grader might say that makes it only rate EX+ but I'd say that's being too finicky! This record hit the turntable very sparingly over the 4 1/2+ decades since I've owned it with it played no more than 3-4 times total decades ago. I cleaned it on my VPI HW-17 (although it really didn't appear to need it) & recorded it to a CD-r in early am of 5/18/20. SO SORRY FOR IT TAKING ME A COUPLE OF WEEKS LONGER THAN I PREDICTED TO GET TO IT but there were some other LPS I had to get to first to update play graded comments for recent listings. FYI the first copy I found of this was the original laminated front non-gate-fold Italian press which got almost all of my initial plays & then I found this one so I traded that one off back in the 1970's. This is excellent music here featured in some intimate musical settings providing some cosmic sounds that can send one into the stratosphere if they're ready, willing and able! ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO IMPROVE UPON!!So now it's your move!

Label Condition: APOLOGIES FOR SAYING BOTH=M earlier! Both=EX(-) with several wild stray spindle marks evident when viewed at an angle which I must have overlooked until recording the LP to CD-r early am on 5/18/20. My hand eye coordination is excellent (even during past psychedelic sessions, although I don't recall ever playing this LP during one) so rarely have I been responsible for several wild stray spindle marks on both sides making me now think that this must have been a previously owned LP which I bought used!

Matrix #'s: see photos.

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All records are GUARANTEED original 1st pressings or 1ST YEAR ORIGINALS to the best of my knowledge UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.All records are from my own personal collection where they have been archived and handled with loving care.

MY PRESERVATION POLICY on many records that I revered was simple and I share it with you now so that you understand why you take virtually no risk buying from me providing the album was bought new and not used originally. When I'd buy a "new" album and it was something I liked a lot and still available (most of my new albums were purchased in the early-mid 1970's!) I'd initially play it between 15-25 times to become familiar with it and then sell it to a friend as a still EX+ well preserved nice copy. (Adding outer & inner plastic sleeves was standard procedure additionally limiting cover wear and/or hairline paper sleeve marks.) Then I'd buy another new copy and in some cases if a particular favorite then yet another, meaning that I only played the 2nd copy (now my 1st) 5-10 times and the 3rd (now my 2nd if I kept 2) once or twice, always initially taping or now in more recent years currently burning to disc 1 copy within the first couple of  plays thus significantly limiting play to this day on most of my lps. I did/do this with many single copy rarities as well so most play was/is on tapes or cd-rs. I bought a lot of CDs of favorite things also which further helped preserve my vinyl and limit play of much of it. Sometimes I also acquired rare British and European vinyl which I never saw imported in stores and sold new in the United States or Canada from contacts I established through mail correspondence during the 1970's. I developed contacts in England, France, Germany, Holland & Norway. Be aware that the MAJORITY of albums or occasionally 45's that I list ARE FREQUENTLY my ONLY COPIES so bid accordingly as you'll not likely see most of them listed by me again.     

SO, MOST OF MY ALBUMS ORIGINALLY BOUGHT NEW, STILL ACCURATELY APPEAR VIRTUALLY NEW AND UNPLAYED, AND MOST WERE HONESTLY PLAYED NO MORE THAN 5-10 TIMES AND OFTEN ONLY TWICE OR THRICE AND ARE STILL NEAR MINT!! WHY TAKE THE RISK & HASSLE WITH RETURNS EVEN IF THEY"RE ACCEPTED. SHOP HERE AND REMOVE ALL DOUBT AND DISAPPOINTMENT FROM YOUR FUTURE E-BAY VINYL TRANSACTIONS NOW!