JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE 8 LP Box Set RARE MINT Unplayed

	£		92
	$		122

Hi, I am Mike, now 50 – yes the big FIVE-O! Old enough to remember the golden era of original, high quality music, bands, artists.

Also records from the 1960s and 70s bought from the shops from new, I have been a music collector and enthusiast for over 37 years now. We all wish we could turn back the clock and buy those wonderful brand new records from the 60s and 70s, but alas, this is not possible; so I always try to offer the finest and most accurately described and graded records I can find. No vinyl/music lover really would choose to buy second-hand, but this is only way now to own these valuable, prized and elusive items now. 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 reader – 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 one hundred percent is exact colour matching for covers - this depends on the lighting at the time and that is out of my control, but I feel sure most items will be very close to the actual real item. 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.

Deck: Linn LP12 with Ittok Mk IV arm and Ortophon 520 Mk II cartridge (tracks at 1.75 grams). Amps: Arcam 2 x 125W Pre-Power. Speakers: B&W 704 Floorstanding 3-way Monitors (bi-wired). All records I offer on Ebay are cleaned on a professional Moth vacuum machine before play-grading for the cleanest and best possible sound and will include a brand new lined inner and protective cover too.

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.

POSTING & PACKING: What You Get: All records are posted in professional boxes (NOT mailers) with 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 TWO massively thick stiffners for even extra protection and buddle wrap if deemed necessary. These stiffners are the thickest possible and custom supplied for ‘Oneadayrecords’ – these are NOT commercially available and you will not have seen thicker protection anywhere. The cover will be placed within a BRAND NEW heavy duty 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. Printed address labels are used as well as ‘Fragile’ tape for that extra professional touch for the packet. 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. Customers requests or special needs for P&P will be respected if at all possible but NOT surface mail abroad. I never make profit on posting and offer probably the cheapest and safest shipping possible. I will invoice any winning bidder as soon as possible after the auction ends, with the total costs including ‘standard’ or ‘optional extra insurance’ P&P – ALL UK and Russian packets go out non-negotiable Recorded Delivery. My ‘loss’ or ‘damage rate’ is less than 0.1 per percent based on over 3,500+ items sold in over 5 years of Ebay trading (I am now one of most established sellers via Ebay) and I consider that pretty exceptional.

PLEASE NOTE: I will now only send packets to Russia with Recorded Delivery at a cost of £7 per single LP. If this is unacceptable to Russian collectors, please do not bid. I only want my records to arrive safely and this gives packets a better chance to do so. Also ALL UK packets will be sent with either Recorded or Special Delivery as standard (both have to be signed for). All shipping costs and rules can be found after my description. If they are not acceptable, please do not bid.

Album Title: The Jimi Hendrix Experience 8 LP Box Set.

Track Listing: Record 1: Purple Haze*, Killing Floor*, Hey Joe*, Foxey Lady*, Highway Chile*, Hey Joe*, Title #3*, Third Stone From The Sun*, Here He Comes [Lover Man]*.

Record 2: If 6 Was 9*, Burning of the Midnight Lamp*, Rock Me Baby, Like A Rolling Stone, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Burning of the Midnight Lamp, Little Wing*, Little Miss Lover*, Taking Care of No Business*.

Record 3: The Wind Cries Mary*, Catfish Blues*, Bold As Love*, Sweet Angel*, Fire, Somewhere* [Have You Been To] Electric Ladyland*, Gypsy Eyes*, Room Full of Mirrors*.

Record 4: Gloria*, It’s Too Bad*, Stone Free*, Spanish Castle Magic*, Hear My Train a Comin’*.

Record 5: I Don’t Live Today*, Room Full of Mirrors*, Star Spangled Banner, Little Wing, Red House.

Record 6: Purple Haze*, Voodoo Child [Slight Return], Izabella*, Message To Love*, Earth Blues*, Country Blues*.

Record 7: Freedom*, Astro Man*, Ezy Ryder*, Come Down Hard On Me*, Johnny B. Goode, Lover Man*, Blue Suede Shoes.

Record 8: Hey Baby/In From The Storm*, Cherokee Mist*, Night Bird Flying*, All Along The Watchtower, In From the Storm, Slow Blues*.

* Denotes previously unissued recording.

Label/Format: MCA.

Label Conditions: All 16 as made, this set is unplayed.

Cat Number: MCA 23161.

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 these Records: These 8 records are massively pressed on 180+ gram virgin quality vinyl. Produced to the highest standards possible for the audiophile connoisseur.

Country of Manufacture: US.

Rarity: Already scarce: this limited edition box set is already sold out and elusive. This one is brand new, unplayed.

Original Year of Release: 2000

Brief Info & What’s in the Box: One of the most astonishing box sets I have ever seen. The absolute creme-de-la-creme of collectable items for the Hendrix connoisseur, it pales all others into insignificance. The packaging is simply exquisite: the box lid, in two separate pieces (not hinged in other words) goes beyond beautiful. This is made to standards I had thought had long gone since the 1960s. The front and edges are made with a felt-type finish that is deeply embossed with a psychedelic pattern. The front artwork looks metallic and has to be seen for real to be fully appreciated. The silver lettering on the front and every edge is embossed and looks fantastic. Everything about this set is as new including all the inner covers which has no edge splits or creasing. Inside the bottom tray is a purple ribbon to help removal of the records from the lower lid. I resisted any temptation to play this copy as I preferred to offer it as genuinely ‘new’. I have heard this set before and its the Ultimate Experience. Superbly pressed on the highest grade vinyl possible at weights beyond the normal. The material included is awesome and that is using the word in its true context. Many of the songs actually are superior to the originally issued material. Some have been cleaned up with NO loss or change to the actual original sound. Gone is the muted compressed sound of soom of the early material, the audio quality of these 8 records has to be heard to be believed. The records some in eight sleeves with unqiue artwork on both sides. MCA also put the records into de luxe polylined inners as well for the ultimate protection of the playing surfaces. The set includes a 40 page book and this has just about every piece of information you will ever need about this man and his early music. Colour artwork throughout with breathtaking pictures printed on high quality paper, this is no budget set and the quality will be immediately apparent. This set was issued only in the US and will always be very difficult to find outside of. An as new copy that has survived the trip here to perfection – a rare opportunity to grab an unplayed copy too. A modern package for the connoisseur collector, they don’t come along often but this is up there with the most delectable sets I have ever had the pleasure of holding. This set is heavy, without my heavy packing this goes over 3.5 kilos so will not be cheap to send overseas but happy to so if any customer wishes but I estimate costs to Europe of around £25 to £30 and long haul trips around £40. It may even be better to separate into two packets which again I am happy to do. UK shipping would be around £20 via special delivery.

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.

PLEASE NOTE: I always get a Royal Mail ‘Proof-of-Posting’ receipt for ALL packets that are sent out and I am happy to prove this to any customer who wishes to see it via email.

Payment Conditions:

I prefer PayPal or cheque from UK winning bidders. I can accept PayPal from overseas bidders.

The customer can choose their method of shipping with the exception of second class or surface mail overseas – these I will NOT use. The winner bidder chooses his/her posting method and if uninsured is chosen, its their decision and they have to stick with it, I can accept no responsibility if an item is lost in the post. I can only try to claim at standard levels if no enhancement is chosen (£35).

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 minus the Posting and All Ebay costs as long as the item detail has been read and understood. I will not refund if any defect detail is clearly stated on the advert and missed by the buyer. If any overseas collector does not understand anything in my listing, please email and ask me to help.

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’.