Genuine 2000 XL Recordings/Twisted Nerve pressing of the 2000
Vinyl LP Album, ''The Hour Of Bewilderbeast" by Badly Drawn Boy - No Reserve.

Hello and welcome to my auction, I'm selling a good part of my record collection to raise funds
This is a Genuine 2000 XL Recordings/Twisted Nerve pressing of the 2000 Vinyl LP Album, ''The Hour Of Bewilderbeast" by Badly Drawn Boy - No Reserve.. catalogue number: TNXL LP 133
The vinyl is in Ex condition..pretty good on the whole...
Sleeve is Ex (see photos_) .
It consists of a single matte sleeve with a distressed matte colour printed card inner.nice heavyweight Vinyl. In fact I would say 180g vinyl
I've played the record about 3 times - and it has been kept in my collection since i got it in 2000

The record you see in the photos is the one up for auction

Cat. No: TNXL LP 133

• side One/Two : Ex-/Ex- pretty clean surfaces really - apart from the usual small twizzled hairs drawn by static and a couple of fingerprints
  under reflected light ; I can see some areas of generalised spin scuff (where it has spun in the sleeve a bit) and a few longer but light, hairline scratches..related to paper scuff but slightly more concentrated
• Sleeve: Ex....excellent.. small buffing on lower corners (see photos),tiny blunt on right hand lower corner, spine tight and straight, aperture flat and tight, the tiniest (<1/2 cm) patch of burring on front lip of aperture. colours nice and vivid.
• inner sleeve - very clean on the whole, in keeping with condition of outer..like new apart from 3cm tear on left hand side (midway up) see photo.

Really nice album, won the mercury music prize..Its a good mix of Electronica mixed with burgeoning songwriting
it has a charming roughness around the edges, as reflected in the nice packaging..woody would describe it.. perhaps a slightly folksy heart in a strange way.lots of colour in the music..my favourite track is 'once around the block' - very different for a single for a start, it was in 6/8 time.

Selling to Raise Funds
I'm starting this at £2.00 and with no reserve, this is going to give everyone a look in and hopefully increase the chances of an auction

I'd ask that you please read down to the end of the listing as there is some more important info about your country's postal system and my thoughts on an understanding transaction

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Tracklist

A1   The Shining 5:18     Cello - Matt McGeever
  French Horn - Sam Morris
  Vibraphone - Ian Smith A2   Everybody's Stalking 3:39     Drums, Percussion - Ian Smith A3   Bewilder 0:48 A4   Fall In A River 2:17     Programmed By - Joe Robinson A5   Camping Next To Water 3:50 A6   Stone On The Water 3:58     Co-producer - Andy Votel A7   Another Pearl 4:27     Co-producer - Andy Votel
  Keyboards, Programmed By - Andy Votel A8   Body Rap 0:45     Programmed By - Joe Robinson A9   Once Around The Block 3:44     Co-producer - Away Team, The
  Drums - Adrian Dacre A10   This Song 1:42 B1   Bewilderbeast 3:30     Bass, Keyboards - Sam Morris
  Cello - Matt McGeever
  Drums - Sean Kelly (2)
  Guitar - Ian Smith B2   Magic In The Air 3:43 B3   Cause A Rockslide 5:55     Drums, Percussion - Ian Smith B4   Pissing In The Wind 4:19     Bass - Jimmy Goodwin
  Drums - Andy Williams (4)
  Guitar - Jez Williams
  Keyboards - Gary Wilkinson , Martin Rebelski B5   Blistered Heart 1:50     Keyboards - Gary Wilkinson B6   Disillusion 5:19     Bass - Jimmy Goodwin
  Drums - Andy Williams (4)
  Guitar - Jez Williams
  Piano [Wulitzer], Clavinet - Martin Rebelski B7   Say It Again 4:41     Drums - Spencer Birtwistle B8   Epitaph 3:50     Backing Vocals - Clare Hewitt
  Programmed By - Joe Robinson

Credits

Co-producer - Gary Wilkinson (tracks: B5 to B7) , Joe Robinson (tracks: A4, A8, B1, B3, B8) , Ken Nelson (tracks: A1, A2, A5, B2, B3)
Producer - Badly Drawn Boy

Notes on record surface assessment

Please take your time to look at the photos below as I think most of the description is in them. Note: Due to the record being circular and the refractive nature of the grooves on the disc, it is actually pretty hard to photograph the surface fully..I've done my best; taking care to use fairly strong Halogen source and angling of the disc.
there are two types of aberrations...and these can generally be seen in two types of light..incidental light will show up more of the scratches which might affect playback quality, whilst direct light will show up more of the paper scuffing...that very light , almost superficial and generalised marking from two records being in proximity to each other in a record box (the action through the paper sleeve), and very often there's no way around this. this type of marking has no effect on the playback quality of the record.. I didn't really give the record a wipe over so any twizzled hair-like artefacts you might spot in the photos are hair-like artefacts; usually lint or fibres..what I will do is point out any marks or scratches in the description.

Grading

As a guideline to help you, I'll stick roughly to this grading system. where I show something like NM/VG- - it refers to Vinyl condition/Sleeve condition

Although i don't play the records to grade them, by and large they have been played only a few times, and i try to give them a grading based on a careful look.
(note: i don't believe in giving NM status - as this gives the impression that it has just left the shop, when I prefer to be slightly critical if anything)

• Mint Vinyl- unused unplayed still sealed/ sleeve - same
• Near mintVinyl - evidence of being removed and played but hardly noticeable
  - could pass for new/ Sleeve - maybe the slightest sign of handling if you really looked for it.
  
• Ex (and gradations thereof) - Vinyl - tiniest wear, maybe one or two light brush marks in vinyl under reflected daylight but you'd have to look for it - obviously only been played less than about 6 times (Ex-)/ Sleeve - very straight sleeve - maybe miniscule amount of buffing on corners only - no creasing or ringwear visible.
• VG (and gradations thereof) Vinyl - maybe one or two light brush marks - and light scratching - nothing that would diminish the audio playing/Sleeve- light buffing on corners , perhaps small amount of creasage in sleeve, light buff marks on edges - but nothing consistent.
• G (and gradations thereof) - more scratches in evidence, maybe a light scratch which can be seen without strong light, and especially without reflected light. speckle scratching - which would be evidence of enduring light abrasion - as if on inner sleeve. audio - although listenable - occasional crackles in evidence caused by physical profile of surface. probably been played at least 90 times. Sleeve - ringwear in evidence - maybe shabby edges and definitely some buffing maybe short corner tears in evidence. inner would prbably either be yellowed at edges and possibly torn slightly at corner.nothing though that would compromise the vinyl. (i missed out grading for moderate conditions as one only needs to know if its worth bidding on or not, i feel - none of my albums fall into the moderate or crap categories.)
• Cr (and gradations thereof) - vinyl - in advanced state of wear, scratches galore and advanced speckle scratching to the point where the needle would probably jump on occasion. - for completists and the curious mainly. would still play but listening would be pretty unpleasant Sleeve - falling apart at the seams - advanced ringwear and corners torn. maybe can see the vinyl edges through the sleeve. creasing or evidence of folding.

..If you're interested in this album, perhaps you'd like to take a look at the albums I''ll be listing over the next couple of weeks.
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I'll ship this with a fluted stiffener and a quality 625 micron, side seamed record mailer with fragile and DO NOT BEND (in both English and your native language if outside English-speaking countries). I'm aware of the scam that is occurring where people are saying they have recevied the records broken and ask for a refund..i use the high quality packaging to avoid this.
I always obtain a certificate of postage and will remove the record from the sleeve to prevent any ringwear or abrasion.

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Because I'm not a commercial ebayer..I have found that i have to work harder as a seller than as a buyer,particularly nowadays so I'd appreciate some understanding.
People not in the UK, once the package is out of my hands, it literally is out of my control..often if the package has to cross between the postal systems of different countries, it can take extra time to integrate into that system from experience this is particularly true in the US...i urge you to be patient. thanks.
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