Cliff Richard "Cinderella" Aussie copy of rare Cliff EP

	£		21
	$		28

RECORD TITLE/ CAT.NO:

Cliff Richard and The Shadows " Cinderella"

Columbia  SEGO 8527( pressed in Australia by EMI Australia)

Track Listing: Side A:  1) Come Sunday 2) Peace and Quiet

Side B: 1) She Needs Him More Than Me 2) Hey Doctor Man

BACKGROUND : If one were to use Record Collector Price Guide 2008 as a indication on the relative rarity of various Cliff Richard EPs, one might note that  this EP, issued in 1967 appears to be the rarest with mint UK copies being listed at 80 pounds, the highest for any of his EPs. Well, This is an Australian issue so I started with a low starting price of 10 pounds with no reserve taking into account my grading(see below).

GRADING SYSTEM: I follow the Record Collector and Goldmine grading system and usually play grade them. When in doubt I tend to give a lower grading.In this respect, I rarely give a Mint grading as I never believed that any record cover especially from the 50s or 60s can be in Mint condition. Even if it is sealed, I would not say its Mint,except in very rare cases, as I found even sealed albums can have some minor flaws like edges being affected etc. In view of the need to maintain the confidence a number of buyers have placed on me, I suppose I should explain my gradings. I have only 3 grades ie Near Mint, Excellent (which is akin to Goldmine's Very Good +, and Very Good. I will not place any records which falls below Very Good unless its extremely rare or, if the record is Excellent or above with the cover only good. And, I will describe every record, be it a 2.99 one or a 299 one with the same attention as all buyers have to be treated with equal respect!

CLEANING: It was cleaned on a Clearaudio cleaning machine using Loricraft's L'Art Du Son cleaning compound (which was favourably reviewed in Record Collector magazine some months ago).

PLAY GRADING: I play grade them on a Linn Sondek LP12 with a Naim ARO arm and a Lyra Helikon SL cartridge through an active 3 pack Linn/Naim DBL system. Without trying to sound like a snob, I would like to highlight that the cartridge (or needle as some might term it) is in the US$2000 range. This is to indicate the care I put into my records by using high quality equipment/accessories for playback. Though it may not be an extremely high end system, it does allow the music to flow and is revealing and transparent.

RESULTS AND GRADING: Cover: Though the cover looks perfect with no apparent tears  etc, I would only rate it as a  Excellent. There are some Chinese charcters together with the date "1/9/69" on the reverse on both sides of his picture( I have included a picture of this too). The front  appears to be Near Mint with only a faint trace of ringwear. The glue on the flipback is still strong and all the 4 edges are sharp. 

Record: The record itself is in a  strong Excellent shape on visual examination. There were no visible scratches on Side 1even when looked at under a strong light. On Side 2 a couple of very faint scuff mars could be seen under a strong light but it didnt intrude on play.No spindle marks were present on both sides. The shine and lustre was still excellent, almost mirror like. I would say it played Near Mint. There was some slight surface noise, more due to static, but it did not intrude on play.

DELIVERY: I have indicated a shipping charge of 4 pounds but this is with registration. I strongly suggest registration as the postal authorities tend to be more cautious with such modes of postage. I do not impose handling charges, just cost of postage and packing materials. Winners of more than one item will have their postage costs adjusted accordingly to cost.Usually add one pound for the 2nd EP/single and 0.5p for additional ones.I usually place them between 2 very strong corrugated boards and wrap them with several layers of shrink wrap. They are then placed in a padded envelope which Singapore Post sells for fragile items. So far, the people who bought from me generally gave me private feedbacks showing appreciation for the packing, including a 190 pound Black Sabbath single I sold recently. Usually I make it a point to post them the morning following payment if such payment is effected within a few hours of bids closing. As we are 8 hours ahead of GMT so successful bidders dont fret if I dont reply for a few hours as your E mail might have been sent during our nights. I would like to highlight the point that currently I tend to close at 2100 hours GMT as it is more convenient for UK bidders but it will  actually be about 5am here in Singapore. I would reply about 4 hours after closing.

AFTER SALES SERVICE /FEEDBACK: Generally, I believe that the sale is concluded only when the buyer has the record in his hands and in this respect will inform them of the postage registration details etc. Futhermore I tend to drop Emails after a week to see if they received it. .

MODE OF PAYMENT: I prefer Paypal but would consider other modes of payment. I used to advertise in Record Collector 2 years ago as "Sreedharan" and used to accept even cash in a registered envelope though IMOs might be a lot safer..