SYNANTHESIA S/T DEBUT RCA SF8058 1969 UK PROG ACID FOLK

	£		128
	$		170

 SYNANTHESIA

ULTRA RARE 1969 UK PROGRESSIVE ACID FOLK ONE-OFF PRESSING

'SYNANTHESIA'

Their only vinyl release

VINYL IN EXCELLENT CONDITION

1969 UK 12" album release RCA VICTOR (SF 8058) 33.3 rpm STEREO

Stamped matrices: XGBS 0243-1 and XGBS 0244-1

Made in England by RCA Limited

Produced by SANDY ROBERTON

PERSONNEL: DENNIS HOMES vocals, vibes and guitar JIMMY FRASER all woodwind LESLIE COOK vocals, guitar, bongos, violin and mandolin

CONDITION: VINYL and LABELS EXCELLENT The vinyl is clean and bright with just a few very light surface marks, including a shallow and inaudible mark on Side Two. The sound reproduction is excellent throughout with only a few typical minor pops and clicks here and there. The two orange paper labels are both clean and complete, with no stains or handwriting and only typical light spindle lines.

SLEEVE VERY GOOD-/GOOD+? The main fault with this outer sleeve is that there are two neatly repaired tears along the opening edge of the front cover. The main tear is 5cm long and is located 8cm up from the bottom edge. The second, smaller, 1.5cm tear is level with the 'A' in the band's name and goes through to the back cover. All have been neatly and discreetly repaired with Sellotape INSIDE the sleeve, with all parts of the sleeve STILL COMPLETE. I have seen repaired sleeves graded at anything from Fair to Near Mint, so I will leave it to you to make up your own minds from the photographs above.

WITHOUT the tears I would have graded the sleeve at a solid VERY GOOD+. There is some creasing on the laminated front cover, noticeably in the top lefthand corner and along the opening edge, but the lamination is fully complete and has not lifted anywhere. There is just some minor discolouration along the top edge of the unlaminated matte black and white back cover which is otherwise clean and unmarked. The corners of the sleeve show only slight shelfwear, while the spine is complete and undamaged with no splits or creases, retaining its pinched ends and fully readable printing. There are no seam splits anywhere, nor is there any handwriting, nor any sticker marks etc.

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ABOUT THIS ITEM:

All vinyl is strictly graded using the Record Collector RRPG system.

All photographs are of the actual item listed above: I never use 'stock' pictures or re-use old photos of previously sold items.

This item is listed with NO RESERVE for 10 days ending at around 20.45 GMT on Sunday 24 January 2010.

THERE IS NO 'BUY IT NOW' PRICE. I always let my auctions run their full course, so please do not contact me asking if this item can be sold early. Live a little, enjoy the giddy thrill of bidding.

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Royal Mail 1st Class postage is FREE to destinations within the UK.

Items selling for £39 or over will only be posted by UK Special Delivery at a charge of £7.40.

This item and its protective cardboard packaging weighs under 520g. The international post and packing charge will be:

Under £39: Europe Airmail £4.35

£39 or over: Europe International Signed For Airmail £10.25

Under £39: Rest Of World Airmail £7.45

£39 or over: Rest Of World International Signed For Airmail £13.35

Prices include both the Royal Mail postage fee and my packaging costs.

All records will be removed from their outer sleeves and then placed in a new polythene sleeve, before being carefully packed WITH TWO CARDBOARD STIFFENERS and posted in strong new Covers 33 mailers (although I do try to re-use good quality heavyweight packaging whenever practical). Please try to recycle the packing cardboard if possible - it might just help to offset the damage done when it was originally manufactured. Alternatively, throw it away and set fire to a couple of old tyres.

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I always strongly recommend that you select the insured option for postage irrespective of the value of the contents. Naturally, I will happily provide buyers with any necessary paperwork in the event of them having to make a claim against Royal Mail, but if you do not select the insured option, and your parcel is damaged or goes missing in the post, then you will not be entitled to any compensation, it's that simple.

METHODS OF POSTING

PACKETS UNDER £39

UK buyers - Royal Mail First Class service (no insurance)

Overseas buyers - Standard Airmail (Small Packets) service (no insurance)

PACKETS £39 - £500

UK buyers - Special Delivery Next Day (1pm) service (inc. insurance)

Overseas buyers - Royal Mail International Signed For (Small Packets) service (inc. insurance)

PACKETS OVER £500

I will contact you to see if you wish to use a courier service.

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Please do not ask me to send expensive items by the cheapest service available as I will not do so. Bitter experience has taught me that it is a nightmare to resolve to everyone's satisfaction if the postal service lets us down. If you are not prepared to pay for the correct postal service then PLEASE DO NOT BID ON THIS ITEM.

ABOUT ME:

If you haven't done business with me before my name is ANDY HIBBERD and I own a "bricks and mortar" record shop called 101 COLLECTORS RECORDS in Farnham, Surrey, about an hour out of central London.

My eBay seller rating currently stands at a 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK HISTORY, a score of 4.9 OUT OF 5 on all four Detailed Seller Ratings, and over 735 SATISFIED CUSTOMERS. Only an annual eBay sales turnover of less than the £9,000 required prevents me from achieving eBay's highest rating as a seller. Come on eBay, please reward good service to the customer rather than volume of sales.

I deal in old and collectable records, CDs, DVDs and music memorabilia in most genres, as well as new vinyl and CD releases and re-issues. 95% of my business is done in the shop, with my eBay sales offering just a, hopefully tantalising, taste of my overall stock. Please feel free to get in touch if you need any further information about this item, if you have any questions about what's currently in stock, or if you need any advice about selling a collection.

I can be contacted on 01252 734409 between 10am - 5.30pm Monday to Saturday.

I am always happy to receive your Wants Lists, but I sometimes file them carefully under bits of paper, which are in turn under slightly larger pieces of paper, that aren't always where I thought I had left them. This could be blamed on incompetence on my part, but I prefer to blame it on the pixies that clearly infest my shop and move things about after I have gone home, the little bastards. However, I will do my very best to find what you want a) immediately, b) the day after you have found it elsewhere, or c) about a year after you have quite frankly lost the will to live.

That said, I do appreciate your interest in this listing, especially during these troubled times. If you are thinking of bidding, please make sure that you have read the description and P&P costs carefully, and take the time to look at my Returns Policy. Also, please check out my Feedback comments and past sales - I am not an anonymous internet seller but a responsible (pixies permitting) and contactable UK record dealer. You can bid with confidence.

Thank you.

Andy

101 COLLECTORS RECORDS

101 West Street, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7EN, UK 

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