Fairport Convention Unhalfbricking 1969 ISLAND PINK BLOCK LABEL First Pressing

	£		75
	$		99

Unhalfbricking by Fairport Convention

First Pressing of this 1969 album on Island  ILPS-9102, with the original and sought-after pink block style Island label.

Matrix numbers: side 1: A//1   side 2: B//1

I would grade vinyl as "Excellent", maybe just a few very light crackles between some tracks. I've listened through it a few times and it sounds great (will miss it!). Visually there are just fine sleeve marks, as you would expect for a record of this age.

The sleeve I would grade as "Very Good", or with just lightly scuffed edges and corners, and some light surface scuffing on the black areas on the back. The front looks near perfect.

Added 17/5/16

Rare 1969 UK first press 8-track stereo vinyl LP on the pink block label design. This was one of only two albums that had their debut release on this label with just five other releases repressed to use this design making each one very collectable indeed & extremely hard to find these days! I saw one sell on here last week for over £90, hence my asking price.

Why am I selling records?

Due to a planned downsizing of our home I am selling my entire collection of vinyl records over the next few months, so take a look at my other items. I am not a dealer or a professional collector, but I will attempt to grade the items using the UK Record Collector Grading System (see below). All the records will be carefully cleaned and listened through before grading. If you disagree with my grading or are unhappy with the item you receive, please contact me first, before giving me negative feedback, I will do my best to resolve matters. The majority of my collection has been barn stored and unplayed for the last 25 years, and when in use were played on good equipment (Garrard 125SB deck) and well looked after.

Postage and Packing

Records will be securely packaged and despatched as soon as possible using Royal Mail second class small parcel service with a signature required. Cost is £3.95 for up to 2 Kg. If you buy more than one record then send me a message and I will package together and send you an invoice with just one postage charge. You can get about 4 or even 5 albums under 2 Kg.

UK Record Collector Grading System

Mt = Mint: Never been played or item still sealed. Cover and any extra items such as lyric sheet, booklet or poster (ie contents) are in perfect condition.
Mt- = Near Mint: In brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. Cover and contents nearly perfect.
Ex = Excellent: Shows some signs of being played but there is very little lessening in sound quality. Cover and contents might have slight wear and/or creasing.
VG+ = Better than Very Good: Obviously been played but no significant deterioration in sound quality despite light surface marks. Very little wear and tear on cover and contents, without any major defects.
VG = Very Good: Obviously been played many times but no major deterioration in sound quality despite noticeable surface marks and occasional light scratch. Normal wear and tear on cover or contents, without any major defects.
Gd+ = Better than Good: Sound quality has deteriorated but with no distortion. Light scratches and occasional mild scratch. Cover and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges but not spine splits or discoloration.
Gd = Good: Sound quality has noticably deteriorated, perhaps with some distortion. Mild scratches. Cover and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discoloration etc.
Fair: Still just playable but has not been cared for properly and displays considerable surface noise - it may even jump. Cover and contents will be torn, stained and/or defaced.
Poor: Will not play properly due to scratches, bad surface noise etc. Cover and contents will be badly damaged or partly missing.

I have graded the vinyl first, then the cover