BENZAITEN OSAMU KITAJIMA RARE PRISTINE MINT LP ANTILLES 1975 AN-7016-A ISLAND

$

46

VINYL

            Side 1:  plays Mint with lack of surface static, visually Factory Mint with small rub marks from original shipping in paper inner sleeve visible under halogen light and completely inaudible.

            Side 2:  plays Mint, quiet passages are devoid of surface static, visually as above

LABELS

            Side 1:  Mint with no spindle marks

            Side 2:  same as side 1

COVER

            Front:   Solid seams and spine, no ring wear, two minuscule rubs (ink loss) on bottom seam, insignificant, most sellers would call this Mint, I’ll grade as Mint-

            Back:   no ring wear or other issues

INNER:   will ship with UK archival inner

DESCRIPTION:  I’m the original owner of this very unusual LP which I purchased when working at a record store years ago. It’s been played less than five times on high end equipment. Strange Japanese jazz/fusion. Surprising lack of surface static, similar to Japanese vinyl.

    Acoustic Guitar, Synthesizer, Percussion, Electric Guitar, Koto, Biwa, Drums [African, Mexican], Electronic Drums [Rhythm Machine] – Osamu Kitajima

    Bass – Dennis Belfield, John Harris

    Biwa – Masako Hirayama

    Drums [African] – Kinji Yoshino

    Drums [Tsuzumi], Percussion [Narimono] – Kisaku Katada

    Electric Bass – Haruomi Hosono

    Electric Guitar – George Marinelli

    Flute [Hayashi-bue] – Haruyoshi Hosei

    Keyboards – Brian Whitcomb

    Shakuhachi – Tatsuya Sano

    Sho – Yosei Sato

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   I ship once a week, but always within 5 days of your payment.

  Records are shipped in standard LP mailers with the record secured outside of the cover to avoid seam splits. Returned LPs must be shipped in the same way. Damage to the cover or disc will result in a reduced refund amount.

  Domestic shipping includes tracking.

  International shipping for a single LP is:

$24 for LP selling for $19 or less

$39 by Registered Mail for an LP selling between $20 and $74

$49 by Priority with for an LP selling for $75 or over

Fee will be adjusted after close of auction if incorrect. Any excess shipping charge will be refunded after accounting for box and postage.

I ship to: Canada, Europe (with exceptions), the UK, Japan, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Australia and Singapore              

I do not ship to: China, Central or South America, Mexico, Russia, Italy, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, India or Africa

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   I began buying records in the mid 60’s and I've always been fanatical about record care and storage.

   The records I sell are from my personal collection, including backup copies. I've never been one to buy VG records or anything with an audible scratch, which eliminates the vast majority. If I do miss an audible flaw, then kindly contact me and it will be rectified.

   I use standard US grading plus the UK grade of EX in order to eliminate the dreaded VG+++

   Records are first inspected under a halogen light (the only light that shows every flaw) and any blemishes are examined with a 10x power magnifier which allows the grooves to be fully inspected. Then they’re play graded on a Linn Sondek LP12.

   Over the decades, I've seen grading fads come and go, such as: “visual” grading by people who don't own a turntable; the current use of nonsense grades like NM+ and NM- as well as the dubious belief that there’s no such thing as a mint record.

   As a record buyer, I've had a lot of over graded “garage sale” LPs arrive covered with gritty dust and greasy fingerprints while the seller claims a “visual” grade based on fantasy. Be assured that my records will arrive clean and fingerprint free.