EIRE APPARENT, Sun Rise (RARE 1969 BUDDAH VINYL LP WITH JIMI HENDRIX )

	£		25
	$		33

Welcome to my auctions of classic and collectable vintage vinyl records, here we have the fantastic LP:

EIRE APPARENT – SUNRISE

This is an original UK Stereo vinyl LP released in 1969 on the Buddah label with the catalogue number 203 021. It’s this bands only album in their lifetime and it’s a top drawer collectors item not just because it’s a Psych Rock/Pop packed nugget but also because it’s producer is JIMI HENDRIX! The main point though is that this one is seriously hard to find and on a niche label too so definitely not to be missed!

The condition of the record is fantastic and it just has to grade as a Very Good+ at the very least although many would grade this even higher than that! The sound quality is deep and strong as the whole album plays with brilliant loud audio. There are just a few light paper scuffs visible under light but there’s no bad damage at all. It’s just so hard to find a record that has been cared for enough to still provide a pleasurable playing experience; so often these discs were thrown around or taken to parties and inevitably they’d become scratched, warped or just totally unlistenable so when they show up like this with strong vinyl sound that truly delivers in audio quality it really is to be treasured!

The cover is a fully laminated sleeve and this is also in a fully intact state grading as a strong Very Good! So many times you find covers like this they are written on or have bad edge scuffs and seam splits but none of that is the case here! The main factor in the grading of this cover is a minor one and that’s a fairly moderate ripple effect the cover shows when held against certain light but other than that all there really is to mention is some general laminate creasing and edge wear. Essentially this remains a fantastic cover with paper inner sleeve, this is a rare one for sure!

Gradings explained:

Mint – I only ever use this grade for a record that is brand new or one that has clearly never been played, Mint records will usually be sealed as well.

Near Mint – The record has been on a shelf between other records. The vinyl looks glossy and clearly has only been played a few times. There are no marks on the vinyl and the whole package is complete.

Excellent – Close to the above grade but there may be some very light marks where the vinyl has been in and out of the inner sleeve a few times, or tiny signs of use generally.

Very Good+ – A few further faults are acceptable, but nothing that really compromises the record visually or audibly. A little rub or light inaudible marks and occasionally a little background crackle but nothing that’s instrusive or spoils your enjoyment of the music.

Very Good – It’s seen a bit of use but is still very usable. Light pops and clicks, an edge split, light visible scratches. You can still listen to it and enjoy looking at it, but it is visually and audibly a used title.

Good – To be honest you’re making trouble for yourself here, as Good means Bad. The only reason to be selling something in this condition is if it’s something ultra rare and unlikely to show up again.

My love of records has been there all my life, from my infant days becoming hypnotized at my parents copy of Waterloo Sunset rotating on the deck, to my first purchase of a Wombles album and through my childhood years when everything from Pop, Rock, Disco, Punk, Electro, Indie, Reggae and so much more exploded in my ears and my brain and left me an incurable music addict for life! In the middle of the eighties a versatile Piano Man with an ear for a Beatle-esque melody and an unashamed love of the sounds of the fifties and sixties pointed me to music of the past to expand my pallet so, as the era of the CD arrived, a fascinating never ending journey of discovery brought the giants of earlier decades to my collection; a spidery expedition that goes backwards and forwards ad infinitum but crucially, can throw up a thrilling discovery on a daily basis. But as the CDs started to take over from vinyl in my collecting during the nineties, I noticed a phenomenon that other collectors were always talking about but I’d doubted to be true; namely that vinyl records do sound better than CD. It was on an original RCA copy of the Elvis Presley album ‘Elvis’ Golden Records’ and in particular the track ‘Hound Dog’. I’d become used to it on a CD I owned but on this 1958 pressed vinyl record the difference in audio was amazing. The guitars were on fire, the vocal soared and the drum roll seemed to rattle the room. This kind of resonance just wasn’t happening on the flat CD which, for all it’s crisp background silence, seemed lifeless by comparison. And this is something I’ve continued to marvel at over the years and particularly in the 21st century, as the tepid sonics of streaming have become commonplace, that to really get to the heart and soul of a recording, to totally experience the primal triggering of emotional responses to these vibrations, you have to search out a great quality vinyl pressing. It’s the only way!    

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