PALADIN (1st Album) RARER ORIG UK 1971 EX+ BRONZE LP (ISLAND CREDITS) GREAT COPY

	£		42
	$		55

ONEADAYRECORDS – Serving-up a Christmas & New Year Feast of Entertainment

In this most difficult year, I hope these varied quality albums bring some seasonal cheer.

Over the Holiday Period, I am offering some interesting Christmas ‘Crackers’ – lovely albums – some rare – ENJOY!

And as ONEADAYRECORDS enters its 20th year selling on Ebay – I would like to wish all my customers – regulars and newcomers – a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS & A SAFE, HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Postage: UK £4.95. Europe (including Russia) £12.95 (£1 per extra record). Rest of World £19.95 (£2 per extra record). All my records are sent in boxes and the price of them has increased over time and these are my first price increases for nearly 10 years. Royal Mail prices have also gone up again. I will never compromise on quality, safe packaging – I NEVER use mailing envelopes that offer virtually no protection at all, and records WILL arrive damaged in them at some time as most record buyers will already know. Here, you get what you pay for – SAFE PACKING in BOXES using 7mm DOUBLE-WALL STIFFENERS including full side protection and bubble wrap, the records removed from the covers of course. All this very safe packing means I lose money on every box I post, but safe delivery is, and will always be paramount. You WILL see the difference when my packet arrives. Also, I will pay for insurance on any record that sells for over £100 at NO extra cost – that is UK and abroad. Also I aim to post the very same day after payment is received if possible. PLEASE NOTE: I will NOT send any item, no matter what its value without a Royal Mail or courier tracking number. ALL my items must be trackable to comply with Ebay delivery rules. Please do NOT ask me to make any exceptions to this rule as no country offers reliable service without it.

Artist or Band: PALADIN

Album Title: Paladin

Producer(s):

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: Bad Times; Carry Me Home; Dance of the Cobra.

Side 2: Third World; Fill Up Your Heart; Flying High; The Fakir.

Label/Format: Bronze, age of man format with matt, quite smooth surfaces. This original with the Island ILPS catalogue number and ‘i’ logo as seen on the rims at the 6 o’clock position.

Label Conditions: Both very clean, fresh and attractive with only three or four very light, fine and faint spindle marks and no wear around the hole area. Purchased new by one owner who put his records to tape. The very wear-prone cover protected for many years and impressive, the record offering impressive clean sound.

Catalogue Number: ILPS 9150

Mode / Speed: Stereo / 33.3 rpm.

Warps or Lateral Movement: Assume all records I offer have no significant warping or lateral movement to cause sound or tracking issues. All should play fine even on budget turntables.

Weight of this Record: 139 grams.

Country of Manufacture: England

Rarity: Scarce, a poor selling album and probably only pressed once.

Original Year of Release: 1971

Matrix Nos: ILPS 9150 A-1 [BRN 1001 B1] / ILPS 9150 B-1 [BRN 1001 A1]

Mothers / Stampers: 1 0 / 1 G

Musicians: Lou Stonebridge – vocals, electric piano, harmonica; Derek Foley – lead guitar, slide guitar, vocals; Peter Solley – organ, violin, piano; Peter Beckett – bass, vocals; Keith Webb – drums, percussion.

Brief Info: The first of just two albums by Paladin, neither sold well and the band split after the second ‘Charge’. The band played psych tinged prog-rock using dual keyboards, clearly a talented group, but failing to capture the public’s imagination. This debut with a relatively plain cover (in progressive rock terms). But textured and embossing makes it complex to manufacture, but it largely went largely unnoticed. And even thought the follow-up included a Roger Dean designed sleeve, it fared little better. Both albums are now sort after and scarce, this one especially very difficult to find in finer conditions, the black sleeved incredibly hard to find without often major wear and even damage. This a very fine all-round example with sound to match. The first, and probably best I example I have seen in many years.

Cover Grade and Format: EXCELLENT: and worthy of a (+) I feel as this is beyond wear-prone. An unlaminated gatefold format with matt, deeply textured surfaces on the outside. The title on the front is embossed with a fragile silver foil-like finish. The inside is very different being very smooth. Printed and made in England by the E. J. Day Group. Includes the white inner sleeve.

Cover Front: A highly impressive front that will prove immensely difficult to find better. The beautifully detailed title in silver is immaculate and I will state ‘perfect’ unblemished. And apart from the odd tiny edge and small corner tip rubs, the front is closely the same. Any creasing or blemishes are tiny, very few and faint, the lack of sticker issues a major plus as well on an intolerant surface. Cover-protected by the one owner for many years, this retains unusual freshness with the complex texturing virtually unblemished. With most offered graded Good or Very Good at best, it puts an example like this into context.

Cover Back: Very similar, the Island text on the top right also pristine. Any marks of blemishes again few and faint with any hint or rubbing confined to the corner tips. Any trace of rim impression or rubbing as light and faint as it could possibly get. Few of these backs will avoid often heavy, penetrating ring wear, making this one exceptional.

Cover Inner Gatefold: Superb with little to fault, even lacking finger marks on the revealing matt, smooth surfaces. The odd faint trace of manufacture adhesive (being ultra critical) smearing where the cover was put together, this mentioned almost for the sake of it.

Top Edges: Mainly very straight, flat and flush with minimal light patchy rubbing only. I have scrutinised this under a magnifying glass to reassure it has had no obvious enhancements or colouring in. So often such black covers have been heavily penned in making the surface look pristine, well be assured, this one hasn’t.

Bottom Edges: Again straight, flat and flush, these storage edges have moderately light patchy surface rubbing that few can hope to avoid as a minimum with most near the very left end. Such edges often seen totally white and threadbare, these are only naturally, and mostly lightly rubbed.

Right Edge(s), and Type: Mostly sharp with any thickening little and light, the front is closed and factory machine cut (e.g. it has a white edge, not tucked and folded). Record enters on the back edge, the inside one crisper than the outer one, but again, impressive given the nature of the card.

Spine and Text: Very impressive indeed as-seen. Solid, straight with minimal compression and folded square, so the edges meet up very closely together and parallel. The text is totally unworn, bold and sharp, rarely will this be seen like this. The uncompromising black surface hardly worn again, and like the other edges, checked very closely for enhancements and I can see none. Being honest, matching the black shade on the cover would be nigh-on impossible, and any attempt to do so would look ridiculous and blatantly obvious, but I am sure we have all seen such efforts to hide a clearly rubbed cover surface. Just the very end tips have very small rubs and even the fold hinges have remains unscathed.

Corners: Small and moderately light tip rubs will prove near impossible to avoid totally, especially as the card is quite soft, hence very fine to excellent shape being retained with no knocks makes for great, and unusual news.

Cover Summary: Arguably unspectacular, but this is far more complex than it may appear, and certainly one of the most intolerate covers of the early 1970s. This a very strong all-round example and seldom seen as such, one that will prove very difficult to find much better. This freshly attractive, and hardly worn item should please many, if not most collectors.

The Inner Sleeve: EXCELLENT(+): a plain solid white unlined inner with the ‘PATENT NO. 1,125,555,’ text. Minimal creasing or crinkle, any discolouration mild on the seam adhesive, all edge folds naturally intact.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: EXCELLENT(+): a very fine visual copy that is very clean with equally fine shine and solidly pressed. A copy with minimal plays on all the evidence with any surface marks very light, mostly wispy and faint as seen critically under bright light. No penetrating stylus scratches, viewed in average room light, little even registers. Visually a super record that should please many collectors.

Album Played For Grading: Yes. [I play ALL records I offer before submitting to Ebay, also the record is played in its entirety unless clearly stated otherwise. I do NOT play snippets or joining grooves to check for sound quality and quietness – I play from the beginning to end via clinically revealing equipment, all listed further down.]

Sound Quality and Audio Grading: This scarce album plays even above it’s high visual grading with hardly anything to fault. Offering strong, distortion-free sound, all frequencies are sharp and clear – sound quality is very high with a wide dynamic range and very detailed sound. Any surface sounds are minimal indeed and this is a very clean pressing with no tracking issues* or inherent pressing noises. Few available copies will outperform this early first pressing I feel sure – as stated, I doubt if this was even pressed again. Both channels are clean and sharp, I am certain this record has been played very lightly and has been generally well stored and carefully handled within a non-smoking environment. Nothing of note spoilt my pleasure when play-grading this lovely record. It will prove very difficult to find significantly better and can be strongly recommended.

* As played-graded on a high-end Linn LP12 Sondek turntable with Ittok Mk II arm and Ortofon Quintet Black moving coil cartridge tracking at 2.2 grams. Records are a ‘contact’ format, and few will avoid the odd minor sound blemish.

Now one of the most established sellers on Ebay and still offering the finest and most accurately described and graded records I can find. I pride myself on offering a variety of genres to keep my site as interesting as possible. I will rarely offer any record that falls below a true Excellent grading, unless its of a certain rarity which will justify offering a lesser grade. I try, to the best of my ability to describe as accurately and as honesty as I can all items I offer for sale with all the relevant information I can think of to help any potential bidder and collector. You may notice I only submit records sparingly on Ebay as I Play-Grade every record I offer in their entirety – also on higher-end equipment – not just bits to guess a grade – visuals alone do not always tell a true or full story. I will mention any defects or flaws no matter how small that I notice to be fair as possible to any interested collector – I am very fussy and my buyers have the right to be too. Every record I offer, whether it be a common or rare item deserves the same respect as far as I am concerned and will be treated the same - just because an item is rare does not always mean it’s good. I get just as much pleasure offering a relatively common record in stunning near mint condition as the real rare items. All the pictures I use for your guidance are the item being offered with no digital enhancements. Room light factors can make things vary sometimes, that is hard to control, especially in winter. If any picture I take looks more flattering than the actual item for any reason, I will clearly state the fact in the advert and vice-versa. I hope the item below is to your liking – any questions can be emailed and I will do my very best to answer you. I am enthusiastic, and have a fair degree of knowledge about many genres and I promise quality items. Please assume all records I offer have NO jumps, sticks, warps or writing on covers or labels unless clearly stated to the contrary. Thanks for your interest and Good luck – MIKE.

Deck: Linn LP12/Hercules/Cirkus with Ittok Mk II arm and Ortofon Quintet Black moving coil cartridge (tracks at 2.2 grams). Amps: Naim Supernait 2 with Project USB phono stage and Tellerium Black interconnects. Speakers: B&W 805 Nautilus (bi-wired with Tellurium Black terminated cable) with REL subwoofer. All records I offer on Ebay are cleaned on a professional VPI-17 vacuum machine before play-grading for the cleanest and best possible sound and will include a brand new lined inner and protective cover too. Pictures taken with a Nikon D5000 SLR Digital Camera.

PACKING - THIS IS WHAT YOU GET.

What You Get: To confirm to the strict Ebay rules on shipping, I must now send ALL my packets ‘Signed-For’ with NO exceptions. Both buyers and sellers want their packets to have a safer journey and this is not a bad thing.

I now offer the fastest possible posting, often the very next day after payment is received or within two to three days maximum (unless on holiday). I only use FIRST-CLASS Mail. The record’s cover will be placed within a BRAND NEW soft protective sleeve and the actual record will be professionally cleaned on my new VPI-17 Pro vacuum system to give ultimate clean grooves and playing surfaces and the best possible looks and ultimate sound quality. You will NOT get tired, dull looking, dust infested records inside worn and foggy covers with tatty inners from this seller and that’s a promise and guarantee. All records are posted in professional boxes (NOT Mailers, these do not offer any real protection). The record(s) are REMOVED from their main cover to avoid edge splits and placed within a brand new polylined inner. The record’s original inner will be included if available. The boxes are then reinforced with at least TWO, ULTRA THICK stiffeners for maximum extra protection – these are FOUR TIMES thicker than commercial stiffeners and are custom-made for oneadayrecords. Really rare and expensive albums will even be Double Boxed if deemed necessary and possible. When larger boxes are used, the thick record and stiffener ‘sandwich’ is then thickly embedded into bubble-wrap to bulk out the record inside the box to centre the item inside to reduce the risk of damage still further. Printed address labels are used for clarity as well as a sender label. Customers requests or special needs for P&P will be respected if at all possible but ‘Signed-For’ posting is NOT an option anymore. I do not profit on posting, better quality packaging costs, I offer probably the best-value and safest shipping possible for ultimate confidence. The boxes and ultra thick double-wall stiffeners make a near impregnable fortress for safe shipping and this is used inland and overseas for ALL my records, not just the rare and expensive. I will invoice any winning bidder as soon as possible after the auction ends. My ‘loss’ or ‘damage rate’ is minuscule in over 17­ years of Ebay trading and I consider that pretty exceptional. The only damage rate acceptable for this seller is ZERO and I think my packets will offer just that. It would take a vicious postman or postal service to damage these for sure. Oneadayrecords is a MAILER-FREE ZONE. I discount of course for multiple purchases with a maximum of FIVE records per box (one double can sometimes be included subject to total weight). All postage costs are below and at the top of the listing.

NOTE: First Time Bidders: Please ask me first.

PLEASE NOTE: I now exercise my right to open a dispute after the Ebay rule of TWO days if no payment is received. I will then cancel the dispute to end the bid, again after the mandatory FOUR days and then offer the item to the runner-up or relist. The non-payer will also be blocked from my Ebay site as will any suspicious bids or bid withdrawals. Small businesses need prompt payment to trade and these strict rules WILL be applied.

SHIPPING COSTS & CONDITIONS – THESE comply with EBAY’S RULES - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:

Posting & Packing: UK & CHANNEL ISLANDS all now sent via Recorded Delivery:

1 LP (FIRST-CLASS Recorded Delivery with Standard Royal Mail Insurance) [Signed For] = £4.75

1 LP (Special Delivery with Standard £500 Maximum Insurance) [Signed For, Next Day] = £7.50. (this includes insurance of £500). Add £1 per extra LP.

Posting & Packing: EUROPE & SCANDINAVIA. (Airmail Only):

1 LP (Small Packet ‘Signed For’ with Standard Royal Mail Insurance [£50 maximum]) = £12.50 (enhanced Royal Mail insurance is an optional extra £3). Add £2 per extra LP.

Posting & Packing: ALL OVERSEAS (non-European) e.g. USA (ANY PART OF); South America; New Zealand; Australia; Canada; Japan and other Far East; (Airmail Only: I NEVER use Surface Mail):

1 LP (Small Packet ‘Signed For’ with Standard Royal Mail Insurance [£50 maximum]) = £16.50 (£17.50 for double sets). Add £3 per extra LP. (enhanced Royal Mail insurance is an optional extra £3)

Payment Conditions:

I prefer PayPal or cheque from UK winning bidders. I can accept PayPal from overseas bidders or direct payment into my bank account.

Potential Bidders: I will cancel any bids I feel are time-wasters. A maximum 3 days for communication and 7 days for payment to arrive - if not I will relist the item or offer to the runner-up. Fast deals get great feedback from me. Any questions - please ask and thanks for looking.

My Guarantee: If any winning bidder is not satisfied with their purchase I will offer a complete refund. I will not refund if any defect detail is clearly stated on the advert and missed by the buyer, so read the item description carefully. If any overseas collector does not understand anything in my listing, please email and ask me to help. Thank You.

SOME GENERAL GUIDES TO WEAR AND CONDITIONS TO HELP YOU DECIDE

My Use of Description Terminology: Surface Marks = Superficial, usually light marks, hairlines or light scuffs that rarely sound. Scratch = a needle mark that goes below the record’s surface, some will sound, some will not, my play-grade will inform. Original = a record that has been pressed with the first label design which does NOT necessarily mean a very first pressed record. First Pressing = A record that I believe or know to be a genuine very first pressed record. I do not claim to always know for sure, and that’s why I state the stamper and matrix numbers if at all possible, for those who claim to know what they all mean, the information is there for the collector to decide. I prefer to use terms like ‘Early Copy’ rather than ‘First Pressing’ if I am not totally sure. Surface Sound = Mild, light sound, usually light crackle or similar. Distortion = Break up of the actual sound caused by groove wear or damage from a chipped stylus – the most undesirable form of unwanted sound, vintage mono records were the most prone to this happening but not exclusively so. The symptoms of distortion are high frequency clipping, moderate constant crackle or an echo type sound quality. Violin, piano and vocals are most prone to groove-wear distortion. Feathering = Fraying or softening of the entry edge of a cover. Covers with feathered entrance edges are more likely to have had the actual record inserted and removed more than a non-feathered, sharp-edged cover which are always far more attractive. Set Off, actually a printer’s term for dark ink leaving mild residue on pale or white ink when rested upon. e.g. when a gatefold cover has black ink closed against white, this can leave some black residue on the pale area – this is mostly unavoidable or course.

The Argument for Vinyl Original sound and mix (mono mixes are rarely available on CD), high quality sound on clean copies (played on a hi-end dedicated analogue system – breathtaking sound!), beautiful, large format covers, artwork, inserts and even full size posters etc; huge investment potential, and the pleasure of owning ‘the real thing’.