"HARD UP HEROES".1974 DECCA MONO DOUBLE LP+LAMINATED GATEFOLD COVER.NEAR MINT

	£		21
	$		28

ATTENTION BRITISH BEAT GROUPS COLLECTORS AND THOSE NEW TO THE MUSIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SAMPLE A SELECTION OF THE VERY BEST ARTISTS THAT RECORDED FOR DECCA IN THE 1960s! HERE IS AN EXCELLENT AND SHORT LIVED COMPILATION DOUBLE LP: "HARD UP HEROES".  ALTHOUGH THIS IS A COMPILATION IT WAS THE FIRST TIME MOST OF THE TRACKS WERE ISSUED ON AN ALBUM WITH MANY OF THE TRACKS VERY RARE SINGLES! 

ROD STEWART-DAVID BOWIE-JOE COCKER-CAT STEVENS-STEVE MARRIOT- JOHN MAYALL and ERIC CLAPTON-ALEXIS KORNER and CYRIL DAVIES-THEM-THE SMALL FACES-THE ZOMBIES-GRAHAM BOND-ZOOT MONEY-DAVE BERRY-THE NASHVILLE TEENS-THE HONEYBUS-THE MOJOS-THE BIG THREE-THE BIRDS-TIMEBOX-THE ROCKING VICKERS-THE MIGHTY AVENGERS-THE POETS-THE WARRIORS-THE ANDREW LOOG OLDHAM ORCHESTRA.

FULL DETAILS OF THE TRACKS IN MY PHOTOS WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT EACH TRACK HAS AN ARTIST/GROUP PHOTO,NOTES ON EACH TRACK WITH THE ORIGINAL CATALOGUE NUMBERS! 

IT RARELY TURNS UP AS CLEAN AS THIS SET!  NEAR MINT CONDITION WITH NO SURFACE MARKS HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE EVEN IN BETWEEN THE TRACKS! DECCA DPA 3010 MONO WITH 1W/1/W1W/1W MATRIXES-THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE AND THICK VINYL WITH CLEAN LABELS.

 A LAMINATED GATEFOLD COVER WITH JUST TINY EDGE CREASES BUT NO WRITING,RIPS OR REPAIRS.VERY PRESENTABLE INDEED!

HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL CORRECT MONO INNER SLEEVES WITH THE DATE CODE 5-74 MAY 1974-THE SAME MONTH OF THE DOUBLE LPs DEBUT IN APRIL 1974 AND HAS THE "UK PATENT NUMBER" CREDIT.

FROM MY OWN COLLECTION WHICH IS BEING PRUNED DOWN AGAIN! CONDITION WAS ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO ME! YOU CAN SEE FROM MY FEEDBACK THAT I AM A RELIABLE SELLER AND LONG TERM COLLECTOR!  

AN ALBUM THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN RARE IN THIS CONDITION-39 YEARS LATER IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AS GOOD AS THIS SET!

THE MAJORITY WERE PLAYED ON RADIOGRAMS,PORTABLE PLAYERS.

NO NASTY CLICKS,STICKS OR JUMPS!

SOMETIMES THESE LPs WERE PLAYED IN ERROR ON OLD HEAVY EQUIPMENT, BASIC AND CLUMSY RESULTING IN MAJOR GROOVE WEAR AND DISTORTION ON COPIES THAT SURVIVE-THIS SET BEING AN EXCEPTION!!!!

 1970s EQUIPMENT WAS OFTEN QUITE CRUDE-HEAVY TONEARMS AND MANY BUYERS UNAWARE OF THE NEED TO CHANGE THE STYLI ON A REGULAR BASIS!!!!      

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AN UPGRADER SET THAN THIS COULD BE THE ONE FOR YOU!

A LOW,REALISTIC £12 STARTING PRICE. £4-50 POSTAGE INCLUDING SIGNED FOR DELIVERY TO THE UK. EUROPE £6-50 REST OF THE WORLD £9-50. 

IT IS TIME FOR ANOTHER DELIGHT FROM ONE OF THE UKs LEADING RECORD  EXPERTS/DEALERS.

A BEAT COLLECTORS DREAM-PLEASE READ ON FOR IN DEPTH DETAILS!!

THIS MAY BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET SUCH A  BRILLIANT DOUBLE LP LIKE THIS IN THIS CONDITION!

PLEASE LOOK AT  THE PHOTOS OF THE BRIGHTNESS AND SHARPNESS OF THE LABELS AND THE COVER!

THOSE THAT DID WERE OFTEN SCARED OF HAVING THEM STOLEN OR BORROWED WITHOUT RETURN AND WOULD WRITE NAMES ON THE COVER-JUST COMPARE WITH ANY OTHER SIMILAR LPs ON EBAY.THE MAJORITY HAVE WRITING,SELLOTAPE REPAIR OR WORSE STILL DRAWINGS AND DOODLES ADDED.THIS IS ABOUT THE BEST SET I HAVE SEEN IN YEARS AND YEARS.

CHECK OUT YOURS IF YOU HAVE ONE-CAN YOU REALLY PUT UP WITH THE ONE  YOU HAVE GOT AND WILL YOU REGRET IT LATER?

IF NOTHING ELSE THIS IS A FANTASTIC INVESTMENT!

I AM SURE TO REGRET NOT KEEPING IT BUT THAT'S LIFE! THE HOUSE IS FULL AS IT IS! 

THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH ME ON EBAY SINCE 2002 AND INDEED ELSEWHERE BEFORE SINCE 1986, WILL PROBABLY KNOW I HAVE BEEN A RESPECTED  MUSIC EXPERT AND COLLECTOR FOR MANY YEARS CALLED UPON BY RADIO,TV AND PRICE GUIDES FOR MY ADVICE AND KNOWLEDGE.

WHILST I AM IN THE BUSINESS TO SELL, I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE ITEMS I AM SELLING.

IN A COMPETITIVE MARKET SUCH AS EBAY, THESE ARE GETTING RARE SO YOU CAN BID WITH COMPLETE CONFIDENCE!

VERY NICE THICK PRESSINGS!  

MOST COPIES THAT SURVIVE ARE IN POOR CONDITION-THIS IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION WITH HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE WHATSOEVER ,EVEN AT HIGH VOLUME WITH THE TREBLE FULL ON TO"CATCH"ANY GROOVE WEAR AND THAT IS BEING STRICT! 

NO STICKS!/NO JUMPS!/NO CLICKS!/NO SWISHES!/NO MAJOR DISTORTION!

Just how many were preserved like this one?!  

The mixes are Superb,Rich,warm and full of bass, with a natural warmth from 39 YEARS AGO!

In the 1970s, many were using terrible old and heavy equipment and using worn styli or nasty autochangers that would scuff the discs forever in seconds at the time not aware that years later even the slightest damage would be evident on more sophisticated audio.

The 1970s equipment was quite often a bit basic and it was suggested to play LPs at between 5 and 8 grammes, which of course after a few plays would produce on later plays that nasty"film of fizzy distortion"so often IGNORED by sellers and in MY LISTENING GRADING is ALWAYS LISTENED OUT FOR WITH THE TREBLE FULL ON AND PLAYED TO ENSURE THE BEST AND MOST ACURATE GRADING!!!! 

 To find immaculate copies all these years later is getting almost impossible!FACT!

THEY ARE SIMPLY DRYING UP! 

These mixes are far punchier but are rather flat on the CDs that have come out!

Vinyl is still the best way to hear 1960s BEAT MUSIC and always will be!  

GREAT SOLID MONO SOUND WITH GREAT BASS!

I TEST ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITHOUT FILTERING OR A MONO SWITCH.

There is NO spindle wear.  

Look elsewhere on ebay and MIGHT see other copies-Look closer and you will find they are often reissues,inferior lower grade copies with all manner of faults. 

MOST RECORDS ON EBAY ARE IN DIABOLICAL, BAD CONDITIONS ATTEMPTED TO BE  SOLD BY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT KNOW HOW TO GRADE OR BOTHER TO ACTUALLY PLAY THEM FOR AN ACURATE DESCRIPTION!

This is A POSSIBLE UPGRADER DOUBLE LP-EXAMINE YOURS IF YOU HAVE ONE AT ALL AND IT MAY NOT BE AS GOOD AS YOU THINK!  

THE LP AS USUAL WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE COVER BEFORE SENDING!   

REMEMBER I AM GRADING STRICTLY! PLEASE STUDY ALL OF THE PHOTOS! 

As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!!

 DON'T LEAVE IT AND REGRET IT LATER!!!!!!!!!!!THIS MAY NOT BE REPEATED FOR A LONG TIME! 

THIS IS A GREAT CHANCE TO OWN A SUPERB DOUBLE  LP. A GREAT INVESTMENT!   

SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES FOR SEVERAL ITEMS BOUGHT

Checkout my  feedback of OVER 17,000 comments of my standards and service many from some of the world's most respected collectors and dealers. BID with confidence! Always adding quality Records, cd's and related items to ebay several times a week. Customers from all over the world regard my  ebay selections as the #1 for QUALITY,VARIETY AND SERVICE.

I HAVE BEEN A DEALER SINCE 1986 WITH OVER 11 YEARS ON EBAY.

I ACTUALLY LISTEN TO MY ITEMS ON GOOD QUALITY EQUIPMENT, USUALLY TWICE TO ENSURE THE VERY BEST POSSIBLE AND ACURATE GRADE-I WANT LONG TERM REGULAR CUSTOMERS WHO WANT TO RETURN TO BUY FROM ME WITH FAITH AND TRUST.

LOOK AT MY FEEDBACK AND SEE WELL KNOWN RESPECTED COLLECTORS AND DEALERS WHO BUY FROM ME OVER AND OVER-NOTE WHAT THEY SAY-PAGE AFTER PAGE OF GLOWING STATEMENTS! 

UK Customers are very welcome to collect ebay winnings  by prior email arrangement.OVER 11 YEARS ON EBAY and many more before as a keen collector! Thanks for looking and good luck.

OTHER STYLES OF MUSIC ON EBAY FROM ME-SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE-LOOK NO FURTHER!!!!!

DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS OPPORTUNITY,MAYBE FOR THE LAST TIME FOR THIS DOUBLE LP IN THIS INCREDIBLE CONDITION!

I HAVE MENTIONED EVERYTHING BUT IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK.

MANY MORE FANTASTIC LPs TO COME IN FUTURE WEEKS FROM MY COLLECTION FROM THE SAME ERA! KEEP WATCHING!

 DON'T LEAVE YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN!

THIS COULD BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET SUCH A WONDERFUL DOUBLE LP LIKE THIS ONE!

GOOD LUCK AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.