Sold Date: August 12, 2021
Start Date: August 5, 2021
Final Price: £11.50 (GBP)
Bid Count: 6
Seller Feedback: 182
Buyer Feedback: 0

LOW PRICE: ROY HARPER LOONY ON THE BUS & THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER

IMPORTANT READ THIS FIRST

Over the last few years I’ve been downsizing and selling all my albums. Until now I’ve always played the albums, and noted any minor defects. (None of them had major defects!) I’m now down to my last 25, but have just sold my record deck as someone made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. Consequently I am having to list them as unplayed. There is no reason to suspect they have any major problems, but given their age there may be the odd bit of vinyl hiss or crackle and even the odd pop, all of which should come clean with deep cleaning. Because I’ll not been able to play them I’m selling them in twos and starting at a low price just to get them out of the way.

LOONY ON THE BUS

Matrix Hand etched: AWL 1011 A2 DMM / AWL 1011 B2 DMMPR-P

Catalogue number Awareness Records AWL 1011Originally released 1988

Sleeve EXCELLENT The unlaminated front of the sleeve is still bright and glossy in EXCELLENT condition with no tears or splits and there isn’t any writing, taping or stickers, The back is in similar condition.

Spine EXCELLENT no discernable wear or creasing and the spine is firm and totally legible. I will also include the original plastic outer that I bought with it which has successfully kept the dust off for all these years

Inner Sleeve EXCELLENT Harpers detailed notes and lyrics are still clean, and uncreased or torn

Record Appearance is EXCELLENT The record is clean and glossy and the disc retains its deep, black vinyl sheen.

LabelsEXCELLENT The original Black and Silver Awareness labels show no sign of use, have no writing and are clean with no discernable spindle marking.

THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER

Matrix SHVL 820 A1 (Hand etched) To Kate with love Roy x

SHVL 820 B4

Catalogue number Harvest Records SHVL 820Originally released 1980

Sleeve EXCELLENT The unlaminated front of the sleeve is still bright and glossy in EXCELLENT condition with no tears or splits and there isn’t any writing, taping or stickers, The back is in similar condition.

Inner Sleeve EXCELLENT Harpers detailed notes and lyrics are still clean, and uncreased or torn

Spine EXCELLENT the spine is firm and totally legible. I will also include the original plastic outer that I bought with it which has successfully kept the dust off for all these years

Record Appearance is EXCELLENT The record is clean and glossy and the disc retains its deep, black vinyl sheen.

LabelsEXCELLENT The original Harvest Black and White labels show little sign of use, have no writing and are clean with no discernable spindle marking.

Audio Quality of both records is Unknown; From 1970 onwards I only ever played my albums on a Pioneer PL12D with a Shure N75 ED-T2 cartridge and stylus, tracking at 1.5 grams which I continue to use today – although the stylus has been replaced regularly However, I haven’t played them since sometime in the mid ‘90’s when I replaced them with CD’s; so I honestly have no idea about the audio quality.

Summary:Roy Harper; quite probably the most underrated musician in the UK ‘Underground’ of the last 50 years. His work challenged the status quo in a way that none of his contemporaries did. The only people achieving the same depth of understanding and meaning were in the States; Dylan and Zappa. Roy Harper challenged everything, his guitar playing and singing were exceptional, his writing harked back to the long British tradition of non-conformity echoing Blake, Milton, Chaucer and others and, perhaps more important, he once gave the kiss of life to a sheep, giving himself a serious illness in the process!

The albums are a lovely piece of genuine memorabilia from a bygone time that changed the world, as well as the way that music is made, and would grace any collection. If you haven’t heard them on vinyl this could be for you.

As stated above, I haven’t been able to play them for many years so can’t give any assessment as to the sound quality, but that is why I’m starting at a sensible price so a genuine fan or collector can enjoy them without paying rip off prices.

If you check my feedback you will see many people think my grading is spot on.

I’m not a dealer of any sort, but am just downsizing and having to clear things out and trying to survive on a poxy pension. Good luck with your bidding and feel free to ask any question.

A Word About Payment and Postage

Sorry but it will be posted as soon as payment has cleared, which must be paid within 24 hours of the end of the auction. This may seem harsh but I’m fed up with time wasters!

PLEASE NOTE – IF YOU CAN’T PAY DON’T BID!!!!!! IT WASTES EVERYONE’S TIME AND STOPS PEOPLE WHO REALLY WANT THE RECORD GETTING IT. OH AND IT MARKS YOU OUT AS A COMPLETE IDIOT! Rant over.

I use 12" Vinyl LP Record Cruciform postal mailers and protect them with an additional layer of bubblewrap. In the UK I use Royal Mail Signed For. If you require some other form of postage/delivery, I’m more than happy providing you meet the extra costs. If you are outside the UK, I will use Ebay’s Global Shipping Program and you are therefore accepting their shipping terms and charges over which I have no control.

Record Collector grading system used for sleeve, labels and appearance

MINT: The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. The cover and any extra items such as the lyric sheet, booklet or poster are in perfect condition. Records advertised as Sealed or Unplayed should be Mint.

EXCELLENT: The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality. The cover and packaging might have slight wear and / or creasing.

VERY GOOD: The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and the occasional light scratch. Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items, without any major defects, is acceptable.

GOOD: The record has been played so much that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated, perhaps with some distortion and mild scratches. The cover and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discolouration, etc.

FAIR: The record is still just playable but has not been cared for properly and displays considerable surface noise; it may even jump. The cover and contents will be torn, stained and / or defaced.

POOR: The record will not play properly due to scratches, bad surface noise, etc. The cover and contents will be badly damaged or partly missing.

As well as the above grades, Near Mint is often used as well; this is really for a record that appears new but is known to have been played because the label has light spindle marks or because it has come from a previous owner and is assumed to have been played by them. For records which appear to fall between the accepted grades, + and - are also often added to the grading.