Chuck Berry Ten 7" Vinyl Singles - UK London Label

	£		51
	$		68

It's taken 3 years-plus to sell the LPs and big singles from my large collection - so now we come to 7" singles. I sold the bulk of my singles during first lock-down, in big lots, but kept back the ones that had an individual value, and also my collections of my favorite artists - Beatles, Stones, The Who, Chuck Berry, etc. etc. What's coming-up, in the coming weeks, is the best ones, out of a collection of thousands. 
Pictures are my own photos of the item for sale. Photos can tell you what kind of sleeve the single will come in, and what the labels are like.
I give the records a gentle clean, before listing them - which means I can see any damage, and it makes them sound better - if old singles sound bad, it's often dirt down in the grooves that is the problem. 
I generally only assess condition of the A-side of the records. I make more of an effort sometimes,. on EPs or if it's got a famous B-side.
As I have quite a few by Chuck Berry, I've made one auction lot of London singles, one of Pye International ones, and one of the rest - mostly Chess. Decca's London label - bless them - released many great singles of American blues and R&B artists, licensed from US labels - like Chess - who didn't have distribution in UK. His singles on UK London have individual value. Because of that, I've done play-tests - old singles often play much better than they look.
Beautiful Delilah - A-side has lots of light scratches and scuffs, and a long fingernail impression running across it. Play-test - plays very well, crackling in deep background in places. Lively performance.
Johnny B Goode / Around and Around - A-side has some light scratches, plus a long row of short sharp impacts - first one in the row is a bit longer.   B-side - quite a lot of various impacts, and a scrape on the first half. A couple of long scratches across.  Play-test - A-side plays excellently well. B-side - also plays excellently well.
Bye Bye Johnny - no centre - not bad, some light marks and fingernail impressions. Not particularly black and shiny. Play-test - plays excellently well, a few very light crackles and a light click at the start. Good solid sound.
Back In The USA / Memphis Tennessee - A-side is rather gray, lots of marks on the lead-in. A scratch right across, plus some other light scratches and short fingernails. B-side - similar condition. Play-tests - A-side plays excellently, a few crackles at the start. B-side - some light crackling at the start, background crackling occasionally after that.
Let It Rock - A-side is rather gray, some scratches, no heavy ones. Play-test - plays excellently well.
Rock And Roll Music - scratched all over, lots of heavy ones, plus some impacts. Looks rough. Play-test - A-side - some quite loud crackles, crackling persists throughout. Vocal still nice and clear, and the piano rises up through the crackling.
Sweet Little Sixteen / Reelin' and Rockin' - A-side not bad, a long scratch (which isn't heavy) on the first half, plus lots of surface scratches. B-side - not bad - a scratch on first half, and another one which is very short but quite heavy / sharp. Two fingernail impacts on second half, and a scuff with light scratches in it. Play-test - play-test revealed a small warp on the edge. This gave no trouble at all when playing it. A-side has some background crackles in first part. Very good after that - just a couple of quiet clicks. B-side - crackly at start, noticeable but not especially loud. Quiet crackling persists as it plays-through, and there are some once-per-rotation clicks, again not loud ones.
Almost Grown / Little Queenie - A-side has lots of scratches, some long and heavy. plus a big nasty series of impacts. B-side - better! - lots of light scratches, plus a long fingernail impact. Two broader long impacts in last part, and various other little impacts.  Play-test - A-side - Moderate crackling just at the start. Occasional background crackles after that. Nice sound in-between crackles. B-side - has once-per-rotation clicks for a spell in the second half -  this is very quiet in part, but more noticeable for a short while. Some quiet crackles at the start, and some light clicks after that.
Roll Over Beethoven - good - three little marks / light impacts near the start, and a light scuff. A short light scratch on the lead-in, which bounces and lands on the playing surface - just short. Play-test - excellent - the production isn't great, backing sounds muffled.
Sweet Little Rock and Roll(er) - no centre - a big heavy mark / scrape, plus lots of light scratches and a few heavier ones. Play-test - sounds very good, some background crackling in first part.
When I'm checking for damage on records, I look at them carefully with my reading glasses on, in good daylight. This method detects any bits of damage that will affect what you hear when listening to it - and lots that are not audible. Using a spotlight or direct sunlight shows more surfacey marks sometimes, but I don't do that - records are for listening to, not trying to see your face in.
Postage at cost within UK - £3.20.  One can send up to 2 kilos (which is a LOT of singles) for £3.20. For UK buyers - if you buy several items on the same day, and you're looking for combined postage, don't pay, and message me to ask for an invoice that includes combined postage.
Dispatch will usually be "next day", if you pay promptly. My auctions end on Sundays, and I post on Monday afternoon. I only go out to post once a week, during the present pandemic, so if I receive payment after 13.00 Monday, parcel goes into the next Monday's posting.  Collection in person is usually welcome, but not when there are lockdown rules in effect, which forbid it.
I'm happy to send this overseas. See below for details, if bidding from outside UK - YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS STUFF.
I don't mail things personally, to countries outside the UK - ( I mean it, don't ask) - but I am happy to use E-Bay UK's Global Shipping Program, for sending things abroad. Under this scheme, I send the parcel to an e-bay depot in UK, and they forward it to the overseas buyer. They have a tracked courier service, for the journey from their UK depot, to the buyer. This means that I can ONLY accept payments through e-bay (Pay Now button), and I can't send invoices.
Please be sure that you understand what the postal charges and any customs charges / import duty will be, before bidding. 
E-Bay UK tells me, they do NOT do combined postage in the Global Shipping Programme. Charges to the customer for delivery and customs charges are whatever you're told they are - if you don't want to pay the postal / courier charges individually for the items, then do not bid. 
Overseas customers - please DON'T request an invoice - I can't make one, and it screws-up the e-bay system.
International buyers should be able to see a postage cost to their country, you may have to input your location, if your country is included in the scheme. If your country is not mentioned, please do not bid. International postage to the following countries will be shown (this is the latest list that I've seen - lotta countries!) Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Australia, United States, Bahrain, Canada, New Zealand, Israel, Hong Kong, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Korea, South, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Egypt, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Grenada, French Guiana, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Macau, Monaco, Maldives, Montserrat, Martinique, Oman, Pakistan, Reunion, Turks and Caicos Islands, Aruba, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, Chile, Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Kuwait, Panama, Qatar, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay
Applicable customs charges will be shown to buyers - E-Bay collects customs duty for the receiving country, wherever import duty is appropriate. If you don't want to pay the customs charges, do not bid. Since "Brexit", customs charges are likely between UK and EU countries.
I don't send to China (because I prefer not to), and I also don't send to Japan, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru, as importation of vinyl records is not permitted in their customs regulations.