Sold Date: January 12, 2014
Start Date: January 5, 2014
Final Price: $15.00 (USD)
Bid Count: 1
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Buyer Feedback: 195

JANKO NILOVIC "Psyc Impressions"

REISSUE of 1970 LP on the P&C label, STEREO

COVER: NEAR MINT

VINYL: NEAR MINT

Yugoslavian expatriate Janko Nilovic, living in France and teaming up with some guy named Dave Sucky – now tell me he didn’t have a rough time in school – to make this incredible fuzz-and-horn-and-funk fest wrapped up in the old “library music” cover-up called Psyc Impressions.  Not “Psych” mind you – that would imply flower power and hippie beats and sitar and phasing.  Janko made sure to leave the “h” off because his so-called “psyc music” is more deeply rooted in funk.  Or at least the kind of demented, dark funk that gets layered in dirty, filthy fuzz guitar and super clean-sounding bright Earth Wind and Fire horn sections and some of the rubber-iest basslines you’ve heard since Bootsy Collins’ last project.  All those great beats and breaks and basslines haven’t gone to waste either – the kids tell me that Jay-Z sampled something off this album in 2009 for his “DOA (Death of Autotune)” single, but I can’t confirm that for sure because I’m an old white guy.  But I can tell you that I’m digging the mega-fuzz blasts that power “Rush On The Ball” and the floaty vaguely Eastern tripout drones of “In The Space” (presumably the track sampled by Jay Z).  And I’m sure glad my last name isn’t Sucky.

PLEASE NOTE I NO LONGER SHIP TO ITALY DUE TO A CORRUPT POSTAL SYSTEM (THERE, NOT HERE).  BUYERS FROM ITALY AGREE TO PAY FOR GLOBAL PRIORITY MAIL INSURED ONLY!

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Media mail shipping with delivery confirmation starts at $4.00 in the US, with each additional record only $1 additional shipping.  Overseas shipping has, unfortunately, gone way up in the fast few months, which translates to $15 for the first LP to Canada ($3 each one thereafter) and $24 for the first LP everywhere else in the world, with each add'l LP an extra $5 (so it pays to buy more, nudge nudge wink wink).   I accept payments through Paypal.

I try to grade as best as I can, and I list as many blemishes/imperfections I can find (writing, ringwear, scuff marks, etc.) – Also, please note that I DO listen to these albums – I may not listen to every track, but my grades are based on LISTENING, not just looking at it, since chances are you’ll be listening to the record you buy, not just looking at it.  Most of the albums I sell are the ones I’ve enjoyed for years – and I treat my records with kid gloves.  But sounds speak louder than words, so check out the sound clips below – they’re from the actual record you’re bidding on. 

SHIPPING AND PACKAGING

Listen, I buy a bunch of records too (when I’m not getting outbid at the last second, which is more often than not) – and I know what it’s like to get a rare, one-of-a-kind album packaged dangerously in a flimsy bubblewrap package.  I hate that too.  So rest assured, I ALWAYS package albums with stiff cardboard reinforcements, same for 45s.  And yes, the records are removed from the sleeves (for albums).  I ship out once a week, every Friday, because I have a regular day job.  But I’d be willing to give that up if you’d all be so kind as to bid my items up to stupidly high amounts. 

 For more security and international tracking, you may request GLOBAL PRIORITY MAIL - but bear in mind the cost of this service is upwards of $30.  For expensive items, however, it may be well worth it.  Unfortunately, there isn’t a cost-effective way of tracking parcels to foreign countries yet, and shipping times vary depending on your country’s postal system.   Italy in particular seems to be really bad at delivering packages quickly, or delivering packages at all, now that you mention it.  I will always email you when your package ships, but once it’s on its way, please don’t ask me when it will arrive because I don’t know.  If the world’s postal systems can ever agree on a universal tracking system that’s affordable, I’ll be the first to use it.

NOW IT’S YOUR TURN…

I will always leave positive feedback for successful transactions, and would appreciate the same in return.  All I ask of you is the following – please pay for your items within 14 days of the close of auction.  Compared to other sellers, that’s a generous amount of time, so if you don’t pay within 2 weeks, then I have to assume something’s wrong.  You’ll get an Ebay payment reminder at that point, and possibly a decapitated horse head in your bed.  If, after 30 days, you still haven’t forked up the cash, I’ll relist the item and yell at you if I ever see you in town.