ROGER WATERS, PINK FLOYD Radio KAOS UK LP & POSTER EX++

	£		43
	$		57

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Artist or Band: ROGER WATERS

Album Title: Radio KAOS.

Producer(s): Roger Waters, Ian Ritchie, Nick Griffiths.

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: Radio Waves; Who Needs Information; Me or Him; The Powers That Be.

Side 2: Sunset Strip; Home; Four Minutes; The Tide Is Turning (After Live Aid).

Label/Format: EMI – custom labels as seen on my label scan.

Label Conditions: Both very clean and attractive with only ultra light / very light spindle marks and no wear around the hole area. Any handling traces few, light and faint.

Cat Number: KAOS 1.

Mode / Speed: Stereo / 33.3 rpm.

Warps: Assume all records I offer have no warping of any significance and all tracking is easy and effortless and should play on all turntables and even ‘budget’ decks.

Weight of this Record: 127 grams. About average for it’s era.

Country of Manufacture: England.

Rarity: Moderate, but many copies were sold on CD and this is a complete copy in supreme condition. Complete means cover, record, sticker on cover, inner sleeve and the more elusive poster that is unmounted as new. There lies the difference.

Original Year of Release: 1987 (hence covers will be bar-coded).

Matrix Nos: KAOS 1 A-1U-1-4-2 / KAOS 1 B-1U-1-1-2

Musicians: Roger Waters – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, shakuhachi, keyboards; Graham Broad – percussion, drums; Mel Collins – saxophones; Nick Glennie-Smith – DX7; Matt Irving – Hammond organ; John Linwood – drums; Andy Fairweather Low – electric guitars; Suzanne Rhatigan – main background vocals; Ian Ritchie – piano, keyboards, tenor saxophone, drum programming; Jay Stapley – electric guitars; John Phirkell – trumpet; Peter Thoms – trombone; Katie Kissoon, Doreen Chanter, Madeline Bell, Steve Langer & Vicki Brown – background vocals; Clare Torry – vocals on ‘Home’ and ‘Four Minutes’; Paul Carrack – vocals on ‘The Powers That Be’.

Brief Info: A brilliant concept album by the Pink Floyd bass player and one that gets better and better the more you hear it. Another big production album and the albums finale ‘The Tide is Turning’ is one of the classics within the Floyd and related catalogue. This is a superb copy and totally complete and it plays beautifully throughout. Not so easy to find like this and any Floyd and Waters fan is sure to treasure this one.

This Cover’s Potential for Wear: High.

Cover Grade and Format: EXCELLENT(++): and arguably better still. A single format with a semi-gloss sheen. Includes the huge original sticker, card inner and poster. Printed and made in England.

Cover Front: Little short of as made with the sticker in fantastic condition (please see my close-up picture of this). This has never been picked at or tampered with a clean and barely rubbed surface, few will ever look better. The actual cover has very slight surface ‘ripple’ near the bottom but little else to fault being clean, fresh with hardly any marks, rubbing or creases at all. The artwork very dark and vivid and totally unaged, thus looking little handled with minimal traces of fingermarks is quite unusual on what is a revealing surface.

Cover Back: If anything, even better with any marks tiny and faint with no ring marks or impression.

Top Edge: Unworn and very straight.

Bottom Edge: As above.

Right Edge(s), and Type: Clean, very sharp with no wear and guaranteed untrimmed. Record enters on this edge.

Spine and Text: Pristine, exactly as made: solid, straight, uncompressed and square. All text is perfect and unworn.

Corners: All retain practically Mint shape with any tip rubs beyond tiny.

Cover Summary: A superb all-round example of this somewhat wear prone 80’s cover, one that will prove very difficult to find much better. This beautiful item should please most-all collectors.

The Inner Sleeve: EXCELLENT(++): and in terms of wear, practically none. Just slight surface ripple but little else to fault with all edges unsplit and any handling traces minor. This is unlined and includes the song lyrics both sides.

The Poster: MINT(-): and this is little short of perfect, but my reluctance to use the word ‘Mint’ on it’s own stands even if items merit it. Unmounted e.g. no pin holes or tape marks, and as fresh as when made back in 1987, I can hardly believe this album is that old. Albums that includes unmounted posters from any era are scarce due to the fact so many wall mounted them. Ripped them down causing damage and even discarding them altogether, so any genuine unmounted and pristine poster is more than good news for the serious collector. This is large and impressive and looks little short of new, that’s front and back.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: EXCELLENT(+): simply marked down a little because of ultra fine and faint surface traces seen critically under light. Merely movement or removal traces from a somewhat harsh unlined inner that most collectors will be more than aware of. Still a super visual copy that is very clean, shiny, intense black and solidly pressed. A copy with minimal plays on all the evidence. Visually a super record that should please most collectors again.

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 B&W speakers that include the legendary tweeter from their awesome Nautilus range that reveals every blemish or minuscule sound present on any record.]

Sound Quality and Audio Grading: This lovely record plays even above it’s high visual grading with nothing to fault. Strong, distortion-free sound, all frequencies are sharp and clear - sound quality is immensely high with a wide dynamic range and very detailed sound. This has the typical ‘Pink Floyd’ type hi-fi sound and is superbly produced to make any system sound impressive. Any surface sounds are minimal indeed and anything barely even registers and no pops or clicks were noted and this is an exceptional clean pressing. Few copies will outperform this early pressing significantly I feel sure. Both channels are clean and sharp, I am certain this record has been played very lightly and has been clearly well stored and carefully handled, almost certainly in a non-smoking environment. Nothing spoilt my pleasure when play-grading this wonderful record. An excellent piece of work by Waters and one I have come to love over the years and nowhere better to experience KAOS than on this vinyl record. This copy will prove very difficult to find significantly better and can be strongly recommended.

Now one of the most established sellers on Ebay and still offering the finest and most accurately described and graded 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 as I can all items I offer for sale with all the relevant information I can think of to help any potential bidder and collector. You may notice I only submit records sparingly on Ebay - on average ONEADAY, a couple more at weekends if time permits, hence the name - time rarely allows for more as I Play-Grade virtually every record I offer in their entirety, not just bits to guess a grade - visuals alone do not always tell a true or full story. I will 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 its good. I get just as much pleasure offering a relatively common record in stunning near mint condition as the real rare items. All the pictures I use for your guidance are taken with a digital camera or scanned - they are NOT improved, cleaned-up or made better looking than they are with camera trickery or enhancing with digital programmes. What you see is what you get and scanned labels will give a more accurate representation of the genuine colour than flash photography where light is variable. I cannot guarantee total accuracy for colours however but most will be very close. If any picture I take looks more flattering than the actual item for any reason, I will clearly state the fact in the advert and vice-versa. I hope the item below is to your liking - any questions can be emailed and I will do my very best to answer you. I am enthusiastic, and have a fair degree of knowledge about many genres and I promise quality items - bid with confidence - excellence comes as standard and so does Near Mint regularly. Please assume all records I offer have NO jumps, sticks, warps or writing on covers or labels unless clearly stated to the contrary. Thanks for your interest and Good luck – MIKE.

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First-time, zero-rated bidders, who do not ask permission to bid, will be cancelled immediately and blocked – NO exceptions. For winning bidders who I consider excessively slow to make contact or submit payment, I will use my right to block future bids. If any bidder who wins in the final seconds is present to do so, surely they can at least email me to inform of intention and payment method? If swift or promp payment is a problem, please do not bid.

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.

I now offer the fastest possible posting, often the very next day after payment is received or within two to three days maximum (unless on holiday). I only use FIRST-CLASS Mail. The record’s cover will be placed within a BRAND NEW soft protective sleeve and the actual record will be professionally cleaned on my new VPI-17 Pro vacuum system to give ultimate clean grooves and playing surfaces and the best possible looks and ultimate sound quality. You will NOT get tired, dull looking, dust infested records inside worn and foggy covers with tatty inners from this seller and that’s a promise and guarantee. All records are posted in professional boxes (NOT Mailers, these do not offer any real protection). The record(s) are REMOVED from their main cover to avoid edge splits and placed within a brand new polylined inner. The record’s original inner will be included if available. The boxes are then reinforced with at least TWO, ULTRA THICK stiffeners for maximum extra protection – these are FOUR TIMES thicker than commercial stiffeners and are custom-made for oneadayrecords. Really rare and expensive albums will even be Double Boxed if deemed necessary and possible. When larger boxes are used, the thick record and stiffener ‘sandwich’ is then thickly embedded into bubble-wrap to bulk out the record inside the box to centre the item inside to reduce the risk of damage still further. Printed address labels are used for clarity as well as a sender label. Customers requests or special needs for P&P will be respected if at all possible but ‘Signed-For’ posting is NOT an option anymore. I do not profit on posting and the cost of this lavish packing is NOT even charged for, I offer probably the best-value and safest shipping possible for ultimate confidence. The boxes and ultra thick double-wall stiffners and bubble wrap make a near impregnable fortress for safe shipping and this is used inland and overseas for ALL my records, not just the rare and expensive. I will invoice any winning bidder as soon as possible after the auction ends. My ‘loss’ or ‘damage rate’ is less than one in two thousand based on over 7,000+ items sold in nearly 10 years of Ebay trading and I consider that pretty exceptional. The only damage rate acceptable for this seller is ZERO and I think my packets will offer just that. It would take a vicious postman or postal service to damage these for sure. Even one of these stiffeners cannot be bent by hand, so what chance 3 or 4 inside a box? Oneadayrecords is a MAILER-FREE ZONE. I discount of course for multiple purchases with a maximum of FIVE records per box (one double can sometimes be included subject to total weight). I will not respond to questions on shipping costs as all the details are included here and on ALL of my adverts. Details below:

NOTE: First Time Bidders: I will cancel ALL first-time bidders with no feedbacks or excessive negatives who do not ask me if its OK to bid first – NO EXCEPTIONS.

Please Note: I will now offer any item to the runner-up after the mandatory Ebay 3 days if no contact is made by the winning bidder unless prior notice of any delay is given beforehand. The same applies if no payment is received within the mandatory 7 days so any bidder who has just lost out can still email me to reserve the item as priority second chance – it’s always worth asking.

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.

1 LP (Special Delivery with Standard £500 Maximum Insurance) [Signed For, Next Day] = £7.50. (this includes insurance of £500). Add £2 per extra LP.

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

1 LP (Small Packet ‘Signed For’ with Standard Royal Mail Insurance [£40 maximum]) = £9. (insurance optional extra £3). Add £2.50 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 [£39 maximum]) = £13. Add £4 per extra LP. (insurance optional extra £3)

Payment Conditions:

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

Potential Bidders: Please do not bid if you have negative feedback unless checking first, I will cancel any bids I feel are time-wasters. A maximum 3 days for communication and 7 days for payment to arrive - if not I will relist the item or offer to the runner-up. Fast deals get great feedback from me. Any questions - please ask and thanks for looking.

My Guarantee: If any winning bidder is not satisfied with their purchase I will offer a complete refund. I will not refund if any defect detail is clearly stated on the advert and missed by the buyer, so read the item description carefully. If any overseas collector does not understand anything in my listing, please email and ask me to help. Thank You.

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, actually 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.

The Argument for Vinyl Original sound and mix (mono mixes are rarely available on CD), high quality sound on clean copies (played on a hi-end dedicated analogue system – breathtaking sound!), beautiful, large format covers, artwork, inserts and even full size posters etc; huge investment potential, and the pleasure of owning ‘the real thing’.