Item Description
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Postage: UK 4.75.
Europe including Russia 12.50.
Rest of World 16.50.
ALL signed for in quality, safe packaging I NEVER use mailing envelopes.
PLEASE NOTE: Overseas packets that go through the customs system, can take up to 4 to 6 weeks to process and deliver, this IS normal.
For Russia, this can take even longer and is out of my control, so please be patient.
ALSO: I now apply the Ebay 4-day rule for non-payment.
I try to keep my PP prices as low as possible even yet another Royal Mail price hike, I will never compromise on solid, safe packing that is invariably a little heavier.
Artist or Band: SHIRLEY and DOLLY COLLINS Album Title: Love, Death and the Lady.
Producer s : Austin John Marshall.
TRACK LIST: Side 1: Death the Lady Glenlogie The Oxford Girl Are You Going to Leave Me? The Outlandish Knight Go From My Window Young Girl Cut Down in Her Prime.
Side 2: Geordie Salisbury Plain Fair Maid of Islington Six Dukes Polly on the Shore Plains of Waterloo.
Label/Format: Harvest original no EMI logo and Gramophone Co Ltd text on rims.
Please see my label scan .
Label Conditions: Both very clean, fresh and highly attractive.
Just one or two faint spindle marks on side one, and three or four on the other.
On this evidence, hardly played and a lovely original for a difficult early Harvest album.
Cat Number: SHVL 771.
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: 133 grams.
A typical solid weight for this one.
Country of Manufacture: England.
Rarity: Very Scarce: and finding clean, little played copies is always very difficult.
Original Year of Release: 1970 Matrix Nos: SHVL 771 A-1 / SHVL 771 B-1 Mother Stamper Codes: 1 A / 1 A Musicians: Shirley Collins - vocals Dolly Collins - flute-portative pipe-organ, piano Chris Hogwood - harpsichord Alan Lumsden - sackbut Adam Skeaping - bass viol, violene Roderick Skeaping - bass viol Eleanor Sloan - rebec John Fordham - recorder Terry Cox - percussion Peter Wood - concertina.
Brief Artist Album Info: The Harvest label is more well-known for progressive acts, but did diversify into some more obscure folk acts.
This, without doubt one of the most beautiful folk albums I have ever heard on vinyl.
Shirley Collins has the most distinctive and charismatic folk voices ever, here she is again accompanied by her sister Dolly, who plays the most haunting and expressive instrument, the flute-organ.
A small Mediaeval-type instrument one hand worked the bellows, the other played the keys.
The model played by Dolly is a modern electrically-blown adaptation by the church-organ builder Noel Mander.
It s pipework, scales and tone are reproduced from an instrument built in Bucharest in 1689.
This was the second of two albums made on Harvest, the first Anthems in Eden is equally as rare and both are notoriously difficult to find in near top conditions.
The songs are mostly traditional and very dark, they cover the usual spectrum of British folk music war, tragic events, lost loves, murder and harsh capital punishment yes it can be said the subject-matter is bleak.
It s certainly compulsive listening but not easy, it climaxes with the brilliant Plains of Waterloo .
No music lover could fail to be moved by this wonderful record, even non-folk fans.
Shirley once commented It wasn t easy music to listen to, I m surprised anybody bought any of it at all .
That haunting little organ is addictive and this album will seldom be heard a great deal better.
A record that appears hardly played and has little unwanted the odd sporadic tick near impossible to avoid on such material nice cover too.
These early pre-EMI Harvest gems are all elusive and this is one of the diamonds in the crown.
So many of them disappeared into obscurity and only a small few were later repressed.
This and other such records rarely surface in better conditions, so when they do, grab them fast.
This one merits strong recommendation and must be regarded as a traditional folk masterpiece.
Being on Harvest, it just has that little alternative type sound and quirkiness that you would expect from one of the greatest and most innovative labels ever made.
Cover Grade and Format: EXCELLENT : a gatefold format with both front and back being laminated.
The inside is matt finished.
Printed and made in England by Garrod Lofthouse and includes the Patents pending text.
Also has the Harvest promotional inner sleeve.
Lamination Front Back: Both sides retain a very fine shine, freshness and clarity with no lifting and barely any creasing apart from the odd small corner tip trace.
Faint dulling traces seen on the back with scrutiny under angled light as this is much darker and revealing, few will have less.
The front shows hardly anything.
Any marks are very few and faint and again hardly even show viewed normally.
Just a little mild darkening or minor creases on the corner tips.
Both sides will prove very difficult to find much better.
Cover Inner Gatefold: The odd small tone spot trace or two and one small gentle tip crease, that apart, superb and again it will prove hard to find better.
Top Edges: Both practically as made up to the very ends, straight and both lie very flat.
The laminate ultra smooth to the fingertip with no scuffs.
Bottom Edges: As above but a fraction less flat this being somewhat critical .
Right Edge s , and Type: Clean, sharp with barely any hint of wear and both guaranteed untrimmed.
Any thickening or burring seen viewed end-on is minuscule.
Record enters on this back edge.
Spine and Text: Solid, straight with any compression slight, but a gentle tilt to left.
This never had text printed on it and there is some patchy flaking of the laminate which for spines of this type is almost the norm.
A quite high percentrate remains and any smallish exposed parts have no surface wear.
The spine and both folds actually still look very attractive.
Corners: A little corner wear: the odd hint of darkening with small tip crease or light rub.
Fine to very fine shape is retained.
Cover Summary: A lovely example and few will available examples will better it significantly.
Very little aged and minimal wear, this retains impressive good looks.
One that does not surface often and this one should please many, if not most collectors.
The Inner Sleeve: EXCELLENT : this being somewhat harsh I feel.
This has hardly any real wear or creasing and all edges are unsplit or repaired.
The polylining still attached and only mild darkening of the seam adhesive that few ever avoid.
Hardly any rim impression either, these Harvest promotional inners, that advertise albums of this one s era, are seldom seen a great deal better.
Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: EXCELLENT : and an argument for Mint - , this is a superb visual copy that is very clean, shiny, intense black and very solidly pressed.
A copy hardly even played on all the evidence.
Any surface traces are minuscule, even when scrutinised under bright angled light.
A rare and very early pressed example that should again please most 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 BW speakers that include the legendary tweeter from their awesome Nautilus range that reveals every blemish or miniscule sound present on any record.
Sound Quality and Audio Grading: This outstanding Harvest record plays up to its high visual grading and most-all above with very little 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.
A beautiful recording and superbly produced, but delicate with quite sparse backing to the quality vocals of Shirley a few indeed are actually unaccompanied.
Any surface sounds are gentle, few and faint the odd sporadic tick is a huge ask to avoid totally on such music and material.
There is pretty much nowhere for any minor blemish to hide, and for most all, not even needed.
Played, like all my records, on a highly revealing Linn-Naim system, this very difficult record is impressive, and the material has to be taken into consideration.
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 generally well stored and carefully handled, almost certainly in a non-smoking environment.
Very little, indeed if anything really I am more than realistic to know a 43-year-old sparse and gentle folk album is likely to have the odd tick and minor blemish.
If absolute silence is non-negotiable, well there is the digital format, but the sheer realism of the voice and backing cannot be matched by the analogue original.
Even the discerning folk collectors will treasure this one, for many, Shirley Collins is the queen of folk vocalists and this legendary recording reitterates that still further.
These vintage early Harvest albums are national treasures and this copy comes very close to doing it maximum justice.
It will prove very difficult to find much better and this merits strong recommendation.
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.
Equipment Used for Play-Grading: I now play-grade ALL the records I offer unless clearly stated to the contrary on the following equipment: 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: BW 704 Floorstanding 3-way Monitors bi-wired with Terrarium Black 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.
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 PP 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 8,000 items sold in over 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 2 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 .
All postage costs are below and at the top of the listing.
NOTE: First Time Bidders: Please ask me first.
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.
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 8.
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 50 maximum 12.50 enhanced 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 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 can 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 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 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 .
