THE ILL WIND FLASHES RARE ORIG. '68 US ERROR PRESS in SHRINK KILLER BOSTON PSYCH
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Description
The Ill Wind - "Flashes"
Original 1968 US Pressing on ABC Records
Mega-Rare Early ERROR PRESSING - the contrast on the photos of the band members on the back is far too low, making it almost impossible to distinguish them (hence there appears to merely be five black squares on the back)
The 1st and only album by this unique female-fronted Boston folky-psych band, produced by the legendary Tom Wilson!
Catalog Number: ABCS-641
CONDITION OF THE ALBUM:
We visually grade the disc as Excellent (EX).
It shows a couple of faint sleeve abrasions, but still retains much of its original gloss and has definitely seen few plays!
One of the cleanest copies you will ever see!
This disc has received a deep-groove cleaning via the Spin-Clean Record Washer, so as to remove all the dust and grime which has built up over the past 40 years, thereby ensuring the best sound reproduction possible! It will be placed in a new, acid-free, paper inner sleeve, and handled with latex gloves at all points in the process (to prevent nasty fingerprints).We grade the jacket as Very Good (VG).
The jacket is still contained in its original shrink wrap, and is thus free from ringwear and most other forms of ageing.
Unfortunately, it does possess a small (approximately) 1" split, centered on the top seam, so hence the VG grade (we take seam splits VERY seriously). However, as you can see from the close-up we provided, it is a rather clean and inconspicuous split which does little to rob the jacket of its visual beauty.
Other than that the jacket possess no other notable flaws, and looks quite sharp!
The jacket will be placed in a new plastic outer sleeve.
The original ABC liner is included.
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Our grading system pretty much follows the Goldmine Magazine format, and is as follows:
Mint (M), Near Mint (NM), Excellent (EX), Very Good Plus (VG+), Very Good (VG), Good (G+), Good (G), Fair (F), and Poor (P).
Although thorough grade explanations are best left for specific item descriptions, we will endeavor to say that: M is pretty much left for the discs of sealed records (and SOMETIMES the jackets of sealed records); NM and EX are in the “Wow, what a beauty!/archive piece” range; VG+ and VG are in the “That’s pretty nice” range; G+ and G are in the “eh, it’s okay” range, and F and P are in the “trashed” range.
For test-plays, we use a Technics SL-QD3 turntable, with an Audio Technica AT-132EP cartridge and accompanying .4 x .7 mil elliptical diamond stylus tracking at 1.25g. While we strive to set our equipment to best reflect the performance of the average buyer's turntable, please understand that no two turntables track exactly alike. Thus, when we put up a disc for sale and provide a description of its playback performance, we are describing what we have observed on our equipment, we can't possibly predict how that disc will perform on all possible set-ups. Thus, if we were to say that an album skipped once during a test-play, there is a chance that it may skip, say, twice on a turntable observing considerably different technical specifications. At that rate, it may not even skip at all on a considerably different set-up. What we are essentially trying to say is that the purpose of our tests is to show buyers how a given disc performs on our equipment - which we feel performs nearly identically to the equipment owned by the average record collector - so as to help them get an idea of how it will perform on theirs, and that we make no guarantee of the same exact quality of playback on any set of equipment other than our own.
All records are shipped in genuine cardboard record mailers. The disc will be placed in a new liner and packaged outside the jacket (but within the plastic outer sleeve) so as to prevent splits. Original liners (if included) will be kept inside the jackets, as will any inserts. The album will be surrounded by three sheets of 12” by 12” bubble wrap (two sheets over the disc). Shipping info is always typed up and printed out – we don’t take chances with shoddy, hand-written addresses! The box will be sealed with and the address sheet will be affixed by lots of Scotch Heavy Duty Shipping Tape.
All payments must be made by PayPal. You may pay by debit, credit, or e-check, but must use the PayPal website to do so.
Payment must be made within 48 hours of purchase/auction’s end.
Our shipping schedule is as follows:
- Orders made on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and/or Friday will be shipped on Saturday.
- Orders made on Saturday and/or Sunday will be shipped on Monday.
We will occasionally make Friday shipments. However, this is the exception, not the norm.
Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding/buying. These charges are normally collected by the delivering freight (shipping) company or when you pick the item up. Do not confuse them for additional shipping charges.
If you have any further questions, feel free to ask!
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