Shirley Collins of Sussex HEROES IN LOVE 1963 Rare Folk UK EP TOP95 MINT -LISTEN

	£		102
	$		135

I have come across around 150 E.P's from the early to mid 1960's. Most of them are French pressings, pressings from around Europe, but also a Few from the UK What is remarkable about these records is that they are in absolutely pristine condition. Both the Sleeves and the discs themselves I would say that each one visually is in Mint or Near Mint condition
It looks as though these have either never been played or perhaps played, recorded and carefully stored.
I am listing these 3 per day until they are all gone
I have also taken the opportunity to play and record each one and add that recording to this auction page, thus allowing YOU to be able to listen to the actual record before making a decision to place a bid.
The winner will have their record placed into a new PVC outer sleeve and the record will be placed out side of the sleeve to avoid any splitting of the cover Your record will be placed into a proper square cornered professional mailing box, with as many stiffeners as needed to safely protect your purchase If you win more than one record I will combine shipping to save you postal/shipping charges I do insist that the records are sent tracked and signed for the protection of both buyer and seller

SHIRLEY COLLINS OF SUSSEX - HEROES IN LOVE
This 1963 UK E.P was issued on the Topic Label and has the catalogue number TOP 95 THIS IS AN EXTREMELY RARE E.P AND ALMOST UNHEARD OF IN THIS CONDITION
The tracks on the record are 1. The False Bride 2. Locks And Bolts 3. Rambleaway 4. A Blacksmith Courted Me

The sleeve is in astonishing condition. 
I first took a look at the rear where the non laminated porous white surface is still pure white. This is unheard of as most copies of any 60's E.P will be stained, browned, aged, and show handling marks, but this one is just almost as good as the day it left the factory. And this is precisely how all of the records in this collection are as well. 
Also the flipbacks are properly stuck down and have not suffered any damage or showing any stress lines. 
The laminated front surface still has a deep shine to it and is unblemished . The corners are still very sharp and square.
There is the slightest shadow of record shape where the serrated outer rim of the label area of the record has gently pressed against the inside of the cover
THIS HAS TO GRADE MINT MINUS EASILY
Sliding the disc out of the cover the first thing I noticed was the incredible 'as new' shine to the vinyl. You will know that most 60's records are heavily marked due to constant play on poor record players, and you would expect there to be multiple hairlines, surface or otherwise on these records, but incredibly this vinyl looks like it has never been played. Magnificent mark free record that even when placed under a spotlight shows no more than a couple of tiny wispy hairlines where it has perhaps moved about inside the sleeve.
The labels are a creamy tan colour and don't show any marks, fingermarks of stains. There is no writing on the labels like many records from this era, and the black text is just perfect I am unable to see and spindle lines by the unworn spindle hole
The Matrix Numbers in the dead wax are SIDEA: 290 1- IWMH and SIDE B: 290 2-IWMH

Visually this has to Grade very close to MINT
Below this you will find the audio recording of the entire record, so please take the time to listen to the E.P and enjoy the superb audio performance Clear, crisp MONO reproduction that still performs as good as the day it was pressed Outstanding clarity with no unwanted noises, crackles, pops , clicks etc The odd speck of very low level vinyl noise in the linking dead wax This Audio performance also has to grade very close to MINT