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..... Sorry, ... my shipment is from Germany ...... the US shipping costs below, ... created by the eBay system itself, ... are not correct ... and ... not applicable ! .......

To: USA Buyer .....

Dear all USA buyer or my previous USA buyer, I am SORRY inform that, I have to highlight these column -  Please note that because of eBay's new policy in regards to shipping charges; so the automatically generate Shipping charges to USA (USD3.00 for CD and USD4.00 for LP) are not correct. If you win the item and do not agree with my shipping charges as shown below, I reserve the right to cancel your winning bid and transfer to the second higher bidder or re-list. BY BIDDING ON THIS AUCTION MEANS YOU UNDERSTAND THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

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..... please, .....Winners have to contact me within 3 days

of auction close .....

..... Winners have to pay shipping costs

..... for 1 valuable double MFSL-FIRST-JAPANPRESSING-LP/RECORD ........

..... $ 29,95 US-Dollar .......(all country´s...around the world) ........

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...........worldwide shipping ....... with airmail, registered ................... and safety first class cardboard package ............

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..... der Versand erfolgt in Deutschland für 9,95 Euro als versichertes Paket .....

..... alle LP´s werden absolut bruchsicher verpackt .........

..... in Deutschland bitte keine Paypalzahlung .......

..... bitte in Deutschland nur eine Banküberweisung !! .......

..... vor Zahlung bitte meine Mail-Information über den Betrag in Euro abwarten .....

...... danke .....

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..... LIQUIDATION !! ... OF MY PRIVATE ANALOGUE - MFSL - LP- COLLECTION (FIRST SERIES = JAPANPRESSING)!! ...
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.... my private hobby over 35 years !! ....

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BEST RECORDINGS ... WORLDWIDE !!

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..... sorry, ... please look all my positive feedback worldwide ... (over 2800 !!) ...

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..... EXTREMELY RARE MFSL-LP`s ... LIMITED EDITION ...

..... IN PERFECT HIGH QUALITY .... LAST CHANCE !! .....

..... ORIGINAL MASTER RECORDING ..... MADE IN USA !! .....

..... MOBILE FIDELITY SOUND LAB, USA ....

..... HALFSPEED PRESSING MADE BY JPC IN JAPAN ......

..... FIRST MFSL SERIES-HALFSPEED-JAPANPRESSING ......

..... FROM MY WELL-TENDED, PERSONAL COLLECTION !!

..... OVER MANY, MANY YEARS ..... OVER .... 35 YEARS .......

..... I AM THE ORIGNAL OWNER OF THE MFSL-LP !! .....

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..... ONE COPY !!....LAST CHANCE  !!

..... LP/RECORD-Cover = in PERFECT NEW = MINT QUALITY !!

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..... MEGA RARE HALFSPEED-LP !! .....

..... FIRST MFSL-JAPAN-SERIES ...

..... ORIGINAL MFSL-JAPANPRESSING

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....... MFSL 2-128 ..... (DOUBLE LP/RECORD = NEW = MINT ......... (played once for test)...

......................... CHICAGO .............................

............... TRANSIT AUTHORITY 1 ..................

... LIMITED EDITION ... made in Japan !!

*********double LP with gatefold cover*********

****** MEGA RARE ANALOGE MFSL-JAPANPRESSING *******

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TRACKLISTING: .........................

Side A :  ...............

1. Introduction (6:35)  ...............

2. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? (4:33)  ...............

3. Beginnings (7:58)         ...............                                     

Side B :  ...............

1. Questions 67 And 68 (5:04)  ...............

2. Listen (3:22)  ...............

3. Poem (8:37)       ...............          

Side C :  ...............

1. Free Form Guitar (6:53)  ...............

2. South California Purples (6:10)  ...............

3. I'm A Man (7:40)  ...............

Side D :  ...............

1. Prologue, (August 29, 1968) (0:57)  ...............

2. Someday (August 29, 1968) (4:13)  ...............

3. Liberation (15:41)  ...............

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 ... ORIGINAL RECORDING 1969 BY COLUMBIA RECORDS IN USA

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........... ALBUM NOTES: .................

................. A Beautiful Copy Of A Magnificent Rock Album . If You Are THE CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY Fan . This Album Will Become A Favorite . Truly One Of The Most Valuable Of MOFI Issues, Without A Doubt . Here Half-Speed Production And Mastering By Original Mastering Works . Specially Plated And Pressed On High Definition Super Virgin Vinyl By Victor Company Of Japan, LTD .v  ...................... A horn section in a rock band? Chicago showed the world how they could rock with brass and successfully incorporate funk, jazz and pop balladry.
You can hear it all on their groundbreaking double-platinum 1969 debut. ...............
Personnel: Peter Cetera, Terry Kath (vocals, guitar); Walter Parazaider (vocals, woodwinds, wind, background vocals); Lee Loughnane (vocals, trumpet, percussion, background vocals); Robert Lamm (vocals, keyboards); James Pankow (trombone); Daniel Seraphine (drums).Liner Note Authors: James William Guercio; David Wild.Recording information: Columbia Recording Studios, New York, NY (01/1969).Photographer: Hugh Brown .This debut has surprisingly endured, whereas all their following 18,000 albums with the same title (other than a number change) have little or no credibility in the public's memory. This album can be interchanged with the second and third Blood Sweat And Tears album; all represent the very best of late 60s American jazz/rock. The band changed their name soon afterwards as they ploughed a successful path into smooth AOR. Lengthy tracks such as "South California Purples" and their excellent cover version of Spencer Davis Group's "I'm A Man" prove beyond doubt that these chaps can really play. Maybe they were smarter than most in seeing the limitations of jazz/rock and moving on to play Russian roulette. ..............................

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The until-recently-defunct "Mobile Fidelity Labs" audiophile album vinyl pressings were not only analogue, audiophile masterpieces and connoisseur delights, they have become true pieces of audio history and lore. These majestic recordings received a meticulous and laborious treatment like no other recordings in the entire history of the recorded sound. They are characterized by the massively extended dynamic and frequency range, mastering from the very first generation of original master tapes, almost compulsive attention paid to the detail and integrity of the pressing, and the highest quality of the material (only the "virgin-", audiophile-grade vinyl was used, and most of the titles were pressed by RCA/Victor and/or Warner-Pioneer corporations of Japan, both known for their near-obsessive attention paid to the fine sonic detail and audio craftsmanship); a special proprietary  technology was used to achieve analogue-like, warm, translucent, radiant, vivid and all-encompassing sound. To this day, many of these recordings remain unsurpassed, delivering music reproduction as close to the actual recording session as possible, without any loss of musical information inherent in the standard practice of mastering from the inferior "production" copies.  EVER SINCE THE MOBILE FIDELITY SOUND LABS TEMPORARILY CLOSED IN DECEMBER OF 1999 (ONLY TO REOPEN IN 2003), THESE RECORDINGS HAVE BEEN ESCALATING IN VALUE AND DEMAND. ..................
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..... very, very rare MFSL-DOUBLE-LP/RECORD!! ........

..... made in Japan .... Limited Edition ........

..... first MFSL Halfspeed Pressing-Series ....

..... very hard-to-find-worldwide in this HIGH Quality ......

..... in this perfect NEW = MINT Quality !! .... (played once for test) ....

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..... Double LP/Record and Cover in perfect NEW = MINT Quality ( = played once for test) ........ (look at the picture !!) ....... audiophile Pressings in USA (first MFSL pressing series - made in Japan), ..... this analoge MFSL-DOUBLE-LP/RECORD has been - Out of Print - for many years .... the double Vinyl is in  perfect NEW = MINT Quality !!  ..... guarantee, ..... it doesn´t get any better than that, ..... this MFSL-DOUBLE-LP/RECORD is perfect NEW =MINT !! (played once for test) ........... a-very-hard-to-find MFSL-DOUBLE-LP/RECORD worldwide in this perfect NEW = MINT Quality !!  ..... an perfect  Quality worldwide.....guarantee !!....... last chance to buy the MFSL-DOUBLE-LP/Record in this - NEW = MINT - Quality ..... you must have this MFSL-DOUBLE LP/Record in this PERFECT NEW = MINT Quality !! .......

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....... Here a couple of small details ...... The MFSL analogue DOUBLE-LP/RECORD is in perfect NEW = MINT Quality  and in perfect condition (played once for test), complete and made in JAPAN =  halfspeed mastered by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab with very high Eqipment from the original master/session tapes with the ortophon cutting system. The Cover/Booklet includes the complete original artwork, linernotes and Photos from the ORIGINAL-DOUBLE-LP/RECORD.  There are none of seamsplits or corners badly damaged. It is not a cut-out. (No saw marks or drill holes.) It is a completely original Japan-Pressing on the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Inc (MFSL). This analogue DOUBLE-LP/RECORD is long out of print and is an extremely rare title.  This is one of the rarest MFSL titles to find, especially perfect .  This ANALOGUE MFSL-DOUBLE-LP/RECORD comes from my own personal collection and smoke-free environment. ......

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..... Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL) was founded in 1977 by audiophiles with the the goal of providing serious music listeners with limited editions of faithfully reproduced high-fidelity recordings. Under the leadership of Herb Belkin, Mobile Fidelity remains a small, indepedently-owned company guided by the following philosophy: - reproduced music should sound as close to the real thing as possible .....

..... Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs limited edition audiophile cd remains unsurpassed, delivering music reproduction as close to the actual recording session as possible. MFSL-Halfspeed LP´s are mastered directly from the original master tape. Consequently, it does not suffer the loss of musical information inherent in the standard practice of mastering from production copies ..... all MFSL first Series Halfspeed LP/Records .... MADE IN JAPAN by JVC !! .....

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..... ORIGINAL MASTER RECORDING, USA ...... HIGH QUALITY.....

..... Half-Speed Production and Mastering by Original Masterworks ........

..... Specially Plated and Pressed on High Definition Super Vinyl .....

..... by Victor Company of Japan Ltd ..... an perfect NEW = MINT Copy !! ...

..... with Special Static Free-Dust Free Inner Sleeve ..........

..... Source:The Original Stereo Master Tape ...........

..... Mastered with the Orthophon Cutting System ...

..... Manufactured and distributed by MFSL, Inc., USA .....

..... LIMITED EDITION ..... EXTREMELY RARE MFSL-RECORD !! ....

..... JAPANPRESSING BY JVC .... MADE IN JAPAN ..... BEST PRESSING !! ....

..... MOBILE FIDELITY SOUND LAB, USA ....... FIRST MFSL-SERIES ........

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...... sorry, .... please ..... look at my ebay assessments .....

..... I prefer worldwide payment with Paypal ..... ( in Deutschland bitte eine Banküberweisung in Euro .... vielen Dank .....)

..... to keep the handling fair is very important for me. I promise you that 

..... if you have any questions,please email me .......

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..... sorry, .... please look all my other items in my auction .... this week ......

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Dear music collectors,

I have been collecting music for about 30 years and as I wish to reduce my personal collection, I am offering various analogue and audiophile LPs & CDs for sale.

I have some particularly rare and out-of-print objects: many of my LP's and CD's are still sealed = FACTORY SEALED / OVP. I have verified and evaluated all used LP´s and CD´s according to the official collectors rating.

I will take any LP or CD back, if you are not satisfied with the quality of the item and disagree with my rating.

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......... with-money-back-guarantee .........

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......... Explanations regarding my ratings: ..........

1st part: quality of the record 2nd part: quality of the cover ...............

SEALED / OVP: ..... LP & CD is - FACTORY SEALED - in shrink-wrap or cellophane ........

NEU / NEW: ..... LP & CD is OPEN and UNPLAYED .........

MINT / MINT: ..... LP & CD is as NEW and does not show wear .............

M - / M - : ..... LP & CD shows minimum wear .............

VG / VG (very good): ..... LP & CD shows wear ...........

Demo-Copy: LP & CD = ..... Promo - not for sale - particularly rare!! ....

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..... THANK YOU !! ... GOOD LUCK !!

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