PENTANGLE Sweet Child SCARCE ORIG UK 1968 TRANSATLANTIC EX+ LPs, LOVELY SOUND.

	£		36
	$		48

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ALSO: I now apply the Ebay ‘2-day’ rule for non-payment to keep things moving – cash-flow is important for any small business.

FINALLY: Late payers, non-payers and ‘0’ bidders will now be blocked or cancelled at my discretion, as will any bidder who cancels a bid. Please only bid on my items if you want them.

Artist or Band: THE PENTANGLE

Album Title: Sweet Child

Producer(s): Shel Talmy

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: Market Song; No More My Lord; Turn Your Money Green; Haitian Fight Song; A Woman Like You; Goodbye Pork Pie Hat.

Side 2: Three Dances: Brentzel Gay, La Rotta, The Earle of Salisbury; Watch The Stars; So Early in the Spring; No Exit; The Time Has Come; Bruton Town.

Side 3: Sweet Child; I Loved a Lass; Three Part Thing; Sovay; In Time.

Side 4: In Your Mind; I’ve Got a Feeling; The Trees They Do Grow High; Moon Dog; Hole In My Coal.

Label/Format: Transatlantic – purple and white format with matt very gently textured surfaces.

Label Conditions: All four very clean, fresh and attractive with any spindle marks very fine and faint seen with scrutiny under light.

Cat Number: TRA 178

Mode / Speed: Stereo / 33.3 rpm.

Warps: Few vintage records are ever perfectly ‘flat’, so some slight or very gentle arm movement is normal. If any record I offer has more than that, I will mention it, and it can be assumed all I offer should track without issues, even on budget turntables.

Weight of these Records: 141 / 141 grams.

Country of Manufacture: England

Rarity: Moderately scarce.

Original Year of Release: 1968

Matrix Nos: TRA 178 A1 / TRA 178 B2 / TRA 178-1 A2C / TRA 178-2 B2D

Musicians: Terry Cox – Drums, glockenspiel, vocals; Bert Jansch – Guitar, vocals – Jacqui McShee – Vocals; John Renbourn – Guitar, vocals; Danny Thompson – Double bass.

Brief Info: The Pentangle’s second album and a double set of the highest possible quality – the cover was designed by Peter Blake who did The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’ album. The first disc is a beautifully recorded live album and the second a studio work. Every song and instrumental are performed superbly by one of the most gifted folk acts of the era. Jacqui McShee has one of the most pure voices within the folk genre and here sounds as magnificent as ever. Although very well received, it failed to chart and first issues remain quite elusive. I often state on my listings that Transatlantic records were sometimes a little variable in pressing quality, but this one plays with no inherent pressing faults and has little unwanted. Being an acoustic set that becomes even more crucial and this a fine double album.

Cover Grade and Format: EXCELLENT(–): but actually looking better, there is a stain (or darkening) on the inside top corner areas. A gatefold format with the front and back laminated. All closed edges are protected, the inside is matt and smooth. Printed and made in England by MacNeill Press, includes the two plain white inner sleeves.

Lamination – Front & Back: A beautiful cover as you would expect from it’s designer Peter Blake. Both sides retain fine shine, clarity and freshness. Light dulling around rim impression, seldom avoided on gatefolds with thicker original records inside. A small lift on the back top right corner tip, being on a white area, this hardly shows. Most of any creasing on the edges and light to very light. The lovely artwork still looking impressive and generally, both outer faces have aged little.

Cover Inner Gatefold: The main issue inside is light staining on the top corner areas, so appearing a little darker than the rest. I am certain no liquid has contacted the cover, the most likely cause it has at some time been stored in a cold environment. Any grubbiness or marks little and light as seen.

Top Edges: Both straight, flat, flush and very smooth, no rubbing, any marks or blemishes tiny, very few and light.

Bottom Edges: As above with a couple of tiny marks, possibly adhesive in manufacture that as darkened.

Right Edge(s), and Type: Clean, mostly sharp with any thickening patchy and light as seen viewed end-on, all guaranteed untrimmed. Records entered on these outside edges.

Spine and Text: Solid, straight and folded square so the edges meet up closely together and parallel. This in most cases will form a central crease which sinks the text to some degree. This caused by the high inside fold hinge and rarely avoided to some degree. So here the text is fully present, but sunk into the natural recess, but it can still be quite easily read as-seen. Most laminate intact with any hint of peeling at the ends, again another trait of these type of spine.

Corners: Hardly any hint of tip rubbing or wear, mostly excellent or better shape retained. No knocks and hardly any hint of dinks.

Cover Summary: A fine all-round example of this early 1970’s cover, one that could prove difficult to find better. This is so often ruined by often heavy creasing, laminate lifting and dulling which this has largely avoided. Yes the inside has light staining, so not for purists, but it should still please many collectors.

The Inner Sleeves: NEAR EXCELLENT: two plain unlined white open inners. Gently discoloured with generally neat windows, any creasing light, no edge splits or repairs.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: EXCELLENT(+): arguably better. A very fine visual pair that are very clean with equally fine shine and quite heavily pressed. A set with minimal plays on all the evidence with any surface marks few, very light and faint as seen critically under bright light, mostly fine hairlines only. No penetrating stylus scratches, viewed in average room light, little even register. Visually a super record that should please many collectors.

Album Played For Grading: Yes. [I play ALL records I offer before submitting to Ebay, also the record is played in its entirety unless clearly stated otherwise. I do NOT play snippets or joining grooves to check for sound quality and quietness – I play from the beginning to end via clinically revealing equipment, all listed further down.]

Sound Quality and Audio Grading: This quality double set plays even above it’s high visual grading with little to fault. Offering strong, distortion-free sound, all frequencies are sharp and clear – sound quality is very high with a wide dynamic range and very detailed sound. Any surface sounds are minimal indeed and this is an exceptional clean pressing with no tracking issues*. Being at times delicate and all acoustic, the odd contact sound trace of sporadic tick is nigh-on impossible to avoid totally but few available copies will outperform this very early pressing significantly I feel sure. Nothing of any real note spoilt my pleasure when play-grading these wonderful records. They will prove difficult to find significantly better and can be strongly recommended.

* As played-graded on a high-end Linn LP12 Sondek turntable with Ittok Mk II arm and Ortofon Quintet Black moving coil cartridge tracking at 2 grams. Records are a ‘contact’ format, and few will avoid the odd minor sound blemish.

I am one of the most established sellers on Ebay, trading since 2001 and offering the finest records I can find. I pride myself on offering a variety of genres to keep my site as interesting as possible. I will rarely offer any record that falls below a true Excellent grading, unless its of a certain rarity which will justify offering a lesser grade. I try, to the best of my ability to describe as accurately and as honesty all elements of the items I offer for sale. You may notice I only submit records quite sparingly on Ebay as I Play-Grade every record I offer in their entirety – also on higher-end equipment – not just bits to guess a grade – visuals alone do not always tell a true story. I will try to mention any defects or flaws no matter how small that I notice to be fair as possible to any interested collector – I am very fussy and my buyers have the right to be too. Every record I offer, whether it be a common or rare item deserves the same respect as far as I am concerned and will be treated the same – just because an item is rare does not always mean it’s good. I get just as much pleasure offering a relatively common record in near mint condition as the real rare items. All the pictures I use for your guidance are the item being offered with no digital enhancements. Room light factors can make things vary sometimes, that is hard to control, especially in winter. I hope the item below is to your liking – any questions can be emailed and I will do my best to answer you. I am enthusiastic, and have a fair degree of knowledge about many genres and I promise quality items. Please assume all records I offer have NO jumps, sticks, major warps or writing on covers or labels unless clearly stated to the contrary. Thanks for your interest and Good luck – MIKE.

Deck: Linn LP12/Hercules/Cirkus with Ittok Mk II arm and Ortofon Quintet Black moving coil cartridge (tracks at 2 grams). Amps: Naim Supernait 2 with Project USB phono stage and Tellerium Black interconnects. Speakers: B&W 805 Nautilus (bi-wired with Tellurium Black terminated cable) with REL subwoofer. All records I offer on Ebay are cleaned on a professional Nessie vacuum machine before play-grading for the cleanest and best possible sound and will include a brand new lined inner and protective cover too. Pictures taken with a Nikon D7500 DSLR Camera.

PACKING – THIS IS WHAT YOU GET.

What You Get: To confirm to the strict Ebay rules on shipping, I must now send ALL my packets ‘Signed-For’ with NO exceptions. Both buyers and sellers want their packets to have a safer journey and this is not a bad thing.

PLEASE NOTE: I now exercise my right to open a dispute after the Ebay rule of TWO days if no payment is received. I will then cancel the dispute to end the bid, again after the mandatory FOUR days and then offer the item to the runner-up or relist. The non-payer will also be blocked from my Ebay site as will any suspicious bids or bid bid retractions. Small businesses need prompt payment to trade and these strict rules WILL be applied.

SHIPPING COSTS & CONDITIONS – THESE comply with EBAY’S RULES - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:

Posting & Packing: UK & CHANNEL ISLANDS all now sent via Recorded Delivery:

1 LP (FIRST-CLASS Recorded Delivery with Standard Royal Mail Insurance) [Signed For] = £4.75

1 LP (Special Delivery with Standard £500 Maximum Insurance) [Signed For, Next Day] = £7.50. (this includes insurance of £500). Add £1 per extra LP.

Posting & Packing: EUROPE & SCANDINAVIA. (Airmail Only):

1 LP (Small Packet ‘Signed For’ with Standard Royal Mail Insurance [£50 maximum]) = £12.50 (enhanced Royal Mail insurance is an optional extra £3). Add £2 per extra LP.

Posting & Packing: ALL OVERSEAS (non-European) e.g. USA (ANY PART OF); South America; New Zealand; Australia; Canada; Japan and other Far East; (Airmail Only: I NEVER use Surface Mail):

1 LP (Small Packet ‘Signed For’ with Standard Royal Mail Insurance [£50 maximum]) = £16.50 (£17.50 for double sets). Add £3 per extra LP. (enhanced Royal Mail insurance is an optional extra £3)

Payment Conditions:

I prefer PayPal or cheque from UK winning bidders. I only accept PayPal from overseas bidders or direct payment into my bank account.

Potential Bidders: I will cancel any bids I feel are time-wasters. A maximum 2 days for communication and 7 days for payment to arrive – if not I will relist the item or offer to the runner-up.

My Guarantee: If any winning bidder is not satisfied with their purchase I will offer a complete refund if the item is returned in the same condition is was sent e.g. as per the listing pictures.

SOME GENERAL GUIDES TO WEAR AND CONDITIONS TO HELP YOU DECIDE

My Use of Description Terminology: Surface Marks = Superficial, usually light marks, hairlines or light scuffs that rarely sound. Scratch = a needle mark that goes below the record’s surface, some will sound, some will not, my play-grade will inform. Original = a record that has been pressed with the first label design which does NOT necessarily mean a very first pressed record. First Pressing = A record that I believe or know to be a genuine very first pressed record. I do not claim to always know for sure, and that’s why I state the stamper and matrix numbers if at all possible, for those who claim to know what they all mean, the information is there for the collector to decide. I prefer to use terms like ‘Early Copy’ rather than ‘First Pressing’ if I am not totally sure. Surface Sound = Mild, light sound, usually light crackle or similar. Distortion = Break up of the actual sound caused by groove wear or damage from a chipped stylus – the most undesirable form of unwanted sound, vintage mono records were the most prone to this happening but not exclusively so. The symptoms of distortion are high frequency clipping, moderate constant crackle or an echo type sound quality. Violin, piano and vocals are most prone to groove-wear distortion. Feathering = Fraying or softening of the entry edge of a cover. Covers with feathered entrance edges are more likely to have had the actual record inserted and removed more than a non-feathered, sharp-edged cover which are always far more attractive. Set Off, a printer’s term for dark ink leaving mild residue on pale or white ink when rested upon. e.g. when a gatefold cover has black ink closed against white, this can leave some black residue on the pale area – this is mostly unavoidable or course.