SADISTIC MIKA BAND~Black Ship~FACT Sample~Played ONCE

Description

"Black Ship"

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This is another of my albums in WONDERFUL Condition!...

The second album from this fine Japanese band,mixing elements of prog rock (time changes etc) with some almost Glam female vocals and some wonderful guitar playing...It's a great album that sold badly at the time (and was soon deleted) and is well worth checking out...

This has a Factory sample sticker to one label..(Factory samples were given to high ups in the record industry before the record got into the shops and before promo copies were sent out to the radio stations and DJ's!)..Various unscrupulous dealers have been known to add a "Factory Sample" sticker to a label to increase it's value..There is an easy way to check the validity of such stickers..(Especially with EMI pressings and EMI pressed for LOADS of labels!)..It is to check the stampers (the small numbers around the label in the dead wax/run off grooves,usually to the right and left of the label)..Not the matrix numbers...The stampers on a Factory Sample should be 1G as this is the lowest EMI stamper number (in fact the very first copies off the press)..A 4LD stamper (for example) would NEVER have a factory sample sticker as it would have been pressed anything up to 6 months after the first issues!..(Well,thats bored everyone!)..

This has 1G stampers...

Issued on Harvest in 1974..SHSP 4043..UK pressing with A1/B1 matrix numbers..This is a first press,maybe even one of the first dozen or so off the press!..

The sleeve (Non laminated and single leaf format) grades as EX minus as there are a couple of corner creases to the bottom right and a smaller one to the top left..There is also a hint of discshape..The white mark on the front picture under the band title is in fact a cloud in the sky (not a rip,at least it dont feel like a label tear or anything like that!)..Otherwise the sleeve is in a clean condition..The colours are bright and unfaded,the edges razor straight,the spine undamaged,the corners with only light wear..There are no rips or tears,no seam splits or writing and no sellotape or tape marks..

The disc looks EX+++ as it is also clean and undamaged with NO scratches,scuffs or other marks..(there are a couple of tiny hairlines/paper scuffs but they are insignificant and dont affect play at all..)..

This has been play graded and as expected it plays perfectly..There are No clicks or pops and NO crackle..The sound quality is clean and clear with no distortion..I am almost certainly the first to have played this!

The labels are as new and there is NO spindle wear to the areas around the centre holes...

 UK buyers are welcome to collect this in person or collect it from The Southend Record Fair (14th November),where there are LOADS of great albums and singles offered for sale...NEW VENUE for this fair is West Leigh Schools on the A13..SS9 2JB.

POSTAL COSTS

EEC and Russia!! :£4.00...

USA,JAPAN.AUSTRALIA etc:£7.00..

Payment

I accept UK cheques and Postal orders,bank transfers and of course.PAYPAL......

Shipping

All items are securely and professionally packed..Records are shipped out of their jackets to prevent seam splits..If there is an inner sleeve or a picture sleeve,then the disc will be packed in a plain white sleeve.. I try and keep shipping costs to an absolute minimum,byut Paypal don't help by taking commission on the postal costs!!

All items are posted the day that payment is recieved..

Terms of Sale

If there is a problem with the item or it does not match my description then get in touch with me STRAIGHT AWAY and I will sort it out..

If an item (or combination of items)sell for over £40.00 then I will automatically send it insured and this will be reflected in the postal charges..