DUSTY SPRINGFIELD A Girl Called Dusty SUPERB EX++ LP

	£		31
	$		41

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Artist or Band: DUSTY SPRINGFIELD

Album Title: A Girl Called Dusty.

Producer(s): Johnny Franz.

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: Mama Said; You Don’t Own Me; Do Re Mi; When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes; My Colouring Book; Mockingbird.

Side 2: Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa; Nothing; Anyone Who Had a Heart; Will You Love Me Tomorrow; Wishin’ and Hopin’; Don’t You Know.

Label/Format: Philips – original intense black, matt finished with rough textured surfaces. Side two has the embossed O/TI tax codes which are practically as made. (Please see my label scan).

Label Conditions: Both hugely impressive and with the most intense of black colour. Incredibly attractive and still ultra fresh looking. Spindle marks are very few and light as seen under angled light and finding this debut classic lesser played or better will prove massively difficult. Sound quality is paramount for this seller and mono records always offer the biggest challenge – this plays practically like new – this too, on one of the world’s most revealing and clinical turntables for which this record was never really designed.

Cat Number: BL 7594.

Mode / Speed: Mono / 33.3 rpm.

Warps: Assume all records I offer have no warping of any significance and all tracking is easy and effortless and should play on all turntables and even ‘budget’ decks.

Weight of this Record: 135 grams. A very good solid weight.

Country of Manufacture: England.

Rarity: Scarce: a very early pressed copy that looks and plays superbly. Finding records that date back this far that have hardly been played is very difficult. Purchased more in the era when records were main source of entertainment and used very frequently and most will know what type of basic audio equipment was around at this time. This has more than survived the ‘Dansette’ era – both playing surfaces are little short of immaculate. These vintage record players tracked with huge down-force, it’s no wonder even after just a few plays, wear was inflicted. I doubt if this supreme record has been played more than once or twice and there lies the difference. This legendary woman’s voice still sounds as magnificent on this record as it did way back into the mid 60s. A copy that will never need upgrading.

Original Year of Release: 1964

Matrix Nos: 632325 1L 1 = 420 1 1 1 4 & 632325 2L // 1 420 1 1 2 5

Brief Info: The debut album by one of the UK’s greatest ever female vocalists. Issued in the UK in 1964 after leaving The Springfields, this powerful, soulful album is a gem and includes some wonderful songs by quality writers of the day. This national treasure can be heard to absolute maximum pleasure from this stunningly preserved mono record, the format of the era. So very difficult to find like this, the wonderful vocals are often ruined by heavy tracking equipment of the day or was simply played to destruction. More unusual to find the popular albums that have clearly been played so little and still offering top quality sound – and this one really delivers. From beginning to end, all is focused, sharp, practically noise-free and devoid of pops or clicks. This too being played on a highly revealing stereo system. The cover is also strong with little wear, that also not easy. For fans of this wonderful lady, this must not be missed.

Cover Grade and Format: EXCELLENT: a single format with front laminate. This wraps around all the closed edges and ends on three rear external flipbacks. Some examples have flat, paste-on panel style backs. The flipback version is much nicer I feel. Printed and made in England.

Lamination & Front: Beautiful and one of the best I have yet seen. The laminate is very fresh, clear and shiny and is fully adhered with barely a hint of any friction rubs or dulling. A crease on the bottom edge but few others and any of the typically seen chipping on the edges has been practically avoided. A little corner tip rubbing on the right pair, but it seems this is near impossible to avoid. The picture of the young Dusty looks fantastic and will rarely be seen better.

Cover Back: The back has aged a little with some moderate discolour, mainly to the left edge. But in terms of real wear, this has little. Personally, I have no qualms in covers that give hints to their considerable age – let’s face it – this is fast approaching 50. Barely any creasing and the flipbacks very neat indeed with no damage, edge burring or grubbiness. The excellent grading can be considered harsh for a cover of this vintage, only marked down a little for the mainly gentle discolouration.

Top Edge: Practically unworn up to the corner tips. The odd tiny fine hairline surface crack being critical.

Bottom Edge: Similar again with just one tiny chip.

Right Edge(s), and Type: Clean and sharp with little wear and no trimming. The odd tiny surface chip on the front only but the lack of burring and softening on such an old cover is impressive. Any thickening minor, record enters on this edge.

Spine and Text: Little short of as-made: solid, straight with no compression mild. All text is perfect and unworn under the solid and uncracked or peeled laminate. Very white too, try finding this vintage spine better

Corners: The spine pair are very impressive with just a small chip to the top front. The right pair have small tip rubs that few ever seem to avoid. Very fine to excellent shape is retained.

Cover Summary: A very strong all-round example of this lovely mid-60’s mono cover, one that will prove very difficult to find much better. This beautiful item should please most collectors.

The Inner Sleeve: EXCELLENT: the original inner is included. A plain polylined inner that has again darkened a little. It is British patented and made with ‘FOREIGN PATENTS PENDING’ text. All edges unsplit with no repairs, two superbly crisp window circles and clear lining. Any creasing very light and little and a nice looking example.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: EXCELLENT(++): with both playing surfaces looking fantastic with any surface blemishes, tiny, very few and faint. A very impressive visual copy that is very clean, shiny, intense black and very solidly pressed. The evidence of the spindle marks on the labels suggests hardly played, reitterated by hugely impressive surfaces and sound. What is more certain, it’s been played carefully and still offers gorgeous audio quality. Visually a super record that should please most-all 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 B&W speakers that include the legendary tweeter from their awesome Nautilus range that reveals every blemish or minuscule sound present on any record.]

Sound Quality and Audio Grading: This classic mono record plays even above it’s high visual grading with very little to fault. I do realise what a bold statement this is, this too on a challenging record with an iconic voice and strong recording. All the ingredients for distortion and clipping, but none here. This has 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 barely even registered and no pops or clicks were noted and this is an exceptional clean pressing. Few copies will outperform this very early pressing I feel sure. Both channels are clean and sharp, I am certain this record has been played carefully and sparingly and not subjected to a worn stylus. Nothing spoilt my pleasure when play-grading this wonderful record. Even the innermost songs track and sound sharp, here where the tracking angle is at it’s most critical, so many, even well looked after copies, can be let down here, not this one. And how many will offer no pops and clicks?, remember just one jolt or arm-drop on a Dansette, a vintage mono record player so popular at this time – and there’s another furrow or crater inflicted and another classic written-off. These machines tracked with massive downforce – at least 10 gram was recommended – almost inconceivable on a modern stereo sstem – hence so many monos are worn out or severely scratched (and sometimes stereo ones too). This record will prove very difficult to find better and merits my highest possible recommendation. An historic piece for a legendary singer.

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 - on average ONEADAY, a couple more at weekends if time permits, hence the name - time rarely allows for more as I Play-Grade virtually every record I offer in their entirety, 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 its 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 taken with a digital camera or scanned - they are NOT improved, cleaned-up or made better looking than they are with camera trickery or enhancing with digital programmes. What you see is what you get and scanned labels will give a more accurate representation of the genuine colour than flash photography where light is variable. I cannot guarantee total accuracy for colours however but most will be very close. 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 - bid with confidence - excellence comes as standard and so does Near Mint regularly. 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 Rondo Red moving coil cartridge (tracks at 2 grams). Amps: Naim Nait 5i with Project USB phono stage and Chord interconnects. Speakers: B&W 704 Floorstanding 3-way Monitors (bi-wired with QED Silver terminated cable). 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 and the cost of this lavish packing is NOT even charged for, I offer probably the best-value and safest shipping possible for ultimate confidence. The boxes and ultra thick double-wall stiffeners and bubble wrap 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 less than one in two thousand based on over 7,000+ items sold in nearly 10 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. Even one of these stiffeners cannot be bent by hand, so what chance 3 or 4 inside a box? 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). I will not respond to questions on shipping costs as all the details are included here and on ALL of my adverts. Details below:

NOTE: First Time Bidders: Please as me first.

PLEASE NOTE: I now exercise my right to open a dispute after the Ebay rule of FOUR days if no payment is received. I will then cancel the dispute to end the, 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 and they take the Ebay consequences (a strike or removal from the system). 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.

1 LP (Special Delivery with Standard £500 Maximum Insurance) [Signed For, Next Day] = £7.50. (this includes insurance of £500). Add £2 per extra LP.

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

1 LP (Small Packet ‘Signed For’ with Standard Royal Mail Insurance [£46 maximum]) = £10. (Royal Mail insurance is an optional extra £3). Add £3 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 [£46 maximum]) = £14. Add £4 per extra LP. (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’.