The Shotgun Express - I could feel the whole world turn round Columbia DB 8025

	£		31
	$		41

RECORD DETAILS: - very early Rod Stewart.

WARNING - THIS RECORD HAS WARPED IN THE SUN. READ THE NOTES CAREFULLY BEFORE BIDDING. I DO NOT WISH TO DECEIVE ANYONE

The Shotgun Express - I could feel the whole world turn round   

Columbia DB 8025, 1966

I could have cried when this record arrived in the middle of a job lot! It is lucky for me that I already owned a copy. 

The vinyl would have been graded Excellent  but there is a warp caused by exposure to heat. However, the effects are not as drastic as might be first thought. It does actually play quite well on my Monarch tape deck (successor to the Dansette) and on my more sensitive Thorens Swiss-made turntable, without the needle skipping or jumping. It is going to depend on how fine your machine is set. There is an eerie sound on the immediate run-in, lasting a few seconds, then nothing really audible until in a quieter non-vocal patch in the middle of the song, again for five seconds or so only. As soon as Rod Stewart and Beryl Marsden's voices cut in, the sound is not at all bad. Yes, of course it could be better, but it is up to the buyer to decide whether to chance it or not. RETURNS - SEE RED TEXT BELOW

This is an horrendously rare record - you are more likely to find a Unicorn in your front garden than a mint copy of this disc! It is listed at £70.00 but if it appears at all, it will go for £100.00 - £120.00 if any bidders notice it. I have advised Record Collector that their price is well out of date.

Because of its condition, I will grade it only as GOOD PLUS and it is priced accordingly. I will take it back, refund the winning bid and all postage, if the buyer does not want it after all, on the condition that POSITIVE FEEDBACK is left. If you leave NEUTRAL or NEGATIVE there will be no refund as you have been made fully aware of the purchase terms.

As I say above, I have no intention to deceive anyone - the fact that this record is in such a state is a real shame

Supplied in GOOD PLUS condition and in an original Columbia company sleeve

£15.00

Postage discounts - see below

THE SMALL PRINT

THE DISC and its COVER

Pop, Easy Listening, Jazz, Reggae and Beat records are checked against Record Collector’s written or on-line Price Guide (rarerecordpriceguide.com), but Soul, Northern Soul and Motown records usually get a more accurate price from John Manship (raresoulman.co.uk). I use the categories Very Good, Excellent and occasionally Near Mint, with mid-points + or – if necessary. Detail information is obtained from the following highly recommended websites: 45cat.com, Discogs.com and Popsike.com, and the Guinness Book of Hit Singles.

COMPLAINTS AND REFUNDS

Ebay and all buyers please note: the majority of the item (s) for sale are between 40 and 60 years old, but are most definitely in the best possible condition for their age. I play all “A” and many “B” sides on a 1960’s Monarch deck, to make sure they sound OK. Most records will be supplied in an original Company sleeve, if at all possible, but if not a replica will be included.

I know before a disc leaves my house that there is little, if any, problem with it so that should avoid most complaints. If anyone should find a record is not as described, I may have missed a test or it is more than possible that the defect could have been with the disc since it was pressed.

DON’T LEAVE POOR FEEDBACK - CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY FOR REFUND. FEEDBACK WILL BE LEFT FOR YOU WHEN I KNOW THE ITEM HAS ARRIVED SAFELY AND IS ACCEPTED.

Honest Dave offers a 100% money back guarantee of purchase price and ALL postage, but only AFTER favourable feedback has been left for me. There have been far too many buyers across the Ebay Community receiving a full refund and then leaving negative or neutral feedback. Complaints to Ebay fall on deaf ears – that is if you can break the wall of silence they put round themselves - and so sellers must apply their own solutions, A few selfish individuals have spoilt the system for the rest.

DO NOT send the item back unless requested to do so. If it isn't any good to you, then it certainly isn't for me, so you should dispose of it responsibly at your end.

SPEED of OPERATIONS

Please don’t ask for fast delivery or complain about slow postage by me – being disabled, with an inoperable slipped disc touching on my spinal cord, (they offered me 70/30 odds against surviving the operation!) and so dependent on friends, I do the very best I can. The record you get should be worth the wait.

POSTAGE and PACKAGING for U.K. BUYERS

DISCOUNTED POSTAGE RATES

1 – 5 singles (7”, 45 rpm records) are charged at the First Class Large Letter rate (20 cm x 20 cm x 1 cm, weight under half a kilo) according to the Post Office website, (£1.71). A small price of 29p is added for professional packaging, making the total postage just £2.00 for up to 5 discs.

Larger parcels of singles and all LONG PLAYING RECORDS (LP’s - 12”, 33 rpm records, 34 cm x 34 cm x 2 cm, and of reasonable weight), will be sent by the courier firm myHermes. As before, a small packaging price of 37p will be applied so one LP will cost £3.50, then 2 or 3 LPs £4.50 and 4 or 5 LP’s £6.50.

POSTAGE and PACKAGING for EUROPEAN BUYERS

Postage and packaging rates for Europe start at £6.00, but please note that because of continued “lost” mail to countries in Eastern Europe, and also to Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal, I will only use the Royal Mail’s International “Tracked and Signed” service, (rates starting from £13.00) for postage to these countries. Please enquire for actual cost BEFORE bidding and wait for an invoice at the end.

POSTAGE and PACKAGING for OVERSEAS BUYERS

“Tracked and Signed” rates apply to all countries outside Europe and will vary wildly by weight and carrier. I will find the best rates I can. Please ask for a rate BEFORE bidding and wait for an invoice.