FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION STUNNING NEAR MINT UK DECCA

	£		60
	$		80

     QUITE SIMPLY THIS IS THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THIS VERY RARE DISC I HAVE EVER SEEN. FULLY COMPLETE WITH IT'S NEAR MINT INSERT, THE VINYL IS PERFECT AND THE SLEEVE SIMPLY AMAZING, HAS TO BE A FINAL UPGRADE COPY...L@@K

 NON UK BUYERS PLEASE NOTE MY COMMENTS REGARDING INTERNATIONAL MAIL BELOW...RETURNS POLICY ONLY APPLICABLE TO UK..RETURNS OUTSIDE UK BUYER WILL HAVE TO COVER ALL POSTAGE COSTSFurthermore international bidders please also note that due to ebays new "buyer protection " policy many sellers now refuse to sell internationally anymore. I am not one of those sellers yer but please note I do now reserve the right to refuse to complete a sale to any international bidder that may have low or bad feedback or for any other reason and this is especially so if the item sells for over GBP 100, like I say this is purely a result of ebay/paypals new policy that make it now even harder for sellers to  trade safely internationally. Please bare this in mind if you win an item but find that it has been offered first instead to a domestic UK Bidder.

FOR BIDDERS WITH ZERO FEEDBACK THIS IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT...   I have recently been the victim of serveral spurious bids from several different members (usually based in the Russian Federation). Please note that if you win any of my items and have zero feedback I will ask you for immediate payment or for you to email and immediately confirm that you were a genuine bidder. Failiure to meet either of those critiera will result in the item being  offered to the next highest bidder without further delay. thank you. 

ALL MY RECORDS ARE USUALLY SOLD ON VISUAL GRADINGS ONLY, THEREFORE, WITH THE SINGULAR EXCEPT ON OF THOSE RARE OCCASSIONS WHERE I DO STATE THEY HAVE BEEN PLAY GRADED, AS ALL DISCS ARE 2ND HAND ANY PLAYING DEFECTS ARE THEREFORE CAVIAT EMPTOR AND SO NON REFUNDABLE. I ONLY REFUND  WHERE AN ACTUAL GRADING OF MINE IS DISPUTED 

DOMESTIC RECORDED DELIVERY COSTS FOR UK FOR A SINGLE LP GBP 3.99 AND FOR A DOUBLE GBP 4.99, INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE SEE MY NOTES BELOW FOR POSTAGE INDICATORS OUTSIDE UK

EVEN THOUGH THIS IS TECHINCALLY A SECOND " BOXED " DECCA PRESSING FROM APPROX 1970/1 ALL COPIES OF THIS LP ARE INCREDIBLY RARE.

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WHEN RELEASED THE PRODUCER, JONATHAN KING ( YES THAT JONATHAN KING  ) HAS SAID THAT AS DECCA DID MINIMAL PROMOTION THE RECORD SHOPS DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT THIS LP WAS ABOUT AND OFTEN JUST DUMPED IT IN THE RELIGIOUS SECTION.

THEN, AFTER GENESIS HAD MOVED ON FROM DECCA AND STARTED TO GET SOME SUCCESS, FIRST AT CHARISMAS RECORDS, PEOPLE STILL SHUNNED THIS LP AS IT IS QUITE DIFFERENT TO WHAT GENESIS HAD BY THEN BECOME. IT WAS THEREFORE INEVITABLY DELETED IT IT'S ORIGINAL FORM AND RE-ISSUED BY DECCA IN VARIOUS GUISES.

I ACTUALLY THINK THIS IS A REALLY GREAT LP, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT WAS JUST THE PRODUCT OF A FEW TEENS FROM CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL. INDEED IT REMINDS ME VERY MUCH OF GENESIS THEN DECCA DERAM'S STABLEMATES THE MOODY BLUES. 

LIKE I SAY THIS IS A 2ND " BOXED " PRESSING AND ALTHOUGH ALL PRESSINGS ARE RARE ( ESPECIALLY THE MONO ONES - AND EVEN MORE SO THE " BOXED " MONO ONES ) THE IS PROBABLY THE LEAST RARE OF THE RARE. HOWEVER WHAT MAKES THIS COPY EXTRA SPECIAL IS IT'S STUNNING CONDITION. ANYBODY THAT HAS HANDLED THE LP KNOWS HOW BADLY IT SUFFERS, ESPECIALLY THAT DARK BROWN SLEEVE. HOWEVER THIS IS REALLY A BIT SPECIAL, NOT JUST A NEAR MINT DISC AND INSERT BUT A SLEEVE WITH NO DISCERABLE RINGWARE ON THE REAR AND A BEAUTIFUL SHINEY LAMINATED FRONT THAT GLEAMS LIKE NEW

(the polylined inner shown dates from 7-73 is just a replacement, the original will be included)

YOU REALLY WILL STRUGLLE TO FIND A BETTER COPY THAT THIS ONE, A REAL FINAL UPGRADE SO GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS!

FOR AUCTION IS THE UK LP  " FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION "

ARTIST: THE GENESIS

COUNTRY: UK

CAT NO:  SKL 4990

MONO/STEREO : STEREO  

LABEL:  BOXED DECCA

DATE : 1969  ( THIS COPY PROBABLY AROUND 1970/1 )

WEIGHT: 145 g

MATRIX: 1W 2W

CONDITION......

VINYL  : STUNNING, I CAN'T SEE A MARK ON IT, AS CLOSE TO MINT AS YOU WILL EVER SEE. 

LABELS: I CAN SEE NO DISCERABLE SPINDLE MARKS AGAIN AS CLOSE TO MINT AS YOU WILL EVER SEE...

SLEEVE:

INSERT: PERFECT, NO FLAWS, AGAIN AS CLOSE TO MINT AS YOU WILL EVER SEE..

A VERY RARE DISC WHICH YOU WILL STRUGGLE TO IMPROVE ONE - GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS !!

(Please note that whilst I try to endeavour to adhere to strict RC gradings I will never describe ANYTHING AS MINT even when I think it to be so. As far as I am concerned any secondhand item by definition cannot be mint. However if I believe an item to be Mint  I will instead either use the terms Near Mint, mint minus, or in archive or vault condition. When I use these terms you know that in my opinion this is in effect a de-facto Mint grade )

Dont forget to take a look at my other items. Please feel free to contact me with any queries you may have.

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I ONLY DO A COUPLE OF RUNS A WEEK TO THE POST OFFICE BUT MY ITEMS ARE ALWAYS DISPATCHED WELL WITHIN ONE CALENDAR WEEK OF PAYMENT BEING RECEIVED. I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE TO THOSE BUYERS WHO SEEM TO EXPECT THEIR ITEM TO ARRIVE THE NEXT DAY, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK WHEN AN ITEM WAS SENT JUST PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU!! (SOME PEOPLE DO MAKE YOU LAUGH, FOR ITEMS I BUY I ONLY NORMALLY GET CONCERNED AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND EVEN AFTER THAT THEN ONLY POLIETELY ENQUIRE IF AND WHEN THE ITEM WAS SENT).

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PAYMENTS BY PAYPAL ARE PREFERRED BUT I ALSO ACCEPT OTHER METHODS. I ALSO POST WORLDWIDE (PLS APPLY FOR RATES) BUT DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH A DISREPUTABLE BUYER IN JAPAN (PIGGIESSS - I AM HAPPY TO NAME THEM) , FOR ALL PAYMENTS MADE VIA PAYPAL THE ITEM WILL ONLY BE SENT BOTH TO THE UK AND WORLDWIDE BY RECORDED OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY. THIS IS TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY ATTEMPT TO CLAIM BACK THE PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL EVEN AFTER ACTUALLY HAVING RECEIVED THE ITEM.

THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS HAD THE RESULT OF INCREASING MY COSTS FOR POSTING AND PACKING AND I AM VERY SORRY FOR THIS BUT PAYPAL OFFER NO PROTECTION FOR SELLERS UNLESS THERE IS PROOF OF DELIVERY!! PROOF OF POSTING WOULD SEEM INSUFFICIENT TO THEM AND I HAVE FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY..

DUE TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THIS SAME BUYER PAYPAL PAYMENTS WILL ALSO NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM BUYERS WHO DO NOT ALLOW THEIR FEEDBACK TO READ, SO IF YOU FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY PLEASE DO NOT BID ON MY ITEMS UNLESS YOU CAN PAY BY ANOTHER METHOD…….EUROPE INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR MAIL COSTS ARE USUALLY GBP 8.99 FOR A SINGLE LP AND FOR USA/REST OF WORLD IT IS USUALLY GBP 12.99 FOR A SINGLE AND GBP 15.99 FOR A DOUBLE LP 

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