ZAPPA / MOTHERS Over-Nite Sensation + RARE PROMO CARD

	£		69
	$		91

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Artist or Band: THE MOTHERS

Album Title: Over-Nite Sensation.

Producer(s): Frank Zappa.

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: Camerillo Brillo; I’m the Slime; Dirty Love; Fifty-Fifty.

Side 2: Zomby Woof; Dinah Moe Humm; Montana.

Label: Discreet – Please see my label scan.

Label Conditions: Both practically as made: very clean, fresh and attractive with barely a spindle mark to be found – one ultra faint one on each – but look hard.

Cat Number: K 41000.

Mode / Speed: Stereo / 33.3 rpm.

Warps: Assume all records I offer have no warping of any significance and all tracking is easy and effortless and should play on all turntables and even ‘budget’ decks.

Weight of this Record: 105 grams. A fairly typical weight for this one.

Country of Manufacture: England.

Rarity: Moderate (for a Zappa album), this was a fairly ‘popular’ album within his catalogue but the first pressings are a little more elusive and sound much better. This one includes a promotional card with a brilliant collage graphic by the cover’s artist David McMacken – this includes a quote by ex-US president Richard Nixon (seen in close-up). I acquired two of these rare promo cards, the other is staying in my own collection. The slight moray pattern my camera picked up will prove to those who no about these things, this is an original. Moray pattern is a blurring pattern picked up from the dot screen-grain from a printing plate, this will never happen from a home printer that produces an image differently. This pattern is more evident on my close up picture, but of course invisible to the naked eye when seen for real. This original will be a one-off, any I offer in the future will be repros.

Original Year of Release: 1973

Matrix Nos: K 41000 A1 / K 41000 B1

Brief Artist & Album Info: THAT'S RIGHT FOLKS DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL! – I remember clearly to this day, rushing down to my then local music shop in Halstead town centre in my school dinner hour just to get this new Mothers album which I had pre-ordered – they did not stock albums like this. It came as no great surprise to hear a new band play a very different kind of music, predictable Frank wasn’t. This has, over time become a Zappa classic and one the most popular within his vast catalogue. It did particularly well in his native US where it remained in the charts for best part of a year. The cover, easily one of the most risque ever made, gives clues to the contents inside. The Songs were calculatedly lewd and crazy, delivered with rampaging intensity and recorded with hair-raising clarity. The cover was custom-made to follow Zappa’s instructions and was created by the vastly talented David McMacken, the air-brush artist who had designed the 200 Motels poster and album cover. This certainly pushed new boundaries and remains controversial to this day. This album, the first Zappa and his band made on the new Discreet label, is a Zappa classic. A brilliant band and some of the finest musicians to have the ‘Mothers’ name. They were: Zappa - guitar, vocals; Tom Fowler - bass; Bruce Fowler - trombone; Ralph Humphrey - drums; Sal Marquez - trumpet and vocals; Ruth Underwood - marimba, vibes and percussion; Ian Underwood - flute, clarinet, alto and tenor saxes; George Duke - keyboards and synths and Jean-luc Ponty - violin and baritone violin. What a fantastic line-up and what stunning music they made. Brilliant jazzy rock numbers, with some blistering solos and all with great toe-tapping melody and astonishing hi-fi sound. Over-Nite Sensation is always remembered most for one song in particular: ‘Dinah Moe Humm’ a typically bizarre Zappa sexual encounter that I cannot detail here, but this infamous song even today still amuses - radio material this isn’t - wonderful it IS! Even if the early Mothers were too extreme for some, this particular band and album won a few more listeners over, a new found, slightly more commercial record that many regard as their favourite Zappa era. This was the beginning of a new phase for his career, the following albums Apostrophe and Live at the Roxy were quite popular and sales did rise slightly. This lovely first-press copy should please his loyal fans and including the rare McMacken promotional card, this is one you may not possibily see offered again.

Cover Grade and Format: EXCELLENT: or very close to. An unlaminated gatefold format with matt, smooth surfaces. Printed and made in England by MacNeill.

Cover Front and Back: Stunning artwork with little wear and barely any creasing at all. Faint pressmarks are seen with point-blank scrutiny near the top corner area but the lack or rubbing and grubbiness more than compensates – this often fails to wear well. The back has very faint rim rubbing near the top edge, but little else. Small tip rubs are just evident on some corners.

Cover Inner Gatefold: Practically as made.

Top Edges: Any rub traces are tiny, few and faint, both remain straight.

Bottom Edges: Mainly light patchy rubbing.

Right Edge(s), and Type: Clean, quite sharp with little wear and no feathering, the odd minor burr when viewed end-on, both guaranteed untrimmed. Record enters on the back edge.

Spine and Text: The only rubbing of note is on the very ends. Solid, straight, compressed and folded square. All text is present with no wear of any note.

Corners: Light to moderate corner tip rubbing, most on the spine top. Fine to very fine shape is retained.

Cover Summary: A very fine all round example of this wear-prone 70’s cover, one that could prove quite difficult to find much better. This strong item should please many collectors but not the highly discerning. The plain white unlined inner is included in excellent minus condition.

The Promotional Card Insert: MINT(-): practically nothing to fault on what is a rare promotional card. It was NOT part of this standard album and it will rarely be seen or offered. This is an A4 card sheet folded to A5 with a single fold. The inside has a quote from Richard Nixon. The front has a stunning collage graphic by the album’s graphic artist David McMacken who also designed the ‘200 Motels’ poster and cover and later, the US version of the ‘Rare Meat’ album. Viewed carefully, this picture shows elements of all the previous Zappa and Mothers albums up to this date with ghostly figures of the early Mothers of Invention in the background. Frank, in-tune with the Over-Nite album cover, is holding a somewhat dubious candle – it’s a fantastic extra to add to this truly classic Zappa album – and this is my only available original – so do not lose it.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: MINT(-): very clean, shiny, intense black and fairly solidly pressed. A copy clearly only very lightly played, the lack of spindle marks is always a good indictor but not definitive, but both playing surfaces show hardly any surface marks at all. Any seen under bright angled light are tiny, very few and ultra faint. Visually a super record that should please most-all collectors.

Album Played For Grading: Yes. [I play ALL records I offer before submitting to Ebay, also the record is played in its entirety unless clearly stated otherwise. I do NOT play snippets or joining grooves to check for sound quality and quietness – I play from the beginning to end via clinically revealing B&W speakers that include the legendary tweeter from their awesome Nautilus range that reveals every blemish or miniscule sound present on any record.]

Sound Quality and Audio Grading: This super record plays up to it’s high visual grading with nothing to fault. Strong, distortion-free sound, all frequencies are sharp and clear - sound quality is very high with a wide dynamic range and very detailed sound. No pops or clicks were noted and any surface sounds barely even registered. Both channels are clean and sharp, clearly little handled or likely played. Nothing spoilt my pleasure when play-grading this Zappa classic. This copy will prove difficult to find significantly better and can be strongly recommended.

Now one of the most established sellers on Ebay and still offering the finest and most accurately described and graded records I can find. I pride myself on offering a variety of genres to keep my site as interesting as possible. I will rarely offer any record that falls below a true Excellent grading, unless its of a certain rarity which will justify offering a lesser grade. I try, to the best of my ability to describe as accurately and as honesty as I can all items I offer for sale with all the relevant information I can think of to help any potential bidder and collector. You may notice I only submit records sparingly on Ebay - on average ONEADAY, a couple more at weekends if time permits, hence the name - time rarely allows for more as I Play-Grade virtually every record I offer in their entirety, not just bits to guess a grade - visuals alone do not always tell a true or full story. I will mention any defects or flaws no matter how small that I notice to be fair as possible to any interested collector – I am very fussy and my buyers have the right to be too. Every record I offer, whether it be a common or rare item deserves the same respect as far as I am concerned and will be treated the same - just because an item is rare does not always mean its good. I get just as much pleasure offering a relatively common record in stunning near mint condition as the real rare items. All the pictures I use for your guidance are taken with a digital camera or scanned - they are NOT improved, cleaned-up or made better looking than they are with camera trickery or enhancing with digital programmes. What you see is what you get and scanned labels will give a more accurate representation of the genuine colour than flash photography where light is variable. I cannot guarantee total accuracy for colours however but most will be very close. If any picture I take looks more flattering than the actual item for any reason, I will clearly state the fact in the advert and vice-versa. I hope the item below is to your liking - any questions can be emailed and I will do my very best to answer you. I am enthusiastic, and have a fair degree of knowledge about many genres and I promise quality items - bid with confidence - excellence comes as standard and so does Near Mint regularly. Please assume all records I offer have NO jumps, sticks, warps or writing on covers or labels unless clearly stated to the contrary. Thanks for your interest and Good luck – MIKE.

Deck: Linn LP12/Hercules/Cirkus with Ittok Mk II arm and Ortofon Rondo Red moving coil cartridge (tracks at 2 grams). Amps: Naim Nait 5i with Project USB phono stage and Chord interconnects. Speakers: B&W 704 Floorstanding 3-way Monitors (bi-wired with QED Silver terminated cable). All records I offer on Ebay are cleaned on a professional VPI-17 vacuum machine before play-grading for the cleanest and best possible sound and will include a brand new lined inner and protective cover too. Pictures taken with a Nikon D5000 SLR Digital Camera.

PACKING - THIS IS WHAT YOU GET.

What You Get: To confirm to the strict Ebay rules on shipping, I must now send ALL my packets ‘Signed-For’ with NO exceptions. Both buyers and sellers want their packets to have a safer journey and this is not a bad thing.

I now offer the fastest possible posting, often the very next day after payment is received or within two to three days maximum (unless on holiday). I only use FIRST-CLASS Mail. The record’s cover will be placed within a BRAND NEW soft protective sleeve and the actual record will be professionally cleaned on my new VPI-17 Pro vacuum system to give ultimate clean grooves and playing surfaces and the best possible looks and ultimate sound quality. You will NOT get tired, dull looking, dust infested records inside worn and foggy covers with tatty inners from this seller and that’s a promise and guarantee. All records are posted in professional boxes (NOT Mailers, these do not offer any real protection). The record(s) are REMOVED from their main cover to avoid edge splits and placed within a brand new polylined inner. The record’s original inner will be included if available. The boxes are then reinforced with at least TWO, ULTRA THICK stiffeners for maximum extra protection – these are FOUR TIMES thicker than commercial stiffeners and are custom-made for oneadayrecords. Really rare and expensive albums will even be Double Boxed if deemed necessary and possible. When larger boxes are used, the thick record and stiffener ‘sandwich’ is then thickly embedded into bubble-wrap to bulk out the record inside the box to centre the item inside to reduce the risk of damage still further. Printed address labels are used for clarity as well as a sender label. Customers requests or special needs for P&P will be respected if at all possible but ‘Signed-For’ posting is NOT an option anymore. I do not profit on posting and the cost of this lavish packing is NOT even charged for, I offer probably the best-value and safest shipping possible for ultimate confidence. The boxes and ultra thick double-wall stiffeners and bubble wrap make a near impregnable fortress for safe shipping and this is used inland and overseas for ALL my records, not just the rare and expensive. I will invoice any winning bidder as soon as possible after the auction ends. My ‘loss’ or ‘damage rate’ is less than one in two thousand based on over 7,000+ items sold in nearly 10 years of Ebay trading and I consider that pretty exceptional. The only damage rate acceptable for this seller is ZERO and I think my packets will offer just that. It would take a vicious postman or postal service to damage these for sure. Even one of these stiffeners cannot be bent by hand, so what chance 3 or 4 inside a box? Oneadayrecords is a MAILER-FREE ZONE. I discount of course for multiple purchases with a maximum of FIVE records per box (one double can sometimes be included subject to total weight). I will not respond to questions on shipping costs as all the details are included here and on ALL of my adverts. Details below:

NOTE: First Time Bidders: Please as me first.

PLEASE NOTE: I now exercise my right to open a dispute after the Ebay rule of FOUR days if no payment is received. I will then cancel the dispute to end the, again after the mandatory FOUR days and then offer the item to the runner-up or relist. The non-payer will also be blocked from my Ebay site and they take the Ebay consequences (a strike or removal from the system). Small businesses need prompt payment to trade and these strict rules WILL be applied.

SHIPPING COSTS & CONDITIONS – THESE comply with EBAY’S RULES - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:

Posting & Packing: UK & CHANNEL ISLANDS all now sent via Recorded Delivery:

1 LP (FIRST-CLASS Recorded Delivery with Standard Royal Mail Insurance) [Signed For] = £4.

1 LP (Special Delivery with Standard £500 Maximum Insurance) [Signed For, Next Day] = £7.50. (this includes insurance of £500). Add £2 per extra LP.

Posting & Packing: EUROPE & SCANDINAVIA. (Airmail Only):

1 LP (Small Packet ‘Signed For’ with Standard Royal Mail Insurance [£46 maximum]) = £10. (Royal Mail insurance is an optional extra £3). Add £3 per extra LP.

Posting & Packing: ALL OVERSEAS (non-European) e.g. USA (ANY PART OF); South America; New Zealand; Australia; Canada; Japan and other Far East; (Airmail Only: I NEVER use Surface Mail):

1 LP (Small Packet ‘Signed For’ with Standard Royal Mail Insurance [£46 maximum]) = £14. Add £4 per extra LP. (Royal Mail insurance is an optional extra £3)

Payment Conditions:

I prefer PayPal or cheque from UK winning bidders. I can accept PayPal from overseas bidders or direct payment into my bank account.

Potential Bidders: I will cancel any bids I feel are time-wasters. A maximum 3 days for communication and 7 days for payment to arrive - if not I will relist the item or offer to the runner-up. Fast deals get great feedback from me. Any questions - please ask and thanks for looking.

My Guarantee: If any winning bidder is not satisfied with their purchase I will offer a complete refund. I will not refund if any defect detail is clearly stated on the advert and missed by the buyer, so read the item description carefully. If any overseas collector does not understand anything in my listing, please email and ask me to help. Thank You.

SOME GENERAL GUIDES TO WEAR AND CONDITIONS TO HELP YOU DECIDE

My Use of Description Terminology: Surface Marks = Superficial, usually light marks, hairlines or light scuffs that rarely sound. Scratch = a needle mark that goes below the record’s surface, some will sound, some will not, my play-grade will inform. Original = a record that has been pressed with the first label design which does NOT necessarily mean a very first pressed record. First Pressing = A record that I believe or know to be a genuine very first pressed record. I do not claim to always know for sure, and that’s why I state the stamper and matrix numbers if at all possible, for those who claim to know what they all mean, the information is there for the collector to decide. I prefer to use terms like ‘Early Copy’ rather than ‘First Pressing’ if I am not totally sure. Surface Sound = Mild, light sound, usually light crackle or similar. Distortion = Break up of the actual sound caused by groove wear or damage from a chipped stylus – the most undesirable form of unwanted sound, vintage mono records were the most prone to this happening but not exclusively so. The symptoms of distortion are high frequency clipping, moderate constant crackle or an echo type sound quality. Violin, piano and vocals are most prone to groove-wear distortion. Feathering = Fraying or softening of the entry edge of a cover. Covers with feathered entrance edges are more likely to have had the actual record inserted and removed more than a non-feathered, sharp-edged cover which are always far more attractive. Set Off, actually a printer’s term for dark ink leaving mild residue on pale or white ink when rested upon. e.g. when a gatefold cover has black ink closed against white, this can leave some black residue on the pale area – this is mostly unavoidable or course.

The Argument for Vinyl Original sound and mix (mono mixes are rarely available on CD), high quality sound on clean copies (played on a hi-end dedicated analogue system – breathtaking sound!), beautiful, large format covers, artwork, inserts and even full size posters etc; huge investment potential, and the pleasure of owning ‘the real thing’.