Sold Date: September 29, 2014
Start Date: September 22, 2014
Final Price: $24.99 (USD)
Bid Count: 1
Seller Feedback: 751
Buyer Feedback: 72

     ****IMPORTANT!!! PLEASE READ REGARDING FINAL TOTALS AND SHIPPING!!!****

DO NOT PAY UNTIL YOU RECEIVE AN INVOICE FROM ME. SEE NOTE BELOW THIS SECTION REGARDING ACTUAL DOMESTIC & INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING RATES

BEDEMON is an off-shoot project of the Washington DC area metal legends PENTAGRAM which began in 1973 as a project by Heavy Metal fanatic/horror-film journalist Randy Palmer, a huge Black Sabbath fan who wanted to record some of his own songs. He enlisted good friends Mike Matthews on bass and PENTAGRAM co-founders Geof O'Keefe on drums and Bobby Liebling on vocals (Palmer himself would join PENTAGRAM as a member briefly and appears on some of their 70s studio recordings). Together BEDEMON recorded fifteen songs throughout the 70s, and in 2005, Italy's Black Widow label released Child of Darkness: From the Original Master Tapes, a collection of all fifteen tracks.

In 2001, Palmer, Matthews and O'Keefe began working on an album of all new material and in the spring of 2002, traveled to O'Keefe's California home to record this project. Tragically, three months after completing the backing tracks, Palmer died from injuries sustained in an auto accident. Over the next ten years, O'Keefe, Matthews and new vocalist Craig Junghandel worked with engineer Shawn Hafley to finish up what would finally be released in 2012 as Symphony of Shadows. Released by the Svart label in Finland, it was available as both a CD and as a 2-LP black vinyl LP, and there was also a limited pressing in silver vinyl. The copy being auctioned here is a still-sealed copy in SILVER VINYL. The track listing for the two LPs is shown in one of the photos.

The LP will be well-packed with cardboard pads in a sturdy cardboard LP mailer. Please message me with any questions, and note my 100% positive feedback rating. I am a one-person operation, not a store or company. I've been doing music mail-order for nearly forty years, and appreciate good service and hope to provide the same to you.

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IMPORTANT: WINNER WILL RECEIVE AN INVOICE AFTER THE AUCTION CLOSES WHICH WILL HAVE THE CORRECT SHIPPING COST. DO NOT PAY UNTIL YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS INVOICE! ALL DOMESTIC U.S. SHIPMENTS ARE SENT BY MEDIA MAIL WITH INSURANCE AND TRACKING. I WILL ONLY SEND CANADIAN AND INTERNATIONAL SHIPMENTS REGISTERED WITH SIGNATURE REQUIRED. THIS IS FOR MY PROTECTION AND PROOF THAT I DID SHIP THE ITEM. AS STATED ABOVE, THE PACKAGES WILL BE WELL-PACKED IN AN INCH-THICK MAILER WITH CARDBOARD PADS FOR ADDED PROTECTION.

PLEASE NOTE THE ADDED SHIPPING RATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Domestic US: Media Mail including insurance and tracking - $7.
Canada: 1st Class with mandatory Registration - $32.
International: 1st Class with mandatory Registration - $40.

I previously chose to ship by Priority Mail in the US but there were too many issues with winning bidders not following the instructions and waiting for my invoice, and additionally there were after-closing debates about the costs. Personally I prefer things to get to the buyer quickly, but that can be expensive. If you WANT Priority Mail, send me a message with your zip code and I will determine what the cost would be. Also if you bid on and win multiple items I will combine the items to possibly reduce shipping. The Canadian and International overseas mandatory registration is to protect both myself and you. The registration fee for either is $13.65 and the rest is the shipping costs for a 1st Class Air package of this size and weight.