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, 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: VANILLA FUDGE

Album Title: The Beat Goes On

Producer(s): John Linde & Shadow Morton

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: Sketch; Phase One – Intro: The Beat Goes On, Eighteenth Century: Variations on a Theme by Mozart: Divertimento No. 13 In F Major, Nineteenth Century: Old Black Joe, Twentieth Century, Don’t Fence Me In, 12th Street Rag, In The Mood, Hound Dog. The Beatles – I Want to Hold Your Hand, I Feel Fine, Day Tripper, She Loves You, Hello Goodbye; Phase Two – The Beat Goes On, Beethoven: Fur Elise & Moonlight Sonata, The Beat Goes On.

Side 2: The Beat Goes On; Phase Three – Voices in Time: Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy and Other Voices; Phase Four – The Beat Goes On; Merchant/The Game is Over, Merchant, The Game is Over, Merchant, The Game is Over, Tim, Merchant, The Game is Over, Carmine, Merchant, The Game is Over, Mark, Merchant; The Beat Goes On.

Label/Format: ATCO – rare American stereo version with matt gently textured surfaces.

Label Conditions: Both very clean, fresh and attractive with only very light, fine and faint spindle traces and no wear around the hole area. This amazing 50+-year-old record plays superbly and looks hardly used.

Catalogue Number: SD 33-237

Mode / Speed: Stereo / 33.3 rpm.

Warps: Few vintage records are ever perfectly ‘flat’, so some slight or very gentle arm movement is normal. If any record I offer has more than that, I will mention it, and it can be assumed all I offer should track without issues, even on budget turntables.

Weight of this Record: 147 grams.

Country of Manufacture: United States

Rarity: Rare, a 1968 American copy in this condition will rarely be seen outside the United States.

Original Year of Release: 1968

Matrix Nos: ST-C-681211 / ST-C-681212

Other Letters: AT LW W (on both sides)

Musicians: Mark Stein – lead vocals, keyboards; Carmine Appice – drums, vocals; Vince Martell – guitar, vocals; Tim Bogert – bass, vocals.

Brief Info: The second album the American psychedelic band Vanilla Fudge. This followed the highly regarded debut album, this being very different. An experimental, very psychedelic album that was a collage of sound and political statement. One that divided opinion, but for it’s brilliant. Made with scant care of commercial success, it has to be one of the daring and original albums of the 1960s. Containing no real songs in the true sense of the word, this is a mind piece of psychedelia utilising famous voices from history, some classical music and comment amongst the heavy instrumental work by the band. An incredible piece of work and way ahead of its time. This very early American 1968 pressing has one of the most amazing covers I have seen on a rock album. This a rare example of a laminated American gatefold with one of the most massive spines I have seen on a single album set. The card is very thick and feels more like a book rather than record cover. The UK version of this was a single sleeve, hence missing the inside graphics of the band and was standard cardboard thickness. Both the cover and record are in amazing condition and appearing hardly played. With such material, a top-quality pressing becomes even more essential, and this plays superbly. The discerning one owner from new stored the record inside an EMI polylined inner for maximum protection, this vintage inner sleeve the only one available. I regard this an essential piece of American psychedelic rock and few examples will match or better this age-defying copy.

Cover Grade and Format: EXCELLENT(++): even with the odd light blemish or two, I cannot grade this incredible piece of cover art less. A massively thick and heavy gatefold cover with the front and back laminated – that a rarity from the United States. The inside has the paste-on style matt panel. The spine is 10mm thick and possibly the widest I have seen on a single album cover. Printed and made in the United States. The owner’s original EMI replacement inner sleeve is the only one available.

Lamination – Front & Back: The only blemish on either side is pretty much a crease on the front left with a gentle lift near it. A tiny laminate chip on the back top left corner tip another, but this is tiny indeed. The laminate retains fantastic shine, freshness and clarity with any traces of dulling very little and light seen under light – this also on very revealing intense black surfaces. Few examples will survive in this incredible condition – like the album inside – this is a very original piece of packaging.

Cover Inner Gatefold: The inside is fantastic and has barely anything to fault.

Top Edges: Both very thick, straight with full laminate shine with no wear or chipping up the very corner ends.

Bottom Edges: As above.

Right Edge(s), and Type: The front has a real uncut and laminated black edge that is unworn and straight. The entrances edgers are clean, very sharp with barely any thickening. The card very thick and robust. Record enters on this edge and is guaranteed untrimmed or enhanced.

Spine and Text: Wow!, this is an incredible spine. Very thick at 10mm and solid, also straight with minimal compression and folded square, so the edges meet up very closely together and parallel. Still fully laminated, just a tiny lift only with all text perfect and unworn. This is robustly upright with barely any crushing (hint near the top) or tilt. The wide surface still has amazing shine and clarity with no chipping. Few covers are made anything like this.

Corners: The format and construction of this quite unusual cover, means the ends will have small uncoated tips. Any real wear negligible on the top right pair. Most retain better than excellent to near mint shape with no knocks.

Cover Summary: A beautiful piece of vintage psychedelic artwork, this has the feel of a hardback book rather than album cover. This will rarely be seen in outside the United States, let alone in this impressively preserved condition. This beautiful item should please many, if not most collectors.

The Inner Sleeve: Only the owner’s EMI replacement polylined inner (in the picture) is available. This only gently aged.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: MINT(–): a superb visual copy that is very clean with equally fine shine and quite heavily pressed. A copy appearing hardly played on all the evidence with any surface traces very few, very light and faint as seen critically under bright light. No penetrating stylus scratches, viewed in average room light, barely anything even registers, this vintage record is unlikely to be found much better. Visually a super record that should please 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 amazing album 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. Any surface sounds are minimal indeed and this is an exceptional clean pressing with no tracking issues* or inherent pressing noises. With material like this, a crucial fact as this does have some quiet passages. Few available copies will match, let alone outperform this very early 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 within a non-smoking environment. Nothing of any note spoilt my pleasure when play-grading this wonderful record. It 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 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.