PINK FLOYD: A Saucerful of Secrets ( EMI Columbia, 1968) NM- or better

$

115

 Since 1999, I have sold about 15,000 rare, collectors and hard-to-find titles mostly between the ’60 through the ’80 British pop scene. The vast majority of records that I have sold has been from the late ‘60s to the mid-‘70s of hard-to-find groups that seem to have gotten lost through time. To me this is what drives me on; to find new “old” groups that I never knew existed. I know a lot about all kinds of music (including classical) including but it seems every time I plough through stacks of these records at my dealers, I realize how much I don’t know when I find groups that are a new revelation to me. I have an insatiable desire for knowledge as each of these unknown groups (at least to me) helps to satisfy that!

This is what you can expect from me. And check my feedback.

1)      Superior quality records and covers

2)      VPI record machine cleaning of each record*

3)      Translucent outer sleeves

4)      MoFi professional archival inner sleeves

5)      Sharing my knowledge about music and recommendations from my 40+ years experience

6)      Careful and professional packing with records shipped outside the jackets

7)      14-day no questions asked return policy

8)      Accurate visual grading under a strong light and play-grading  as time allows.

9)      Complete scans of covers, inserts and labels

10)   I make two buying trips a month to seek out the best ‘fresh’ titles

                                                    FREE USA shipping if four or more titles are bought and discounts on international shipping.

I promise to at the minimum make very attempt to exceed your expectations with a no-nonsense approach and be there for you to help when I can with recommendations, returns or questions. NO ONE will give you better service and you can trust everything I say. Selling records is my only job these days (I am officially retired.) so I won’t accept anything that is less than what I would accept if I were the buyer. My feedback reflects this approach.

* Many dealers portray the VPI record cleaning machine as the magic elixir that when applied to a used record, it will magically make a used record sound like a new one. There is no magic here since each record presents new challenges but a lot of erroneous assumptions which lead to unrealistic expectations. The only tried and true method to clean records is to clean with a record machine and play and repeat that process over and over again using the fluid, brush and pad to initially clean the record of debris and residue of previous liquids and then use your stylus as it wiggles in the groove to loosen the dirt followed by the repetition of that process. Some records require just a cleaning or two and others could require numerous cleanings. It all depends on the amount of built-up crud in the grooves. I sell primarily records that are 30 to 50 years old and without knowing how these records have been cleaned over the years but accepting that affordable record-cleaning machines have been around only for about 20 years, some records can be a challenge.  If you are serious about vinyl, you really need to check into either a Nitty-Gritty or a VPI machine to preserve your collection for a lifetime.

The SUBJECTIVE GRADING I use is:

VG (- or +), VG+ or VG++ equals EX, NM-/NM