ONEADAYRECORDS – Serving-up a Christmas & New Year Feast of Entertainment

I would like to wish all my customers, regulars and newcomers, a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR

Over the Holiday Period, I am offering some interesting Christmas ‘Crackers’ – lovely albums – some rare – ENJOY!

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.

Artist or Band: GTO’s (Girl’s Together Outrageously)

Album Title: Permanent Damage

Producer: FRANK ZAPPA

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: The Eureka Springs Garbage Lady; Miss Pamela and Miss Sparky discuss stuffed bras and some of their early gym, class experiences; Who’s Jim Sox?; Kansas and the BTO’s; The Captain’s Fat Theresa Shoes; Wouldn’t It Be Sad if There Was No Cones?; Do Me in Once and I’ll be Sad, Do Me in Twice and I’ll Know Better (Circular circulation); The Moche Monster Review; TV Lives.

Side 2: Rodney; I Have a Paintbrush in My Hand to Color a Triangle; Miss Christine’s First Conversation with the Plaster Casters of Chicago; The Original GTO’s; The Ghost Chained to the Past, Present, and Future (Shock Treatment); Love on an Eleven Year Old Level; Miss Pamela’s First Conversation with the Plaster Casters of Chicago; I’m in Love With The Ooo-Ooo Man.

Label/Format: Straight – original matt surfaces with a gentle trace of texturing.

Label and Condition: Both very clean, fresh and attractive with barely a spindle trace to be seen. This superb UK-press original appears hardly played and sounds fantastic.

Catalogue Number: STS 1059

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: 158 grams. This an exceptional weight for a Straight album.

Country of Manufacture: England

Rarity: Rare, most that surface are American copies. UK examples are difficult to find and these never included the book. A commercial non-starter with few sold or even pressed and quickly deleted and ‘lost’ when the Straight label folded in 1970. Notoriously difficult to find in decent condition as well, the cover prone to all forms of wear, and this one is one of the finest I have seen. The record hardly played and superbly pressed – that never to be taken for granted – and plays with hardly anything unwanted at all.

Original Year of Release: 1969

Matrix Nos: STS 1059-A1 / STS 1059-B1

Label Notes: Straight and Bizarre, were labels founded by Frank Zappa for artists that were a little different with little commercial potential. He gave these bands and singers the chance few other labels would have done. They were also given freedom to record what they wanted without constraints and pressures of sales. Most were uncommercial and selling in predictably small numbers. One or two exceptions apart (Captain Beefheart and Alice Cooper), most were ignored or unnoticed, and quickly ‘lost’ in the mist-of-time.

Brief Artist & Album Info: One of the most essential of the Zappa related artists albums – it’s a magnificent somewhat ‘out-there’ album – a shame it’s relatively short one-off. One of the rarest UK albums on Frank Zappa’s Straight label, this would have sold only a handful of copies back in the late 1960s. Frank Zappa produces and appears, along with Jeff Beck, early Mothers of Invention members – Jimmy Carl Black; Roy Estrada; Ian Underwood and Don Preston. Also cameos including Jeff Beck and Rod Stewart. A collection of original psych, quirky songs with really surreal moments of dialogue about the groupie culture – check out the songs titles above to get some idea of what to expect. So who were the GTO’s?

An all-female group, initially known as the Laurel Canyon Ballet Company, alongside the notorious Plaster Casters (with reference on this album), the best-known members of the 1960s groupie sub-culture. After a time, each member abandoned her respective surname and became Miss Lucy, Miss Pamela, Miss Christine (died 5 November 1972, appeared on the cover of Zappa’s masterpiece Hot Rats), Miss Sparky, Miss Mercy, Miss Sandra (heavily pregnant when this cover was made) and Miss Cinderella. The seven members moved to Zappa’s home when Miss Christine became governess to his daughter Moon Unit, and they occasionally performed live with the Mothers of Invention. Zappa produced the bulk of this album and Lowell George (briefly with the Mothers before leaving to found Little Feat) was credited to two tracks. The album almost never made release at all when Misses Mercy, Cynderella and Sparky were arrested on drug related charges. The seven disbanded soon after and went their own ways. This album is obviously rare, the UK version especially so, most early albums on Straight are. Few had any commercial potential and this is no exception. This is entertainment from a bygone crazy era and totally unique. For any collector of the weird, strange and bizarre, but above all else – unique – this is a very impressive example – that’s cover, record and sound – and seldom found as such. No one else but Zappa would have given them a chance to record and nothing else I have heard is quite like this. A very rare opportunity to explore the wonderful world of the GTO’s and the groupie culture of the time.

Cover Grade and Format: EXCELLENT: considering what most examples are found in, this is a conservative grading. Not perfect, but with most suffering horrendous rubbing and ring wear, this one has fared impressively well. An unlaminated gatefold format with matt, smooth surfaces. Printed and made in England by the E. J. Day Group, includes the plain white inner sleeve.

Cover Front: Firstly I will mention the main two blemishes – a small name inside near the bottom edge – and a dink on the back spine top – that apart not a lot else and this still one of the finest I have had to offer. It almost as fine as my own personal copies, I own three (UK, US and a US promo). A smallish crease on the top left corner tip but little else overall. This is clean, still fresh with any other creases minuscule and faint. The lack of sticker tears, grubbiness, fading and rubbing are significant pluses on a cover that usually refused to wear well. Cover-protection for decades has certainly played an important part.

Cover Back: I have rarely seen this impossibly wear-prone back so colourfully ‘intact’. A cover that ring wears for fun – try finding one with less – most have total ring circles that look ugly. Here the deep purple ink is virutally complete with any rim impression gentle and very faint and only gentle small rub near the bottom edge and corner tips. Yes, the top right corner and tip have a crease from a dink with any other creasing little and light. But to see this back without the usual horrendous ring wear is a massive plus.

Cover Inner Gatefold: The small original owner’s name near the bottom right edge apart, there is little else to fault on these surfaces. It is only small and very neat.

Top Edges: Both straight and flat with hardly any wear. Any rubbing very patchy, tiny and light.

Bottom Edges: Some light, quite patchy rubbing on the back edge, the front one near perfect. For storage edges, these have fared reasonably well.

Right Edge(s), and Type: Mostly sharp with any thickening little and light. Record enters on the back edge.

Spine and Text: The very ends have small rubs, inbetween little at all, and that again is very unusual. Solid, straight with minimal compression. Folded slightly off-square so the edges are not quite parallel (hence only one bottom edge has rubbed). The text is solidly intact and easy to read, a mega-fine central hairline crease has naturally formed purely by opening. The lack of fading on this deeply coloured edge another significant bonus.

Corners: Light to moderate tip rubs with the dink on the spine top as mentioned already. Very fine to excellent shape retained with no other significant knocks.

Cover Summary: The dink apart, a very strong all-round example of this uncompromising and wear-prone 1960’s cover, one that will still prove very difficult to find much better. Check out copies sold in the past to see the ring wear this normally gets, few will have less real wear than this. This attractive item should please many collectors.

The Inner Sleeve: EXCELLENT: a plain white unlined inner that has aged little. Just light darkening of the adhesive on the seam areas politely remind this is 50-years-old. Two crisp neat window circles, the paper hardly creased with all edges naturally intact.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: EXCELLENT(++): and arguably better. A superb visual copy that is very clean with equally fine shine and heavily pressed on quality pure vinyl. A copy appearing hardly played on all the evidence with any surface traces very few, equally light and faint as seen critically under bright light. No penetrating stylus scratches, viewed in average room light, hardly anything even registers. Visually a super record that should please many, if not 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 equipment, all listed further down.]

Sound Quality and Audio Grading: This Straight original rarity 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. Any surface sounds are minimal indeed and this is a very clean pressing with no tracking issues* or inherent pressing noises. Even with some dialogue and quiet passages, this is as close to faultless as this album will ever get. It proved more than a match for my own copies that took me years to find as good. Few available ones will match or outperform this original UK pressing 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 (one dink apart), almost certainly in a non-smoking environment. Nothing spoilt my pleasure when play-grading this classic bizarre record that merits my highest recommendation.

* 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. Records are a ‘contact’ format, and few will avoid the odd minor sound blemish.

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 the item being offered with no digital enhancements. 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. 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 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 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 Nessie 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 17­ 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. 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’.