ONEADAYRECORDS – Simply Delivering Quality Music to the World in Quality, Safe Packing.

Postage: UK £4.95. Europe (including Russia) £12.95 (£1 per extra record). Rest of World £19.95 (£2 per extra record). Royal Mail prices have also gone up again. I will never compromise on 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: FRANK ZAPPA

Album Title: Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch

Producer(s): Frank Zappa

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: No Not Now; Valley Girl; I Come from Nowhere.

Side 2: Drowning Witch; Envelopes; Teen-Age Prostitute.

Label/Format: CBS with matt, smooth surfaces with the distinctive CBS ring ridge.

Label Conditions: Both very clean, fresh and attractive with only a small few light, fine and faint spindle marks and no wear around the hole area. This record plays superbly.

Catalogue Number: 85804

Mode / Speed: Stereo / 33.3 rpm.

Warps or Lateral Movement: Assume all records I offer have no significant warping or lateral movement to cause sound or tracking issues. All should play fine even on budget turntables.

Weight of Record: 121 grams.

Country of Manufacture: England

Rarity: Moderately scarce as a UK issue, even with the ‘popular’ song ‘Valley Girl’ included, this failed to chart in the UK.

Original Year of Release: 1982

Matrix Nos: CBS - 85804 - A1 / CBS - 85804 - B1

Run-Out Groove Etchings: Side 1 Dinkum / Side 2 Dinkum

Musicians: Frank Zappa – Lead Guitar, Vocals; Steve Vai – Guitar; Ray White – Rhythm Guitar, Vocals; Tommy Mars – Keyboards; Bobby Martin – Keyboards, Sax, Vocals; Ed Mann – Percussion; Scott Thunes – Bass; Arthur Barrow – Bass; Patrick O’Hearn – Bass; Chad Wackerman – Drums; Roy Estrada – Falsetto Vocals; Ike Willis, Bob Harris – Vocals; Lisa Popeil – Vocals on ‘Teen-Age Prostitute’; Moon Zappa – Vocal on ‘Valley Girl’.

Brief Info: Featuring all new songs – side one in the studio and two, live. Well-known for fans for ‘Valley Girl’ with Frank’s daughter and eldest child Moon singing vocals. This proved far more popular in the United States where the album actually charted. Another impressive set (bar some quite challenging vocals on ‘I Come From Nowhere’) with some superb guitar work from FZ and Steve Vai. As usual, superbly recorded, but this album largely went under the radar outside the States, possibly due to an uncharacteristic bland cover. This a very fine little played copy with magnificent sound throughout. Although this is a first issue, this does have the sample EP that promoted his guitar box set.

Cover Grade and Format: NEAR EXCELLENT: a single unlaminated format with coated semi-shiny surfaces. Printed and made in England by Shorewood, includes the plain white inner sleeve and lyric insert sheet.

Cover Front: For a Zappa album, this is a very bland cover with minimal artwork as seen. Nothing I can do about that of course, but this in quite fine condition with any rub or rim marks quite light and hardly creased. A minuscule nick trace on the right edge (look extra hard to see it). Still quite white as well with any discolouration mild or less.

Cover Back: The back cover on this rarely wears well for obvious reason. But only a mild rim rub hint near the top makes this one of the best I have seen, little else.

Top & Bottom Edges: Both straight with minimal rubbing, slight discolouration to the white surfaces being quite critical.

Right Edge(s), and Type: Mostly still nicely sharp with any thickening tiny and light. Record enters on this edge.

Spine and Text: Quite thin, but still solid, straight with any hint of compression only very light. The text is unworn which is again a real bonus.

Corners: Any tip rubs small and light, being white, anything registers less and little. Very fine to excellent shape retained with no knocks.

Cover Summary: A strong all-round example of this 1980’s cover, one that could prove difficult to find much better. This one should please many collectors.

The Inner Sleeve: EXCELLENT(+): a plain solid white unlined inner with the patent number 1 125,555. Only mild darkening of the paper which is hardly creased with all edge folds naturally intact.

The Lyric Insert: EXCELLENT(++): a black and white lyric insert printed one side only. Still clean with no creasing/tears or writing. Any marks or blemishes tiny, very few and light.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: EXCELLENT(++): a very fine visual copy that is very clean with equally fine shine and solidly pressed. A copy with minimal plays on all the evidence with any surface marks very few, very light and faint as seen critically under bright light. No penetrating stylus scratches, viewed in average room light, hardly anything even registers. Visually a super 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 equipment, all listed further down.]

Sound Quality and Audio Grading: This quality album plays even above it’s high visual grading with barely 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, barely anything, and this is a very clean pressing with no tracking issues* or inherent pressing noises. Few available copies will outperform this early first pressing I feel sure. Both channels are clean and sharp, I am certain this record has been played very lightly and has been generally well stored and carefully handled within a non-smoking environment. Nothing 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.

Payment Conditions:

I prefer PayPal from­ 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.