FAIRPORT CONVENTION - Self titled 1968 Polydor debut LP mono
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FAIRPORT CONVENTION - Self titled - 1968 Polydor debut LP mono
Time to sell more of my vinyl collection - some classical, some jazz, some pop, rock, folk & psych. I know it won't be appreciated by my daughter or the next generation, so I'm shifting it myself and hope I find good homes for it. Initially I am just picking at random from duplicates, stuff I have on CD and items unplayed for ages so there should be a decent mix. You never know, there might just be something to suit your taste.
This listing is for a mono copy of Fairport's brilliant debut album.
Fairport Convention -
Fairport Convention
UK Polydor press on red label
1968
Cat Number: 582 035
Mode: Mono
The Album:
Superb debut album from Fairport. How did they manage to follow this up with three stunning others given the personnel changes and trauma during those first two years? On this one we have the lovely Judy Dyble who left to found Trader Horne, Martin Lamble soon to die in a road crash, Ian MacDonald who became Ian Matthews and later left for some Southern Comfort .. plus the evergreen Richard Thompson (barely out of short trousers) Simon Nicol and Tyger Hutchings.
A selection of great tracks, some self-penned plus a Bob Dylan and a couple of Joni Mitchells for good measure.
Note that this is not a perfect copy as it has a couple of sounding scratches (can't remeber how I did that), nevertheless it's a playable version of a hard-to-find original
Condition:
Cover: Single fully-laminated sleeve is in fine condition. It is solid and intact with signs of light ringwear (hard to avoid on this predominantly dark shiny cover) and some slight laminate creasing. Spine is clear, strong and fully legible. No writing, tears or stickers. A really nice example
Labels: Original red Polydor labels, bright and clean. A few obvious spindle marks, no writing or stickers.
Vinyl: Decent vinyl with good lustre. It does however have some light scratches, and two on the first side cause some audible background ticks particularly during tracks 4 & 5 so it can't be graded any better than VG
Overall:
A decent playing copy of this great album - I'd guess that this might be professionally graded at (cover / vinyl) EX / VG
Terms:
Please note that I try to test-play at least part of each record before listing, but do not have time to play fully in all cases. I played a lot of this one, but if you do discover a problem which I might have missed, please do not hesitate to contact me and I will do all I can to rectify the situation.
Postage: Royal Mail are 'restructuring' prices from April 2013. Not necessarily all bad news, it depends what you buy - a single LP posted to UK or Europe is now more expensive, but within UK revised weight ranges might allow up to 4 LPs to be posted for the same cost as one. Rest of world prices seem to have reduced slightly. Approximate prices for normal postage - UK £3.35 for up to 1kg (could be up to 4 LPs), Europe £5.30 + £1.80 each additional, Rest of world £7.55 + £2.70 each additional item - these amounts include estimated actual Royal Mail cost for first class or air mail, plus 35p for cost of packaging material (a brand new custom mailer with stiffener).
Apologies, but owing to unreliability of some postal services, I will not ship to Italy, Russian Federation, Ukraine and other former Soviet countries unless a signed for service is selected and paid for.
Losses: Royal Mail are also reducing maximum compensation to £20 unless items are signed-for. Overseas purchasers - if your purchase is well over £20, a signed for service MUST be selected when paying as I will not assume the extra risk and normal airmail will only be covered for £20. Compensation on signed-for shipments is up to £50.
I'm happy to hold records for a short while if you wish to bid on more and combine shipment.
These records are all from my personal collection built up over almost 50 years. Some were bought new, others pre-owned so condition will vary. My attempt at grading is based on Record Collector's grading system. Please therefore read and understand the detailed description which is my honest personal assessment - and I guess you can always check how good or bad that is by checking my feedback. Questions welcome if anything is unclear. Happy bidding.
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