MADDEN AND HARRIS - FOOLS PARADISE. FINAL UPGRADE.

$

569

Hello and welcome to my auctions.
I am pleased you could stop by. I have some nice records today incl. some obscure progressive, psychedelic rock lp's. Feel free to see all the lp's I have.

Grading: Firstly, I must say that I really do know how to grade a record. I have had only 1 complaint about my grading of a record which was 3 years ago.

I have been grading and selling records for many years now and after that time one tends to learn what to look for and describe what you see, acurately. With that in mind, please bid with absolute confidence on my listings. I and others would say that I am one of the best and longest in the business and if you want to find sellers who grade or package badly, like for example, with flimsy UK envelope-mailers (with one or no stiffeners) or don't say how they grade/package at all, then that's easy to do and you'll get as much joy from them when you open the mailer as can be expected i.e. none. I grade under direct lamplight..of course, and play grade them on my Rega Planar 2 t/table with RB250 arm and new Elise Cartridge.

A grading of M- is my highest grading for a used record. This means a few light paper/inner-sleeve scuffs, or perhaps a few tiny creases to the sleeve's perimeter. This signifies it is a used record but handled with extreme care. It is as good as a used record gets. Any more faults would get EX to EX+ and then downward from there. I AM pretty pedantic. I have had no complaints so I am doing something right obviously. - Which brings me to.....

Packaging: The lp will be placed in the middle of one panel of a 35 x 35cm cardboard which is 4mm thick. Then it is sandwiched between another such panel. These oversized panels mean it is going to be protected from side impacts and corner impacts due to the space all around it. You'll agree that we collectors need this sort of thing badly.
Then, after the edges have been taped all around, I take ANOTHER two identical panels and tape them over the original sandwich-style mailer I just made, thus providing an astonishing 8mm (or > 5/16 inch) of impact protection on BOTH SIDES of the lp and tantamount to packing it in an Abrams M-1 tank !! Can send photo of example of completed packaging upon request.

Of course, the lp jacket/sleeve is placed in a plastic outer sleeve and the disc is placed behind it. If you're sick of receiving bad packaging from sellers, then you'll be glad to know that that sort of thing stops right here!

I will try and make the condition/description as brief as possible with no hype like "Stunning" etc... as others sellers do.

Those are the parameters of my listings, and here then, are the details/item description of the lp.

For auction today: Madden and Harris - Fools Paradise, on Jasmine lbl # JR 4791/64.
I was utterly stunned when I laid eyes on this copy recently. The sleeve is as good as is possible. Looks almost new, with no wear or even dirt at all to the front or rear, no splits or rubbing to the spine or edges and no creasing of any sort. One extremely tiny pen mark on rear measuring 3/16 of an inch long.
Look at the pix provided to see the sharp corners etc... and perhaps you will understand my (pleasant) surprise.

The disc has only 3-4 whispy and extremely superficial paper-type surface marks on Side 2. Totally invisible by normal light and only possible to see under stong light & upon close inspection, and which most dealers would consider not worth mentioning. Appears to have been stored upright and handled only a minimum number of times ever.

Clean labels with no writing or sticker shadows or tears etc... to report.

Lyric/personel insert containing 2 x mauve-coloured pages, are in beautiful condition and folded neatly in correct way to show "Jasmine" wording.

Overall, I believe that this is the best used copy possible, as I am struggling to find and point out any faults - and it is complete, with both inserts.
You would only do better if you found a copy that was stock, unplayed/untouched from the factory, and so I am certain this would please the most picky, condition-freaks out there.

Graded: cover/disc = M-/EX+/EX+.

I will do my best to answer any questions about this item and send more photos of item via email, if you request it.  Overseas postage for this lp wil be approx. US$16.50.

PLEASE READ THIS PART ABOUT PAYMENTS: I accept Australian Postal Money Orders and direct deposit. I also accept Paypal. Regretably, I usually leave neg. feedback for non-payers...it's true. Thanking you, again.

If you are interested in bidding on the M&H single or the Peter Harris PS single to go with this, I have it. PLease look at my auctions now.