Big Big Big Police State/Electric Chair 7"45 WAAP Records 80's SF Punk E Cond.

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Happy 2014 everyone! With a new year here, I am not one to make “new year resolutions” normally, but this year I have made a few adjustments to my listings. For one thing, there is a change to the information for international mailing which I have changed for all new listings. With so many listings previously up, it would take forever to change them all, time I don’t have. So these adjustments will only be made on the listings from here on. Also, there is one resolution I have bounced around for awhile and now is as good a time as any to start. As of 2014, I will no longer be using the “Near Mint” grading. I am afraid this grading has taken so much abuse and been watered down that it has become irrelevant and the source of many a negative feedback (fortunately, not for myself!) and complaint. RIP “Near Mint”, you had a rough life. Other than that, it will be business as usual, on the listings I do for the business, and my own as well, and I want to let everyone who has purchased from me, had winning bids, contacted me for various reasons, and even those who just stop by (and helped my visitor counter tick up a notch), that I do appreciate all you have done over the years, I hope to have you back again, and that I am most grateful. THANK YOU! Now, on with the show!

This time up, I have a 1986 7" 45rpm release on the W.A.A.P. Records label, label #? Not sure, as there's none on the label itself, but there is a "#17" in the deadwax/run off area of both sides. This is by Big Big Big, and is the single of "Police State" b/w "Electric Chair". This single was quite the find, in an odd way. I came across this single a few years ago while doing some record hunting while on my last vacation. Considering I go to a place about 200 miles away, and I try to get away from work, period, when on vacation, I still do some record hunting for myself, as it's just something I enjoy doing. Well, I found this at one of my regular stops while away, but the odd thing about it isn't that it's a small label punk 45-but the price sticker (since removed) that was on it when I got it. Apparently, a previous owner had purchased this single from my workplace's parent business' retail store! Even when getting away from work-it just seems to follow me, and of course, this single made the return trip back to town! So that's the odd story behind the story. The rest of the story? Hey, I'm no Paul Harvey! (Good day!). Anyways, this single is some right ripping San Francisco Punk Rawk, kinda hard core, but kinda not. It does have the standard themes of HC though, with the titles and all. Not like any other SF band did songs with titles like this (Dead Kennedys, FEAR, etc.), ahem, but though a bit contrived, it's not bad at all! Plenty of hollering, a bunch of buzzsaw guitars, and the best of all-it does NOT have the crappy Indie label sound that killed a lot of HC singles. Even though the b-side's label...doesn't exist (these were usually a shoestring budget anyway), it's still got a real nifty sound! The playing surface does have some storage wear and a few light needle marks, none of these had any ill effect on the play or sound, and it did sound pretty heckydurn good! This easily is good enough to get my middle of the road grading of E. No +, no -, just E.  That’s my grading though, and my grading is considered non-standard. If you are thinking of placing a bid, please read the paragraph that follows this one, as it contains my gradings and their respective descriptions. It won’t take long to read, please do. The one side that does have a label, label's condition isn't too bad, but there are a few small torn spots that yes, came from my ill fated attempt to remove the price sticker a few years ago. I've learned not to do that anymore. The text is readable, though black text on dark green background can be hard to read. The flip side's label has writing that I think is the address of the record label, I guess they ran out of paper and couldn't afford any extras. Like I said, these labels had a budget of pocket change. This does have a small center hole though, so if you are looking for a copy to play on a jukebox, and you don't have a way to "dink" it yourself, you may want to continue your search. If you have any questions or comments, please send them along to me, and you will receive a response. If you need more pictures or description, I can and will be happy to provide!

My Grading is as follows: M (Mint)-ONLY for Still Factory Sealed Records ONLY! No 45 nor 78 will ever get this grading. E+, minimal wear, perhaps only needs cleaning. E, a few light marks, maybe some minor background crackle and/or hiss. E-, light marks, crackling (nothing major), scuffs, etc.. Not great, but still quite playable. V+, More marks, scuffs, needle marks, scratches-but nothing that would make the needle skip. Will have background noise that even with a cleaning will still be around. V. Worn. Scuffs, scratches, can be noisy, but still (probably) won’t cause the needle to skip nor get stuck. V-, Noisy? You bet! Worn? Oh yeah. Playable? Sure, but don’t expect it to sound all peachy keen. P. Bleah! Playable perhaps, but do so at your own risk. Don’t trash a new needle on it. Only used on records considered rare enough for “fill in” purposes to a collector-or to those who do digital restoration.

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IMPORTANT NOTE FOR NON-U.S. BIDDERS!!!!
All items I sell will be sent with postage printed up from eBay. This way, the prices are automatically listed for customs purposes and cannot be altered. Yes, this does mean that the customs people will know the value, but since I get a bit of a price break on postage, I can keep the prices low for you-the buyer.  I will not "mark item as a gift", just so you can evade import rules.  The people at my post office know me, and they will check overseas packages for inspection.  I hope you will understand my position about this, my apologies if you are not able to comply.

Also, international bidders, the price listed for postage on my listings are for domestic mailing.  I wish I could send overseas for that price, but reality speaks different.  I place a fair price on all international postage.  Watch for the invoice if you win.

ALSO-I need to let international bidders know of a certain problem that doesn't always happen, but will arise from time to time.  All International mail sent from this region has to go through the U.S. Postal Service sorting center in Sandston Virginia, by our local airport.  This sorting center has been named the least efficient sorting center in the entire U.S. Postal Service.  They prove this from time to time by mis-routing packages.  If this happens-and I will monitor the delivery-usually it will add at least an extra week for it to arrive.  If there are any problems, please contact me first, and I will do what I must to make sure you are satisfied with the order.
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All items that are sent to a U.S. address will have delivery confirmation (at my cost) attached, as I have found that it helps...a lot!....to ensure that packages are truly en route to the customer.  This is for both of our sakes.  I will be using USPS "Media Mail" as my primary shipping method, however, if needed, and for an extra charge, I can ship with "Priority Mail", and if i can get away with it for the price, I really like 1st Class, but that's weight-dependent.

Oh yes, if you are the winning bidder, and you are in the Commonwealth of Virginia, I'm afraid you are going to have to fork over the 5.3% Virginia State Sales Tax.

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Also, I do have other listings available as well, and if you would be interested in more than one item, I have no problem with holding onto wins in case you would like to combine wins to save some money instead of multiple p&h costs.

Ebay has mandated that I include a "handling time" something I had thought was already included.  I usually get records mailed out the day after payment arrives.  But I will let you know that if any listing that is paid for after Friday mornings will have to wait until the following Monday, since I do the majority of packing at work-I have my packing stuff there.  Plus-I won't hound you for payment. As long as people stay in touch, and let me know the interest is still there, don't rush on my account. I don't mind waiting a bit and usually won't send any kind of reminders until after a week-at least-has gone by.  In this economy, the last thing anyone needs is for a seller to come off like a bill collector.  I'll work with you!

I hope that there's someone out there who might like to make this part of your own collection, since that's what I'm here for!  I do appreciate that you did click on my listing and had a chance to check out the goods, thanks again for stopping by!