STRING DRIVEN THING - THAT MACHINE THAT CRIED VINYL

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Welcome to 'MONKTHEPUNK65', and another successfully selling year in 2010!!!

I have been selling on Ebay on various business accounts since 2003, with a full money back guarantee on all items if you are not fully satisfied!!!

Here are my selling standards:-

You will always get a discount for multiple purchases if you are an international buyer, and I will never seek to profit from postage and packaging costs, unlike many buyers. UK buyers will always be offered free UK postage via second class postage, as well as extra cost, more enhanced special delivery, including enhanced packaging and delivery speed to protect and insure your items!!

All items (CD & Vinyl) will be fully play graded on high quality equipment, and graded very critically - I am a very fussy buyer myself, and tend to under promise and over deliver' on EVERY GRADING OCCASION!!! Checkout my superb feedback!!

All items will br packed and shipped within a three day period from the point of payment via Paypal....no exceptions!!

I professionally clean all vinyl where necessary using a wet cleaning system to remove all traces of dust and static.

I AM DELIGHTED TO OFFER THE FOLLOWING VINYL UK 12"  ALBUM BY THE BRILLIANT 'STRING DRIVEN THING'':-

GROUP TITLE - STRING DRIVEN THING

RECORD TITLE - THE MACHINE THAT CRIED

TRACKLISTING -

SIDE ONE - HEARTFEEDER, TO SEE YOU, NIGHT CLUB, SOLD DOWN THE RIVER

SIDE TWO - TWO TIMIN' RAMA, TRAVELLING, PEOPLE ON THE STREET, THE HOUSE, THE MACHINE THAT CRIED, GOING DOWN

PRODUCER - SHEL TALMY

LABEL - CHARISMA

RELEASE NUMBER - CAS 1070

FORMAT - DOUBLE  DISC ALBUM WITH DOUBLE COVER

COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE - MADE IN ENGLAND BY E.J. DAY GROUP, LONDON & BEDFORD

YEAR OF DISTRIBUTION - 1973

MATRIX DETAIL OF VINYL - SIDE ONE  CAS 1070 A - 1U  SIDE TWO CAS 1070 B - 3U

**** MEGA RARE VINYL PRESSING!! - EARLIEST EVER PRESSING OF A CLASSIC CHARISMA RECORD THAT SOLD IN MINIMAL QUNATITIES!!! - AS NEAR TO GET 'MUSEUM / NEW' QUALITY AS YOU ARE EVER GOING TO GET ON A THIRTY SEVEN YEAR OLD RECORD!! ****

SUMMARY OF RECORD - THE BAND WERE A SCOTTISH PROGRESSIVE ROCK BAND, FEATURING CLASSICALLY TRAINED VIOLINIST, GRAHAME SMITH. VERY DARK AND MOROSE, THIS IS CLASSED AS THEIR FINEST MOMENT, BUT STILL SOLD IN MINIMAL QUANTITIES!! CHARISMA MUCH TO THE BANDS OBJECTIONS CHOSE TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE RECORD, WHICH WAS CONSIDERED 'TOO DARK' FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION!! HERE YOU HAVE A COPY IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION!!

THE FOLLOWING GRADING APPLIES - REMEMBER I AM A VERY FUSSY BUYER, AND WILL ALWAYS BE CAUTIOUS TO ENSURE ALL OF MY BUYERS ARE TOTALLY DELIGHTED WITH THEIR PURCHASES!!:-

COVER GRADING

FRONT PANEL - LOVELY SHEEN TO  MEDIUM THICKNESS  MATT CARD  COVER LOOKS GREAT, WITH ZERO  CREASING AND ZERO GRUBBINESS!! I CANNOT BELIVE THE CONDITION OF THIS COVER!! DESPITE BEING TOTALLY UNLAMINATED IT SIMPLY LOOKS LIKE NEW!!  THIS ONE COMES VERY CLOSE TO MINT!!, I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS PANEL MINT MINUS CONDITION

***ALL IMPORTANT THICKER CARD AND 1ST PRESS ON E.J. DAY PRINTING!!!***

REAR PANEL - LOVELY MATT SHEEN WITH ZERO   WEAR AND  CREASING AND ZERO GRUBBINESS!! ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION, AND JUST LIKE THE FRONT PANEL!! AT LEAST MINT MINUS  CONDITION

SPINE -  SPINE IS SIMPLY SUPERB WITH NO WEAR ACROSS THE  SPINE, AND ONLY MODERATE  WEAR POINTS ON THE CORNERS!!! AT LEAST MINT MINUS CONDITION AND MARKED DOWN DUE TO CORNER WEAR POINTS!!!!

EDGES - MINT MINUS  CONDITION, ZERO WEAR POINTS!!  AND ZERO  FEATHERING TO THE OPENING EDGES!!!

INNER SLEEVES - CORRECT PLAIN  INNER SLEEVE HAS NO RIPS OR TEARS, AND IS GRADED AS EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION, WITH ZERO CREASING!! TOTALLY FLAT!! RECORD LOOKS LIKE IT HAS NEVER COME OUT OF THE SLEEVES!!

VINYL GRADING

LABELS - STUNNING CONDITION!! AT LEAST MINT MINUS CONDITION  WITH NO WEAR,  AND ONE SPINDLE MARK ON EACH SIDE!! I HAVE HAD THIS RECORD FROM NEW AND IT HAS ONLY BEEN PLAYED ONCE, AND PUT ONTO BSAF CASSETTE!! ! MINIMAL IF ANY HAIRLINES AND BEAUTIFUL SHINE!!

VINYL VISUAL - IN KEEPING WITH THE LABELS AND MINIMAL PLAYS, THE RECORD CONDITION IS SUPERB!! I HAVE NOT EVEN BOTHERED CLEANING THIS RECORD ON MY PROFESSIONAL CLEANING SYSTEM, AS IT SO GLOSSY AND SHINY!! SLIGHT MISTING I THE VINYL WHICH IS COMMON IN THIS PRESSING. MINIMAL HAIRLINES!! NO SCRATCHES OR SCUFFS!! AT LEAST EXCELLENT PLUS!!

****HEAVYWEIGHT CHARISMA PRESSING - HEAVIEST PRESSING I HAVE EVER FELT FOR THIS LABEL!!****

VINYL PLAYBACK - A VERY HEAVY PROGRESSIVE ALBUM, AND ONE WHICH CAN TAKE REPEATED LISTENINGS TO REALLY ENJOY....THIS COPY PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY WITH NO ISSUES, AND MINIMAL BACKGROUND NOISE, AND IN KEEPING WITH ONE PLAY ONLY OVER THIRTY SEVEN YEARS, PLAYS AT LEAST AT EXCELLENT CONDITION!!

Checkout my feedback from delighted buyers from all over the world. To my good friends in Russia, Japan, Eastern Europe, and more locally one's in UK / Western Europe I thank you all....