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

Postage: UK £4.95. Europe (including Russia) £12.95 (£1 per extra record). Rest of World £19.95 (£2 per extra record). All my records are sent in boxes and the price of them has increased over time and these are my first price increases for nearly 10 years. Royal Mail prices have also gone up again. I will never compromise on 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: THE KINKS

Album Title: Schoolboys in Disgrace

Producer(s): Ray Davies

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: Schooldays; Jack the Idiot Dunce; Education; The First Time We Fall in Love.

Side 2: I’m in Disgrace; Headmaster; The Hard Way; The Last Assembly; No More Looking Back; Finale.

Label/Format: RCA Victor – Orange format with matt, gently textured surfaces.

Label Conditions: Both ultra clean and fresh with barely even a trace of a spindle mark. Purchased new by one owner who put his records to tape and stored the sleeve in a protective cover. This superb original appears hardly played.

Cat Number: RS 1028

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 Record: 132 grams.

Country of Manufacture: England

Rarity: Moderately scarce, hardly a big seller and try finding a much better copy.

Original Year of Release: 1975

Matrix Nos: RS 1028 A-1E / RS 1028 B-1E Both sides have an error matrix stuck through.

Mothers / Stampers: A1A / A1F

Run-Out Groove Etchings: ‘Pete’

Musicians: Ray Davies – vocals, guitar, piano; Dave Davies – lead guitar, vocals; Mick Avory – drums; John Dalton – bass guitar; John Gosling – keyboards; John Beecham – trombone; Alan Holmes – saxophones; Nick Newell – tenor saxophone. With: Pamela Travis, Debbie Doss, Shirley Roden – background vocals.

Brief Info: A mid-1970s album and back to school with a concept piece by The Kinks. This is wonderful record, but not fashionable when issued and it again sold quite poorly – I think we have heard that before with other great titles they made. Yet more quality songs from the great Raymond Douglas Davies, this record plays beautifully and it appears barely even used or handled with a cover and insert to match. Not always guaranteed on a label I have always found variable after Decca stopped pressing them back in 1968. Age-defying and seldom seen as such, this a copy for Kinks connoisseurs.

Cover Grade and Format: EXCELLENT(++): a single unlaminated format with matt, smooth surfaces. Printed and made in England by Garrod & Lofthouse. Includes the lyric insert and 1975 date-coded RCA inner sleeve.

Cover Front & Back: Now a very politically incorrect piece of artwork with school punishment of this type a thing-of-the-past. Superbly clean and fresh and lacking the usual rubbing, ageing and issues this unforgiving surface usually has. Cover-protected by the one original owner any blemishes or creasing little, very fine and faint, the lack of ring wear a considerable plus on this, any hint of rim impression also very gentle and light. Certainly up there with the best I have seen.

Top & Bottom Edges: Both straight with barely even a trace of wear.

Right Edge(s), and Type: Clean, mostly sharp with any thickening very light and little. Record enters on this edge.

Spine and Text: Thin, but perfectly solid, straight with any compression patchy and light. All text is pristine as-seen and very well centred on the narrow depth.

Corners: Barely any tip rubbing with practically perfect crisp shape retained with no knocks.

Cover Summary & Inner Sleeve: A fantastic all-round example of this clearly wear-prone mid-1970’s cover, one that will prove very difficult to find better (or even match). This superb, age-defying item should please most collectors. The RCA text unlined inner is practically Excellent(+) with two pristine window circles and no creasing, these were not lined. All edges naturally intact, the paper still quite fresh with any age toning gentle and light near the sides. It is date-coded 12-75 (December 1975).

The Lyric Insert Sheet: EXCELLENT(+): printed both sides with all the lyrics. Just one neat corner crease stops a near mint grading.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: MINT(–): a superb visual copy that is very clean with equally impressive shine and solidly pressed. A copy hardly even played on all the evidence, any surface traces under light are few, fine and faint, hardly anything bar the odd ultra fine hairline. No impurity or pressing bumps within the vinyl which are sometimes seen on these records at this time. Importantly, the record plays impressively throughout. Visually an lovely first issue 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 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: This elusive first issue record plays up to 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 quality clean pressing with no pressing or tracking issues*. Few available copies will match or outperform this genuine first issue I feel sure. A copy very well stored and carefully handled and for sure, hardly played. Nothing spoilt my pleasure when play-grading this sadly somewhat overlooked album. It will prove difficult to find significantly better and merits strong 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 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.

Payment Conditions:

I prefer PayPal from­ 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.