THE CARPENTERS The Singles 1969-73 US 73 A&M SQ QUADROPHONIC with BOOKLET Top

	£		23
	$		30

Welcome to my shop...as ever, everything is graded/described correctly,conservatively, and honestly....please check my feedback and bid with the utmost confidence. I'll be continually listing a varied selection of vinyl throughout 2012. My gradings use + to ++++ as I believe the standard grading system of just, for example, EXCELLENT is far too wide and can be misleading....and MINT always means MINT (flawless sleeve & unplayed flawless vinyl) and I'm not afraid to use the term VERY GOOD (which ,incidentally, does not mean trashed !). 

 THE CARPENTERS "The Singles 1969-1973" US 1973 A&M QU-53601 S.Q STEREO/QUADROPHONIC 12 track.

TRACK LISTING: We've only just begun / Top of the world / Ticket to ride / Superstar / Rainy days and mondays / Goodbye to love / Yesterday once more / It's going to take some time / Sing / For all we know / Hurting each other / (They long to be) close to you.

MATRIX NUMBERS:

SIDE 1...S2

SIDE 2...S2

ORIGINAL PRESSING.

EXCELLENT CRISP "STICKERED" GATEFOLD SLEEVE.

EXCELLENT BOOKLET.

CORRECT INNER SLEEVE.

VINYL BARELY PLAYED.

CONDITION

SLEEVE

The stickered embossed gatefold sleeve is in EXCELLENT condition. A solid, crisp sleeve with the shrink wrap still attached to the front gatefold flap....with only a few light edge creases, light wear to a couple of the corners, and a few indentations. There is no edge wear, no ring wear, no discolouration, no mustiness, no grubbiness, no folds, no tears, no sellotape, no stickers (apart from the original gold "SQ ENCODED" sticker still perfectly attached bottom right front face!), no seam splits, no writing, no wear and no softening to excellent opening edges....only a couple of dings near the bottom, and no wear to a near perfect square spine. The inside of the gatefold with pic is near perfect. The sleeve grades EXCELLENT++.

BOOKLET

The 6 page pic/lyric booklet grades EXCELLENT++++. 

INNER SLEEVE

The correct QUADROPHONIC card inner sleeve has no seam splits or tears and grades EXCELLENT++.

VINYL

The record has clearly barely been played....has NO scratches, only a few light largely inconsequential surface marks and scuffs, and only a few of the very lightest sleeve removal scuffs when viewed at an angle under a bright light. The vinyl grades EXCELLENT+ and plays with a little light background noise/crackle/clicks only in parts, and with NO distortion, NO hiss, NO jumps, NO skips, NO sticks, NO pops.

LABELS

The labels grade near MINT , with only a couple of barely visible spindle marks on each side, with no wear to near perfect spindle holes, and no unwanted wear or writing.

If needed (or requested by purchaser), the vinyl is cleaned using the correct mix of distilled water and fluid on an OKKI NOKKI Record Cleaning Machine.

This record has been cleaned, and has been given a new polylined inner sleeve.

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POSTAGE

UK £3.00 plus £1.00 each for any additional LPs purchased (£10.00 max charge for UK)

EUROPE £4.50 plus £2.00 each for any additional LPs purchased (up to 6 LPs max...2 kg...and then starts again) (£30.00 max charge for Mainland EU Europe)

JAPAN/SINGAPORE/CHINA £7.50 plus £3.50 each for any additional LPs purchased (up to 6 LPs max...2kg...and then starts again)

USA/CANADA/ISRAEL/SOUTH AMERICA/AUSTRALIA £7.50 plus £3.50 each for any additional LPs purchased (up to 6 LPs max...2kg...and then starts again)

FRANCE....EVERYTHING (regardless of value) WILL BE SENT INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR which adds an extra £4.25

All items over £20.00 (or multiples with a combined value of over £20.00) will be sent overseas by INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR which will add an extra £4.00 to the total.

I DO NOT MAKE ANY PROFIT FROM MY POSTAGE COSTS !!

I USE TOP QUALITY COVERS 33 LP AND 7" MAILERS WITH 2 CARDBOARD STIFFENERS FOR EXTRA PROTECTION.

WHEN MORE THAN 1 LP OR A DOUBLE LP IS PURCHASED A WRAPAROUND MAILER WILL BE USED WITH AT LEAST 3 CARDBOARD STIFFENERS.

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