Sold Date: November 20, 2021
Start Date: November 13, 2021
Final Price: £11.99 (GBP)
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ROBIN WARD - WONDERFUL SUMMER, Japanese MCA RECORDS P-11576, 1985.

ORIGINAL Japanese ISSUE with Insert.

Very Rare & Superb US 60s Pop/Sunshine Pop… with great femvox, originally released in 1963 on Dot.

Tracks are: Side 1: Wonderful Summer, Moon River, I Could Have Danced All Night, Dream Boy, Johnny Come and Get Me, Why Don’t You Believe Me, Winter’s Here. 

Side 2: I Will Love You, My Foolish Heart, Teach Me Tonight, For All We Know, Today I Fell in Love, Where The Blue of the Night (Meets The Gold of the Day), Bobby.

The style on many of the tracks seem to be a definite influence on what would become known as Sunshine Pop later in the 60s.

The original Dot release is now a major collectable with copies usually going for well into 3 figure sums.

Essential album for anyone with an interest in 60’s Sunshine Pop.

Original Japanese issue which had the same front cover as the US original and is the only vinyl reissue (all the other reissues are Japanese CDs) and is quite rare itself with copies usually $25/$30+.

A really nice copy, has the insert but no OBI. 

Condition is M-/Mint (cover/record), cover has no cutout.

POSTAGE:

If you win more than one item please wait for your invoice for the correct combined postage amount.

UK: £4 for up to 6 LPs under 2 Kg with a value of around £20-£25, but £5.20 if the value is £25 to £55 and £8 for values up to £100.

For over 2 Kg, approximately £10 for values up to £100, £11 for values of £150, £14 for values up to £300.

CDs & 7" Singles are FREE with LPs, otherwise £1.80 for the first then 50p for each additional. Thicker CD Box Sets are the same as LPs due to the size/weight. For larger orders cost will be the same as LPs depending on the weight/value.

EUROPE: 9.00 GBP/10.50 GBP for the 1st LP (for under/over 500g, most LPs are under), 2 LPs 10.50 GBP, 3 LPs 12 GBP, 4 LPs 13.50 GBP, 5/6 LPs 15 GBP.

With tracking: 13.50/14.50 GBP for 1st LP (under/over 500g), 2 LPs 14.50 GBP, 3 LPs 15.50 GBP, 4 LPs 16.50 GBP, 5/6 LPs 18 GBP.

2LP sets count as 2 LPs.

1st CD/Single is 5 GBP then the next CD/Single is 1.50 GBP...then each batch of 2 are 1.50 each.

CANADA/ZONE 1: 13.50 GBP/16.50 GBP for the 1st LP (for under/over 500g, most LPs are under), then additional single LPs are 3 GBP each. 6 LPs not more than 27 GBP (under 2Kg).
2LP sets count as 2 LPs.

Insurance/tracking depends on the weight: 1 to 2 LPs is 5 GBP extra, 3 to 4 LPs is 4 GBP, 5 to 6 LPs is 3 GBP.

1st CD/Single is 6.50 GBP then additional CDs/Singles are 2 GBP each...larger quantities will be less.

USA is now 18 GBP for the 1st LP (under 500g), CDs/Singles as Zone 1.

AUSTRALIA/FAR EAST/ZONE 2: 16 GBP/19 GBP for the 1st LP (for under/over 500g, most LPs are under), then additional single LPs are 3 GBP each up to 6 LPs in total (under 2Kg).
2LP sets count as 2 LPs.

Insurance/tracking depends on the weight: 1 to 2 LPs is 5 GBP extra, 3 to 4 LPs is 4 GBP, 5 to 6 LPs is 3 GBP.

NOTE: Ebay now levy an extra 12-14% charge on all postage amounts...so please realise the actual postage cost is: the actual cost of shipping + the ebay charge + other smaller costs such as petrol, cost of mailers etc where appropriate...

PAYMENT:

PERSONAL CHEQUES IN UK STERLING/ PAYPAL.

GRADINGS:

I DO TRY TO PLAY/TEST GRADE ALL THE LPs I SELL.

MINT:

RECORD: PERFECT...AS NEW CONDITION, SO NO DETEORIATION IN THE SOUND QUALITY…bear in mind that not all ‘new’ LPs are Mint because of the quality of the pressing etc...also SEALED/UNPLAYED LPs should be Mint.

COVER: AS NEW CONDITION WITH NO OBVIOUS DEFECTS.

M-: RECORD: SLIGHTY WORSE THAN Mint, LP may have the odd surface mark due to removal from its sleeve etc…but should have minimal noise and is still in great condition.

COVER: SHOWS SIGNS OF BEING HANDLED WITH THE ODD CREASE/TINY BIT OF WEAR or a Mint cover with a deletion/cutout hole or notch.

EX: RECORD: MOST REGUARLY PLAYED LPs KEPT WITH CARE FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY...LP may play with more hiss/slight crackle but not louder than the music.

COVER: SLIGHTLY MORE WEAR/CREASING/BENDING even some very slight ring wear...or may be a M or M- cover with a tiny split seam or a tiny sticker tear, but still nice.

EX-: Record & Cover a bit worse than EX, but better than VG+.

VG+: RECORD: LP PLAYS WITH MORE NOISE DUE TO EITHER DIRT OR STRONGER SURFACE MARKS BUT NO BAD MARKS/SCRATCHES and is STILL IS IN A VERY LISTENABLE CONDITION though starting to affect the music to some extent.

COVER: HAS QUITE A LOT OF CEASING/BENDING often with FADING/RING WEAR/ STICKER TEARS/TEARS...or may be an EX cover with a split seam(s).

NOTE: Any buyers looking for reasonably nice playing records should avoid anything below VG+.    

VG: Not exactly ‘Very Good’, an often-misinterpreted grade, most VG records I’ve bought have some obvious defects affecting the record and/or cover.        RECORD: THE SOUND QUALITY OF IS AFFECTED BY SURFACE MARKS/ LESSER AUDIBLE MARKS/SCRATCHES or DIRT etc...but still plays through and is still in quite a REASONABLE condition for playing, though obviously affecting the music to a greater extent.

COVER: PLENTY OF CREASING/BENDING/FADING/RING WEAR but still in one piece.

G: LP still plays through but is very noisy due to scratches/dirt etc....but still not totally trashed!

COVER: AS VG BUT TORN and starting to fall apart.

F/P: LP is trashed...for ornament purposes only.

PLEASE NOTE GRADING IS SUBJECTIVE AND EVERYONE CAN HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION (for instance, some sellers don’t grade below VG). Myself, I think there should be an obvious difference between each grade.