JAN DUKES DE GREY"SORCERERS"1970 DECCA/NOVA-1ST PRESS

	£		258
	$		342

ATTENTION PROGRESSIVE ROCK/PSYCHEDELIC INFLUENCED FOLK-ROCK,DECCA-NOVA LABEL,RARE EARLY 1970s LP COLLECTORS AND NEAR MINT CONDITION UPGRADERS!!

HERE IS A ONCE IN A BLUE MOON CHANCE TO OWN ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER AND RARELY SEEN UK ALBUMS OF 1970!

JAN DUKES DE GREY "SORCERERS"

DECCA-NOVA SDN 8 STEREO+1W/1W MATRIXES. 

THE VERY FIRST PRESSING WITH THE COVER DIE CUT HOLE SHOWING THE BLUE STEREO INNER(RED BEING USED FOR MONOS)-BOTH LABELS HAVING NO WRITING,STAINING,SPINDLE WEAR OR FADING-SHARP,CLEAR PRINT!!!

ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING ALBUMS ON THE SHORT LIVED AVANT GARDE/EXPERIMENTAL ROCK LABEL FOR ARTISTS THAT MIGHT HAVE ENDED UP ON THE EQUALLY DESIRABLE DERAM LABEL WHOSE TWO ALBUMS ARE REALLY TOUGH TO FIND ON ORIGINAL UK ISSUES IN 2011 ESPECIALLY IN AS AMAZING CONDITION AS THIS EXAMPLE THAT HAS PROBABLY ONLY BEEN PLAYED A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THEN STORED AWAY CAREFULLY FOR 41 YEARS!

AND SO HERE IS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 

AN ORIGINAL UK DECCA PRESSED 1ST ISSUE FROM 1970 ON THE DECCA-NOVA LABELS WITH 1W/1W MATRIXES AND THE ORIGINAL AND CORRECT BLUE BORDER STEREO INNER SLEEVE.

 HOUSED IN THE LAMINATED FRONT COVER WITH ONLY A LITTLE FAINT STAINING,A FEW TINY EDGE CREASES BUT NO REPAIRS,WRITING,RIPS etc.

COVER PRINTED BY SENOL PRINTING LTD.

THIS LP HAS REMAINED INSIDE THE COVER FOR MUCH OF THE LAST 41 YEARS AND THE DISC HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED WITH JUST ONE ULTRA FAINT SURFACE MARK VISIBLE IN STRONG LIGHT!

GLEAMING SURFACES WITH THAT"JUST PRESSED"LOOK,NO SCUFFS,COVER REMOVAL HAIRLINES,NO SIGNS OF DUBIOUS CLEANING! 

EASY TO READ SPINE TITLE/ARTIST DETAILS! 

NO NASTY SMELL OF CIGARETTE SMOKE,NO DAMPNESS OR MUSTY SMELLS EITHER!

FANTASTIC UPGRADER QUALITY!!!

BEAUTIFULLY QUIET SURFACES !!!!

JUST ONE PREVIOUS OWNER IN JUST OVER 40 YEARS WHO PROBABLY ONLY PLAYED IT A COUPLE OF TIMES ON TOP EQUIPMENT! 

This pressing HAS FANTASTIC SOUND with hardly any surface noise WHATSOEVER even BETWEEN TRACKS!

DECENT STEREO MIXES WITH PLENTY OF BASS! 

THE DISC IS EASILY IN NEAR MINT CONDITION BUT ACTUALLY SOUNDS MUCH NEARER TO MINT CONDITION!

COULD BE A GREAT INVESTMENT!

YOU ARE UNLIKELY TO FIND A BETTER COPY EVER AGAIN-CHECK OUT YOUR EXISTING COPY IF YOU HAVE ONE,THIS COULD BE A FANTASTIC UPGRADER OPPORTUNITY! 

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SO TO HELP YOU DECIDE AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUNGER COLLECTORS:

THIS WAS RECORDED AT THE END OF 1969 AND ISSUED IN EARLY 1970 ON THE SHORT LIVED DECCA-NOVA LABEL,WHICH ONLY EXISTED FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS-EVERYTHING ON THE LABEL BEING RARE AND DESIRABLE.ALL RELEASES HAD MINIMAL PUBLICITY AS DECCA WERE RELEASING SO MUCH PRODUCT AT THIS TIME WITH THE LION'S SHARE OF PUBLICITY GOING ON ROCK ALBUMS ON DECCA AND DERAM AS WELL AS THE VERY LUCRATIVE CLASSICAL AND EASY LISTENING DIVISIONS OF THE MIGHTY COMPANY!

MUSICALLY THIS DUO  CONSISTED OF THE YORKSHIRE BORN MULTI-INSTRUMENTALISTS AND SINGERS MICK BAIRSTOW AND DEREK NOY.

DEREK NOY WROTE ALL OF THE 18 SONGS,WHICH ARE GENERALLY SHORT IN LENGTH AND OF VARIED MOODS WITH QUIRKY,STRANGE LYRICS!

A KIND OF EARLY JETHRO TULL MEETS THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND WITH A TOUCH OF THE EARLY MARC BOLAN/TYRANNOSAURUS REX STYLE BUT THANKFULLY WITHOUT THE RATHER ANNOYING BOLAN STYLE VOCALS!

THE INSTRUMENTS INCLUDE:12 AND 6 STRING GUITARS,FLUTE,CLARINET,ORGAN,BONGOS,TABLA,CHIMES,CYMBALS,CELESTE BUT NOT ALWAYS PLAYED AT THE SAME TIME!

ONE OF THE EARLIEST RELEASES ON DECCA-NOVA,IT REMAINS PROBABLY THE MOST KEENLY COLLECTED AND BEST RECORDS ON THIS  LABEL,THAT HAS BEEN REISSUED SEVERAL TIMES BUT VERY RARELY SEEN AS AN ORIGINAL PRESSING AS HERE!

 DIFFICULT TO KNOW JUST HOW MANY COPIES WERE PRESSED BUT ACTUAL NUMBERS OF COPIES SOLD WOULD PROBABLY BE LESS THAN A HUNDRED!

IT GAINED VERY LITTLE RADIO AIRPLAY.PROBABLY THE LATE GREAT JOHN PEEL MAY HAVE PLAYED A TRACK OR TWO BUT THERE WERE NO SINGLES TAKEN FROM IT AND IT DID NOT APPEAR IN THE DECCA MASTER CATALOGUE FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR 1971, SO I CAN SAFELY STATE IT WAS DELETED WITHIN A YEAR OF ISSUE DUE TO POOR SALES.

THIS IS THE FIRST COPY I HAVE SEEN IN ABOUT 20 YEARS,THE LAST TIME I HAD A COPY IN MY SHOP WAS ABOUT 1990 AND AS I RECALL IT WAS NOT IN AS GOOD CONDITION AS THIS ONE!!! 

I WOULD SUGGEST NO MORE THAN A HUNDRED COPIES SURVIVE,MOST REMAINING IN THE COLLECTIONS THAT WILL NOT BE SOLD FOR MANY YEARS TO COME!

BEARING IN MIND THE HUGE NUMBER OF ALBUMS ISSUED AT THIS TIME WITH THE INDUSTRY PAYING LESS ATTENTION TO SINGLES-REMEMBER THE HUGE PROFIT ON ALBUM SALES AND THE MUSIC PRESS GIVING MORE ATTENTION TO THE WONDERS OF LONG PLAYERS,MANY RECORD SHOPS WERE CONFUSED AS TO WHAT TO"RISK"STOCKING ONLY ORDERING SELECTIVE ITEMS, IT IS NO WONDER THE MORE OBSCURE LPs SUCH AS THE GEM I HAVE HERE FOR AUCTION RARELY TURN UP AND TO GET ONE IN SUCH FANTASTIC CONDITION IS NOT TO BE OVERLOOKED

PLEASE READ ALL THE IN DEPTH GRADING!

THE TRACKS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

DRAGONS

RAGS,OLD IRON

28TH JUNE,VILLAGE SONG

HIGH PRICED ROOM

SORCERERS

ODE TO A SCHOOLGIRL

THE CHEERING CROWD

OUT OF THE EASTERN HILLS

M.S.S

TEXAS

YORKSHIRE INDIAN SITTING IN THE SUN

WONDER CHILD

DOMINIQUE

TRUST ME NOW

FORMS

CITY AFTER 3-00AM

BUTTERFLY

TURKISH TIME 

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THE LP HAS HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE,EVEN AT HIGH VOLUME - NO NASTY LOUD CLICKS,JUMPS OR STICKS.

 AS I SAID ABOVE THE VERY NATURE OF THE MUSIC AND THE ERA USUALLY MEANT IT WOULD BE PLAYED AT PARTIES AND/OR ON AUTOCHANGERS THAT WOULD SCUFF AND DAMAGE LPs IN SECONDS,AND OF COURSE PARTIES MEANT DRINK AND CIGARETTE ASH SPILLAGE OR WORSE!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

A STRICTLY GRADED NEAR MINT CONDITION LP.

SEE MY IMPRESSIVE FEEDBACK FOR SIMILAR LPs MANY BUYING FROM ME AGAIN AND AGAIN! 

A REALISTIC £100 START.THE NEW RECORD COLLECTOR PRICE GUIDE SUGGESTS £200. 

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EUROPE £5 REST OF THE WORLD £8.

I LISTEN WITH THE TREBLE FULL ON TO DETECT ANY FAULTS.

MY AIM IS THE WINNER WILL GET IT AND CONSIDER IT AS DESCRIBED OR HOPEFULLY BETTER THAN THEY EXPECTED WITH THE OPINION OF MANY THAT THE DISC ITSELF IS NEARER TO MINT THAN NEAR MINT!

PLEASE TAKE SOME TIME TO STUDY MY FEEDBACK AND ALSO NOTE REGULAR BUYERS RETURNING TO ME OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR MORE KNOWING THEY ARE GOING TO GET CAREFULLY CHECKED ITEMS.

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ON OFFER AT A REALISTIC STARTING PRICE OF £100 WITH NO ANNOYING RESERVE!

This is my honest grading!!!

Please see my listening policy below. 

I test on a lightweight pickup of approx 2 grammes and listen with the treble full on and no filtering or mono switch used.As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!!  

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THIS DEAL MAY NOT BE WITHIN YOUR GRASP AGAIN FROM A RELIABLE SELLER FOR A LONG TIME  TO COME!! THESE ARE THE ANTIQUES OF THE FUTURE WHICH ARE BOUND TO HOLD THE VALUE, IF NOT RISE WHEN OTHER COLLECTABLES ARE DROPPING SUCH AS STAMPS AND OTHER SUCH THINGS!!

I WISH YOU ALL GOOD LUCK!!

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FINALLY THANKYOU TO THOSE OF YOU WHO DECIDE TO LEAVE ME SUCH WONDERFUL FEEDBACK COMMENTS-IT IS REALLY APPRECIATED!!

HERE IS A RARE CHANCE TO BID FOR ONE OF THE BEST AND HARDEST TO FIND LPs ON THE DECCA-NOVA LABEL IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION!

ACT NOW-DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY!