Egg-The Polite Force 1970 UK Deram SML1074 M(-)/M(-) SUPERB 1st Press Canterbury

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ATTENTION ALL POTENTIAL FOREIGN WORLDWIDE BUYERS PLEASE TAKE NOTE!!! I SHIP TO ALL COUNTRIES WITH NO COUNTRIES EXCLUDED!!! PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU WANT TO BID FROM ANY COUNTRY LISTED EXCLUDED AS THIS IS A GLITCH THAT EBAY HAS NOT YET COMPETENTLY ADDRESSED OR SOLVED! APPEARING IN ALL OF MY LISTINGS I CAN'T CONTROL IT UNFORTUNATELY! 

I have much more I will be offering the next few months including as always some top rarities in choice condition on such labels as Harvest, Marmalade, Neon, Vertigo, B&C/Charisma, Dandelion, Deram, Polydor, Pegasus, Philips, Blue Horizon, Transatlantic, Virgin/Caroline etc. Please be patient and keep watching as it takes time when available to go through various sections of my collection and in some areas I've barely scratched the surface of what I'll be offering. For some of the larger labels such as B&C/Charisma, Harvest, Transatlantic, Vertigo, Virgin/Caroline etc. I am waiting until I have assembled more of a quantity of titles to offer at one time rather than just listing a few here and there along with other stuff.

ATTENTION TO ALL EBAYERS--PLEASE TAKE NOTE: After much consideration and frustration on my part to not serve you better by getting more listings up regularly each week I will be implimenting a new policy as of September 9, 2012. Rest assured that this will in no way affect my overall standards of service, nor the quality of what I offer. Basically I will be dropping some of the details below in what has been my routinely elaborate individual item descriptions, IF the items are not deemed by me to be bigger ticket potential ie. $100.00 + LPs. With up to 12 pictures much of this information should be self evident anyway by carefully viewing all of them. For top rarities I offer that should sell for multiple hundreds or even $1,000.00 + (even in the currently weak worldwide economy), I will continue to provide the same more elaborate descriptions that I always have, both supplemented and verified with up to 12 photos each that are always of the exact items I'm offering for sale as anyone who has purchased from me before has experienced. If you have any specific questions about any item that's not self evident, then feel free to contact me and I will respond ASAP. Needless to say my feedback speaks for itself! For those of you who have left it (which is the vast majority of you), I appreciate your continued support of myself as primarily a seller, as well as the overall Ebay community at large to continue making it a better and more reliable experience for everyone. For the few that continue to not leave feedback despite multiple purchases from me in the past I will no longer be leaving feedback in advance for you as I've continued to do for everyone before including all brand new customers. Naturally if anyone's dis-satisfied for some reason I want to know about it so I can potentially make it right if at all possible.

PLEASE NOTE: FOR ALL OF YOU VINYL FANS WHO HAVE BEEN WONDERING ABOUT OR LAMENTING THE FACT THAT I HAVEN'T PUT HARDLY ANY NEW LP LISTINGS UP FOR OVER A YEAR SINCE EARLY JANUARY 2014 THE REASON IS QUITE SIMPLE.  EARLY LAST YEAR THE RIGHT CHANNEL OF MY AMPLIFIER BECAME INTERMITTENT BEFORE FAILING COMPLETELY!! THERE ARE NO LOCAL REPAIR SHOPS & MY TECHNICIAN IS IN ATLANTA WELL OVER 100 MILES AWAY. MOTHER NATURE SOUNDLY NIXED MY INITIAL PLANS FOR DRIVING DOWN TO DROP IT OFF ON FEBRUARY 11TH OR 12TH AND THEN IT DIDN'T HAPPEN UNTIL MARCH 26TH! THE REPAIR WAS COMPLETED BY LATE APRIL, BUT I DIDN'T GET BACK DOWN TO ATLANTA TO PICK IT UP UNTIL MAY 14TH.  IN THE INTERIM I GOT GOING WITH PRUNING/LISTING SOME OF MY GLASS COLLECTION WHICH I HAD BEEN WANTING TO DO ANYWAY FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND THAT WILL BE ONGOING AS WELL. 

     MARCH 2015 UPDATE: I'M VERY SORRY IT TOOK ME SO LONG TO GET BACK UP TO SPEED WITH MORE VINYL OFFERINGS BUT NOW I'M FULLY COMMITTED TO IT AGAIN. SO FOR THE REST OF THIS SPRING & SUMMER YOU'LL SEE A BIG RETURN TO LP LISTINGS AS I CAN NOW THANKFULLY ONCE AGAIN LISTEN TO & PROPERLY PLAY GRADE & RECORD MUSIC! AS MOST OF YOU KNOW I DON'T SUBSCRIBE TO VISUAL GRADING ALONE LIKE MANY HIGH VOLUME SELLERS DO BECAUSE IT'S JUST TOO INEXACT A PROCEDURE BY ITSELF AND WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH SOUND, THE EARS ARE THE ONLY SURE SONIC ASSESSORS!!  I RESPECT YOUR EARS AS MUCH AS MY OWN & I CERTAINLY WASN'T GOING TO LOWER MY STANDARDS IN FAITHFULLY & PROPERLY SERVING YOU IN THE INTERIM. EYES ARE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO EVALUATING FINE ART & GLASS!  AS ALWAYS STAY TUNED FOR MANY MORE OFFERINGS TO STIMULATE & ENHANCE BOTH YOUR EARS AND/OR EYES AS YOU HEAR OR SEE FIT!!  SINCERE REGARDS!  J.F. 

Welcome Back Rare Vinyl Fans & Fiends Alike. So sorry for the rather long un-intended hiatus from selling since last spring but other demands on my time were required.

     HERE you will often FIND offered BETTER CONDITION RECORDS than many other

(visually graded only) sources offer, WHICH ARE FREQUENTLY TOP COPIES & VIRTUALLY new or LIKE-NEW

and unplayed or played very few times, AND/OR THE BEST COPIES POSSIBLE of many choice records.

Purchased: NEW. SUPERB VIRTUALLY IMMACULATE all around copy of this Incredible 2nd LP by this ongoing outstanding Progressive/Psychedelic UK keyboard based trio. Led by my favorite rock keyboard player of all time Dave Stewart who went on to form Hatfield & The North & The Fantastic National Health after sitting in with Khan & Fish Rising which re-united him with Arzachel/Uriel's guitarist Steve Hillage. I am a classically trained pianist myself from a very young age & when I discovered both Egg & Khan as well as Gong (RIP PHP Daevid 3/13/15!), Caravan, Supersister & Earth & Fire in the early 1970's by buying some of their current LPs in Toronto & then Colorado, I realized that there was much other great music that for me went well beyond such more successful acts as ELP & The Nice & I mean no disrespect to Keith Emerson & company! FYI I have produced/released some of my own recordings which I call Impressionistic Piano Improvisations based on my classical background, some of which are perhaps quite akin to Take a Pebble! But Dave Stewart is unquestionably The Bach of Rock for me & I've heard NO ONE that can touch him on organ. Mike Ratledge certainly did some excellent work with Soft Machine who were a great band circa 1969-1971. But when I saw videos of his playing & soloing with frequent left hand lapses and realized Elton Dean was playing some of what I thought he was doing also, I must confess that he lost some points for me as an overall player! Robert Jan Stips of Supersister probably ranks a close 2nd to Dave Stewart for me overall as a rock keyboardist & some of my own playing on recordings I made in 1990/91 showed his influence at times. Jukka Gustavson of Wigwam I would probably rank 3rd for his overall keyboard prowess. Sure there are certainly numerous other fine keys players I could mention I revere like David Sinclair of Caravan which is another favorite band of mine that I saw in Ebbet's Field, Denver in 1974 (reference For Penguins Who Hatch In The Polar Night!), & Kerry Minnear of Gentle Giant who I also saw at Ebbet's Field + twice later on, as well as Dave Lawson of Web/Samurai/Greenslade, Gerard Koerts of Earth & Fire, Peter Robinson of Quatermass, Patrick Moraz of Mainhorse & others but I'm getting carried away & must stop!

Label/# + Year of release/Date of pressing: Very 1st run original UK pressing that's dated 1970 & was recorded in May of that year.

Cover Condition: Superb front laminated sleeve & lily white rear with virtually NO wear whatsoever & the only thing possibly reducing it from Stone Mint is the creasing to the top right corner visible from the front only & present when it was brand new! 

Inner Sleeve: Original Deram label poly-bag to which I've added a sheer plastic liner in order to greatly reduce the chances of poly-swirl transfer. Due to the fact that I had taken the original Deram poly-bag out of the LP jacket & used a later sheer plastic lined poly-bag from a Deram/Decca sleeve dated 1977, I honestly don't know which sleeve was originally with this copy, but it was likely the one from 1971 rather than the 6-70 one which likely goes with my initial UK copy of this LP.

Record Condition: Looks and plays Stone Mint with virtually no significant audio discrepancies or background surface noise whatsoever. No upgrade possibly required or desired! I played this duplicate 2nd copy pretty sparingly & probably at most 5-6 times over 4+ decades. Scroll down & read my Preservation Policy below to understand that it's virtually a toss up between the 2 UK copies I have in my personal collection as to which one I'm offering up for sale as both have been played very little. 

Label Condition: Both clean and unmarked but for 1 faint spindle mark on side 1.

Matrix #'s: See photos.

PAYMENT is expected within 1 week unless you're confirmed bidding on other items. Combined shipping is available for multiple purchases up to a 2 week duration counting from the day of the first winning bid and/or confirmed purchase (if Buy it Now) made by any buyer. All orders will be shipped within 1 week of payment with records removed from sleeves (unless SS) to prevent any cover seams from splitting.
   Please understand that all orders will be expertly boxed with care and shipped promptly, but I cannot and will not be held responsible for anything lost or damaged in transit. Consequently insurance is strongly recommended for all US winners. Payment is Pay Pal only for all foreign buyers and insurance is unavailable as it is too expensive. Once again, I cannot and will not be held responsible for any item(s) lost or damaged in transit due to careless handling by the USPS or foreign postal services. Any/All buyers outside of the U.S. hereby agree to accept full responsibility for any loss or damage to/for any item sent, and furthermore accept that the seller, myself, will not be held liable or responsible for any refund or further recourse for recovery of the lost or damaged item(s). THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING & INTEREST AND GOOD LUCK BIDDING!!

INVOICES: It is not my policy to send out invoices unless or until requested. This is because I don't want to rush people to pay in case they're wanting to potentially win another item or items and take full advantage of my combined shipping offer. I can't predict what else someone might want to bid on and I don't necessarily know from one week to the next what I'm going to list for sale from my collection. However if you don't want to wait then feel free to pay for your item(s) won at any time. All information is in my listings for the proper shipping costs depending upon where you are located. If you're not sure then please e-mail me for confirmation and I will gladly send you an invoice. Please do not abuse my grace period for paying within 2 weeks or just let me know if you're having a problem so we can work it out. I'm friendly and understanding and THANK-YOU FOR BEING CONSIDERATE!  However, I reserve the right to either re-list any item or offer it to the runner up bidder if you don't pay for it within the allotted time period and play by the rules. If that happens then I will not allow you to bid in future auctions of mine.

SHIPPING & HANDLING RATES:   Please note that as of today 26th February 2012, I've lowered the price of additional single LPs for media mail for U.S. customers to $1.50 instead of $2.00 for up to 6 albums total, per my attempts to keep it closer to actual costs of mailing. Remember that gate-folds usually weigh more so I've tried to establish a medium based on that.

RATES UPDATE-as of June 2013: Since the January 27th U.S. postal rates increases some foreign buyers have automatically been sending me $24.15 in checkout (despite my posted $19.00 rate) which I thank you all for as that's frequently been my exact cost to ship one LP double boxed. However when I've used 2 boxes recently (a regular size/weight box I use for all domestic shipping packed like it's ready to ship by itself inserted with bubble wrap taped surrounding it within a larger much heavier cardboard outer box) it's actually been costing me $26.00 more often than $24.15(regardless of gate-fold or not), thus my additions to the rates. Please remember again that I'm paying for all of my packing materials which are factored in accordingly as already noted below. It's your call!

1.Continental U.S.A.-1 LP is $10.40 for Priority + $1.25 each additional LP OR $4.00 for Media mail + additional single LPs are $1.50 each up to 6 total. More than 6 may require an adjustment.

2.Alaska, Hawaii & Canada are $13.00 for 1st LP  Airmail and $2.50 for each additional single album up to 5 total.

3.Mexico & South America are $15.00 for 1st LP Airmail and $3.75 for each additional up to 5 total.

4.Europe is $19.00 OR $27.00 (IF record sells for $100.00-150.00 or more AND BUYER OPTS FOR DOUBLE BOX PACKING including outer heavy cardboard over-sized box) for 1st LP Airmail and $4.00 for each additional up to 5 total.

5.Japan, Asia, Australia & New Zealand, Korea, Russia and United Kingdom are $19.00 OR $27.00 (see above) for 1st LP Airmail and $4.00 for each additional up to 5 total.

6.Africa and Middle East are $20.00 OR 28.00 (see above) for 1st LP Airmail and $5.00 for each additional up to 5 total.

ATTENTION FOR ALL FOREIGN BUYERS: For a few international buyers lately who have purchased 6 or more LPs for combined shipping the above rates I list have been inadequate to cover my shipping costs because more than 4 additional LPs can push the weight to over 4 pounds into a higher shipping cost category. So for now please ask for a shipping quote if you're buying more than 4-5 LPs. Rest assured that as always I will strive to offer all customers the best rates possible to save them money and be as close to the actual shipping costs for their item(s) as possible within reason. Please understand that LPS, their covers (gate-fold or non-gate-fold), boxes and packing materials utilized can vary somewhat in their respective weights so with all of my posted rates I try and set averages that are appropriate to generally cover my costs and be close to yours also. Thanks once again for your understanding in my efforts to serve you all to the best of my ability. 

PLEASE NOTE:  Rest assured that I only charge to basically cover my costs and all of my shipping supplies and handling time to pack are factored in & included already with no additional charges added on to pad the actual sales prices. I strive to satisfy and attain your 100% satisfaction as well as retain my 100% feedback rating!  

INSURANCE FOR CUSTOMERS LOCATED IN THE U.S.

Fee:$1.95    $0.01 up to $50.00

       $2.45     $50.01 to $100.00

       $3.05   $100.01 to $200.00

       $5.10  $200.01 to $300.00  

       $5.10  plus $1.15 per $100. or fraction thereof over $300. up to $5,000.00 maximum liability.

PLEASE NOTE: These rates may need to be updated.
 

THIS IS A PET & SMOKE-FREE HOUSEHOLD!
THERE'S NO RESERVE...SO PLEASE BID WITH CONFIDENCE!   PLEASE VIEW MY OTHER OFFERINGS.

All records are GUARANTEED original 1st pressings or 1ST YEAR ORIGINALS to the best of my knowledge UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.All records are from my own personal collection where they have been archived and handled with loving care.

MY PRESERVATION POLICY on many records that I revered was simple and I share it with you now so that you understand why you take virtually no risk buying from me providing the album was bought new and not used originally. When I'd buy a "new" album and it was something I liked a lot and still available (most of my new albums were purchased in the early-mid 1970's!) I'd initially play it between 15-25 times to become familiar with it and then sell it to a friend as a still EX+ well preserved nice copy. (Adding outer & inner plastic sleeves was standard procedure additionally limiting cover wear and/or hairline paper sleeve marks.) Then I'd buy another new copy and in some cases if a particular favorite then yet another, meaning that I only played the 2nd copy (now my 1st) 5-10 times and the 3rd (now my 2nd if I kept 2) once or twice, always initially taping or now in more recent years currently burning to disc 1 copy within the first couple of  plays thus significantly limiting play to this day on most of my lps. I did/do this with many single copy rarities as well so most play was/is on tapes or cd-rs. I bought a lot of CDs of favorite things also which further helped preserve my vinyl and limit play of much of it. Sometimes I also acquired rare British and European vinyl which I never saw imported in stores and sold new in the United States or Canada from contacts I established through mail correspondence during the 1970's. I developed contacts in England, France, Germany, Holland & Norway. Be aware that the MAJORITY of albums or occasionally 45's that I list ARE FREQUENTLY my ONLY COPIES so bid accordingly as you'll not likely see most of them listed by me again.    

SO, MOST OF MY ALBUMS ORIGINALLY BOUGHT NEW, STILL ACCURATELY APPEAR VIRTUALLY NEW AND UNPLAYED, AND MOST WERE HONESTLY PLAYED NO MORE THAN 5-10 TIMES AND OFTEN ONLY TWICE OR THRICE AND ARE STILL NEAR MINT!! WHY TAKE THE RISK & HASSLE WITH RETURNS EVEN IF THEY"RE ACCEPTED. SHOP HERE AND REMOVE ALL DOUBT AND DISAPPOINTMENT FROM YOUR FUTURE E-BAY VINYL TRANSACTIONS NOW!