PINK FLOYD " RELICS "SUPERB EARLIEST UK GRAMOPHONE RIMS TEXTURED SLV REGAL INNER
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WOW ! THIS IS NOT ONLY A SUPERB COPY OF AN EARLIEST UK PRESSING WITH EARLIEST POSS A1 B2 MATRICIES GRAMOPHONE CO RIM TEXT ( REPLACED BY EMI RECORDS IN 1973 ) AND AWESOME SNOW WHITE TEXTURED SLEEVE BUT ALSO WITH EARLIEST AND RARE REGAL STARLINE EMI INNER IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WHICH IS PRESENT ON ONLY THE EARLIEST OF ISSUES L@@K...
THIS IS A VERY ODD ANIMAL, RELEASED ORIGINALLY IN 1971 ON THE EMI BUDGET STARLINE LABEL IS INCLUDED A CURIOUS MIX OF TRACKS ALREADY AVAILABLE AND SOME NOT . FLOYD WERE QUITE PROTECTIVE OF SOME OF THEIR EARLY RECORDINGS AND WERE KNOWN TO BE UNHAPPY WHEN THE TRACK "EMBRYO " APPEARED ON THE HARVEST SAMPLER FROM 1970 , AND CONSPICUOUS BY THEIR ABSENCE ON THIS COMPILATION ARE SOME OF THEIR OTHER SINGLES AND SOME OTHER B SIDES
WHY THIS LP TOOK THE FORMAT IT DID, AND WHY IT APPEARED ON THE STARLINE LABEL IS SOMETHING NOT KNOWN TO ME YET IT APPEARS TO HAVE HAD SOME IMPUT FROM THE BAND AND NICK MASON EVEN DID THE ARTWORK SO THE FINAL TRACK LISTING MAY HAVE BEEN A COMPROMISE BETWEEN WHAT EMI HAD THE POWER TO DO AND WHAT THE BAND WERE PREPARED TO ALLOW
EITHER WAY IT REMAINS THE ONLY PLACE WHERE SOME TRACKS CAN NOW BE FOUND, IT IS ALSO OF A FAIRLY HIGH QUALITY, EARLY PRESSINGS CAME IN A TEXTURED SLEEVE WHICH WAS CHANGED A FEW YEARS LATER AND THEN AGAIN WHEN IT WAS RE-RELEASED ON THE EVEN MORE BUDGET EMI MUSIC FOR PLEASURE LABEL WITH SOME COLOURING IN TO THE ARTWORK.
THESE EARLY STARLINES REMAIN THE MOST COLLECTABLE AND THIS COULD BE A UNIQUE CHANCE TO AQUIRE ONE LIKE THIS
L@@K...
GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS !!
For Auction here is the UK LP '' RELICS "
ARTIST: PINK FLOYD
MONO/STEREO: STEREO
Cat. No : SRS 5071
LABEL: EMI STARLINE
COUNTRY: UK
DATE: MAY 1971
MATRICIES: A1 B2
VINYL WEIGHT: 140g
TRACK LISTING
CONDITION......
VINYL : VISUALLY THIS IS STUNNING, MINOR EVIDENCE OF ANY PLAY AND SO GRADES EXCELLENT EASY
LABELS: THE SAME AS THE VINYL MINOR EVIDENCE OF ANY PLAY AND GRADE EXCELLENT EASY
SLEEVE : EASILY THE BEST OF THESE EARLY FRAGILE TEXTURED SLEEVES I HAVE SEEN, ALL THESE TEXTURED SOFT CARD SLEEVES SUFFER BADLY YET THIS DISPLAYS RAZOR SHARP OPENINGS AND IS STILL SNOW WHITE GRADES EX TO EX+
MAYBE A UNIQUE CHANCE TO GRAB A SUPERB COPY OF AN A1B1 PRESS ..GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS
FOR BIDDERS OUTSIDE UK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT... non uk bidders please read my notes about international postage below.....returns policy only applies to UK outside of UK buyer has to cover the return postage! FOR INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT due to ebays revised " buyer " protection policy even more sellers will start to refuse to sell internationally. I however will still sell internationally but i reserve the right to not to complete any international transaction if the buyer has any bad or witheld feedback or for any other reason that I choose and this is especially so for items that sell for near to GBP 150 or higher. So if you are an international bidder and win one of my auctions and then find I have completed the transaction elsewhere this will be because the new ebay/paypal policy now makes it almost impossible for sellers to sell safely overseas, thank you
FOR BIDDERS WITH ZERO FEEDBACK THIS IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT... I have recently been the victim of serveral spurious bids from several different members (usually based in the Russian Federation). Please note that if you win any of my items and have zero feedback I will ask you for immediate payment or for you to email and immediately confirm that you were a genuine bidder. Failiure to meet either of those critiera will result in the item being offered to the next highest bidder without further delay. thank you.
DOMESTIC UK DISPATCH WILL BE VIA RECORDED/SIGNED FOR DELIVERY TO PREVENT FRAUDULANT CLAIMS OF NON RECEIPT ! INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE SEE MY NOTES BELOW
(Please note that whilst I try to endeavour to adhere to strict RC gradings I will never describe ANYTHING AS MINT even when I think it to be so. As far as I am concerned any secondhand item by definition cannot be mint. However if I believe an item to be Mint I will instead either use the terms Near Mint, mint minus, or in archive or vault condition. When I use these terms you know that in my opinion this is in effect a de-facto Mint grade )
INSURANCE INCLUDED IN P&P PRICE DEPENDING ON FINAL SALE VALUE...
Dont forget to take a look at my other items. Please feel free to contact me with any queries you may have.
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I ONLY DO A COUPLE OF RUNS A WEEK TO THE POST OFFICE BUT MY ITEMS ARE ALWAYS DISPATCHED WELL WITHIN ONE CALENDAR WEEK OF PAYMENT BEING RECEIVED. I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE TO THOSE BUYERS WHO SEEM TO EXPECT THEIR ITEM TO ARRIVE THE NEXT DAY, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK WHEN AN ITEM WAS SENT JUST PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU!! (SOME PEOPLE DO MAKE YOU LAUGH, FOR ITEMS I BUY I ONLY NORMALLY GET CONCERNED AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND EVEN AFTER THAT THEN ONLY POLIETELY ENQUIRE IF AND WHEN THE ITEM WAS SENT).
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PAYMENTS BY PAYPAL ARE PREFERRED BUT I ALSO ACCEPT OTHER METHODS. I ALSO POST WORLDWIDE (PLS APPLY FOR RATES) BUT DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH A DISREPUTABLE BUYER IN JAPAN (EBAY WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO NAME THEM) , FOR ALL PAYMENTS MADE VIA PAYPAL THE ITEM WILL ONLY BE SENT BOTH TO THE UK AND WORLDWIDE BY RECORDED OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY. THIS IS TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY ATTEMPT TO CLAIM BACK THE PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL EVEN AFTER ACTUALLY HAVING RECEIVED THE ITEM.
THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS HAD THE RESULT OF INCREASING MY COSTS FOR POSTING AND PACKING AND I AM VERY SORRY FOR THIS BUT PAYPAL OFFER NO PROTECTION FOR SELLERS UNLESS THERE IS PROOF OF DELIVERY!! PROOF OF POSTING WOULD SEEM INSUFFICIENT TO THEM AND I HAVE FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY..
DUE TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THIS SAME BUYER PAYPAL PAYMENTS WILL ALSO NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM BUYERS WHO DO NOT ALLOW THEIR FEEDBACK TO BE READ,
COST VIA INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR MAIL HAS RECENTLY BEEN INCREASED BY THE UK POST OFFICE SO TO EUROPE FOR A SINGLE LP IS NOW USUALLY GBP 9.99 AND TO THE USA/REST OF THE WORLD GBP 13.99 FOR A SINGLE LP AND 16.99 FOR A DOUBLE BASED ON A "DECLARED" VALUE OF UNDER GBP 50... ANY ADDITIONAL LP'S SENT VIA COMBINED POSTAGE WILL USALLY BE AROUND AN ADDITION G 2.00 PER LP
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