SHIRLEY BASSEY - NEVER NEVER NEVER: SIGNED NM ORIGINAL 1st UK PRESSING + £0 UK P

	£		20
	$		27

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SHIRLEY BASSEY - NEVER NEVER NEVER

Signed near mint, original 1st UK pressing in gatefold outer sleeve + FREE POSTAGE TO UK ADDRESSES

+++++++    MULTI-WIN SAVING OPPORTUNITY    +++++++

Win this and my other signed (Dame) Shirley Bassey album auction - Love, Life And Feelings - and I’ll take £10.00 off the total price (given as a Paypal refund), so you’ll pay just £32.50, instead of £42.50, for the two.

Interested? Just win and pay for these two signed Shirley Bassey album auctions and I'll get you the promised refund as soon as I'm aware that full payment has been made. Winners requiring postage to a non-UK address will receive a larger refund as there will be a "combined" postage/shipping reduction as well, though total postage will need to be calculated before the refund can be made.

This auction is for an original, personally-signed, 1st UK pressing of the (Dame) Shirley Bassey album Never Never Never, released in 1973 on the United Artists label.

The 1970s were very much Shirley Bassey’s golden period, both for recording (releasing albums of new material at the rate of one per year) and playing concerts around the world and, with Never Never Never, she continues her musical exploration and interpretation of songs by - mostly - contemporary writers.

Though the album made the UK Top Ten, was her best-performing long player in America and the title track (Never Never Never) also got up to eighth place in the UK singles chart, a second single, Make The World A Little Younger didn’t chart. Even so, the demand for her to undertake concerts continued unabated and the new numbers - aside from those released as singles - that were incorporated into her stageshow - including The Old Fashioned Way, I Won’t Last a Day Without You and Going Going Gone - were invariably well-received by her consistently adoring audiences..

This 1st UK pressing album was personally autographed - see photo - for the owner after one of Miss Bassey’s concerts, either in 1973 or 1974.

Condition:

The vinyl has been well looked-after, having been played relatively few times and kept in a poly-lined inner sleeve - included here - since purchase and, as a result, the playing surfaces are still very shiny and, when viewed in direct light, have no obvious surface marks.

And a pre-auction play-through shows that, from the moment the needle enters the run-in groove on each side to the time it leaves the run-off, you hear a full-bodied and clear sound which is every bit as pleasing as its appearance, with no obvious extraneous sounds during the tracks and just minimal - if any - surface noise on the run-ins/run-offs and between the tracks. So, taking all this into account, the vinyl is graded “mint (-)”.

Also, as might be expected from an album that has been played so little, the cream labels have no obvious wear to the spindle hole, no marks around it, nor any writing, stains, labels or any other kind of blemish and, consequently, they are also rated “mint (-)”.

The gatefold sleeve, which has also been kept in a sturdy plastic cover since purchase, is a gatefold - glossy outside with matt-finished interior - designed by Art Direction.

At around 46 years old, it inevitably shows some signs of wear: most noticeably there is squashing/rubbing at the top 4mm of the spine while, on the inside, there are signs - most of them only visible in direct light - of some long-past water staining.

The bottom of the spineand a couple of the other corners also have a little rubbing/wear, there are light signs of open edge feathering and a few, mainly light outer surface marks.

Otherwise though, this sleeve is in exceptionally good condition for its age, with clear vibrant colouring, no seam wear/splits, a clear and well-formed spine, straight/clean edges and smooth, clean, shiny (outer) surfaces with no colour fade, no tears, no writing, no - other - stains or any other noticeable deterioration and, on this basis, is graded “excellent (-)”.

There is also a polylined inner sleeve.

12 Tracks:

Side 1:      Never Never Never; Baby I’m-A Want You; Someone Who Cares; The Old Fashioned Way; I Won’t Last a Day Without You & Somehow.

Side 2:      There Is No Such Thing As Love; Killing Me Softly With His Song; Going Going Gone; No Regrets; Together & Make The World A Little Younger.

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