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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, and records WILL arrive damaged in them at some time as most record buyers will already know. Here, you get what you pay for – SAFE PACKING in BOXES using 7mm DOUBLE-WALL STIFFENERS including full side protection and bubble wrap, the records removed from the covers of course. All this very safe packing means I lose money on every box I post, but safe delivery is, and will always be paramount. You WILL see the difference when my packet arrives. Also, I will pay for 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 if possible. PLEASE NOTE: I will NOT send any item, no matter what its value without a Royal Mail or courier tracking number. ALL my items must be signed and trackable to comply with Ebay delivery rules. Please do NOT ask me to make any exceptions to this rule as no country offers 100% reliable service without it.

Posting to Russia: Yes, I do post to Russia. But delivery can take longer 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.

ANY ITEM or ITEMS TO BE PAID WITHIN A MAXIMUM OF 6 DAYS or they will be cancelled – NO EXCEPTIONS.

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. Please only bid on my items if you want them.

Artist or Band: BLACKFOOT SUE

Album Title: Nothing to Hide

Producer(s): Noel Walker

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: Messiah; Country Home; Cry; My Oh My; Now We’re Three.

Side 2: The Spring of 69; Glittery Obituary; On His Own; Too Soon; Gypsy Jam.

Label/Format: Jam (a subsidiary of Pye) with matt, smooth surfaces.

Label Conditions: Superb examples of this seldom-seen label. Very clean, fresh and attractive with barely any spindle marks.

Catalogue Number: JAL 104

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: 143 grams.

Country of Manufacture: England

Rarity: Fairly scarce. A beautiful cover that reminds of the pin-ups painted on American aircraft of WWII. Delicate, made with soft textured card and highly vulnerable to all forms of wear – this one in fantastic condition, and to date, the very best example I have seen. The record appears hardly played and plays impressively. This a red translucent example as seen in my picture. Translucent copies appear as a black record with normal viewing, but when held to a bright light source (e.g. a light bulb), they have an eerie red glow. The term translucent means light will pass through an item, but cannot actually be seen through with the eye. Such pressings are more collectable and not seen as often.

Original Year of Release: 1973

Matrix Nos: JAL 104 A1 / JAL 104 B1

Mothers / Stampers: K 1 / D 2

Musicians: Tom Farmer – bass, lead vocals; David Farmer – drums, vocals; Eddie Golga – lead guitar, vocals; Alan Jones – guitar, vocals.

Brief Info: Formed in Birmingham in the early 1970s by the Farmer brothers and best known for a hit single ‘Standing in the Road’ with an appearance on ‘Top of the Pops’ in 1973. But major success eluded them and they were relatively short-lived. Nothing to Hide was their debut album and is quite scarce. Predominately a ‘rock band’, musically lying between the popular and rock market – similar to Badfinger as a quick comparison – their niche was never really established and further commercial success eluded them. A very fine album on a scarce label, this includes beautiful cover artwork which is seldom seen this nice. The record appears hardly played – one small scuff only with just a few sporadic gentle clicks heard – this on quite a loud song so anything mostly muted or lost, and certainly very brief. That apart, this record is superb. If Blackfoot Sue eluded you all those years ago, this is well worth checking out.

Cover Grade and Format: EXCELLENT(++): and arguably better still. An unlaminated gatefold format with a textured front and back. The inside is smooth. Printed and made in England by Garrod & Lofthouse. Beautiful front cover artwork by Ann Meisel and a fantastic band picture inside. Includes the white inner sleeve.

Cover Front: Another delicate cover seldom seen without significant wear and grubbiness. This colourful and attractive front has little to fault with the least rubbing and grubbiness I have seen to date, this retains genuine freshness and barely a crease to be seen. The colour remains deep and unaged with no sticker issues, a brilliant piece of cover art that will prove very difficult to find better.

Cover Back: The back is virtually the same. The lack of ring wear is unusually good news.

Cover Inner Gatefold: Practically mint as-issued.

Top Edges: White surfaces, barely worn. Both flat, flush and straight.

Bottom Edges: Almost as above, any trace of rubbing to these storage edges patchy, gentle and faint.

Right Edge(s), and Type: The closed front edge is unworn and straight. The back entrance edges are clean, mostly sharp with any thickening patchy, little and light. All guaranteed untrimmed or enhanced.

Spine and Text: A gentle hint of darkening of the white card apart, little else to fault again. Solid, straight with no compression, also folded square, so the edges meet up perfectly together and parallel. The text unworn, bold and unfaded as seen, even the folds are unrubbed or scuffed.

Corners: Any tip rubs tiny and light with excellent or better shape retained with no knocks.

Cover Summary: A superb all-round example of this beautiful, but quite fragile 1970’s cover, one that will prove very difficult to find better. This brilliant item should please most collectors, one that is rarely seen looking like this.

The Inner Sleeve: EXCELLENT(++): a plain white unlined solid inner with little to fault. Gently darkened only with hardly any creasing and all edges avoiding splits with no repairs.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: EXCELLENT(+) / NEAR MINT: just the small scuff on side one. A really lovely visual copy that is very clean with equally fine shine and very solidly pressed. A copy appearing hardly played on all the evidence with any usage surface traces few, ultra light, wispy and faint as seen critically under bright light. Viewed in average room light, barely anything even registers bar the small scuff – this I feel sure a manufacture mark, but it does very little as mentioned above. Visually a super 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 impressive, but modestly selling album plays mostly the to the higher visual grading with little to fault bar the odd light contact blemish here-and-there on the very small scuff. This on a louder part of the album, so quite ‘hidden’ as well as light. This offers 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 other surface sounds are minimal indeed and this is a very clean pressing with no tracking issues* or other inherent pressing noises. Few available copies will outperform this early first pressing I feel sure. Both channels are clean and sharp, I am certain this record has been played very lightly and has been very well stored and carefully handled, almost certainly in a non-smoking environment. I never seen this superb cover better. Little spoilt my pleasure when play-grading this elusive record. It could prove 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 grams. Records are a ‘contact’ format, and few will avoid the odd minor sound blemish.

I am one of the most established sellers on Ebay, trading since 2001 and offering the finest 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 all elements of the items I offer for sale. You may notice I only submit records quite 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 story. I will try to 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 near mint condition as the real rare items. All the pictures I use for your guidance are the item being offered with no digital enhancements. Room light factors can make things vary sometimes, that is hard to control, especially in winter. I hope the item below is to your liking – any questions can be emailed and I will do my best to answer you. I am enthusiastic, and have a fair degree of knowledge about many genres and I promise quality items. Please assume all records I offer have NO jumps, sticks, major 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 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 Nessie 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 D7500 DSLR 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.

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 bid retractions. 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 only 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 2 days for communication and 7 days for payment to arrive – if not I will relist the item or offer to the runner-up.

My Guarantee: If any winning bidder is not satisfied with their purchase I will offer a complete refund if the item is returned in the same condition is was sent e.g. as per the listing pictures.

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, 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.