HAWKWIND Warrior on the Edge of Time RARER Shield Cover

	£		85
	$		113

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Artist or Band: HAWKWIND

Album Title: Warrior on the Edge of Time.

Producer(s): Hawkwind.

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: Assault & Battery Part I; The Golden Void Part II; The Wizard Blew His Horn; Opa-Loka; The Demented Man.

Side 2: Magnu; Standing at the Edge; Spiral Galaxy 28948; Warriors; Dying Seas; Kings of Speed.

Label/Format: United Artists – Cream & Brown format.

Label Conditions: Both clean and attractive with only very light and faint spindle marks, indeed just a couple on side one. Never easy finding this or other early Hawkwind albums so little played and in such lovely condition.

Cat Number: UAG 29766.

Mode / Speed: Stereo / 33.3 rpm.

Warps: Assume all records I offer have no warping of any significance and all tracking is easy and effortless and should play on all turntables and even ‘budget’ decks.

Weight of this Record: 132 grams. Slightly above average for it’s era.

Country of Manufacture: England.

Rarity: Scarce: and the early pressed copies with the open out shield cover and inner are harder to find. Not only that, this copy plays to near perfection and includes a practically mint inner with no splits or creases. Slightly later pressings saw the cover revert to a standard single format and also worthy of note, this album is out of print on CD and is never easy to find on the digital format.

Original Year of Release: 1975

Matrix Nos: UAG 29766 A-1U / UAG 29766 B-1U

Stamper Codes: 1 RO / 1 RO

Other Etchings: ‘A PORKY PRIME CUT’ on side one.

The Band: Dave Brock - guitar, synthesiser, bass, vocals; Nik Turner - Tenor and soprano saxes, flute, vocal; Lemmy - bass; Simon House - Mellotron, Moog, piano, synthesiser, violin; Simon King - drums and percussion; Allan Powell - drums and percussion; Mike Moorcock vocal.

Brief Info: For many Hawks fans, the best studio album they ever made – the last to include Lemmy. Included is High Tide’s Simon House which added more depth to their sound. Every song is brilliant and I rate side one as one of the best acid-rock moments ever - side two is not far short either. This early pressed copy includes the original format open out shield cover, a difficult sleeve that has only light wear. The inner is in superb condition and the record plays with fantastic sound as it should as it has barely any noteworthy marks. A great copy to listen too and the earliest pressings with the original ‘shield’ cover are getting more and more elusive.

This Cover’s Potential for Wear: Very High: Very delicate and wear-prone, the fold-out flaps to make the shield are often seen badly creased, often split or torn. Also this cover was often wall-mounted (like a poster), so tape marks and pin-holes are far from uncommon.

Cover Grade and Format: Near Excellent, maybe being too harsh but there is some rubbing on the edges. An unlaminated gatefold format with the open-out shaped shield, the pictures should help make this clear. Made in England.

Cover Front: A delicate cover seldom seen in decent conditions these days. This example retains fine colour with barely any rubbing or marks, any rubbing seen is via the bottom edge. Devoid of creasing and sticker marks this sets a high standard.

Cover Back: The back is a little down on the front with a light rim rub near the top edge and a mild grubby mark near the bottom right, this is pretty minor. Again barely any creasing and slight rubbing near the bottom edge, still overall a highly respectable back which is far from easy.

Cover Inner Gatefold: The shield side is superb with little wear and has even remained uncreased with no tears and any rubbing mild and quite faint. The other side of the lower shield is also very nice with no damage and again only very light traces of surface rubbing. This shield cover has never been mounted.

Top Edges: The back barely worn, the front has rubbing from the centre to right.

Bottom Edges: Light side of moderate rubbing on the front and back edges, less on the inside ones. The fold for the shield hinge is very solid and strong with no weakening or stresses. Unusual to find this actual inner fold-edge with so little wear.

Right Edge(s), and Type: Clean, mainly sharp with little wear and no feathering. Record enters on either edge as both are open as manufactured, the front edge is very sharp indeed, the back only slightly less so.

Spine and Text: Solid, robust and thick, straight, minimal compression and folded square. Barely any wear, just the odd tiny surface chip, no text was printed on this one.

Corners: All corners have rubbed, ranging from light to the lighter side of moderate (bottom right). Fine to very fine shape is retained.

Cover Summary: A fine all round example of this very fragile and wear-prone mid-70’s cover, one that will prove challenging to find significantly better. I cannot remember the last even excellent or better example I last saw for this one. This classic and somewhat elusive sleeve should please many collectors but not the perfectionists of course. Do not under-estimate just how hard this one is to find in really top conditions.

The Inner: Little short of Mint(-) and so hard to find like this and often missing altogether. ALL edges unsplit or torn and that is highly unusual, there are NO repairs. Clean and uncreased with very deep colour. Many suffer ringwear but this has only the faintest traces of record impression with no ink-loss. This is little short of factory-fresh and even the wide top opening is virtually unblemished. This will rarely be found better than this.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: EX is probably being too harsh. A very fine visual copy that is very clean with fine shine, intense black and very solidly pressed - again, later copies were considerably lighter. A copy with very modest plays on all the evidence with just ultra fine surface traces or flimsy hairlines under angled light. Merely removal type blemishes with no sound of course, this is a lovely record that has not ‘aged’ to any degree. Visually a lovely record that should please many collectors.

Album Played For Grading: Yes. [I play ALL records I offer before submitting to Ebay, also the record is played in its entirety unless clearly stated otherwise. I do NOT play snippetts or joining grooves to check for sound quality and quietness – I play from the beginning to end via clinically revealing B&W speakers that include the legendary tweeter from their awesome Nautilus range that reveals every blemish or miniscule sound present on any record.]

Sound Quality and Audio Grading: This excellent record plays even above its high visual grading with nothing to fault. Strong, distortion-free sound, all frequencies are sharp and clear - sound quality is high with a wide dynamic range and detailed sound. Any surface sounds barely registered and no pops or clicks were noted and this is an exceptional clean pressing, the best I have yet heard for this title for some considerable time. Few copies will outperform this early pressing significantly I feel sure. Nothing spoilt my pleasure when play-grading this Hawkwind classic that includes arguably their best-ever line-up and studio material. This copy will prove difficult to find significantly better and can be highly recommended.

Now one of the most established sellers on Ebay and still offering the finest and most accurately described and graded records I can find. I pride myself on offering a variety of genres to keep my site as interesting as possible. I will rarely offer any record that falls below a true Excellent grading, unless its of a certain rarity which will justify offering a lesser grade. I try, to the best of my ability to describe as accurately and as honesty as I can all items I offer for sale with all the relevant information I can think of to help any potential bidder and collector. You may notice I only submit records sparingly on Ebay - on average ONEADAY, a couple more at weekends if time permits, hence the name - time rarely allows for more as I Play-Grade virtually every record I offer in their entirety, not just bits to guess a grade - visuals alone do not always tell a true or full story. I will mention any defects or flaws no matter how small that I notice to be fair as possible to any interested collector – I am very fussy and my buyers have the right to be too. Every record I offer, whether it be a common or rare item deserves the same respect as far as I am concerned and will be treated the same - just because an item is rare does not always mean its good. I get just as much pleasure offering a relatively common record in stunning near mint condition as the real rare items. All the pictures I use for your guidance are taken with a digital camera or scanned - they are NOT improved, cleaned-up or made better looking than they are with camera trickery or enhancing with digital programmes. What you see is what you get and scanned labels will give a more accurate representation of the genuine colour than flash photography where light is variable. I cannot guarantee total accuracy for colours however but most will be very close. If any picture I take looks more flattering than the actual item for any reason, I will clearly state the fact in the advert and vice-versa. I hope the item below is to your liking - any questions can be emailed and I will do my very best to answer you. I am enthusiastic, and have a fair degree of knowledge about many genres and I promise quality items - bid with confidence - excellence comes as standard and so does Near Mint regularly. Please assume all records I offer have NO jumps, sticks, warps or writing on covers or labels unless clearly stated to the contrary. Thanks for your interest and Good luck – MIKE.

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First-time, zero-rated bidders, who do not ask permission to bid, will be cancelled immediately and blocked – NO exceptions. For winning bidders who I consider excessively slow to make contact or submit payment, I will use my right to block future bids. If any bidder who wins in the final seconds is present to do so, surely they can at least email me to inform of intention and payment method? If swift or promp payment is a problem, please do not bid.

PACKING - THIS IS WHAT YOU GET - PLEASE SEE MY TYPICAL PACKING BOX PICTURE.

What You Get: To confirm to the strict Ebay rules on shipping, I must now send ALL my packets ‘Signed-For’ with NO exceptions. Both buyers and sellers want their packets to have a safer journey and this is not a bad thing.

I now offer the fastest possible posting, often the very next day after payment is received or within two to three days maximum (unless on holiday). I only use FIRST-CLASS Mail. The record’s cover will be placed within a BRAND NEW soft protective sleeve and the actual record will be professionally cleaned on my Moth Pro vacuum system to give ultimate clean grooves and playing surfaces and the best possible looks and ultimate sound quality. You will NOT get tired, dull looking, dust infested records inside worn and foggy covers with tatty inners from this seller and that’s a promise and guarantee. All records are posted in professional thick boxes (NOT Mailers or Cruciforms, these do not offer maximum protection). The record(s) REMOVED from their main cover to avoid edge splits and placed within a brand new polylined inner. The record’s original inner will be included if available. The boxes are then reinforced with THREE or EVEN FOUR ULTRA THICK stiffeners for maximum extra protection – these are FOUR TIMES thicker than commercial stiffeners and are custom-made for oneadayrecords. Really rare and expensive albums will even be Double Boxed if deemed necessary and possible. The thick record and stiffener ‘sandwich’ is then thickly embedded into bubble-wrap to bulk out the record inside the box to centre the item inside to reduce the risk of damage still further. Printed address labels are used for clarity as well as a sender label. Customers requests or special needs for P&P will be respected if at all possible but ‘Signed-For’ posting is NOT an option anymore. Please see my picture of a typical finished box packet that will now be used on ALL transactions as from now. I do not profit on posting and the cost of this lavish packing is NOT even charged for, I offer probably the best-value and safest shipping possible for ultimate confidence. These boxes and ultra thick double-wall stiffners and bubble wrap make a near impregnable fortress for safe shipping and this is used inland and overseas for ALL my records, not just the rare and expensive. I will invoice any winning bidder as soon as possible after the auction ends. My ‘loss’ or ‘damage rate’ is less than one in two thousand based on over 6,000+ items sold in over 8 years of Ebay trading and I consider that pretty exceptional. The only damage rate acceptable for this seller is ZERO and I think my packets will offer just that. It would take a vicious postman or postal service to damage these for sure. Even one of these stiffners cannot be bent by hand, so what chance 3 or 4 inside a box? Oneadayrecords is a MAILER-FREE ZONE. I discount of course for multiple purchases with a maximum of FOUR records per box (one double can sometimes be included subject to total weight). I will not respond to questions on shipping costs as all the details are included here and on ALL of my adverts. Details below:

NOTE: First Time Bidders: I will cancel ALL first-time bidders with no feedbacks or excessive negatives who do not ask me if its OK to bid first – NO EXCEPTIONS.

Please Note: I will now offer any item to the runner-up after the mandatory Ebay 3 days if no contact is made by the winning bidder unless prior notice of any delay is given beforehand. The same applies if no payment is received within the mandatory 7 days so any bidder who has just lost out can still email me to reserve the item as priority second chance – it’s always worth asking.

SHIPPING COSTS & CONDITIONS – THESE comply with EBAY’S RULES - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:

Posting & Packing: UK & CHANNEL ISLANDS all now sent via Recorded Delivery:

1 LP (FIRST-CLASS Recorded Delivery with Standard Royal Mail Insurance) [Signed For] = £4.

1 LP (Special Delivery with Standard £500 Maximum Insurance) [Signed For, Next Day] = £7.50. (this includes insurance of £500). Add £2 per extra LP.

Posting & Packing: EUROPE & SCANDINAVIA. (Airmail Only):

1 LP (Small Packet ‘Signed For’ with Standard Royal Mail Insurance [£40 maximum]) = £9. (insurance optional extra £3). Add £2.50 per extra LP.

Posting & Packing: ALL OVERSEAS (non-European) e.g. USA (ANY PART OF); Australia; Canada; Japan and other Far East; (Airmail Only: I NEVER use Surface Mail):

1 LP (Small Packet ‘Signed For’ with Standard Royal Mail Insurance [£39 maximum]) = £13. Add £4 per extra LP. (insurance optional extra £3)

Payment Conditions:

I prefer PayPal or cheque from UK winning bidders. I can accept PayPal from overseas bidders or direct payment into my bank account.

Potential Bidders: Please do not bid if you have negative feedback unless checking first, I will cancel any bids I feel are timewasters. A maximum 3 days for communication and 7 days for payment to arrive - if not I will relist the item or offer to the runner-up. Fast deals get great feedback from me. Any questions - please ask and thanks for looking.

My Guarantee: If any winning bidder is not satisfied with their purchase I will offer a complete refund. I will not refund if any defect detail is clearly stated on the advert and missed by the buyer, so read the item description carefully. If any overseas collector does not understand anything in my listing, please email and ask me to help. Thank You.

SOME GENERAL GUIDES TO WEAR AND CONDITIONS TO HELP YOU DECIDE

My Use of Description Terminology: Surface Marks = Superficial, usually light marks, hairlines or light scuffs that rarely sound. Scratch = a needle mark that goes below the record’s surface, some will sound, some will not, my play-grade will inform. Original = a record that has been pressed with the first label design which does NOT neccessarily mean a very first pressed record. First Pressing = A record that I believe or know to be a genuine very first pressed record. I do not claim to always know for sure, and that’s why I state the stamper and matrix numbers if at all possible, for those who claim to know what they all mean, the information is there for the collector to decide. I prefer to use terms like ‘Early Copy’ rather than ‘First Pressing’ if I am not totally sure. Surface Sound = Mild, light sound, usually light crackle or similar. Distortion = Break up of the actual sound caused by groove wear or damage from a chipped stylus – the most undesirable form of unwanted sound, vintage mono records were the most prone to this happening but not exclusively so. The symptoms of distortion are high frequency clipping, moderate constant crackle or an echo type sound quality. Violin, piano and vocals are most prone to groove-wear distortion. Feathering = Fraying or softening of the entry edge of a cover. Covers with feathered entrance edges are more likely to have had the actual record inserted and removed more than a non-feathered, sharp-edged cover which are always far more attractive. Set Off, actually a printer’s term for dark ink leaving mild residue on pale or white ink when rested upon. e.g. when a gatefold cover has black ink closed against white, this can leave some black residue on the pale area – this is mostly unavoidable or course.

The Argument for Vinyl Original sound and mix (mono mixes are rarely available on CD), high quality sound on clean copies (played on a hi-end dedicated analogue system – breathtaking sound!), beautiful, large format covers, artwork, inserts and even full size posters etc; huge investment potential, and the pleasure of owning ‘the real thing’.