Buddy Holly "Maybe Baby" Rare Australian Coral EP

	£		71
	$		93

ARTISTE: BUDDY HOLLY " Maybe Baby"

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

This is a rare UK Australian Coral release from Buddy Holly. I sold one towards 22nd December 2006 on EBay for 86.92 pounds (for reference check out my feedback on 10 Jan 2007 from "rocketman"). I have provided new pictures of the current one being offered. As this is also a beautiful copy, I have started the bids at about half the previous amount at  40 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 cover looks Near Mint. Both sides are laminated with a thicker and glossier laminate than the usual Aussie covers. There are no writings or tears on both the covers though a slight crease on the laminate was observed just above and to the left of "Coral".There was some very slight scuffing along the opening edge but nothing serious. The back cover looks Near Mint.The glue on the flipback is still strong and intact. Therewas a slight scuff on the top right hand edge and, correspondingly , on the top left hand edge on the back. The remaining 3 edges are sharp.

Record: The record itself is in a  Mint shape on visual examination. No surface scratches were visible even under a strong light. There was no spindle marks. It was mirror like.The label, though white, is clean without any writings etc. It even didn't look its age as most white labels will exhibit some age spots. It played near mint with some slight surface noise which I attribute more to static.

DELIVERY: 1st EP/7" : 4 pounds(with registration); 2nd: 1 pound ; Subsequent ones: 0.75p 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 before. You may also wish to check my feedback especially the one who stated my packing was akin to Fort Knox (relating to a previous Buddy Holly EP) to know that I dont compromise on quality and service.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. And, as I pointed out earlier, I will also be away from Singapore and might delay in my replies whilst travelling.

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.

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".