Item Description
ONEADAYRECORDS Simply Delivering Quality Music to the World in Quality, Safe Packing.
Postage: UK 4.75 1 per extra record .
Europe including Russia 12.50 2 per extra record .
Rest of World including ALL parts of the USA 16.50 3 per extra record .
All boxes signed for in quality, safe packaging I NEVER use mailing envelopes that offer virtually no protection at all in fact I think these things should be banned as records WILL arrive damaged in them at some time.
Here, you get what you pay for SAFE PACKING in BOXES using 7mm DOUBLE-WALL STIFFENERS.
Full details nearer the end of the listing.
Posting to Russia: Yes, I do post to Russia.
But delivery can take up to 4 to 6 weeks from the UK.
So please be patient.
I will submit a tracking number to the winning bidder, and when the packet arrives there it can be followed online using the Russian post website.
ALSO: I now apply the Ebay 2-day rule for non-payment to keep things moving cash-flow is important for any small business.
I will always keep my PP prices as low as possible, and even after yet another Royal Mail price hike from April this year, I have NOT raised my prices and will never compromise on solid, safe packing that is invariably heavier than most you will get.
My PP offers probably the best value-for-money for vinyl records available, and I even will pay for full insurance on any record that sells for over 100 at NO extra cost that is UK and abroad.
Also I aim to post the very same day after payment is received.
You WILL see the difference when my packet arrives.
FINALLY: Late payers will now be blocked at my discretion.
As will any bidder who cancels a bid.
I do not like this practice as it is most often used to phish out the price to beat.
Ebay does not approve and neither do I so only bid on my items if you want them.
Artist or Band: THE CLASH Album Title: The Clash Producer s : Mickey Foote.
TRACK LIST: Side 1: Janie Jones Remote Control I m So Bored with the USA White Riot Hate War What s My Name? Deny London s Burning.
Side 2: Career Opportunities Cheat Protex Blue Police Thieves 48 Hours Garageland.
Label/Format: CBS - original format with matt, smooth surfaces.
Label Conditions: Both very clean, fresh and attractive with only a couple of three very light, fine and faint spindle marks and no wear around the hole area.
Unusually, this copy looks hardly played.
Cat Number: CBS 82000.
Mode / Speed: Stereo / 33.3 rpm.
Warps: Assume all records I offer have no warping of any significance and all tracking is easy and effortless and should play on all turntables and even budget decks.
Weight of this Record: 108 grams.
Quite typical for the time, this pressed on quality pure vinyl as well.
Country of Manufacture: England.
Rarity: Moderate: but first issues not quite as easy as you may think.
Receiving rave reviews on issue and great anticipation, but only peaking at No.
12 in the UK album charts commendable, but not overwhelming.
An album bought by the younger majority listeners at the time.
This copy is somewhat special however.
I have had this copy for some time, and now decided to let it go.
It was purchased quickly and it included a fantastic poster quite possibly an initial one-off as a promotional piece for the retailer and for sure, this is incredibly rare indeed.
The owner also kept an interesting 1977 press cutting from The Sun newspaper about the band as well.
The poster is immaculate and unmounted, I have never seen this anywhere else before.
A possibly unique item with this record, and one for classic punk album and specialist collectors.
A super piece all-round, and the record looks hardly played and offers very fine sound with a little worn cover.
With so many of the earlier copies bought by the young punks of the day, many of these were heavily played on the most basic of record players, badly worn, scrached and written off.
Relive those new wave/punk days of 1977 with this very impressive and rare copy.
Original Year of Release: 1977 Matrix Nos: CBS S 82000 A-5 / CBS S 82000 B-3 Musicians: Joe Strummer - lead vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar Mick Jones - lead guitar, vocals Paul Simonon - bass guitar Tory Crimes Terry Chimes - drums Nicky Headon - drums.
Brief Info: The Clash debut album, and one of the most important and influential new wave albums of the 1977 punk-rock scene.
For me, one of the big four along with The Sex Pistols, The Damned and The Stranglers, this was issued to great acclaim and sold quite well.
Strong and powerful lyrically with a high octane guitar sound, this could hardly fail at this time.
Also this album has stood the test-of-time well, it still remains a critics favourite and is regularly voted very highly in all-time greats lists.
Never easy to fine the earliest copies in fine condition, as mentioned further up, this was probably mostly bought by the young punks and youth of the time and many are seen trashed.
Both record and cover here are in lovely clean condition, and the record itself plays very well indeed with hardly anything unwanted.
But including this rare promotional poster, this makes this copy extra-special for collectors.
I have never seen another with this before, even after considerable research.
One for punk rock specialists and fans of this evergreen punk classic.
Cover Grade and Format: EXCELLENT: arguably better.
A single unlaminated format with matt, smooth surfaces.
Printed and made in England by Shorewood.
Includes the inner sleeve, a 1977 press cutting and a superb, very rare poster.
Cover Front: A couple of fine spine edge creases and small tip rubs apart, this front has little else to fault.
Generally clean, fresh with deep colour, barely aged with no sticker issues.
Cover Back: Similar with even less creasing, just a little rubbing near the top edge.
Top Edge: Mainly quite light patchy rubbing and straight.
Bottom Edge: Even better, any minor rub traces hardly show.
Right Edge s , and Type: Clean, mostly sharp with any thickening or burring minimal and light as seen viewed end-on.
Record enters on this edge and is guaranteed untrimmed or enhanced.
Spine and Text: Solid, quite straight with a little compression here and there.
The text near perfect with just one fine hairline on one letter.
Corners: Small tip rubs with fine to very fine shape retained.
Cover Summary: A strong all-round example of this quite wear-prone 1970 s cover, one that could prove difficult to find much better.
This attractive, still fresh item should please many collectors.
The Inner Sleeve: EXCELLENT : a plain white unlined inner with little to fault and barely aged.
The odd minor crease, clean and all edges unsplit with no repairs.
The Sun Newspaper Page: This from November 1977 and only gently darkened with age.
An interesting piece with band detail and even showing the wrecked seats from one of their gigs.
The Poster: EXCELLENT : practically Mint and guaranteed 100 genuine.
This has hardly aged either and has a lovely semi-gloss sheen that exudes freshness.
Unmounted e.g.
no pin holes or tape marks , any traces of creasing or crinkle very gentle and light.
This has one vertical and one horizontal manufactured fold, both strong and unweakened, and is as clean on the white back as the front.
The faintest trace of toning on the white edges, but look very hard.
This came with the record from new, almost certainly a promotional piece from the retailer.
Not likely to be seen or offered again that my opinion anyway this is a super item to own with this splendid, classic album.
Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: EXCELLENT: again, arguably better.
A very fine visual copy that is very clean with equally fine shine and quite solidly pressed.
A copy with minimal plays on all the evidence with any surface trace marks very light and faint as seen critically under bright angled light.
Whispy types only, purely superficial of course, there are no penetrating stylus marks at all.
Visually a super record that should please many collectors.
Album Played For Grading: Yes.
I play ALL records I offer before submitting to Ebay, also the record is played in its entirety unless clearly stated otherwise.
I do NOT play snippets or joining grooves to check for sound quality and quietness I play from the beginning to end via clinically revealing BW speakers that include the legendary tweeter from their awesome Nautilus range that reveals every blemish or minuscule sound present on any record.
Sound Quality and Audio Grading: This quite groundbreaking album plays even above it s high visual grading with barely anything to fault.
Strong, distortion-free sound, all frequencies are sharp and clear - sound quality is high with a full dynamic range and detailed sound.
Any surface sounds are minimal indeed and this is an exceptional clean pressing with no tracking issues.
Few copies will outperform this early pressing significantly I feel sure.
Both channels are clean and sharp, I am certain this record has been played very lightly and has been generally well stored and carefully handled, almost certainly in a non-smoking environment.
Nothing spoilt my pleasure when play-grading this wonderful record.
It could prove very difficult to find significantly better and can be strongly recommended.
All that and a wonderful rare vintage poster as well.
As played-graded on a high-end Linn LP12 Sondek turntable with Ittok Mk II arm and Ortofon Quintet Blue moving coil cartridge tracking at 2.2 grams.
Now one of the most established sellers on Ebay and still offering the finest and most accurately described and graded records I can find.
I pride myself on offering a variety of genres to keep my site as interesting as possible.
I will rarely offer any record that falls below a true Excellent grading, unless its of a certain rarity which will justify offering a lesser grade.
I try, to the best of my ability to describe as accurately and as honesty as I can all items I offer for sale with all the relevant information I can think of to help any potential bidder and collector.
You may notice I only submit records sparingly on Ebay as I Play-Grade every record I offer in their entirety also on higher-end equipment not just bits to guess a grade - visuals alone do not always tell a true or full story.
I will mention any defects or flaws no matter how small that I notice to be fair as possible to any interested collector I am very fussy and my buyers have the right to be too.
Every record I offer, whether it be a common or rare item deserves the same respect as far as I am concerned and will be treated the same - just because an item is rare does not always mean it s good.
I get just as much pleasure offering a relatively common record in stunning near mint condition as the real rare items.
All the pictures I use for your guidance are taken with a digital camera or scanned - they are NOT improved, cleaned-up or made better looking than they are with camera trickery or enhancing with digital programmes.
Room light factors can make things vary sometimes, that is hard to control, especially in winter.
If any picture I take looks more flattering than the actual item for any reason, I will clearly state the fact in the advert and vice-versa.
I hope the item below is to your liking - any questions can be emailed and I will do my very best to answer you.
I am enthusiastic, and have a fair degree of knowledge about many genres and I promise quality items - bid with confidence - excellence comes as standard and so does Near Mint regularly.
Please assume all records I offer have NO jumps, sticks, warps or writing on covers or labels unless clearly stated to the contrary.
Thanks for your interest and Good luck MIKE.
Equipment Used for Play-Grading: I now play-grade ALL the records I offer unless clearly stated to the contrary on the following equipment: Deck: Linn LP12/Hercules/Cirkus with Ittok Mk II arm and Ortofon Quintet Blue moving coil cartridge tracks at 2.2 grams .
Amps: Naim Supernait 2 with Project USB phono stage and Tellerium Black interconnects.
Speakers: BW 704 Floorstanding 3-way Monitors bi-wired with Tellurium Black terminated cable .
All records I offer on Ebay are cleaned on a professional VPI-17 vacuum machine before play-grading for the cleanest and best possible sound and will include a brand new lined inner and protective cover too.
Pictures taken with a Nikon D5000 SLR Digital Camera.
PACKING - THIS IS WHAT YOU GET.
What You Get: To confirm to the strict Ebay rules on shipping, I must now send ALL my packets Signed-For with NO exceptions.
Both buyers and sellers want their packets to have a safer journey and this is not a bad thing.
I now offer the fastest possible posting, often the very next day after payment is received or within two to three days maximum unless on holiday .
I only use FIRST-CLASS Mail.
The record s cover will be placed within a BRAND NEW soft protective sleeve and the actual record will be professionally cleaned on my new VPI-17 Pro vacuum system to give ultimate clean grooves and playing surfaces and the best possible looks and ultimate sound quality.
You will NOT get tired, dull looking, dust infested records inside worn and foggy covers with tatty inners from this seller and that s a promise and guarantee.
All records are posted in professional boxes NOT Mailers, these do not offer any real protection .
The record s are REMOVED from their main cover to avoid edge splits and placed within a brand new polylined inner.
The record s original inner will be included if available.
The boxes are then reinforced with at least TWO, ULTRA THICK stiffeners for maximum extra protection these are FOUR TIMES thicker than commercial stiffeners and are custom-made for oneadayrecords.
Really rare and expensive albums will even be Double Boxed if deemed necessary and possible.
When larger boxes are used, the thick record and stiffener sandwich is then thickly embedded into bubble-wrap to bulk out the record inside the box to centre the item inside to reduce the risk of damage still further.
Printed address labels are used for clarity as well as a sender label.
Customers requests or special needs for PP will be respected if at all possible but Signed-For posting is NOT an option anymore.
I do not profit on posting, better quality packaging costs, I offer probably the best-value and safest shipping possible for ultimate confidence.
The boxes and ultra thick double-wall stiffeners make a near impregnable fortress for safe shipping and this is used inland and overseas for ALL my records, not just the rare and expensive.
I will invoice any winning bidder as soon as possible after the auction ends.
My loss or damage rate is minuscule in over 14 years of Ebay trading and I consider that pretty exceptional.
The only damage rate acceptable for this seller is ZERO and I think my packets will offer just that.
It would take a vicious postman or postal service to damage these for sure.
Oneadayrecords is a MAILER-FREE ZONE they offer next-to-no-protection, and should be banned, no professional should consider using them in my opinion.
I discount of course for multiple purchases with a maximum of FIVE records per box one double can sometimes be included subject to total weight .
All postage costs are below and at the top of the listing.
NOTE: First Time Bidders: Please ask me first.
PLEASE NOTE: I now exercise my right to open a dispute after the Ebay rule of TWO days if no payment is received.
I will then cancel the dispute to end the bid, again after the mandatory FOUR days and then offer the item to the runner-up or relist.
The non-payer will also be blocked from my Ebay site as will any suspicious bids or bid withdrawals.
Small businesses need prompt payment to trade and these strict rules WILL be applied.
SHIPPING COSTS CONDITIONS THESE comply with EBAY S RULES - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: Posting Packing: UK CHANNEL ISLANDS all now sent via Recorded Delivery: 1 LP FIRST-CLASS Recorded Delivery with Standard Royal Mail Insurance Signed For 4.75 1 LP Special Delivery with Standard 500 Maximum Insurance Signed For, Next Day 7.50.
this includes insurance of 500 .
Add 1 per extra LP.
Posting Packing: EUROPE SCANDINAVIA.
Airmail Only : 1 LP Small Packet Signed For with Standard Royal Mail Insurance 50 maximum 12.50 enhanced Royal Mail insurance is an optional extra 3 .
Add 2 per extra LP.
Posting Packing: ALL OVERSEAS non-European e.g.
USA ANY PART OF South America New Zealand Australia Canada Japan and other Far East Airmail Only: I NEVER use Surface Mail : 1 LP Small Packet Signed For with Standard Royal Mail Insurance 50 maximum 16.50 17.50 for double sets .
Add 3 per extra LP.
enhanced Royal Mail insurance is an optional extra 3 Payment Conditions: I prefer PayPal or cheque from UK winning bidders.
I can accept PayPal from overseas bidders or direct payment into my bank account.
Potential Bidders: I will cancel any bids I feel are time-wasters.
A maximum 3 days for communication and 7 days for payment to arrive - if not I will relist the item or offer to the runner-up.
Fast deals get great feedback from me.
Any questions - please ask and thanks for looking.
My Guarantee: If any winning bidder is not satisfied with their purchase I will offer a complete refund.
I will not refund if any defect detail is clearly stated on the advert and missed by the buyer, so read the item description carefully.
If any overseas collector does not understand anything in my listing, please email and ask me to help.
Thank You.
SOME GENERAL GUIDES TO WEAR AND CONDITIONS TO HELP YOU DECIDE My Use of Terminology: Surface Marks Superficial, usually light marks, hairlines or light scuffs that rarely sound.
Scratch a needle mark that goes below the record s surface, some will sound, some will not, my play-grade will inform.
Original a record that has been pressed with the first label design which does NOT necessarily mean a very first pressed record.
First Pressing A record that I believe or know to be a genuine very first pressed record.
I do not claim to always know for sure, and that s why I state the stamper and matrix numbers if at all possible, for those who claim to know what they all mean, the information is there for the collector to decide.
I prefer to use terms like Early Copy rather than First Pressing if I am not totally sure.
Surface Sound Mild, light sound, usually light crackle or similar.
Distortion Break up of the actual sound caused by groove wear or damage from a chipped stylus the most undesirable form of unwanted sound, vintage mono records were the most prone to this happening but not exclusively so.
The symptoms of distortion are high frequency clipping, moderate constant crackle or an echo type sound quality.
Violin, piano and vocals are most prone to groove-wear distortion.
Feathering Fraying or softening of the entry edge of a cover.
Covers with feathered entrance edges are more likely to have had the actual record inserted and removed more than a non-feathered, sharp-edged cover which are always far more attractive.
Set Off, actually a printer s term for dark ink leaving mild residue on pale or white ink when rested upon.
e.g.
when a gatefold cover has black ink closed against white, this can leave some black residue on the pale area this is mostly unavoidable or course.
The Argument for Vinyl Original sound and mix mono mixes are rarely available on CD , high quality sound on clean copies played on a hi-end dedicated analogue system breathtaking sound , beautiful, large format covers, artwork, inserts and even full size posters etc huge investment potential, and the pleasure of owning the real thing .
