LOVE, DA CAPO, V.RARE 1967 UK ELEKTRA MONO 1st PRESS

	£		41
	$		54

betsy50 Store

Hello and welcome to my auction. My name is Nick - aka “playgraderecords”. I have been an avid record collector for many years. Although I like lots of modern music, my passion is for classic blues, psych and progressive albums from the mid 60s to the early 70s. I don’t sell many records – the ones that I do sell are either duplicates from my collection or top quality examples sourced from record fairs or my local record shops.

I take pride in the care and attention that I give to every record that I list for auction. The records from my own collection have always been stored upright in polythene sleeves away from dust and light. These seldom require any cleaning other than just a quick dust using a sticky rubber Nagaoka Rolling 152 and a carbon fibre anti-static brush before play.

Each new find is sympathetically cleaned to remove visible dust, debris and fingerprints, before being critically assessed for the quality of play. If I think that the audio can be improved by a deep clean to remove a build-up of debris embedded in the grooves, I will clean it using a tried and tested isopropyl alcohol based record cleaning solution. I have refined my cleaning method over the years to a fine art, and am confident that the results are far superior to those achieved by the popular vacuum cleaning machines. In reality, the playback of most 35+ years old records will be improved massively by a proper clean.

Consequently, the records that I offer for sale will be immaculately presented and will play to a very high standard with barely any unwanted surface sound or static to spoil the listening pleasure.

Each record is strictly graded, and any significant defects to either the record or the sleeve will be highlighted. I will not conveniently forget to mention faults in order to sell for higher prices. If I grade a record as being in MINT- condition, you can rest assured that it will be both visually and aurally a near perfect copy which will be impossible to significantly improve upon!

Customer satisfaction is very important to me and I aim to provide a professional 5-star service to make the Ebay experience an enjoyable one.

Okay, now that I have given you little background information about myself– its time to get on to the important bit:

Here for auction is an exceptional example of the psychedelic studio album by LOVE titled “DA CAPO”, Catalogue Number EKL-4005. This is an ORIGINAL 1967 UK MONO 1st PRESSING on the ORANGE ELEKTRA RECORDS LABEL, with a superb 1st issue U.S made thick card sleeve. [The earliest UK pressings came with sleeves made in the U.S. as the UK-made sleeves were not ready for the initial release and came slightly later]. The record labels are rough-textured and the matrix numbers are the earliest A1/B1. It goes without saying that mono 1st pressings of this wonderful album are very hard to find!

The thick card single sleeve, printed in USA, is in close to EX condition with only light wear and minor creasing. The front and back covers are unmarked apart from a little colour loss to the black border on the front, and a small pink mark near the spine on the back. The spine is square and solid with all text legible (just a bit of age discoloration). There are no rips, tears, writing or anything else. You can see from the photos that this is a lovely 1st issue sleeve which should please most collectors.

The top quality Elektra record is solidly pressed and sits flat and true on the turntable. 

The Matrix Numbers are:

Side One – EKL-4005  A-1A   COL(-2)

Side Two – EKL-4005  B-1B   COL(-2)

Visually the record is in EX+ condition with beautiful clean playing surfaces. There are just a few very light sleeve-removal type surface marks evident under bright light. These are of course only superficial and of no audio significance whatsoever. The rough-textured orange Elektra labels are unmarked with just a few spindle traces near the centres. There is barely any wear to the spindle hole. I am confident that the record has not been played many times.

PLAYGRADE ASSESSMENT:

This is a top quality Elektra pressing which plays with outstanding sound quality. The record plays perfectly with no discernable deterioration in sound quality and barely any unwanted noise at all. You simply will not find a better-playing 1st press copy – I guarantee it! 

Complete with the correct 1st issue white poly-lined inner sleeve which is also in EX condition. This has square-cut opening edges and has “Foreign Patents Pending” text in the bottom corner.

GRADINGS

The records that I offer for sale have been critically play-graded, at loud volume, on a Rega Planar 3 turntable fitted with an Elys 2 cartridge. I will only sell records that play to a high standard. My gradings are strict and in accordance with the following descriptions:

·         MINT- Record is superb, almost like new, with just a few sleeve removal type surface marks and no deterioration in sound quality. Sleeve is near perfect in all respects.

·         EX Record is a top quality example, with just a few very light surface marks which do not sound, and barely any discernable deterioration in sound quality. Sleeve has slight wear and/or creasing.

·         VG Record has some visual surface marks, but still plays to a high standard without any major deterioration in sound quality – just a few clicks or light surface sound in places. Sleeve has normal wear and tear without any major defects. Still a very presentable sleeve.

PACKAGING

Records are sent out in new “Wrapro” record mailers. These are rectangular and strong, providing excellent protection to the edges and corners. Records are removed from both inner and outer sleeves in order to prevent seam-splits in transit.

INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE

Due to PayPal’s Buyer Protection Policy, LPs posted outside of the UK (paid for by PayPal) will only be sent International Signed-For with insurance at the following cost:   

Europe up to £39 value - £8.95

Europe over £39 value - £11.15

Worldwide up to £39 value - £12.45

Worldwide over £39 value - £14.65

A postage discount will be given for multiple LPs