COMUS First Utterance 1971 UK ACID FOLK/PROG DNLS 3019

	£		332
	$		440

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COMUS

ULTRA RARE 1971 UK PROG/ACID FOLK ONE-OFF PRESSING

FIRST UTTERANCE

In original gatefold sleeve with lyric insert

The only copy on eBay worldwide on the day of listing!

EXCELLENT/EXCELLENT+ CONDITION

1971 UK 12" album release DAWN RECORDS (DNLS 3019) 33.3 rpm STEREO

Stamped matrices: DNLS 3019 A-3/B-3 *T

Made in England by Pye Records

PERSONNEL: ROGER WOOTTON guitar and lead vocals GLEN GORING guitars and vocals ANDY HELLABY bass and vocals COLIN PEARSON viola and violin ROB YOUNG flute and oboe BOBBIE WATSON vocals and percussion

Produced by BARRY MURRAY at Pye Studios Nov - Dec 1970

TRACK LISTING: SIDE ONE 1. Diana 2. The Herald 3. Drip Drip SIDE TWO 1. Song To Comus 2. The Bite 3. Bitten 4. The Prisoner  

CONDITION: VINYL and LABELS EXCELLENT/EXCELLENT+ The heavyweight vinyl is clean and bright with a few light signs of play, although the start of Side Two has three more obvious marks - luckily these are inaudable. The sound reproduction is superb throughout with virtually no background noise of any note. The record has been stored in a polylined inner sleeve since new. The orange paper labels are clean, complete and unmarked with just a few light spindle lines. GATEFOLD SLEEVE and LYRIC INSERT EXCELLENT/EXCELLENT+ The unlaminated white Garrod & Lofthouse gatefold sleeve is clean but has discoloured slightly with some light shelfwear. The corners are slightly rubbed and there are a few blemishes along the spine (see photo), but there are no seam splits, folds, tears, stains or handwriting. The lyric insert is clean and unmarked with only very minor creasing.

AN EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS HUGELY RARE RECORD.

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ABOUT THIS ITEM:

All vinyl is strictly graded using the Record Collector RRPG system.

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This item is listed with NO RESERVE for 10 days, ending at around 20.45 BST on Sunday evening 20 September 2009.

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POSTAGE & PACKING DETAILS:

This item and its protective cardboard packaging weighs under 590g. The post and packing charge will be:

UK 1st class £3.35

UK Special Delivery (1pm Next Day) £7.40

Europe Airmail £4.80

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Rest Of World Airmail £8.35

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Prices include both the Royal Mail postage fee and my packaging costs.

All records will be removed from their outer sleeves and then placed in a new polythene sleeve, before being carefully packed WITH TWO CARDBOARD STIFFENERS and posted in strong new Covers 33 mailers (although I do try to re-use good quality heavyweight packaging whenever practical). Please try to recycle the packing cardboard if possible - it might just help to offset the damage done when it was originally manufactured. Alternatively, throw it away and set fire to a couple of old tyres.

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I always strongly recommend that you select the insured option for postage irrespective of the value of the contents. Naturally, I will happily provide buyers with any necessary paperwork in the event of them having to make a claim against Royal Mail, but if you do not select the insured option, and your parcel is damaged or goes missing in the post, then you will not be entitled to any compensation, it's that simple.

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Please do not ask me to send expensive items by the cheapest service available as I will not do so. Bitter experience has taught me that it is a nightmare to resolve to everyone's satisfaction if the postal service lets us down. If you are not prepared to pay for the correct postal service then PLEASE DO NOT BID ON THIS ITEM.

ABOUT ME:

If you haven't done business with me before my name is ANDY HIBBERD and I own a "bricks and mortar" record shop called 101 COLLECTORS RECORDS in Farnham, Surrey, about an hour out of central London.

I deal in old and collectable records, CDs, DVDs and music memorabilia in most genres, as well as new vinyl and CD releases and re-issues. 95% of my business is done in the shop, with my eBay sales offering just a, hopefully tantalising, taste of my overall stock. Please feel free to get in touch if you need any further information about this item, if you have any questions about what's currently in stock, or if you need any advice about selling a collection.

I can be contacted on 01252 734409 between 10am-6pm Monday to Saturday.

I am always happy to receive your Wants Lists, but I sometimes file them carefully under bits of paper, which are in turn under slightly larger pieces of paper, that aren't always where I thought I had left them. This could be blamed on incompetence on my part, but I prefer to blame it on the pixies that clearly infest my shop and move things about after I have gone home, the little bastards. However, I will do my very best to find what you want a) immediately, b) the day after you have found it elsewhere, or c) about a year after you have quite frankly lost the will to live.

That said, I do appreciate your interest in this listing, especially during these troubled times. If you are thinking of bidding, please make sure that you have read the description and P&P costs carefully, and take the time to look at my Returns Policy. Also, please check out my Feedback comments and past sales - I am not an anonymous internet seller but a responsible (pixies permitting) and contactable UK record dealer. You can bid with confidence.

Thank you.

Andy

101 Collectors Records

101 West Street, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7EN, UK 

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