Sold Date: November 27, 2022
Start Date: November 20, 2022
Final Price: £20.00 (GBP)
Bid Count: 10
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Sparks - 'Sparks'  

Bearsville - K 45511 - UK 1974

(former non-UK pressing titled Halfnelson) 

Vinyl/Sleeve: VG+/EX

Matrix: (a) K.45511-A2  KIP  

             (b) K.45511-B2

Vinyl: Very Good +  

This record has been machine cleaned and play checked by myself. Playback is excellent with no distracting surface noise or tics apart from a couple of light tics heard in track one side two. Side two has some mild bagrash across track one (from long term storage in a pvc sleeve), but there is no deterioration in sound quality. The playing surface has no other obvious marks or scratches. 

Sleeve: Excellent  

The matt sleeve is in great condition with a little edge wear along the bottom. This comes with it's gatefold lyric insert which apart from some light handling is in excellent condition.   

Side One:  Wonder Girl / Fa La Fa Lee / Roger / High C / Fletcher Honorama / Simple Ballet  

Side Two:  Slowboat / Biology 2 / Saccharin And The War / Big Bands / (No More) Mr. Nice Guys          

Combined postage offered to UK destinations ONLY. I'll send an invoice if you've bought more than one record.

NON-UK shipping - NO COMBINED POSTAGE - International shipping is with eBay's Global Shipping Program (GSP) and combined postage is not available. It may appear expensive, and delivery may take a few extra days, but I'm sorry, it's the only international shipping option I offer.

A few words on Vinyl Grades.........

My vinyl grades are pretty much in line with those commonly used here on eBay and other specialist vinyl sites. The descriptions I provide are of equal significance as they will include any details I would consider useful to know when deciding whether to purchase a vinyl record. I normally examine a record’s playing surface in more than one daylight condition, this is because the lighting at different times of day tend to reveal details that might not be noticeable at other times of day. For example, bright angled morning light shining through a window will reveal a multitude of fine lines and dust that are often superficial, and these can distract from significant surface imperfections which might be more noticeable later in the day. Sleeve grades shouldn't really require an explanation, needless to say, the photos and descriptions should speak for themselves.    

Mint (M) : Never played, and the only way you can be fairly confident that it hasn’t been played, is if the record is still sealed (and that’s not foolproof).

Near Mint (NM) : A record that shows hardly any evidence of being played – both in appearance and sound quality.

Excellent (EX) : A record that may have minor surface marks and/or minimal surface noise or tics.

Very Good + (VG+) : The record will be close to excellent but may have some distinct marks or hairlines that may even be feelable - but not to excess. Sound quality may be slightly impaired with light surface noise/crackle or tics.

Very Good (VG) : The record will have several marks or scratches, and/or sound quality that isn’t that great

Good+ (G+) : This will be a record that has many surface marks or scratches and poor sound quality. I wouldn’t normally sell anything that would grade below this (ie ‘good’ or ‘acceptable’). Anything below this grade would probably have skips and I rarely sell records that have skips.