MOBY GRAPE 1ST LP ORIG RARE EX 1967 COLUMBIA PSYCH STEREO FINGER CVR-1B STAMPER

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50

This is a super rare clean original first pressing of the first album by heavy psych San Francisco rock band Moby Grape, released by Columbia Records in 1967. which is a brilliant must have for the psych lover from the opening notes of Hey Grandma until the end, just a great album. This is the original cover with Don Stephenson giving middle finger over washboard. The matching poster that was issued with LP is not present. This LP was pressed with 1B stampers as signified by matrix information stamped on the dead wax near labels on both LP sides. This indicates LP was cut with first lacquer stampers from original master at the Columbia Records facility in Pitman, NJ. The location of the pressing was signified by letter B. Columbia had 3 pressing plants in 1960s, in Pitman, NJ, Terre Haute, IN and Santa Maria, CA. Each facility was supplied with set of two first generation stampers with A and B stampers assigned to Pitman, NJ. Even without poster this is still very desirable and sought after LP with a clean original finger cover, that is very difficult to find clean with a current book value of $175.

The LP visually is in excellent to near mint condition showing just one or two inaudible barely visible light needle trails, and plays very nicely. The cover is in very good plus condition. The cover corners are reasonably sharp with tip wear, more so on the top spine and lower mouth corners. The other two corners are quite clean. The spine is solid and clean except for some spot rub wear and more so near top of spine. The seams are strong with no splits and some spot rub wear, more pronounced along bottom seam. The front and back covers are reasonably clean with spot wear. In grading I use Excellent instead of VG++ for those items deemed just a notch below near mint.

Please understand that opened play graded copies may have been graded several weeks before listing and may be available for sale for some time, so the LP must be cleaned again before play. LP's are cleaned manually as I no longer have machine, so matter may have settled in the grooves in the interim. Please do not claim LP is not as described if you play the LP without first cleaning the LP.

The LP will be shipped within 24 hours of payment, which is expected within 3 days of auction end, in specially made LP mailer with the LP separated from the cover (for unsealed items) and well packaged to protect the item from damage during shipment. Returns are accepted if contact is made within 30 days after LP receipt with the buyer paying return shipping cost and as long as LP is returned in the condition received. Return of sealed items will only be permitted if returned unopened. Please note that I will not grant partial refunds

Shipping cost is $4 per LP which includes cost of material used. To reduce shipping cost, I will combine shipping on multiple items bid and won during the same auction cycle. Please do not pay until I have had the opportunity to manually adjust the shipping cost. I cannot hold items for multiple auction cycles as it will affect my EBAY standing in so far as it concerns shipment time.

 I only accept bids from continental US based buyers and will only ship to an address within the continental US, recorded for the buyer on PAYPAL, which is the only method I can accept for payment. However, if a buyer registers on Ebay with an address that is not their residence but merely the address of an international freight forwarding commercial entity that then forwards the item outside the US, I will cancel that transaction and block the bidder from future auctions. I cannot and will not be responsible for damage that may be caused to an item because it is subject of international reshipment. 

Please keep in mind that I am a person looking to sell their collection and not a store or commercial seller. I play grade open items sold and do the best I can in the process to give an honest assessment of the item As is shown by my feedback I think I do a good job of satisfying most buyers. I leave feedback for all buyers and if you are satisfied with the transaction I would greatly appreciate positive feedback from the buyer as well. It does not take very long and is very important to me as seller. If for any reason you cannot leave positive feedback or are not satisfied, please have the courtesy of contacting me before leaving negative or neutral feedback. In almost all cases the issue can be worked out to the buyers satisfaction even if it means returning the item. If the item is not as described I will bear all shipping costs including return shipping. If a buyer behaves in a rude or unreasonable manner, and/ or fails to contact me to address issues they have with an item before negative or neutral feedback is left, I will block that buyer from further auction participation. I also reserve the right to block any buyer that leaves negative or neutral feedback when I have done everything possible to put the buyer in a position as if the transaction had not taken place.

If a buyer requests LP return because it is claimed that an LP is not as described and on return it is found that LP is just as described, I will block that person from further auction participation. I felt I had to take this action as I have encountered few too many people who do not do their due diligence in cleaning the record before play, or are just plain dishonest. If you want to return an album that you just do not want and there is nothing wrong with the LP, then unless you want to be blocked from future auctions, you must pay return postage, simple as that.

I am auctioning almost 5000 records of my own collection, including rock. soul, blues and jazz, that are very clean and, included are some very rare items that rarely are available