SAM & DAVE-SOUL MEN-RARE NEAR MINT ORIG 1967 STAX MONO SOUL LP ALBUM
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Description
This is a very rare original mono pressing by Memphis soul duo Sam and Dave, entitled Soul Men, released by Stax Records in 1967. The LP includes the much covered Soul Man, which was a number one hit on Billboard Soul Chart and number 2 on overall pop chart. Other recognized songs appearing on the LP were Broken Down Piece Of Man written by guitarist Steve Cropper, who appears on the album as part of Booker T And The MGS, who played on this album as they did on all albums produced by the Stax/Volt recording companies; Hold It Baby, and Don't Knock It. This is one of the great Memphis soul albums produced by Stax and very difficult to find in mono at all let alone this beautifully clean.
The LP visually is in near mint condition and plays very nicely. The cover is in excellent condition and would have been graded near mint but for slight speck of ring wear on bottom front of cover as well as at top of back cover. All corners are sharp. The front and back covers are very clean. The spine and both seams are solid with no splits and no apparent rub wear. In grading I use Excellent instead of VG++ for those items deemed just a notch below near mint. Please understand that opened play graded copies may have been graded several weeks before listing so the LP should be cleaned again before play. LPs are cleaned manually as I no longer have machine.
The LP will be shipped within 24 hours of payment, which is expected within 3 days of auction end, in specially made LP mailer with the LP separated from the cover (for unsealed items) and well packaged to protect the item from damage during shipment. Returns are accepted as long as LP is returned in the condition received. Return of sealed items will only be permitted if returned unopened.
Shipping cost is $4 per LP. To reduce shipping cost, I will combine shipping on multiple items bid and won during the same auction cycle. Please do not pay until I have had the opportunity to manually adjust the shipping cost. I cannot hold items for multiple auction cycles as it will affect my EBAY standing in so far as it concerns shipment time. I only accept bids from US based buyers and will only ship to the address recorded for the buyer on PAYPAL, which is the only method I can accept for payment.
Please keep in mind that I am a person looking to sell their collection and not a store or commercial seller. I play grade open items sold and do the best I can in the process to give an honest assessment of the item As is shown by my feedback I think I do a good job of satisfying most buyers. I leave feedback for all buyers and if you are satisfied with the transaction I would greatly appreciate positive feedback from the buyer as well. If for any reason you cannot leave positive feedback or are not satisfied, please have the courtesy of contacting me before leaving negative or neutral feedback. In almost all cases the issue can be worked out to the buyers satisfaction even if it means returning the item. If the item is not as described I will bear all shipping costs including return shipping. If a buyer behaves in a rude or unreasonable manner, and/ or fails to contact me to address issues they have with an item before negative or neutral feedback is left, I will block that buyer from further auction participation.
I am auctioning almost 5000 records of my own collection, including rock. soul, blues and jazz, that are very clean and, included are some very rare items that rarely are available for purchase
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