CARAVAN "IF I COULD DO IT AGAIN...." 2ND LP ON DECCA

	£		43
	$		57

 A few words of introduction. I am not a record dealer, but have been collecting vinyl since 1972. Although an "early adopter" of the CD at its launch back in 1982-83, I never lost my love of the LP and continued to buy music on both formats, preferring the vinyl where this was the first available. My record purchasing reached fever pitch in the early 1990s while living in Edinburgh. At the time LPs were very cheap and many collections were being sold for little or no money at record fairs, car boot sales and specialist stores (such as Vinyl Villains). Buying loads of  albums was thus not a problem, but getting around to cleaning them properly and sorting them out was. I very quickly accumulated a large number of heavy cardboard boxes full of secondhand lps (often containing multiple examples of the same album)  and as I moved from flat to flat ( and city to city!) these were lugged around after me. Finally, late last year I purchased a VPI 16.5 record cleaning machine and started to clean, playgrade, organise and store my collection properly (much to the wife's relief), so gone are the boxes! The result is that I now have a surplus of records which I have decided to sell off. These will all be cleaned and play-graded (on a Linn Sondek and Naim based Hi Fi) before listing for sale. Please note that any records found to be wrecked on playing (irrespective of what they happen to look like visually) are just binned and will not appear in my listings. Any slight defects concerning the sleeve or vinyl will be honestly described and grading will be conservative. I still buy vinyl on Ebay and have quickly learned that a visual description and grading of Mint or Mint- often means considerably less. Few sellers take the trouble to give complete play-grades as it is time consuming and slows down sales but they are the reliable and useful dealers and I value their service. I will attempt to reach that level on a smaller scale here.

FOR AUCTION: AN EARLY DECCA (SKL-R 5052) PRESSING OF THE  CLASSIC 1970 2ND ALBUM "IF I COULD DO IT AGAIN I'D DO IT ALL OVER YOU" BY CARAVAN
Up for auction here is an early (1974) pressing of the 2nd (and first on Decca) album by Caravan. The very first pressings of this lp were housed in a front laminated sleeve by Robert Stace and Co. This pressing dates from 1974 and comes in an un-laminated semi-gloss sleeve by the same company. The record is pressed on the same (boxed) dark blue Decca label with the FFSS (Full Frequency Stereophonic Sound) banner and includes a blue/white Decca poly-lined date coded (3-74) inner sleeve. First pressings are very hard to come by in good condition and this slightly later pressing is a superb example which will grace any serious collection of progressive rock

CARAVAN 2nd Studio album "IF I COULD DO IT AGAIN I'D DO IT ALL OVER YOU"  1970 STEREO DECCA (SKL-R 5052)
Matrix Nos
SIDE 1: ZAL-9752.P-3W
SIDE 2: ZAL-9753.P-5W


SLEEVE: Single gloss (non-laminated) sleeve printed by Robert Stace Ltd . Condition is  NEAR MINT listed below:
FRONT-  No loss fading or creasing
BACK- As front
EDGES- No shelfwear top and bottom on this one
SPINE- Nice square text all perfect and legible
NO TEARS, SCRIBBLING, OWNERS NOTES OR AUTOGRAPHS: As good as it gets
INNER-SLEEVE- BLUEWHITE DECCA POLY-LINED INNER DATE CODED 3-74 MINT
OVERALL GRADE FOR SLEEVE- NEAR MINT

VINYL-
Visual- As good as it gets as new
PLAYGRADE- Again faultless playback here.
OVERALL GRADE FOR PLAYBACK M- (Side 1) and M- (Side 2)

Overall a very clean and beautiful example of this Canterbury classic.
Please note all albums are cleaned prior to sale and will be posted in secure cardboard mailers with cardboard stiffeners. Records will be out of sleeve to prevent damage.

PLEASE SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE RARE AND CLASSIC ROCK LPs


POSTAGE & PACKING:
UK & CHANNEL ISLANDS all now sent via Recorded Delivery:
1 LP (First Class Recorded [signed for] Delivery with Standard Insurance) = £4
1 LP (Special [next day] Delivery [signed for] insured up to £500)  = £7.50.  MULTIPLE PURCHASES ADD £2 PER ADDITIONAL LP

EUROPE & SCANDINAVIA. (Airmail Only):
1 LP (Small Packet [Signed For] with Standard Royal Mail Insurance [£46 maximum]) = £10. MULTIPLE PURCHASES ADD £3 PER ADDITIONAL LP

ALL OVERSEAS (non-European) e.g. USA (ANY PART OF); South America; New Zealand; Australia; Canada; Japan and other Far East; (AIRMAIL ONLY)
1 LP (Small Packet [Signed For] with Standard Royal Mail Insurance [£46 maximum]) = £14. MULTIPLE PURCHASES ADD £4 PER ADDITIONAL LP

PAYMENT: PAYPAL ONLY (NO EXCEPTIONS)