SPENCER DAVIS GROUP 2nd LP - SCARCE Orig UK 1966 N/M LP

	£		108
	$		143

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Artist or Band: THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP

Album Title: The Spencer Davis Group—Their Second Album

Producer: Chris Blackwell.

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: Look Away; Keep on Running; This Hammer; Georgia On My Mind; Please do Something; Let Me Down Easy.

Side 2: Strong Love; I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water; Since I Met You Baby; You Must Believe Me; Hey Darling; Watch Your Step.

Label/Format: Fontana – original black and silver format with textured surfaces (Please see my label scan).

Label Conditions: Both little short of immaculate: simply incredible labels for a 45-year-old record. Ultra clean and as fresh as when pressed and incredibly attractive. Any of the tiny few spindle traces are ultra fine and small and look hard to even see any. Without doubt, this classic beat album has hardly been played reitterated by stunning clean sound.

Cat Number: TL 5295.

Mode / Speed: Mono / 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: 125 grams. A little less than average for this label.

Country of Manufacture: England.

Rarity: Scarce: and especially so barely even played.

Original Year of Release: 1966

Matrix Nos: 687362 1L // 1 420 1 3 7 & 687362 2L // 1 420 1 3 9

Musicians: Steve Winwood: Guitar, Organ, Vocals; Muff Winwood: Bass Guitar; Spencer Davis: Guitar; Pete York: Percussion.

Brief Info: Classic beat act of the mid-60s, formed by Spencer Davis with Steve Winwood and his brother Muff Winwood. They had several hit singles and were a popular act of the day. The best known-member was Steve Windwood who later split to form Traffic and Blind Faith. As the title suggests, this was their second long-player and what a beauty it is too. Their sound had now progressed a little more blending several different styles around their early beat sound. Including that classic fuzz bass sound of arguably their best-known single, ‘Keep on Running’. Never easy finding this or any similar aged mono albums this clean, this one from the same quality collection as the debut album I am also currently offering. The cover only offers minor clues to it’s great age and the record itself, barely any. Any mono record showing so few blemishes and offering pristine sound is a thing of rare and genuine beauty. Do not miss out on this exceptional piece.

Cover Grade and Format: EXCELLENT(+): a single, quite thick card format with front laminate. The back has a paste-on style panel and is unprotected and matt finished. Printed and made in England and includes the Island Records logo and production credits.

Lamination & Front: This front has aged very little: the laminate is still very shiny, fresh and clear. A few mild surface creases only and they have very modest visibility. The lack of lifting always great news, all here is fully adhered and the lack of friction rubs or dulling is equally good news.

Cover Back: The back has only very slight traces of grubbiness with any real marks tiny, few and faint. A little toning traces around the edges is only caused by mild ageing of the adhesive for the paste-on panel. Just enough to lightly remind of it’s considerable age and these style of paste-on back covers rarely wear this well.

Top Edge: One tiny surface chip off looking as made.

Bottom Edge: Practically the same again with no chip, so in superb condition, both very straight with full laminate cover and no peeling.

Right Edge(s), and Type: Clean, very sharp with no wear or feathering and guaranteed untrimmed. I can hardly imagine finding this cover’s entrance edge looking better.

Spine and Text: Stunning, and looking almost as made. Solid, straight, uncompressed, all text is perfect and unworn. Unusually this is printed on the back, whether this was intentional or not, not sure. Possibly not registered in the correction position on the spine in manufacture. The spine is fairly thin, so this text would not have fitted well anyway.

Corners: All four very neat indeed with any rubs or chipping tiny, all retain impressively crisp shape.

Cover Summary: A very strong all-round example of this mid-60’s cover, one that will prove very difficult to find much better. This minimal worn example should please many, if not most collectors, and in real terms, this has to be undergraded as such.

The Inner Sleeve: NEAR EXCELLENT: a plain white polylined inner that is British patented with ‘British & Other Patents Pending’ text. Two very crisp circle windows and a clear, solid lining with all edges secure. Barely any creasing at all but some darkening of the seam adhesive and some edge toning and small tone spots. Still impressive for any inner this great age.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: MINT(-): a super visual copy that is very clean, shiny, intense black and solidly pressed. A copy with minimal plays on all the evidence with any surface marks few, light and faint. 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 very high with a wide dynamic range and very detailed sound. Any surface sounds barely even registered 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. Finding mono beat albums this clean is a huge task and few survive with so few plays. This was a popular record and it sold well – you can just imagine what most will look and sound like these days, no damaging heavy tracking mono stylus have damaged this one. Remember, just one drop or jolt, and there is another classic record ruined. This one has avoided such traumas and looks and sounds fantastic. 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. The sound precise, focused and clear with no mono noises, even when played on such a revealing turntable for which this was not really designed. The ultimate test and this passed with no flaws at all. Nothing spoilt my pleasure when play-grading this wonderful record. This copy will prove immensely 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.

Deck: Linn LP12/Hercules/Cirkus with Ittok Mk II arm and Ortofon Rondo Red moving coil cartridge (tracks at 2 grams). Amps: Naim Nait 5i with Project USB phono stage and Chord interconnects. Speakers: B&W 704 Floorstanding 3-way Monitors (bi-wired with QED Silver terminated cable). All records I offer on Ebay are cleaned on a professional VPI-17 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 D5000 SLR Digital Camera.

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 prompt 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 stiffeners 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 now exercise my right to open a dispute after the Ebay rule of FOUR days if no payment is received. I will then cancel the dispute to end the, 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 and they take the Ebay consequences (a strike or removal from the system). Small businesses need prompt payment to trade and these strict rules WILL be applied. If you cannot pay, DO NOT BID.

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 [£46 maximum]) = £10. (Royal Mail insurance is an optional extra £3). Add £3 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 [£46 maximum]) = £14. Add £4 per extra LP. (Royal Mail insurance is an 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’.

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