brickslayer11 here is your item- This is a RESERVED SALE for brickslayer11 ONLY
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THIS IS A REAL WONDERFUL 1st PRESS PROMO COPY of THIS CLASSIC, VERY HARD TO FIND, SELF-TITLED 1970 PSYCHEDELIC LP by THE WIZARDS FROM KANSAS. IT IS ON MERCURY RECORDS AND THE CATALOG # is SR-61309. THE DISC HAS AN ETCHED PLATE MATRIX ON SIDE ONE ENDING IN "A M-1" AND A MACHINE STAMPER ON SIDE TWO WHICH ENDS "B M-1", EXACTLY AS IT SHOULD (see pic #4). THE VINYL HAS ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTER. THERE ARE A FEW LIGHT PAPER SCUFFS & AGE MARKS ON SIDE 2 and THE SAME PLUS A FEW RUBS ON THE FIRST SIDE. THERE IS ONLY ONE (1) TRUE SCUFF ON THE SECOND SIDE- I PLAYED THROUGH IT SEVERAL TIMES AND IT DOES NOT SOUND WHATSOEVER. ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT AS SUPERFICIAL AS THE PAPER SCUFFS IT IS NOT FEELABLE EITHER and IT STILL DISAPPEARS INTO THE BANDWIDTH WHEN VIEWED ON AN ANGLE. THE PAPER SCUFFS ARE ALL LIGHT and SUPERFICIAL. THIS RECORD STILL PLAYS WONDERFULLY. IT HAS A NICE, CLEAN, CRISP SOUND THAT IS ABSENT OF ANY SERIOUS NOISE. THE LABELS LOOK GREAT and THE ORIGINAL "TEXTURED" JACKET (see pic #5) IS COMPLETELY INTACT (No punches or cuts) WITH SOME MINOR WEAR ALONG THE BOTTOM SEAM & SPINE (see pics #7 & #8). AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY NICE COPY THAT PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY. A WELL CONCEALED NAME IS WRITTEN ON THE COVER and ALSO ON ONE LABEL (see pics #1 & #3). I SELL THIS PARTICULAR ALBUM QUITE OFTEN and ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT A "TOP COPY", THIS IS ONE OF THE BETTER COPIES I HAVE SEEN. I JUST TODAY SHIPPED A COPY THAT WAS CLOSE TO, IF NOT, A NEAR MINT MINUS and THIS ALBUM WOULD NOT PLAY GRADE MORE THAN A HALF GRADE BELOW, IF THAT. IT PLAYS BETTER THAN ANY PREVIOUS COPIES THAT I HAVE SOLD WITH SIMILAR MARKINGS (I sold a VG+ stock copy in shrink 2/1/13-see "popsike.com" to view this listing)-PERHAPS BECAUSE IT IS A PROMO- IT JUST PLAYS LIKE A CHARM. AS ALWAYS, THE ORIGINAL GENERIC LINER HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEW PLASTIC LINED AUDIOPHILE STYLE LINER. THIS COPY WILL NOT DISAPPOINT.
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