Buddy Holly "Maybe, Baby " Rare Australian Coral EP

	£		87
	$		115

ARTISTE: BUDDY HOLLY

LABEL / NO: CORAL CX-10,400 (Made In Australia)

TRACK LISTING: Side One: 1) Maybe Baby 2) True Love Ways

Side Two: 1) Learning The Game 2) Little Baby

BACKGROUND : This is the  rare UK Australian Coral release from Buddy Holly. I have put 2 of them up for bids and staggered the closing times to enable buyers to make a choice and also to minimise postage in the event a buyer wins both. As a survey of the Popsike web pages ,which lists various records sold on Ebay, indicated that on the average most Australian Buddy Holly EPs sold in excess of 50 pounds, I have started the bidding at 25 pounds with no reserve.

GRADING SYSTEM: I follow the Record Collector and Goldmine grading system and usually play grade them. When in doubt I tend to give a lower grading.In this respect, I rarely give a Mint grading as I never believed that any record cover especially from the 50s or 60s can be in Mint condition. Even if it is sealed, I would not say its Mint,except in very rare cases, as I found even sealed albums can have some minor flaws like edges being affected etc.

CLEANING: It was cleaned on a Clearaudio cleaning machine using Loricraft's L'Art Du Son cleaning compound (which was favourably reviewed in Record Collector magazine some months ago).

PLAY GRADING: I play grade them on a Linn Sondek LP12 with a Naim ARO arm and a Lyra Helikon SL cartridge through an active 3 pack Linn/Naim DBL system. Without trying to sound like a snob, I would like to highlight that the cartridge (or needle as some might term it) is in the US$2000 range. This is to indicate the care I put into my records by using high quality equipment/accessories for playback. Though it may not be an extremely high end system, it does allow the music to flow and is revealing and transparent.

RESULTS AND GRADING:

Cover: The Front and back covers were a strong Excellent . There was a slight crease on the top left hand corner and a slight scuff on the opening side on the front cover, between the words" Maybe" and "Baby". The back looks a strong Excellent too with some faint ringwear. The glue on the flipback is still strong and both covers are clean of writings, tears etc. 

Record: The record looked unplayed when I got it. There was no spindle marks and no surace scratches or scuff marks could be seen. The label, though white, is clean without any writings etc. It even didnt look its age as most white labels will exhibit some age spots. It played near mint.

DELIVERY: 1st EP/7" : 4 pounds(with registration); 2nd: 1 pound ; Subsequent ones: 50p each

 I use brand new custom made plastic inner and outer sleeves. I usually place them between 2 very strong corrugated boards and wrap them with several layers of shrink wrap. They are then placed in special padded envelope which Singapore Post sells for fragile items. So far, the people who bought from me generally gave me private feedbacks showing appreciation for the packing, including a 190 pound Black Sabbath single I sold recently. Usually I make it a point to post them the morning following payment if such payment is effected within a few hours of bids closing. As we are 8 hours ahead of GMT so successful bidders dont fret if I dont reply for a few hours as your E mail might have been sent during our nights.

AFTER SALES SERVICE /FEEDBACK: Generally, I believe that the sale is concluded only when the buyer has the record in his hands and in this respect will inform them of the postage registration details etc. Futhermore I tend to drop Emails after a week to see if they received it.

MODE OF PAYMENT: I prefer Paypal but would consider other modes of payment. I used to advertise in Record Collector 2 years ago as "Sreedharan" and used to accept even cash in a registered envelope though IMOs might be a lot safer.