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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: Julie Driscoll/Brian Auger & Trinity

Album Title: Open

Producer(s): Giorgio Gomelsky

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: In and Out; Isola Natale; Black Cat; Lament for Miss Baker; Goodbye Jungle; Telegraph.

Side 2: Tramp; Why (Am I Treated So Bad); A Kind of Love In; Break it Up; Season of the Witch.

Label/Format: Marmalade with matt, gently textured sufaces.

Label Conditions: Both in stunning clean condition. As fresh and vibrant as when first issued with any spindle traces tiny, very few and faint.

Cat Number: 607002

Speed / Mode: 33.3 rpm. / Mono.

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: 149 grams.

Rarity: Scarce, and the record rarely seen in mono hardly played. This a fantastic example. A tiny few first issues included a very rare insert sheet, I have only ever seen one original before. So I have included with this copy an impressive reproduction. An insert up there with the rarest of the 1960s.

Country of Manufacture: England

Original Year of Release: 1967

Matrix Nos: 607002 A 1 1 1 & 607002 B 1 1 1 3

Brief Artist & Album Info: Jazz keyboardist Brian Auger teamed up with Julie (Jools) Driscoll to make one of the most inspired albums of the swinging sixties. Issued in 1967 – the summer of love – Open encaptures the sound of those times perfectly and for me is even better than the more acclaimed Streetnoise that followed. Miss Driscoll, for many was the face of that period. Live, she commanded the stage and her audience adored her. After watching a DVD of this band live on stage, I too was totally captivated by her stage presence. A lady who gave her all and left the audience spellbound. ‘Open’ brilliantly uses Auger’s considerable keyboard skills, this has the perfect 1960s sound – here in the mode of the day, mono – and captures the mood of that time perfectly with Driscoll’s vocals sublime thoughout side two. Side one is mainly instrumental, starting bizarrely with a saw-cutting sound before the music kicks in. Between tracks there are sound effects. Driscoll’s talents are far more apparent on the more vocal side two climaxing with a fantastic long version of Donovan’s ‘Season of the Witch’. Elements of psych-pop, rock and jazz blend to perfection and this truly unique sound and album are a delight from beginning to end. A difficult album to find in mono hardly played. The record plays superbly, the music is complex and loudly mixed, and this copy excels. This I still feel does not get the accolades it merits, it is one of my personal favourite albums from this golden era of music. Happy to include a nice full size reproduction of the very rare insert to collectors to enjoy; especially as originals rarely surface.

Cover Grade and Format: EXCELLENT: arguably better. This one a single unlaminated format with matt surfaces. Printed and made in England by The Upton Printing Groupd, includes the 1967 coded inner sleeve and a very nice reproduction insert sheet.

Cover Front: Wear prone, but this has little on the main faces. This actually looks better than my overall grading, especially the front that has little to fault bar the odd mild mark, very fine rub traces and corner tip rubbing. A couple of issues on the back detailed below. This is seldom seen this clean and still fresh, hardly creased with no ring wear or sticker issues. Deeply attractive deep colour as well, this cover-protected and impressive.

Cover Back: Only a fine corner crease trace that hardly registers and again no ring wear and hardly rubbed. The main issues, a price and (possible) name penned over on the bottom edge. In terms of real wear or ageing, barely any and still attractive with the blemishes near the lower edge, so they catch the eye far less than they could have done. So these marks apart, this almost as fine as the front.

Top Edge: Straight with only gentle light, patchy rubbing. The very ends more moderate.

Bottom Edge: Very slightly less straight and also slightly more rubbing, but still only light for a deep orange storage edge.

Right Edge(s), and Type: Clean, only gently and neatly thickened seen viewed end-on, guaranteed untrimmed. Record enters on this edge.

Spine and Text: The spine very impressive and hardly worn as-seen. Solid, straight with minimal compression, the ends pinched in manufacture. All text perfect and unworn, the surface clean and hardly aged.

Corners: Moderate corner rubbing (right), lighter and less on the spine ends. Very fine or better shape retained with no knocks.

Cover Summary: Matt and deeply coloured, few will surface with much less wear than this. Attractive overall, the smallish pen marks the only blemish for the more discerning. But this scarce item should please many collectors.

The Inner Sleeve: EXCELLENT(++): a Polydor style polylined inner that has also aged little with any discolouration of the white paper gentle and faint. Two crisp undamaged window circles, the polylining still fresh and clear. Creasing is also very light and little and all solidly intact with no repairs. This is date-coded 17, so probably manufactured in January 1967.

The Insert: NO GRADE: because it’s a reproduction scanned from an original. I only ever include repros of the rarest inserts, and this easily fits the bill. The original it was taken from the only one I have ever seen. These were printed on one side only.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: EXCELLENT(++): 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 few, ultra light, wispy and faint as seen critically under bright light. Viewed in average room light, barely anything even registers, few mono records surface much better these days. Visually a fantastic, fresh 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 brilliant Marmalade classic plays even above it’s magnificent visual grading with hardly anything to fault. All frequencies sharp and clear and sound quality is very high with a wide dynamic range and detailed sound for the complex arrangements. A fantastic production that simply brings the 1960s sound memories flooding back, few albums of this type capture that mood better, this truly is a classic pop-psych gem. Any surface sounds are minimal to none with no tracking issues* or inherent pressing faults or noises. This plays cleanly, quiet and with precise sound with no clipping or high-frequency distortion. Nothing of any note spoilt my pleasure when play-grading this (possibly) under-appreciated gem, for those yet to discover ‘The Trinity’, there are few better places to start – I rate this album very highly, it has an addictive quality. This copy will not be beaten easily and it’s a record I can strongly recommend.

* 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.