The Gods:To Samuel a son ORIG. UK COLUMBIA PRESSING

	£		114
	$		151

PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND (!!) ALL THE INFO REGARDING TO CONDITION ( AN EX+ COVER/RECORD IS NOT MINT OR „NEAR PERFECT” !!!  AND  POSTAGE RATES  – RECENTLY A WINNER DEMANDED ME TO SEND 4 (!!) LPs TO THE STATES FOR $4.00 (!!!) ..

DUE TO A RECENT "0" FEEDBACK SCAM ARTIST I NO LONGER ACCEPT BIDS FROM "0" FEEDBACK BIDDERS,UNLESS YOU CONTACT ME FIRST- SORRY BUT I HAVE TO PROTECT MYSELF !!!!

The Gods: To Samuel a son COLUMBIA SCX 6372  UK

Original UK VERY FIRST  pressing - back cover has been signed by Ken Hensley and Lee Kerslake..

cover: the front - laminated flip-back Garrod and Lofthouse Ltd. cover  is nice and clean  VG+/EX- condition with  light creases and small amount of corner wear.....  nice ,square and clean  spine with all the letters clearly visible ...opening edges are nice and straight,no signs of heavy use at all….no rips,tears,splits or any other damages....

record,visual:  superb clean and shiny  VG+  with light superficial and totally inaudible hairlines, but NO deep scratches ….it still retains it’s beautiful original sheen and it looks nice ..

record,audio: TEH ENTIRE RECORD HAS BEEN TESTPLAYED FROM START TO END… SIDE 2 TRACK 1 HAS SOME LIGHT HISSING BACKGROUND NOISE IN THE FIRST PART OF THE TRACK - I DON’T SEE ANY MARKS THERE SO  IT MIGHT JUST BE ACCUMULATED DIRT IN THE GROOVES – THE REST PLAYS REASONABLY WELL BUT HAS  BACKGROUND NOISE, ESPECIALLY IN QUIET PARTS .. NOT A MINT COPY ( SO PLEASE DON’T EXPECT ONE ..) BUT NOT THRASHED EITHER  - A VPI CLEANING JOB MIGHT HELP/MAKE A DIFFERENCE ..

labels:   AS CLEAN AS IT COULD BE  with  light spindle hole marks.…YAX 3954-2 and YAX 3955-2   machine stamped matrix numbers,very first pressing….no tears,stamps or any other damages...

Gradings: I ALWAYS TRY TO DO MY BEST IN GIVING ACCURATE,HONEST AND VERY STRICT GRADINGS BY USING THE FOLLOWING TERMS:

MINT

EX (EXCELLENT)

VG ( VERY GOOD)

I ALSO USE  PLUS (+) AND MINUS (-) IF THE CONDITION FALLS BETWEEN TWO GRADES.

VINYL WILL FIRST BE INSPECTED VISUALLY VERY CAREFULLY UNDER STRONG LIGHT..I DON'T HAVE TIME TO PLAY EVERY SINGLE RECORD  FROM START TO END ( WHO DOES ? ) - HOWEVER,I  TESTPLAY SKIPPING THROUGH  TRACKS ON BOTH SIDES ( INCLUDING RUN-IN,RUN-OUT GROOVES AND THE SPACES BETWEEN TRACKS ) TO CHECK THE OVERALL PLAYBACK  QUALITY.

ALL TESTPLAYING IS DONE ON TOP QUALITY EQUIPMENT- LINN SONDEK WITH ITTOK TONEARM AND BENZ MICRO GLIDER S MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE,McINTOSH TUBE AMPMS AND AMT ESS HEIL SPEAKERS.

IN THE UNLIKELY CASE THAT YOU SHOULD BE UNHAPPY WITH MY GRADING/DESCRIPTION PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE LEAVING NEGATIVE FEEDBACK-I’M SURE THAT WE CAN CLEAR OUT EVERY PROBLEM IN A KIND WAY!

PLEASE NOTE:ALTHOUGH I DIDN’T  HEAR ANY SERIOUS PROBLEMS DURING THE TESTPLAY ON MY SYSTEM AND HAVE GIVEN AN HONEST DESCRIPTION OF THE CONDITION OF THE VINYL,I CAN’T GUARANTEE IT WILL PLAY THE SAME WAY ON YOUR SYSTEM -YOU MIGHT HEAR THE ODD STATICK TICK/POP THAT I DIDN’T !!!

  DUE TO THE NEW ( ANNOYING !!) EBAY RULES I HAVE TO INDICATE SHIPPING RATES,HOWEVER THE GBP4.00 RATE IS  NOT THE ACTUAL  AMOUNT,PLEASE REFER TO THE CHART BELOW !!!!

All items will be sent from my European stock,postage  as follows,all by airmail:

EUROPE: 1 LP(under 500 gramms) GBP 6.00,2-3 LPs(up to 1000 gramms) GBP 12.00,4-5 LPs(up to 1500 gramms) GBP 16.00,6-7 LPs(up to 2000 gramms) GBP 20.00 ...

OVERSEAS: 1 LP(under 500 gramms) GBP 6.50,2-3 LPs(up to 1000 gramms) GBP 13.00,4-6LPs(up to 1500 gramms) GBP 18.00,6-7 LPs(up to 2000 gramms) GBP 22.50 ...

ACCORDING TO PAYPAL RULES ITEMS OVER GBP20.00 VALUE WILL ONLY BE SENT REGISTERED WHICH IS 2.00 - IF YOU DON'T AGREE DON'T BID !!

All records are sent in hard cardboard packing boxes, removed from the covers

to prevent seem splits and placed in protective plastic sleeves..

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