UK EMBER RARITY - LITTLE ESTHER PHILLIPS - COUNTRY & WESTERN GREATS - EX

	£		42
	$		56

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VERY RARE UK EMBER LABEL (HEAVY 200g VINYL)

1963 PRESSING - A very heavy slab of vinyl indeed!

EMBER CW 103

LITTLE ESTHER PHILLIPS

REFLECTIONS OF COUNTRY & WESTERN GREATS

On listening to this album, I would judge this LP to be much more in the Soul Genre than Country & Western, although it is definately in the Ember 'Country & Western' series of releases.  I'll leave you to decide.

ORIGINAL FRONT LAMINATED SLEEVE - Very good

Vinyl condition : EXCELLENT

Play graded : NEAR MINT

EMBER RETAIL COPY IN NICE ORIGINAL CONDITION.  DON'T MISS OUT, THESE DON'T COME UP VERY  OFTEN AT ALL, PARTICULARLY IN THIS SORT OF CONDITION. 

THIS IS A 1963 ORIGINAL FIRST PRESS.

Please see other items for some more rare UK LPs AND 45s.

I am listing a collection of records gathered together by a deceased music lover of many years.  They vary in condition and usage. All are graded visually as per the ‘Rare record price guide’ guidelines.  I have 100% feed back and intend to keep it that way, so if you are not 100% happy with your purchase I am happy to give a full refund excluding P&P, as soon as the record is returned to me.  Please allow the full amount of E-bay time stipulated for delivery as I am selling a lot of records at the same time, which is very time consuming from a P&P point of view.  All questions answered.  Good luck with bidding.

NOW, AT LONG LAST -  THE LPs FROM THE SAME COLLECTION.

A silly start price and a sensible reserve, this record will sell this time out, so don't miss it.  I have 100% feed back, so bid with confidence full refund (excluding P&P) in not fully satisfied with this item.

Postage is at COST, please request a shipping price before bidding if you are not serviced by Royal Mail. I.E. Outside the UK.

P&P £4.00 Royal Mail first class -  £7.00 for Royal Mail Special Delivery.  Please note:  1st class post is not a trackable service, which is why I offer Royal Mail Special Delivery as an option because this is trackable.  I always obtain 'proof of postage' slips for 1st class post, however, this does not entitle any compensation, should the package go missing, it simply proves to you and E-bay that I posted the package to the address stated on the date stamped.  The risk is yours to take, but I would strongly recommend that if you are paying a large sum of money for a rare record, then you should choose the 'Royal Mail Special Delivery' option to safeguard your purchase.

INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE VIA ROYAL MAIL 'SIGNED FOR' SERVICE ONLY - £12.00 EUROPE - £15.00 OUTSIDE EUROPE.

GRADINGS:  Are those used by ‘Record Collector’ magazine and ‘The Rare Record Price Guide’ (otherwise known as RRPG), both of which I contribute to by way of articles on rare records, updated guide prices and images for the RRPG web site www.rarerecordpriceguide.com .  If you subscribe to this web site, you will recognise images I have submitted from the small ‘Blue Jay’ bird in the bottom right (sometimes left) hand corner of the image.  If you do not subscribe, then I recommend that you do if you are a serious collector.  Click on the link above to sign up for a free trail. 

I try to play grade as many records as possible, but it is not always possible to do this, so if you feel that any record you have purchased is not graded accurately, please let me know.  I offer a ‘no quibble’ refund on any item if you are not 100% happy with it, provided you have not left negative feed back before contacting me.  Records which have been ‘play graded’ have been done so in my home studio on broadcast quality equipment at a comfortable listening volume.  All equipment is professional grade and includes EMT turntables, Alice (BBC spec. mixing desk), Denon (professional) amplifier and Bose 802 (installation) monitor speakers.  You may have a more or less sensitive HiFi system than this, but I believe that it provides a fair ‘industry reference’ quality grading.  Of course grading will always be subjective to some extent, which is why I offer a ‘no quibble’ refund as outlined above, should you not agree with my grading.  By way of clarification, the RRPG grading descriptions are listed below:  I will on occasions use + and – signs to indicate a grading which falls between the following descriptions in order to give a more accurate idea of condition.

E.G. M- (near mint), EX+, EX-, VG+, VG-, G+.

M – Mint - Description: The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. The cover and any extra items such as the lyric sheet, booklet or poster are in perfect condition. Records advertised as Sealed or Unplayed should be Mint.

EX – Excellent - Description: The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality. The cover and packag­ing might have slight wear and/or creasing.

VG – Very Good - Description: The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable sur­face marks and the occasional light scratch. Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items, without any major defects, is acceptable.

G – Good - Description: The record has been played so much that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated, perhaps with some distortion and mild scratches. The cover and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discoloration, etc.

F – Fair - Description: The record is still just playable but has not been cared for prop­erly and displays considerable surface noise; it may even jump. The cover and contents will be torn, stained and/or defaced.

P – Poor - Description: The record will not play properly due to scratches, bad surface noise, etc. The cover and contents will be badly damaged or partly missing.

B – Bad -  Description: The record is unplayable or might even be broken, and is only of use as a collection-filler.