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 arrive damaged in them at some time. Here, you get what you pay for – SAFE PACKING in BOXES using 7mm DOUBLE-WALL STIFFENERS. Full details 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 ‘2-day’ rule for non-payment to keep things moving – cash-flow is important for 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.

FINALLY: Late payers, non-payers and ‘0’ bidders will now be blocked or cancelled at my discretion. As will any bidder who cancels a bid. I do not like this practice as it is most often used to phish out the price to beat. Ebay does not approve and neither do I – so only bid on my items if you want them.

Artist or Band: PINK FLOYD

Album Title: The Dark Side of the Moon

Producer(s): Pink Floyd

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: Speak to Me; Breathe; On the Run; Time; The Great Gig in the Sky.

Side 2: Money; Us and Them; Any Colour You Like; Brain Damage; Eclipse.

Label/Format: Harvest customised format with matt surfaces that have a gentle hint of texturing. This is just a standard, but complete copy of this famous album.

Label Conditions: Both very clean, fresh and attractive with hardly a spindle trace to be seen.

Catalogue Number: SHVL 804

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 this Record: 110 grams. Quite light, but superbly pressed and appearing hardly played.

Country of Manufacture: England

Rarity: The album itself is common, let’s not pretend otherwise. This sold in vast numbers and even today still does in various formats. Even the very first issues with the pale blue triangle label design are nothing like as rare as often portrayed. Condition is always the paramount factor. This is just a standard issue complete with all parts, a lovely example, very well pressed and hardly played. It does not glow-in-the-dark, or the earliest ever pressing ever made, it will not make you a better person, but it may make you a happier one when played, because it has hardly anything of note to fault, and that for is always the most important factor when offering the common classics. So many were played to near destruction and have parts missing, the records often disappoint with unwanted clicks and contact noise, this was a joy to play-grade. One that does high justice to the immaculate production and music quality. Such copies are harder to find for sure.

Original Year of Release: 1973

Matrix Nos: SHVL 804 A-11 / SHVL 804 B-10

Mother Codes: 2 / 3 [stampers unclear or unseen]

Musicians: David Gilmour – vocals, guitars, VCS 3; Nick Mason – percussion, tape effects; Richard Wright – keyboards, vocals, VCS 3; Roger Waters – bass guitar, vocals, VCS 3, tape effects. With: Dick Parry – saxophone; Clare Torry – vocals on ‘The Great Gig in the Sky’; Doris Troy – backing vocals; Lesley Duncan – backing vocals; Liza Strike – backing vocals; Barry St. John – backing vocals.

Brief Artist & Album Info: Any interested collector will know all about this album with little or no introductions needed. A monumental issue that sold in massive numbers worldwide, and even today, this legendary record is still used as a reference test for hi-fi systems. The sound and production is definitive and will make any worthy system go into overdrive with incredible details and dynamics. I have heard many variants over the years, both analogue and digital, but to date, I have never heard a copy that betters a very clean vinyl copy. This a standard complete copy in very fine condition. A little cover wear as per most, but the contents are exceptional.

Cover Grade and Format: NEAR EXCELLENT: an unlaminated gatefold format with matt and smooth surfaces. This one has the two open entrance edges – some had a closed left edge – a few included a promotional sticker as per this copy. Printed and made in England by Garrod & Lofthouse. Includes the white EMI text credit inner sleeve, two posters and two stickers, all seen in my pictures.

Cover Front: Firstly, the sticker, it was included on some covers and not others, it appeared quite random. This part is immculate, never picked at or removed. The very wear-prone surface itself has little wear, any rubbing gentle and light with any creasing only very small fine edge or corner tip types few ever avoid as the barest minimum. No fading and retaining fine deep colour, overall, an impressive front for arguably rock’s most famous cover.

Cover Back: Largely the same again, small tip rubs but the lack of any heavy rubbing and ring wear makes this back near exceptional.

Cover Inner Gatefold: The odd small tip crease but little else to fault.

Top & Bottom Edges: All four are straight, flat and flush. Only very light and patchy rubbing on the top pair, very little at all in fact. The bottom pair have rubbed a little more, but for black storage edges, this is only relatively light with only moderate rubbing near the right corner of the back one.

Right Edge(s), and Type: As stated, both ends are open – certainly offering better storage of the inserts. All four ends are still quite sharp with any thickening or burring light as seen viewed end-on, all are guaranteed untrimmed or enhanced.

Spine and Text: The perilous spine has minimal hint of wear, certainly one of the better ones I have seen for some time. Very solid, straight with barely any compression. Also folded squarely, so all edges are flush and parallel. Always the best news for a neater cover. The main surface, and even the folds have avoided rubbing, there was no text printed on the spine, the only detail being the ray of light that is perfect. These are less seen with this area almost unworn and this impressive.

Corners: Light to moderate rubbing, very little on the spine ends. Very fine to excellent shape retained with no bashes, any dink evidence tiny and light.

Cover Summary: Revealing and uncompromising, this famous cover is really nice, and I think the sticker always add something extra to it, with most wear being on the bottom edges, this only gives gentle, polite clues of age and sets a high standard. One to please many collectors.

The Inner Sleeve: EXCELLENT: first issues, of which this is certainly isn’t, included a black inner sleeve. When repressed, they included a white EMI unlined inner. This has little to fault bar a little creasing to one top corner. A few tiny tone spots only, all edges unsplit with no repairs.

The Posters: Both NEAR MINT: these are unmounted (e.g. no pin holes or tape marks), clean, fresh with no ageing or blemishes of any real note. I doubt if the one previous owner even unfolded them more than once. They were inside the cover and not seen light-of-day for decades.

The Stickers: NEAR MINT: a matt surface, same format back pair also in fantastic condition. These are the hardest parts to find nice and so often missing altogether. So many people peeled-off the backs and even stuck them to the main cover. As seen, these are the brown line, FasPrint, Crack-Back ‘Fasson’ style stickers, and both backs are unbroken, clean and immaculate. The fronts uncreased – maybe a microscopic trace to the odd corner tip – but these will prove very difficult to find better. So often they got caught between the cover and hinge fold and became bent or creased, both have avoided such issues. Both front surfaces are deeply coloured and fresh, just a hint of a mark on the yellow one (look very hard). Always lovely to offer the original pair in such condition, so many copies are seen with mix-and-match stickers, often very different because these really do come in many format variations, the backs especially.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: EXCELLENT(+): arguably better. A very fine visual copy that is very clean with equally fine shine and quite solidly pressed. A copy hardly even played, reiterated by the one previous owner with any surface traces very light, fine and faint as seen critically under bright light. No penetrating stylus scratches at all, merely wispy hairlines, viewed in average room light, practically nothing even registers. Visually a lovely record that should please many 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 equipment, all listed further down.]

Sound Quality and Audio Grading: This evergreen prog classic plays even above it’s high visual grading with hardly anything to fault. Offering strong, distortion-free sound, all frequencies are sharp and clear – sound quality is very high with a wide dynamic range and very detailed sound. A masterpiece in production and engineering and a long-standing reference piece to test hi-fi systems. Even after all these years, few titles are better for this purpose, if any system fails to sound great playing this album, well it simply isn’t up to the job. Any surface sounds are minimal indeed and this is an exceptional clean pressing with no tracking issues*. Few available copies, no matter when they were pressed, will outperform this high-quality example I feel sure. Both channels are clean and sharp, I am certain this record has been played very lightly and has been generally well stored and carefully handled, almost certainly in a non-smoking environment. Nothing of any real note spoilt my pleasure when play-grading this wonderful record. It could prove very difficult to find significantly better and can be strongly recommended.

* As played-graded on a high-end Linn LP12 Sondek turntable with Ittok Mk II arm and Ortofon Quintet Black moving coil cartridge tracking at 2.2 grams.

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 as I Play-Grade every record I offer in their entirety – also on higher-end equipment – 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 it’s 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 programs. Room light factors can make things vary sometimes, that is hard to control, especially in winter. 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 Quintet Black moving coil cartridge (tracks at 2.2 grams). Amps: Naim Supernait 2 with Project USB phono stage and Tellerium Black interconnects. Speakers: B&W 805 Nautilus (bi-wired with Tellurium Black terminated cable) with REL subwoofer. 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, better quality packaging costs, I offer probably the best-value and safest shipping possible for ultimate confidence. The boxes and ultra thick double-wall stiffeners 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 minuscule in over 14­ 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. Oneadayrecords is a MAILER-FREE ZONE – they offer next-to-no-protection, and should be banned, no ‘professional’ should consider using them in my opinion. 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 ask me first.

PLEASE NOTE: I now exercise my right to open a dispute after the Ebay rule of TWO days if no payment is received. I will then cancel the dispute to end the bid, 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 as will any suspicious bids or bid withdrawals. 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] = £4.75

1 LP (Special Delivery with Standard £500 Maximum Insurance) [Signed For, Next Day] = £7.50. (this includes insurance of £500). Add £1 per extra LP.

Posting & Packing: EUROPE & SCANDINAVIA. (Airmail Only):

1 LP (Small Packet ‘Signed For’ with Standard Royal Mail Insurance [£50 maximum]) = £12.50 (enhanced Royal Mail insurance is an optional extra £3). Add £2 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]) = £16.50 (£17.50 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’.