Sold Date: June 30, 2018
Start Date: May 28, 2018
Final Price: £16.50 (GBP)
Seller Feedback: 747
Buyer Feedback: 219

AN INTRODUCTION TO purplegallinule
I have been a music lover and vinyl enthusiast since the early 1970s and over the past years have become an established and trusted eBay seller of a large and very wide range of vinyl records. The vast majority are authentic and original 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's pressings, but occasionally modern pressings if they are of particular interest. 
I am a GENUINE AND INDIVIDUAL PRIVATE SELLER not a professional dealer, although you can be 100% assured that I do strive hard to apply thoroughly professional standards to every aspect of my eBay dealings. In the unlikely event that we ever did run into any problems, then please do not hesitate to contact me and you have my unequivocal guarantee that the matter will be resolved without delay. I am very privileged to have a loyal and highly valued band of returning customers and there is no greater satisfaction than when fellow music lovers come back for more quality records.
All the records which I sell have been very well cared for, though I will give an honest appraisal of their condition and will put up plenty of photos of the actual records for sale so you can see exactly what you are bidding on. I endeavour to highlight anything in the description which I would want to be made aware of before I decided to place a bid. I am very aware that, as a distance buyer, you are entrusting in the honesty of the item descriptions and I always aim to describe the items truthfully and thoroughly. Obviously should you need further details on a particular record then I am very happy to provide more information or extra photographs. 
Every single record, whether a £5 or £500 album, goes through the same rigorous process and is deep cleaned using a professionally constructed wet vacuum system using record cleaning fluids of only the highest quality and purity, with techniques and formulae tailored and developed from the experience of cleaning 1000s upon 1000s of albums, so the vinyl is all immaculately clean, glossy and dust free. Every record is then visually inspected under the bright and highly revealing light of an inspection lamp and the results of this are noted in the descriptions.  
A note regarding the most important matter of all - the audio - as with all vinyl, even straight out of the cellophane, there can be light crackle or very light 'pops' during the quiet passages. I have listened carefully to all these records so I will include in the descriptions any aspects of the audio playback which needs to be highlighted and although obviously subjective, ultimately if I wouldn't be absolutely 100% happy to immediately slide the record in alongside my own personal treasured collection, then, quite simply, it will not be listed for sale on here.
All records will be supplied to you in a high quality clear outer wallet to protect the sleeve.
****  SPECIFIC DETAILS ABOUT THIS RECORD FOR SALE - PLEASE READ ****
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'The Specials' - original 1979 vinyl album in lovely all round condition. The matrix reads CDL 5001 A//2 / B//6 with 'TY CBS' etched to the run outs.
The vinyl is in pretty immaculate condition and retains all of its original glossy sheen with only the very lightest of wispy superficial hairlines, of any, visible in bright light and this lovely visual condition is well reflected in the excellent playback throughout. I am listening to the album as I type this, currently the brilliant side 2 opener 'Monkey Man' and the audio is superb, really crisp and clear and delivering all of that richness and depth characteristic of the music produced from the source of high quality well cared for vinyl.
The unmistakable sleeve is front laminated and in really excellent condition, just a little creasing to the spine, but this really is as good a sleeve as I've come across on this album  and it presents really well in its brand new high quality clear protective outer jacket.
The vinyl is now housed in a brand new high quality poly-lined inner sleeve for safekeeping. 
Please take a look at the photos which are of the actual record for sale and are an accurate reflection of this album's excellent all round condition.
This record in a nutshell :  you'd have to go a very long way to find as good looking and sounding a copy of this seminal 1970's classic album as this one. The sleeve is in cracking shape and the freshly machine deep cleaned excellent condition vinyl delivers a lovely pin sharp sound and this album would make a very worthy addition to anyone's playing 2 Tone/Ska vinyl collection. 
You're only ever going to buy one copy of this album so you might as well buy the best.
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The records will be sent to you very thoroughly packaged in high quality heavy duty cardboard mailers with card stiffeners. 
I am always very happy to combine postage.
I will be listing lots of other very varied high quality records over the coming days and weeks and I have other listings currently running so please check out my other items for sale and thank you for looking.