DR STRANGELY STRANGE Heavy Petting VERTIGO Swirl Mislabelled Gimmick Sleeve

	£		192
	$		254

I am happy to combine postage, but insist on fully insured postage at the cost of the winning bidder, therefore, if you are at all unsure of these costs, please contact me first! Many thanks! August is a big month for River.Dog Records as I sell a fair chunk of some of my rarest records, starting this week, there will be some big hitters of loads of genres, PROG, PSYCH, BEAT, FOLK etc. etc. etc.  Today there are such records of Legendary rarity as DOGFEET, some mid hitters too, like Vertigo swirl rarity Dr Strangely Strange's Heavy Petting (mislabelled version!), some very limited and highly sought after private presses, such as the extremely elusive (and lovely) TICKAWINDA, there will be Psych/Freakbeat rarities covered next week with such items as the extremely rare Yardbirds German EP Heart Full Of Soul, The Eyes UK single Man With Money, unheard of UK pressings of Linda Van Dyck (Seduction Song), to my knowledge NEVER released in the UK, and never documented, but there's a UK demo "A" copy (on Gemini Records) going to show it's self this month! And other undocumented demo UK psych 7"s such as, did you ever wish The Crystal Mansion pressed their often talked about track "The Thought Of Loving You" in the UK... well, another original yet to my knowledge undocumented, "A" label demo coming up this month! Plus where would record collecting of the 50s/60s/70s be without some extremely rare Beatles pressings thrown in for good measure,SOLID CENTRES of early UK singles, to my knowledge undocumented overseas presses (has anyone seen a South Rhodesian "Ain't She Sweet", with scroll Polydor labels and a tri-centre? I could be wrong, but I certainly never have caught wind of it on any forums!), Gold Label, Red Labels, Box Set, etc... And some surprises thrown in! I have already have started to list some of the real rarities... so check out my other items! To make sure you don't miss anything over this month (and indeed future months- we haven't even touched on Soul and Ska in the above list!), please be sure to add me to your favourites list! Although some of the grades of these items this week sound high, I hope you can believe that I know what I'm talking about, as this is most of the cream of my PROG/PROGRESSIVE-PSYCH FOLK LP crop, please refer to my feedback if you are at all unsure about my grading "pedigree!" please refer to my previous feedback comments, each year I have a bit of a clear out, (though this year I'm doing more major titles than previous years!, this year, as with every other year, I have only had positive feedback (I have NEVER had a negative comment either publicly or privately about my grading), the only grading related comments I get (both privately and publicly on my feedback) are telling me my grading is too far under what it should be, I have tried to take this on-board, but I always want customers to be completely satisfied. But please check my previous feedback (from the past few months and previous years), and judge for yourself! I don't like the idea (though it has never happened to me) of people asking for partial money back etc, so if you find anything amiss with my descriptions then I will offer full bid price back (upon return of the item in the condition I sent it in- I fully record all LPs before listing them for my digital collection!), though to avoid time wasters I will put the proviso in that I will not pay for postage unless there is a definite mistake in my listing… I really hope that all sounds reasonable! Many thanks! And Happy Bidding!  This is one of the very rare Vertigo "swirl/spiral" releases, 6360 009. Dr. Strangely Stranges 2nd album from 1970, after their Pink Island release of Kip Of The Serenes, they switched to an equally cool label the newly formed VERTIGO!  Being marketed almost as an Irish Incredible Stringband for their first album, this album takes off where their previous release left off, though adds a little more weight to their sound! The first studio appearence of a very young and unknown Gary Moore, with Dave Mattacks (on loan from Fairport Convention for this recording session), and with the inimitable producer/manager/guru of so many important bands of this period... the one and only JOE BOYD!  This LP is a VERY strong exponent of the "studio experimentation" style recording sessions, but it's looseness is one of it's major strengths, and Joe Boyd seems to have been forward thinking enough to ride this atmosphere and capture it on these 2 sides! There were some copies that were printed correctly, but also, there were a few that were printed with the incorrect track-listing order on their labels, with the final 2 tracks of side 1 being switched. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE FEW! Not only that, the track "Sign On My Mind", listed on the label as track 4 of side 1 instead of track 5, is also misspelled "SIGH ON MY MIND", I have been unable to compare with any other misprinted label copy, so I cannot vouch for if all copies with the mistaken track-listing have this typo, or if this is even more niche! Whilst Vertigo were one of the trailblazers for experimental packaging, one or two designs, whilst certainly pushing the envelope of design, were not very well thought through for longevity and practicality (certainly not a general bye-word of much Prog!), along with their extravagant packaging of Dr. Z, this one falls into that category, and it's very rare to find a cop[y of this full stop, but to have all the fold out tabs still attached is pretty damned incredible! They are all fully attached, though sadly they are not without nicks and rips (to find one in that condition come up for auction has only happened a handful of times), though they are still completely there, and this therefore stands up very well! This is a superb record, with a beautiful sheen, there are some extremely light hairlines, and there are about 5 light, but more visible surface marks, though these are not audible, visually VG+/EX- (I conservatively include the VG+!), audibly ... The original vertigo swirl inner sleeve attests how little this record has been out of it's case! Almost perfect! One tiny nick 5mm long from the centre die-cut hole of the front side, though hasn't folded back or anything, almost no handling indents at all, no wear to the top opening mouth, the flip-back tabs are all in top notch condition with no fold-back etc. EX- really nearly perfect! Labels: EX-, At first glance it looked like, when held at an angle into direct strong light, some discolouration showed up on these labels, but upon closer inspection this was a slightly textured areas, where the pressing has left a few small textured areas. No fading, no writing, etc. etc! A few very light spindle rubs centred around, the centre-hole, only visible when angled into strong direct light. This is a very nice copy! The sleeve left hand side tabs has a 3.5 " rip about half way up, and 3 mild folds on edges, the bottom tab that folds off this is perfect, but for a little abrasion. The right-hand fold tab has a 2.5" rip, with a little folding near the rip, another less than an inch rip nearer the bottom, an, about 1cm rip from one of "faceholes", and one 1" rip, only visible from the inside (not a rip all the way through), none of these loose significant printed surface, (held in the right positions, you could posibly make most of these rips look like folds!), and on the bottom fold-out tab on the right hand side there is one 1cm nick. The top opening mouth is very nice, with very little wear, and no nicks/rips etc. there is a 3mm circular dot of lost printed surface about 1/3 the way up the central picture on the back, but other than that a great back! If there were printed text on either spine edge, then it would be legible, as, though the corners are a little feathered, and the black printing shows a little shelf wear, the spines are still pretty square and crisp! On the under fold edges of the side flip to lower flip tabs (that are almost never even connected!), there is a feathering, but absolutely no ripping! On the main body of the sleeve, there is a balding patch right at the very bottom (6 o'clock) along the bottom edge, that is the very start of a wear-through patch. Though no doubt, with the care it will receive in future it will no doubt get no worse! Other than that, the main body is very crisp, clean and untarnished! Very Nice indeed! All-round this cover is VG, though if one were to compare it to most other copies of this LP, purely for the fact that all of the tabs are still connected, and there is such little wear to the main body, it would beat about 90 percent of them!
DEADWAX INFO/MATRICES ETC:
Side 1:
6360009     1Y//1    1   1        2
Side 2:
6360009      2Y//1    1   1       1
Look at those stamper/mother numbers!! Does anyone know of, or own an earlier one (i.e. 1 1 1 1) on both sides???!!! If they do, then this is still incredibly early!  I realised that a lovely photo I took to show how minimal the spindle rubs were on side 2 missed off the "SIGH" misspelled title, so I had to put a more straight on one in, but if I get chance I'll add another to show the centre hole in more detail, right at the bottom of this listing! Ta!
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GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY BIDDING!

My Grading system:

Based on a slightly stricter version of the Record Collector, Rare Record Price Guide system.

I Don't believe in Mint, I almost only ever hear it from sellers who don't know the grading systems, therefore, you won't hear me using "MINT". If an Item is sealed I will state it as such, but still will only go as high as EX+.

EX+: Sealed, or seemingly NEVER played, if EX+ were to ever spill over to an item that may have been played a handful of times, but incredibly carefully, I will explain this thoroughly!

EX: The top end really, someone has very much cared for this record, else forgotten they've had it! Again only played with reverence, and not played much!

EX-: Very similar to EX, but slightly more realistic, many cared for collections may have a few EX- discs in them, though usually they'll be those James Last records your Auntie bought for you and (hopefully) you've never listened to since!

VG+: Again a very well looked after record, though with noticeable surface marks/hairlines when caught in the light, the worst one may hear is the lightest, very occasional background noise, often not even this on many players!

VG: Same as above, except more surface marks,  and a little more audio background noise, though certainly not detracting from the listening experience. A good playing copy for someone who buys to play the record.

VG-: A little worse, still very listenable, and plays though fine, though might not be the end of the world, if someone drunkenly adds a few more surface marks to it one night! Background noise will be there in some form!

G+: "Good" doesn't really mean good does it?! G+ means it still plays though, though someone in the room, un-used to records (and probably born when minidiscs were already a thing of the past!), will probably make a comment about the crackliness.

G: You won't want to use your best stylus on this one probably! We're definitely in "filler" territory now, unless it's a particularly rare copy, this is a party copy, you shouldn't mind when this one gets a scratch, (you might not even notice!).

G-: If crackling gives vinyl it's "warm" sound, then this one is beginning to become a fire hazard! The likelihood is you won't catch me selling a record at this condition or less, unless there really is special cause (rarity/signed/mispressed etc.). 

I often won't even grade things lower than a "decent playing copy" (VG-), though if they don't play through or are warped etc (even if they do play through), I will mention "JUMPS", "WARPED" etc. etc. either in the title, or near the beginning of the item's description, so there can be no doubt!

I endeavour to be as meticulous as possible when grading, and almost always play test the entirety of every LP and 7" I'm selling (often I make an MP3 back-up of it too... yes I know it's obsessive), but I'm sure one of these days I will overlook something, or someone will have reason to question my gradings (so far I have only had the honour of being told that I'm shooting myself in the foot by undergrading! If an honour, that is!), in which case please do contact me, and we will sort the issue out! 

Please check out my other rare punk/new wave/indie in my other items!

And I'll be listing loads more over the next few weeks so be sure to add me to your favourites list and check in regularly

Alittle about me!

I've collected records for about 20 years, and now have TONNES! I want to go travelling for as long as I can, and as such don't want to have too many possessions to have to store, I also need dosh to travel as freely as I'd like, and therefore selling the bulk of my collection seems the best of both worlds! I love records and will still keep buying them, I'm sure, but I really need to downsize in a big way! I do have some seriously RARE records to list over the next few months, and will price them to sell, so please do watch this space!

And if you're at all unsure, please check my previous feedback for tales of satisfied customers, many of whom return again and again!!

I will of course, if you aren't ENTIRELY happy with your item offer you a full refund upon a quick return of the item, in exactly the same condition I sent it out in, I wont however cover the postage costs- just in order to put off any time-wasters, I hope you understand. I do have here some REAL MEGA-RARITIES, and I understand perhaps your confidence in me might not be complete, as I haven't listed for a while, which is why I offer this offer of full re-embursment. However I am not a fan of the trend of people trying it on and asking to keep the item but want a partial re-fund, I haven't had it happen to me, and want to keep it that way, so please don't try that, I will happily offer your full winning bid money back upon the safe return of the item, and I think that's fair. 

I am very strict with my grading, having been a collector myself for many years, and I try to include as much relavent information as possible on sales, however if you have any further questions please don't hesitate to ask, I will gladly resond as soon as I can.

One thing I would ask is that the winning bidders do leave feedback, as it's annoying when people overlook it.

I happily offer reductions of postage costs on multiple-items, 

I try grade using direct sunlight which shows up more than anything (hence where poss I take my photos in direct sunlight too), however living in the Pennine Hills, contrary to popular rumour it isn't sunny here EVERY day! So when this isn't always possible, as a backup I also use a 100 Watt lightbulb, though when poss I try to use both.

I feel my grading system is stricter than many I see used, but the sellers I respect on Ebay and elsewhere seem to be of the same mind as me, I'd much prefer to be known as someone who undergrades and you can get a good record from, than someone you have to wonder, "actually is their VG+ quite what I'd expect from that?". Hope I can win you over! 

(SOMETIMES I MAY COME ACROSS A RECORD OF SIGNIFFICANT RARITY/DESIRABILITY THAT MAY HAVE A JUMP/STICK IN IT. IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT THAT I THINK SOMEONE MAY WANT IT (EG. IT'S COVER'S IN GOOD NICK, OR IT'S A PRIVATE PRESSING/PROMO OF LIMITED AVAILABILITY) I'LL CLEARLY MARK THIS IN THE TITLE "JUMPS" OR "WARPED" ETC.)

Good luck and Happy Bidding! Loads more punk/new wave etc. etc. every genre really to come over the next 2 months! so...

River.Dog.