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 will now be blocked 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: TEN YEARS AFTER

Album Title: Cricklewood Green.

Producer(s): Ten Years After.

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: Sugar the Road; Working on the Road; 50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain; Year 3,000 Blues.

Side 2: Me and My Baby; Love Like a Man; Circles; As the Sun Still Burns Away.

Label/Format: Deram – small label format with matt, smooth surfaces.

Label Conditions: Both very clean, fresh and attractive with only light, fine and faint spindle marks and no wear around the hole area.

Cat Number: SML 1065.

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: 145 grams. A typical very solid Decca pressing.

Country of Manufacture: England.

Rarity: Rare as a genuine first pressing. Some included a poster, this one does NOT have it. Still a great opportunity for those who just want the music from a very early copy – ones including the poster usually command very high prices.

Original Year of Release: April 1970

Matrix Nos: XZAL-9583.P-1W / XZAL-9584.P-1W

Mothers / Stampers: 1 BG / 1 BH

Musicians: Alvin Lee - guitar, vocals; Leo Lyons - bass; Ric Lee - drums; Chick Churchill - organ.

Brief Info: Classic blues-based rock from the Alvin Lee-fronted band, this was their fifth album and arguably, one of their very best, it’s my favourite anyway. A beautifully recorded and engineered album that captures Lee’s amazing, and fast, guitar-work perfectly. It proved to be the last they issued in mono, the stereo version gives the best effects by far here and it will seldom be heard a great deal better on this rarer first issue. No poster included with this one, it being rare and seldom seen.

Cover Grade and Format: NEAR EXCELLENT: an unlaminated, gatefold format with very matt, smooth surfaces. Printed and made in England by Garrod & Lofthouse International Ltd, this one includes the very thick spine and early mono-stereo peep hole on the back. This one is filled in blue by the inner denoting a stereo copy, the original inner being date coded 4-70 (April 1970) as seen in close-up. The exactly time of issue. Sorry – NO poster.

Cover Front: Firstly, this is a quite soft card cover, hence prone to all forms of wear and is seldom seen without. Most of any wear on this one is on the top fold of the spine. So a little rubbing is seen on the left edge, also some very faint press marks seen under angled light, so light in fact, I almost missed them myself. Little else and clean, fresh and attractive, barely any creasing or visible marks, a very nice front overall.

Cover Back: The back has little to fault, the odd fine and faint mark, but the lack of creasing, rubbing and ringwear is seldom seen and this is very impressive. The mono/stereo peep-hole is perfect.

Cover Inner Gatefold: Stunning artwork as seen in close-up. Again, little to fault, a natural, and very gentle ‘wave’ to the right of the fold hinge is never avoided on covers with such wide spines, especially when the card is quite soft. Any marks or grubbiness very light and minor.

Top Edges: Any rub traces are tiny and faint. Clean and quite straight on this ‘bendy’ very thin card cover.

Bottom Edges: Some gentle surface rubbing mainl on the back, but showing little on quite pale surfaces.

Right Edge(s), and Type: Clean, mostly sharp with minimal thickening or burring, also guaranteed untrimmed. Record enters on either edge as both are open, neither have any inside adhesive marks, this cover was made open both ends.

Spine and Text: Solid, straight, upright and uncrushed with barely any compression, any tilt is very slight indeed. Folded square, so the edges meet up closely and very close to parallel. As mentioned already, some rubbing to the top fold hinge, but the text is unaffected, still strong and present. This is always a delicate spine on the wider originals, and seldom seen perfect these days.

Corners: Light to moderate tip rubs, again soft card, seldom avoided. Fine to very fine shape retained.

Cover Summary: Still a very attractive all-round example of this quite delicate early 1970’s cover, one that could prove difficult to find much better. It should please many collectors, but not the perfectionists.

The Inner Sleeve: EXCELLENT(+): the blue Decca-style heavyweight inner is date-coded 4-70 and is guaranteed the original one that came with the record. Being blue, it fills the cover’s rear peep-hole to denote a stereo copy (monos were red). This has aged little with any glue darkening on the seams only quite light, these remain unsplit (with no repairs). Barely any creasing at all and both the window circles are immaculately crisp and sharp with the lining ultra clear and fresh with only gentle crinkle. An inner that has also withstood most-all of what time impressively well.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: NEAR EXCELLENT: mainly due a small mark on ‘Love Like a Man’ that has a small few, and mostly very light clicks, only around half a dozen can be regarded more moderate. This brief light blemish aside, this copy plays beautifully. Still a lovely visual copy that is very clean with fine shine and quite heavily pressed. A copy with only modest plays on all the evidence with any surface marks very fine and faint as seen critically under light. The one sounding mark is seen in normal daylight condition, but really is only very small. So not not for the highly discerning, but many collectors will still enjoy this very early copy.

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 lovely first pressed record plays even above it’s high visual grading for most-all with very little to fault bare the aforementioned few brief (mostly very light) clicks on side two. 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 actual surface sounds (pressing noises or crackle) barely even registered, and this is an exceptional clean pressing as you would expect from a Decca-pressed record. The brief blemish apart, nothing else spoilt my pleasure when play-grading this wonderful record. How many 44-year-old records will play with absolutely nothing unwanted? This copy will still prove difficult to find significantly better and can be strongly recommended for many collectors, but not those who want ‘perfection’ at any cost.

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 programmes. 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 Blue moving coil cartridge (tracks at 2.2 grams). Amps: Naim Supernait 2 with Project USB phono stage and Tellerium Black interconnects. Speakers: B&W 704 Floorstanding 3-way Monitors (bi-wired with Tellurium 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, 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’.