Fairport Convention Babbacombe Lee + Sticker Booklet Inner ?LISTEN? A1 B1 UK 71'

	£		18
	$		24

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Fairport Convention – "Babbacombe" Lee LP notes:
UK release on Island records (ILPS 9176) from 1971
1st press matrix numbers: A-1U / B-1U
Original 'pink rim' Island label
Gatefold cover
Printed lyric inner lseeve
'Lloyd's Weekly News' 8 page booklet
'Don't Hang Babbacombe Lee!' sticker (used)
The labels are in excellent condition with signs of spindle marks
Playback is excellent with virtually no surface noise except some light crackle/clicks in places

NOTE: Although the vinyl is only graded VG playback is better than its visual grading.  The album plays with mainly light crackle/clicks in places.

Album cover grading (VG overall):
Front and back covers are still in good+ condition, creasing, scuffing, discoloration, sticker mark
Inner sleeve, very good condition, creasing, scuffing, seam splits on two edges
Booklet, excellent condtion, light creasing
Sticker, very good condition (used and stuck on the front cover)
No writing on cover and labels (except a smal pen name on one label and catalogue number on inner sleeve)
Scuffing on edges of cover
Scuffing to spine

Vinyl grading (VG overall):
Side 1: VG (light surface/sleeve removal marks)
Side 2: VG (light surface/sleeve removal marks)

Matrix numbers (and runout groove markings):
Side 1: ILPS 9176 A-1U            PORKY         1           G G
Side 2: ILPS 9176 B-1U            PECKO         1           G P

Vinyl notes:
Both sides have been played on a Rega RP1 turntable with an Ortofon OM5E cartridge (tracking weight: 1.5g - 2.0g) and listened to on a pair of high end Sennheiser headphones.

A-side:
Virtually no surface noise, some light crackle/clicks in places, excellent playback

B-side:
Virtually no surface noise, some light crackle/clicks in places, excellent playback

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The records are sent in new good quality record mailers with 2 stiffeners.  The vinyl is always removed from the covers to avoid seam splits in transit.

I tend to be over critical of a records condition as it is not my intention to misrepresent what I am selling.  I want the buyer to feel what they have bought is as described although not everyones opinion of its condition will be the same as mine.  If you have any doubts or questions about this record, please ask me and I will try to be as helpful as I can.

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Fairport Convention – "Babbacombe" Lee
Label:Island Records – ILPS 9176
Format:Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:UK
Released:1971
Genre:Rock
Style:Folk Rock

Tracklist
A  John's Reflection On His Boyhood, His Introduction To Miss Keyes And The Glen, His Restlessness, And His Struggles With His Family, Finally Successful, To Join The Navy. This Was The Happiest Period In His Life. All Locked Set Fair For A Career Until He Was Stricken With Sickness And Invalided Out Of His Chosen Niche In Life. Reluctantly And Unhappily He Turned To A Number Of Menial Occupations And Finally Returned To The Services Of Miss Keyes. Tragedy Now Strikes Hard. The World's Imagination Is Caught By The Brutal Senseless Of The Apparent Criminal Who Slays His Kind Old Mistress.   
B  John Was Hardly More Than A Bewildered Observer At His Own Trial, Not Being Allowed To Say More Than A Few Words. The Tides Of Fate Wash Him To The Condemned Cell Where He Waits Three Sad Weeks For His Last Night On Earth. When It Comes, He Cannot Sleep, But When He Does, A Strange, Prophetic Dream Comes To Him, And Helps Him To Bear The Strain Of His Next Day's Ordeal As Scaffold And Its Crew Try In Vain Three Times To Take His Life.

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UK (First Class + Good Quality Record Mailer with 2 stiffeners):
1 x LP / 12" = £4.00                1 x 7" = £1.75
2 x LP / 12" = £4.00                2 x 7" = £2.00
3 x LP / 12" = £4.00                3 x 7" = £2.50
4 x LP / 12" = £8.00                4 x 7" = £3.50
5 x LP / 12" = £8.00                5 x 7" = £3.75
6 x LP / 12" = £8.00                6 x 7" = £4.00

Europe (Standard Internatoinal + Good Quality Record Mailer with 2 stiffeners):
1 x LP / 12" = £6.00                1 x 7" = £4.00
2 x LP / 12" = £7.50                2 x 7" = £4.25
3 x LP / 12" = £8.50                3 x 7" = £5.50
4 x LP / 12" = £11.00              4 x 7" = £6.00
5 x LP / 12" = £12.50              5 x 7" = £5.50
6 x LP / 12" = £15.00              6 x 7" = £5.75

Worldwide (Standard Internatoinal + Good Quality Record Mailer with 2 stiffeners):
1 x LP / 12" = £9.50                1 x 7" = £5.25
2 x LP / 12" = £12.00              2 x 7" = £5.50
3 x LP / 12" = £14.50              3 x 7" = £8.00
4 x LP / 12" = £20.00              4 x 7" = £8.50
5 x LP / 12" = £22.00              5 x 7" = £9.00
6 x LP / 12" = £26.00              6 x 7" = £9.25

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