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: TODD RUNDGREN

Album Title: Todd

Producer(s): Todd Rundgren

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: How About a Little Fanfare?; I Think You Know; The Spark of Life; An Elpee’s Worth of Toons; A Dream Goes On Forever; Lord Chancellor's Nightmare Song.

Side 2: Drunken Blue Rooster; The Last Ride; Everybody’s Going to Heaven / King Kong Reggae.

Side 3: No. 1 Lowest Common Denominator; Useless Begging; Sidewalk Cafe; Izzat Love?; Heavy Metal Kids.

Side 4: In and Out the Chakras We Go (Formerly: Shaft Goes to Outer Space); Don’t You Ever Learn?; Sons of 1984.

Label/Format: Bearsville with matt smooth surfaces.

Label Conditions: All look largely the same: very clean, fresh and attractive with any of the tiny few spindle traces fine and faint. This scarce UK pressed pair look hardly played.

Cat Number: K85501

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 Records: 120 / 118 grams. Fine weight for the era.

Country of Manufacture: England

Rarity: Quite scarce as a UK pressing, this copy also includes the elusive large poster that was limited and only came with first issues.

Original Year of Release: 1974

Matrix Nos: K 85501 A1 / K 85501 B1 / K 85501 C1 / K 85501 D1

Musicians: Todd Rundgren – guitars, vocals, keyboards, synthesisers, bass, drums, drum machine, percussion, other instruments; Kevin Ellman – drums, percussion; John Siegler – bass, cello; Mark Klingman – keyboards, organ, piano, electric piano; Ralph Schuckett – bass, clavinet, organ; Michael Brecker – horn, saxophone; Randy Brecker – horn, saxophone, trumpet; Bill Gelber – bass; Wells Kelly – drums; John Miller – bass; Chris Parker – drums; Peter Ponzol – soprano sax; Barry Rogers – trombone; ‘Legs’ Larry Smith - tap-dancing.

Brief Info: Album number five for this highly talented musician and producer. His second double album – initially intended to be a single, but it proved far too long for one vinyl record. So quite unusually, two records are housed inside a single sleeve. This is my personal favourite album of his, the music now becoming more experimental and even ‘progressive’. Little of the material is commercial with some expanded instruments with more usage of sythns and effects. What can also be guaranteed on Rungdren albums, is the sound quality. A master producer, this expansive album has system-testing audio quality, and here heard to almost the maximum on two hardly played, and equally well-pressed records. A mere trace of very brief surface sound noted at the very start of side two quickly fades and little else really to fault. Not an artist that sold in great numbers in the UK, his albums are fairly elusive. This original includes the large limited poster, this unmounted, but with a small mark. It has lyrics and graphic one side, whilst the other has 10,000 fan names in a intricate collage who had sent in the postcard included with his previous long-player ‘A Wizard, a True Star’.

Cover Grade and Format: NEAR EXCELLENT: a single unlaminated format with matt, smooth surfaces. Printed and made in England by Shorewood. Includes two white inner sleeves and the large double-sided poster style insert.

Cover Front: Possibly never made two records as this was intended to be a single album. So this is a little under-strength and very prone to wear, especially ringwear. This front is still clean and attractive, a little fine creasing near the spine edge and some quite mild dulling around the rim shape. But this is non-penetrating and has hardly removed any ink, so shows way less than it certainly could have done. Mainly visible under angled light. A little right corner tip rubbing but no sticker issues on a surface that is unforgiving of them. This challenging front has fared well overall.

Cover Back: A small dink on the bottom left corner tip, then similar to front, but better if anything. Any rim rubbing lighter and seen even less.

Top Edge: Straight with hardly any hint of wear or rubbing up to the right tip.

Bottom Edge: Light to near moderate patchy rubbing on this perilous storage edge that supports the weight of two records on its own. Most rubbing near the right corner.

Right Edge(s), and Type: Clean, mostly sharp with very little wear. Any thickening or burring minimal and light as seen viewed end-on. Records enter on this edge that is guaranteed untrimmed or enhanced.

Spine and Text: Mainly solid, mostly straight with a little light compression near the centre and top. Any surface rubbing tiny, little and light with all the important text fully present and unworn.

Corners: Moderate tip rubbing, one very small dink as mentioned above, fine to very fine shape largely retained.

Cover Summary: A strong all-round example of this quite fragile, arguably under-strength 1970’s cover, one that could prove difficult to find much better. This splendid item should please many collectors.

The Inner Sleeves: EXCELLENT: one better with little to fault, the other has a little staining on one side, this is an average. Two plain solid white unlined inners, one corner crease and mildly aged. All edges unsplit with no repairs.

The Poster Sheet: EXCELLENT: or close to. This quite large with the details of print as stated above. A little staining to one small area as seen. Unmounted and fully intact, generally clean with only mild darkening of the manufactured folds. This was limited with first issues, hence quite scarce.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: EXCELLENT(+) / EXCELLENT: a very fine visual pair that are very clean with fine shine and solidly pressed. A pair with minimal plays on all the evidence, any surface marks are few, mostly fine anbd light. No penetrating stylus scratches and sound quality is immense and mostly very clean indeed. Visually super records that should please many collectors again.

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: My first Todd Rungdren album for ages, this my favourite as well. Both records play even above their high visual grading with very little to fault with no tracking issues*. As stated, a faint trace of surface sound for the briefest of time at the very start of side two, but this is minor indeed and soon fades to nothing. Both records offer 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 master producer, this has incredible hi-fi sound and detail. Generally, an exceptional clean pressing for a complex album. Few will outperform this first UK pressing significantly I feel sure. Nothing of any note spoilt my pleasure when play-grading these quality Bearsville records. They will 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 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’.