ONEADAYRECORDS – Simply Delivering Quality Music to the World in Quality, Safe Packing.

Postage: UK £4.75 (£1 per extra record). Europe (including Russia) £12.50 (£2 per extra record). Rest of World (including ALL parts of the USA) £16.50 (£3 per extra record). All boxes signed for in quality, safe packaging – I NEVER use mailing envelopes that offer virtually no protection at all – in fact I think these things should be banned as records WILL arrived damaged in them at some time. More details on my packing nearer the end of the listing.

Posting to Russia: Yes, I do post to Russia. But delivery can take up to 4 to 6 weeks from the UK. So please be patient. I will submit a tracking number to the winning bidder, and when the packet arrives there it can be followed online using the Russian post website.

ALSO: I now apply the Ebay ‘4-day’ rule for non-payment to keep things moving – cash-flow is important to any small business. I will always keep my P&P prices as low as possible, and even after yet another Royal Mail price hike from April this year, I have NOT raised my prices and will never compromise on solid, safe packing that is invariably heavier than most you will get. My P&P offers probably the best value-for-money for vinyl records available, and I even will pay for full insurance on any record that sells for over £100 at NO extra cost – that is UK and abroad. Also I aim to post the very same day after payment is received. You WILL see the difference when my packet arrives.

Album Title: WOODSTOCK TWO.

Artist or Band: As listed below.

Producer(s): Glyn Johns.

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: Jam Back at the House, Izabella, Get My Heart Back Together [Jimi Hendrix].

Side 2: Saturday Afternoon/Won’t You Try, Eskimo Blue Day [Jefferson Airplane]; Everything’s Gonna Be All Right [The Butterfield Blues Band].

Side 3: Sweet Sir Galahad [Joan Baez]; Guinnevere, 4+20, Marrakesh Express [Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young]; My Beautiful People, Birthday of the Sun [Melanie].

Side 4: Blood of the Sun, Theme for an Imaginary Western [Mountain]; Woodstock Boogie [Canned Heat]; Let the Sunshine In [by the Audience during Rainstorm, after the Joe Cocker performance].

Label/Format: Atlantic – original red and maroon (‘Plum’) format. These all have matt, smooth surfaces.

Label Conditions: All four very clean, fresh and attractive with only a tiny few mostly very light and faint spindle marks and no wear around the hole area. These original Plum label pair are all exceptional with sound to match.

Cat Number: 2657003.

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 these Records: 140 / 136 grams. Two excellent solid, above average weights.

Country of Manufacture: England [that is the entire set including the main cover].

Rarity: First UK issues on the Plum Atlantic label are quite rare, especially hardly played. This set was a very late issue on this label before the change to the Kinney format and is not seen often.

Original Year of Release: 1971 – availability on this label hence limited and very brief.

Matrix Nos: 2400130 A 1 1 1 2 & 2400130 B 1 1 1 1 & 2400131 C 1 2 1 8 & 2400131 D 1 2 1 1

Brief Info: The second of two ‘Woodstock’ albums, this being the ultimate first UK double set on the first Atlantic ‘Plum’ labels. A copy includes the UK-printed E. J. Day cover and even the ‘spacer’ card for the middle section – that is rarely ever seen these days. The album’s cover is in the same format as the first triple album (ALSO ON OFFER) in the same format cover. But this being a double set, the middle opening storage section has nothing inside, so – I presume for strength and to keep the cover robust – a care card reinforcing sheet was added (as seen in picture). Also this cover includes the small ‘bat-like’ ‘DOUBLE’ sticker on the back. Most who will be interested in this legendary album will know all about it. Suffice to say, quite possibly the best-known music festival of all-time, and here encaptured on four superb hardly played sides that follow-up the first triple set. Side One dedicates the entire side to Hendrix. This issued over a year after the triple set, this all ‘new’ material from that most famous ‘Love & Peace’ three-day concert, is much rarer and harder to find as a genuine first issue. The ‘Plum’ label format now in it’s last few months, even weeks of existence before the change to the more familiar green and orange. Also this is a fantastic copy from the collection as the triple first ‘volume’ on offer. Can any serious rock collection be without this landmark event and legendary piece of rock history?

Cover Grade and Format: EXCELLENT(+): arguably better still. A heavy and thick double gatefold cover with the UK Atlantic 2657003 number. All surfaces are unlaminated with matt finish. Printed and made in England by the E. J. Day Group, this has the small ‘bat-like’ shaped ‘DOUBLE’ sticker on the back. Also the rare and elusive ‘spacer’ or stiffener card as found in the middle section of this cover as explained further up. The two original mirror-image polylined inner sleeves are included.

Cover Front: Although this is a double set, it still includes a double gatefold heavy-duty cover just like the first triple Woodstock (as per the one I am also offering). Also this clearly is a cover highly prone to all forms of wear – single gatefolds are perilous enough – double gatefolds have even less chance over time. So I consider this is a very fine, or even exceptional example overall. Very clean and with still fresh artwork that has hardly any traces of rubbing or creasing, this front sets a very high standard.

Cover Back: Same again with barely any hint of wear or blemishes. The lack of ringwear is a major plus. Both front and back will prove very hard to match, let alone find better.

Cover Inner Gatefold: Tiny surface rubs on one inside face, that being the right inside one as seen fully opened near the bottom. Minimal really and all four faces look clean and very impressive again.

Top Edges: These multi-edges are where the records and the ‘spacer’ are stored. All are neat and undamaged, any thickening minor indeed, even viewed end-on. The card end a little darkened as you almost have to expect, but this proves there has been no trimming or enhancements.

Bottom Edges: All these are closed to hold the records inside, all have moderate rubbing, but NO splits or repairs. Actually still quite neat for storage edges as well, the rubbing confined to the actual edge and not spreading to the main faces.

Right Edge(s), and Type: The main edges are robust and thick to support the cover. Mimimal rubbing, straight and neat with practically all the graphic fully present and clean. The edges behind are both superb and barely worn at all.

Spine and Text: This similar to above, thick again but this time including the text. A little light patchy rubbing to the title – woodstock two – but most is present, strong and easy to read. This edge has actually fair well, somewhat against the odds with just a little light patchy rubbing to the top fold.

Corners: The outer exposed corners have mostly quite light to near moderate rubbing, the inner ones that are naturally better protected, have less. Fine to very fine shape mostly retained, the inner ones better.

Cover Summary: A very challenging heavy-weight cover, and a strong all-round example of this more elusive E. J. Day UK version. This will take some beating and should please many, if not most collectors.

The Inner Sleeves: EXCELLENT(+): both are the same, date-coded 0471 (April 1971). All are polylined and have little creasing. All four window circles crisp and undamaged, the linings clear. The usual toning on the seam adhesive but all edges are unsplit with no repairs.

The Card ‘Spacer’: EXCELLENT(++): something a little different to grade, being a plain square of thick bare card. This found within the centre storage area as there are only two records for three areas. This has one small corner crease and nothing else. I would image many, if not most of these would have been disgarded or ‘lost’ over time, but quite an integral part of the set really. Anyway, it’s here and as fine as a bare piece of brown card can be.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: EXCELLENT(++): four superb sides that are very clean with excellent shine and very solidly pressed. Both records hardly even played on all the evidence with any surface traces ultra fine, whispy and faint, even viewed under bright angled light. Visually fantastic historic records that should 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 B&W speakers that include the legendary tweeter from their awesome Nautilus range that reveals every blemish or minuscule sound present on any record.]

Sound Quality and Audio Grading: Four sides of the very best, this legendary festival album is in age-defying condition. Strong, distortion-free sound, all frequencies are sharp and clear - sound quality is very high with a wide dynamic range and very detailed sound. Any surface sounds are minimal indeed and this is an exceptional clean pressing with even the quiet passages playing impressively. Few originals will match, let outperform this early ‘plum’ pressing I feel sure. I am certain these records have been played very lightly and have been generally well stored and carefully handled. Nothing of any real note spoilt my pleasure when play-grading these lovely records. This set will prove very difficult to find significantly better and can be strongly recommended.

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: B&W 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 P&P 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 as 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] = £4.25

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 (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 (£17 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 Description 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’.