Room:Pre-flight ORIGINAL UK DERAM LP,MINT-

	£		1,035
	$		1,371

I’M SELLING A BIG PART OF MY 30 YEARS COLLECTION OF 60’s AND 70’s PROG,PSYCH AND FOLK LPs..BOUGHT MOST OF THEM VERY NEAR NEW (MANY OF THEM NEW),ALL HAVE BEEN PROPERLY STORED AND KEPT IN PLASTIC SLEEVES IN A SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENT AWAY FROM SUNSHINE ALL THESE YEARS-NONE OF THEM HAVE EVER BEEN TO PARTIES OR LENT TO ANYONE ( I NEVER TRUSTED ANYONE WITH MY RECORDS !!) ,MOST OF THEM HAD ONLY A HANDFUL OF PLAYS SINCE I ALWAYS MADE TAPE AND CD COPIES OF MY LPs..I’VE ALWAYS BEEN EXTREMELY PICKY AND FUSSY ABOUT CONDITIONS,SO YOU WON’T FIND ANY ABUSED LP’s HERE WITH NASTY SCRATCHES..

PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND (!!) ALL THE INFO REGARDING TO CONDITION ( AN EX+ COVER/RECORD IS NOT MINT OR „NEAR PERFECT” !!!  AND  POSTAGE RATES  – RECENTLY A WINNER DEMANDED ME TO SEND 4 (!!) LPs TO THE STATES FOR $4.00 (!!!) ..

DUE TO A RECENT "0" FEEDBACK SCAM ARTIST I NO LONGER ACCEPT BIDS FROM "0" FEEDBACK BIDDERS,UNLESS YOU CONTACT ME FIRST- SORRY BUT I HAVE TO PROTECT MYSELF !!!!

A NOTE TO THOSE BIDDERS WHO BID IN THE LAST 20 SECONDS OF THE AUCTION - CURRENTLY (ON JAN. 9TH)   THERE ARE 72 WATCHERS ON THIS ITEM...GOOD LUCK !!

Room: Pre-flight  DERAM SML 1073UK

Original first pressing of „impossile to find” (??) UK prog.gem..Not too many were pressed due to the poor sales so finding one of these in decent condition 40 years after the release is VERY difficult …

cover:  un-laminated single-sleeve cover printed by Senol Printing Limited..  superb  clean EX/EX+ condition with LIGHT beginning of RW and VERY light corner wear on top L.,NO tears,NO rips  ... the spine is really nice and  square with „Pre-flight” rubbed off but the rest of  lettering clearly visible….opening edges are nice,straight  and sharp,NO signs of heavy use at all ....no rips,tears,splits or any other damages....

record,visual:   superb clean jet-black and shiny ,a REAL BEAUTY…side A is a very strong EX++/ MINT- with few VERY light superficial surface and harmless surface lines,caused by the paper inner sleeve,absolutely NO scratches at all …side B is pretty much the same as side A except with  one bit more visible VERY LIGHT and TOTALLY INAUDIBLE surface line on track 1,so EX++  ...it still retains it’s beautiful original sheen and it looks VERY NEAR NEW !!!

record,audio: I PLAYED THE ENTIRE RECORD FROM START TO END-THE AUDIO IS  GREAT WITH  CRYSTAL CLEAR AND VIBRANT SOUND WITHOUT ANY SINGS OF GROOVEWEAR,WITH  GREAT DELIVERY AND  STEREO IMAGE…ABSOLUTELY NO POPS,NO CLICKS,NO BACKGROUND NOISE AT ALL – IT PLAYS THE VERY SAME WAY AS IT LOOKS – BEAUTIFUL..

labels:   AS CLEAN AS IT COULD BE  with FEW VERY light   spindle hole marks…ZAL-10064 P-1W   and  ZAL-10065 P-1W  matrix numbers,VERY FIRST pressing… no tears,stamps or any other damages...

Gradings: I ALWAYS TRY TO DO MY BEST IN GIVING ACCURATE,HONEST AND VERY STRICT GRADINGS BY USING THE FOLLOWING TERMS:

MINT

EX (EXCELLENT)

VG ( VERY GOOD)

I ALSO USE  PLUS (+) AND MINUS (-) IF THE CONDITION FALLS BETWEEN TWO GRADES.

VINYL WILL FIRST BE INSPECTED VISUALLY VERY CAREFULLY UNDER STRONG LIGHT, THEN WILL BE TESTPLAYED SKIPPING THROUGH EACH TRACK ON BOTH SIDES ( INCLUDING RUN-IN,RUN-OUT GROOVES AND THE SPACES BETWEEN TRACKS ) TO CHECK THE OVERALL PLAYBACK  QUALITY.

ALL TESTPLAYING IS DONE ON TOP QUALITY EQUIPMENT- LINN SONDEK WITH ITTOK TONEARM AND BENZ MICRO GLIDER S MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE,McINTOSH TUBE AMPMS AND AMT ESS HEIL SPEAKERS.

IN THE UNLIKELY CASE THAT YOU SHOULD BE UNHAPPY WITH MY GRADING/DESCRIPTION PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE LEAVING NEGATIVE FEEDBACK-I’M SURE THAT WE CAN CLEAR OUT EVERY PROBLEM IN A KIND WAY!

PLEASE NOTE:ALTHOUGH I DIDN’T  HEAR ANY SERIOUS PROBLEMS DURING THE TESTPLAY ON MY SYSTEM AND HAVE GIVEN AN HONEST DESCRIPTION OF THE CONDITION OF THE VINYL,I CAN’T GUARANTEE IT WILL PLAY THE SAME WAY ON YOUR SYSTEM -YOU MIGHT HEAR THE ODD STATICK TICK/POP THAT I DIDN’T !!!

  DUE TO THE NEW ( ANNOYING !!) EBAY RULES I HAVE TO INDICATE SHIPPING RATES,HOWEVER THE GBP4.00 RATE IS  NOT THE ACTUAL  AMOUNT,PLEASE REFER TO THE CHART BELOW !!!!

All items will be sent from my European stock,postage  as follows,all by airmail:

EUROPE: 1 LP(under 500 gramms) GBP 6.00,2-3 LPs(up to 1000 gramms) GBP 12.00,4-5 LPs(up to 1500 gramms) GBP 16.00,6-7 LPs(up to 2000 gramms) GBP 20.00 ...

OVERSEAS: 1 LP(under 500 gramms) GBP 6.50,2-3 LPs(up to 1000 gramms) GBP 13.00,4-6LPs(up to 1500 gramms) GBP 18.00,6-7 LPs(up to 2000 gramms) GBP 22.50 ...

ACCORDING TO PAYPAL RULES ITEMS OVER GBP20.00 VALUE WILL ONLY BE SENT REGISTERED WHICH IS 2.00 - IF YOU DON'T AGREE DON'T BID !!

All records are sent in hard cardboard packing boxes, removed from the covers

to prevent seem splits and placed in protective plastic sleeves..

Winnig bidder will be contacted-PayPal payments to made within 3 days,bank transfer within 10 days after the end of auction,unless other arrangements are made.. Buyers with more than 2 negative feedbacks please contact me before bidding..Also,if you have any questions regarding to the item(condition,pressing,postage etc..)please contact me before bidding,I won’t answer such questions after the auction ends-in other words:if you win the auction you’ll be obligated to pay for the item..

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