FRANK ZAPPA / MOI - Mystery Box - 10 Barely Played LPs

	£		155
	$		205

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Please see my Detailed Packing Description Further Down & All Shipping Costs and Options – NOTE: I now apply the Ebay ‘4-day’ rule for non-payment.

Artist or Band: FRANK ZAPPA and THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION

Album Title: Mystery Box.

ALBUMS & TRACK LIST:

Pigs n Repugnant [1968-69]: The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbeque; Hungry Freaks, Daddy; The Wild Man Fischer Story; I’m The Meany; Bacon Fat; King Kong.

Son of Pigs n Repugnant [1968-69]: The String Quartet; The Duke; Help, I’m A Rock!; Return of the Son of Monster Magnet.

Beyond the Fringe of Audience Comprehension [1970-74]: What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening?; Watering Holes; What Kind of Girl Do You Think We Are?; Bwana Dik; Latex Solar Beef; Daddy Daddy Daddy; Do You Like My New Car?; Magic Fingers; What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning?; Interview (Part 1); The Final Solution; Interview (Part 2); Penis Dimension; Time Is Money; Flambay; Spider of Destiny; Space Boy.

Zut Alors [1973-76]: Mr. Green Genes/King Kong/Chunga’s Revenge; Sink Trap; Ship Ahoy; Munchkin Tits; Drum Solo ; T’Mershi Duween; Black Napkins.

The Rondo Hatton Band [1973-74]: I’m the Slime; Ruthie-Ruthie; No, Babette; Boogers of Marty Perellis; White Juice on His Beard; Smell My Beard; Father O’Blivion; Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow; Nanook Rubs It; Saint Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast; Mar-juh-rene; Penguin in Bondage; T’Mershi Duween; Dog Breath Variations / Uncle Meat.

A Token of His Extreme [1974]: Montana; Stinkfoot; Inca Roads; Dog Breath / Uncle Meat; Approximate; Cosmik Debris; Florentine Pogen.

Chalk Pie [1976-81]: I’m the Slime; Peaches en Regalia; Dancin’ Fool; The Purple Lagoon; The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing; Son of Saint Alfonzo [‘Rollo’]; Chalk Pie; We’re Turning Again; Them or Us; Clownz on Velvet.

Crush All Boxes [?]: Fine Girl; Pick Me, I’m Clean; Teenage Wind; Harder Than Your Husband; Bamboozled By Love; Drafted Again; Falling in Love Is a Stupid Habit; Teenage Wind; Doreen; Fine Girl; Easy Meat; Goblin Girl.

Return of the Son of Serious Music [1963 / 1984]: Piece #1; Piano Piece; Piece #2; Collage One; Opus 5; While You Were Art #1; Francesco Opus 1, No. 1; Francesco Opus 1, #3; Francesco Opus 1, #6; Francesco Rock; Pedro’s Dowry.

Randomonium [various]: America Drinks & Goes Home; Agency Man; Randomonium; My Head; Studebaker Hoch; Don’t F**k Around; Well (Please Don’t Go); In Memoriam: Hieronymous Bosch; 2 on the Town; Suicide Chump; Truck-Driver Divorce; Frogs with Dirty Little Lips; The Kronos Quartet: None of the Above.

Label/Format: Niffy Tuff & Bitchin’ Records.

Label Conditions: All labels are immaculate, most unmarked as made, maybe just the odd minute spindle trace on one or two if scrutinised closely. This set has been played once by myself and considered my own personal item. It originally came from an superb large Zappa collection, many items of which were actually unplayed. As I own this already, I decided (after due consideration), it was time to let someone else enjoy these barely played records.

Cat Number: NTB-8600

Speed: 33.3 rpm.

Rarity: Very Rare: one of the most sort-after and collectable Zappa vinyl boxed sets ever. Rarely seen.

Brief Info: This massive 10 LP box set is one of the most famous and collectable for Zappa fans. It has historic material of various quality – but outstanding performances including Wild Man Fischer on stage. Although these have barely been played (if at all) – I played around half these discs to check quality of the vinyl. Mostly fine, but some surface sound and a few clicks here and there, which is to be expected. Nothing to do with usage of course. A very rare opportunity to own this legendary box.

PLEASE BE AWARE: this is quite a heavy set, so postage will not be cheap – so be aware of this prior to bidding.

Box Grade and Format: NEAR EXCELLENT: No splits, crushing or breakages. All corners intact with no repairs. The tray is more EX+, even the underside. The top has superb artwork and just a little rubbing and a crease near the bottom edge.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: All practically as made and most probably not even played, certainly no more than once anyway. Any surface marks or blemishes, simply present from new. I have only played 4 of these records. Sound is variable in quality. Pressing quality is pretty good but some surface sound is evident in places as are a few clicks here and there – few will ever better these. ALL pictures are the actual items being offered.

SHIPPING COSTS & CONDITIONS – PLEASE READ CAREFULLY – UK MUST BE SPECIAL DELIVERY ONLY:

Posting & Packing: UK & CHANNEL ISLANDS via SPECIAL Delivery: £19.95 (I will NOT send this uninsured or signed for. Ignore the basic postage I cannot remove on this listing).

Posting & Packing: EUROPE & SCANDINAVIA. (Airmail Value): £35 to £40 [depending on country]

Posting & Packing: OVERSEAS (non-European) (Airmail Value): £45 to £50 [depending on country]

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 - on average ONEADAY, a couple more at weekends if time permits, hence the name - time rarely allows for more as I Play-Grade virtually every record I offer in their entirety, 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 its 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. What you see is what you get and scanned labels will give a more accurate representation of the genuine colour than flash photography where light is variable. I cannot guarantee total accuracy for colours however but most will be very close. 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.

Deck: Linn LP12/Hercules/Cirkus with Ittok Mk II arm and Ortofon Rondo Red moving coil cartridge (tracks at 2 grams). Amps: Naim Nait 5i with Project USB phono stage and Chord interconnects. Speakers: B&W 704 Floorstanding 3-way Monitors (bi-wired with QED Silver 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 P&P will be respected if at all possible but ‘Signed-For’ posting is NOT an option anymore. I do not profit on posting and the cost of this lavish packing is NOT even charged for, I offer probably the best-value and safest shipping possible for ultimate confidence. The boxes and ultra thick double-wall stiffeners and bubble wrap 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 less than one in two thousand based on over 7,000+ items sold in nearly 10 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. Even one of these stiffeners cannot be bent by hand, so what chance 3 or 4 inside a box? Oneadayrecords is a MAILER-FREE ZONE. 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). I will not respond to questions on shipping costs as all the details are included here and on ALL of my adverts. Details below:

NOTE: First Time Bidders: Please as me first.

PLEASE NOTE: I now exercise my right to open a dispute after the Ebay rule of FOUR days if no payment is received. I will then cancel the dispute to end the, 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 and they take the Ebay consequences (a strike or removal from the system). Small businesses need prompt payment to trade and these strict rules WILL be applied.

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 4 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 Description 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’.