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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: THE KINKS

Album Title: Kinda Kinks.

Producer(s): Shel Talmy.

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: Look for Me Baby; Got My Feet on the Ground; Nothin’ in the World Can Stop Me Worryin’ ’Bout That Girl; Naggin’ Woman; Wonder Where My Baby is Tonight; Tired of Waiting for You.

Side 2: Dancing in the Street; Don’t Ever Change; Come On Now; So Long; You Shouldn’t Be Sad; Something Better Beginning.

Label/Format: Pye – original pink-magenta mono format with matt, lightly textured surfaces.

Label Conditions: Both very clean, fresh and attractive with only moderate spindle marks and no wear around the hole area. These reasonably fine and light, mostly seen under light. The record is very clean as is the sound with the play-grade impressive and pleasing.

Catalogue Number: NPL 18112

Mode / Speed: Mono / 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: 181 grams. A very heavy Pye record.

Country of Manufacture: England.

Rarity: Quite rare: especially with a record that plays clean and impressive with little unwanted.

Original Year of Release: 1965

Matrix Nos: NN 1112 A-1 / NN 1112 B-1

Mothers / Stampers: K 2 / J 2

Musicians: Ray Davies – lead vocals, backing vocals, rhythm guitar, piano; Dave Davies – lead guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals; Pete Quaife – bass guitar, backing vocals; Mick Avory – drums. With: Bobby Graham - drums on ‘Tired of Waiting for You’, Rasa Davies - backing vocals.

Brief Info: This was The Kinks second album issued at the height of the British beat boom of the mid-1960s. Regarded by many as superior to the debut album, but less easy to find – no original 1960s Kinks albums ever easy in that respect – especially in better condition. One of the most distinctively ‘British’ of the British acts, this is pure quality. Noteworthy: the American version includes a different song listing. This is a very fine copy with clean surfaces, a minor scuff mark on side two has no sound at all and my play-grade was a delight. With so many albums like this seen trashed, these popular beat albums took fearful amounts of plays and abuse, often loaned out and played on the most basic, often very crude record players. This one has avoided and such treatment. Seldom seen with a very decent cover either, and even the fragile tracing paper lined inner is clean and neat. Overall, a very fine example of this vintage beat classic.

Cover Grade and Format: EXCELLENT(–): a single format with front laminate. This covers all the folds and ends on three large external rear flipbacks. Printed and made in England by Garrod & Lofthouse with ‘Patents pending’ text. Includes the original Pye promotional inner sleeve.

Lamination & Front: The laminate retains excellent shine, freshness and clarity with no lifting and minimal dulling. The main issue are several mostly fairly fine half moon creases towards the right and some mostly fine edge surface crease that few covers this age will avoid totally. Viewed normally full on, this still looks impressive with the artwork deeply coloured and hardly aged as such.

Cover Back: Most of any darkening or grubbiness on the left edge area and given the vintage, only reasonably light. The odd gentle fine mark, but the general lack of creasing and ugly ring wear on the main back panel is good news. All three flipbacks are solid and neat with clean unburred ends. One crease on the spine one on the central area and a small top right corner crease the only blemish on any note on these. A tiny ‘719’ number is written on the very left edge below the flipback end. Clearly a identification number for the retailer or original owner of this record.

Top Edge: Thin, but still straight, very smooth and unworn up to the corner tip which have only small rubs.

Bottom Edge: Similar overall, any hint of rubbing gentle and light.

Right Edge(s), and Type: These storage edges have thickened as most tend to do over this considerably amount of time.

Spine and Text: Little to fault bar one central moderate, but fine crease. Still mainly solid, straight with minimal compression, the ends are very slightly nipped in manufacture. The text is unworn under the solid and unpeeled, clear laminate.

Corners: Any tip rubs are mostly small with very fine shape retained with just the one small crease to the back top right tip.

Cover Summary: A strong all-round example of this classic very early Kinks cover, one that will prove difficult to find better. With only mild wear and light ageing, it should please many collectors.

The Inner Sleeve: EXCELLENT: the original tracing paper style lined Pye promotional inner has aged little with any creasing to the still clean and quite fresh paper gentle and light. It retains strong colour and the edges are now fully intact after a tiny bottom edge split was neatly repaired by myself to stop it potentially widening. This very neat repair barely even registers.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: EXCELLENT: and arguably better, any mono record this age worthy of the an plus I feel, even with a modest surface scuff on side two – this totally superficial and non-sounding and double-checked twice to be certain. A very fine visual copy that is very clean with nice shine and very heavily pressed on high quality pure vinyl. A copy with modest careful plays on all the evidence with any surface traces few, very light and faint as seen critically under bright light. No penetrating stylus scratches, viewed in average room light, hardly anything even registers bar the aforementioned, totally harmless surface scuff on side two that is probably a manufacturing blemish with totally no audio issue whatsoever. Visually a super record that should please many collectors as this plays as impressive as it looks.

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 vintage Kinks beat classic plays even above it’s high visual grading with little 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 a very clean pressing with no tracking issues* or inherent pressing noises. Few available first issue copies will outperform this I feel sure. Both channels are clean and sharp when played on a standard stereo system. I am certain this record has been played very lightly and has been generally well stored and carefully handled, almost certainly in a non-smoking environment. Nothing of any note spoilt my pleasure when play-grading this lovely 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.