Shape of the Rain
RILEY, RILEY WOOD AND WAGGETT
ON THE RARE ORIGINAL RCA NEON LABEL !!!!
BEFORE WE START THE LISTING, JUST A QUICK INTRODUCTION, ABOUT THIS VERY RARE ALBUM !!
'SHAPE OF THE RAIN' WERE A PROG FOLK ROCK, WITH A BIT OF CANTERBURY SCENE MIXED IN FROM THE UK. THEY WERE FORMED IN THE MID 1960's AND FIVE YEARS LATER WITH  GREAT REVIEWS, THEY SIGNED UP WITH RCA ON THE NEON LABEL, BUT WITH THE LABEL GOING BANKRUPT SOON AFTER, MISMANGEMENT, AND SO POOR SALES, THIS THEIR ONE AND ONLY ALBUM, DISAPPEARED WIITHOUT A TRACE, SO NOW RARE, AND HIGHLY COLLECTABLE !!!!

NO RESERVE, AND CRAZY LOW START PRICE, AND IT COMES FROM MY TREASURED PERSONAL VINYL COLLECTION !!!! ON 30th MARCH THE CLOCKS IN THE UK WENT FORWARD ONE HOUR !!!!
THIS MAY EFFECT WHEN MY AUCTIONS FINISH IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES OVERSEAS 🙆‍♀️😬, SO PLEASE CHECK ON YOUR WATCH LIST TO MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT MISS AN AUCTION YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR 😊, AS IT MIGHT BE AN HOUR EARLIER, OR AN HOUR LATER, OR MIGHT STAY THE SAME, THANK YOU 🤷‍♀️😃!!!!  
DISCLAIMER :: ALL MY LP'S LISTED ON THIS SITE ARE ORIGINAL AND NOT FAKE OR COUNTERFEIT, AND ARE SOLD IN GOOD FAITH. THEY WERE BOUGHT ON THE DATE OF ISSUE. THANK YOU !!
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL 1971 UK PRESS  ::  AGBS 0540-3E  AIC   ::  AGBS 0545-3E  AIC  . 

ON THE FIRST PRESS RCA NEON  LABEL  ::  NE 7 .
COVER ::  ORIGINAL GATEFOLD, AND IN GREAT CONDITION, WITH SUPERB SPINE AND EDGES WITH THE OPENING EDGE STILL SHARP. THE ONLY THING IS THAT THERE ARE SOME FAINT AGE RELATED MARKS, AND AS YOU CAN SEE NOTHING BAD, JUST SEEN WHEN THE COVER IS ANGLED A CERTAIN WAY, AND INSIDE THE GATEFOLD AGAIN SUPERB, SO WITH NOTHING ELSE, I WOULD GRADE  :: EX/EX- .  BUT I WOULD SAY NEARER TO EX, RATHER THAN EX- !!!!
VINYL ::  THE VINYL PLAYS WITH NO STICKS, SKIPS OR JUMPS, AND NO CRACKLE, STATIC, AND NO CLICKS, SO A JOY TO LISTEN TO !!!! ALL I HEARD WAS.....
ON SIDE 1 :: JUST A ONE SINGLE FAINT TICK IN THE MIDDLE, AND ANOTHER A BIT FURTHER ON, AFTER THE MIDDLE . THERE IS ONE SINGLE FAINT TICK IN THE MIDDLE OF TRACK 2 . THERE IS ONE SINGLE FAINT TICK BETWEEN TRACK 4 AND TRACK 5, AND ANOTHER BETWEEN TRACK 5 AND TRACK 6.
ON SIDE 2 :: JUST ONE SINGLE FAINT POP, IN THE MIDDLE OF TRACK 3, AND THAT'S ALL, SO LOVELY AUDIO !!!!
VISUALLY, AWAY FROM BRIGHT LIGHT THE VINYL HAS A LOVELY SHINE, AND ONLY UNDER BRIGHT LIGHT, THERE ARE  A FEW COSMETIC SLEEVE REMOVAL SPIDER WEB THREAD ULTRA FINE LINES, AND A TINY COSMETIC MARK JUST PASSED HALF WAY ON TRACK 1 ON SIDE 1. SO WITH NOTHING ELSE I WOULD GRADE  :: EX/EX+ . I WOULD STAY SLIGHTLY NEARER TO EX+, RATHER THAN EX !!!!
LABELS :: SUPERB :: EX+ .
ORIGINAL BLACK INNER ::  NO SPLITS OR WRITING, JUST THREE TINY AND ONE SMALL TEAR AT THE CENTRE CIRCLE ON ONE SIDE ONLY AND A BIT OF CREASING IN THE BOTTOM TWO CORNERS, AND OF COURSE THE VINYL WILL COME IN A NEW POLYLINED INNER ALONG WITH THE ONE DESCRIBED ABOVE  :: VG .
A TRUELY ENJOYABLE ALBUM, VERY RARE, AND ALSO ON THE RARE HIGHLY COLLECTABLE RCA NEON LABEL, AND OF COURSE A UK 1ST PRESS, SO ONE NOT TO MISS !!!! THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR YOUR TIME !!!!  ROSE .
TAKE CARE AND BE SAFE !!!!

IMPORTANT   I ALWAYS POST THE NEXT DAY, APART IF IT FALLS ON A SUNDAY. PLEASE READ THE POSTAGE LABEL FOR THE DATE OF POSTING, AND YOU WILL SEE IT WAS POSTED ON TIME. IT IS THE POSTAL SERVICES AT FAULT, AND NOT MINE, AND DUE TO THIS I HAVE LOST MY 5 STAR POSTAGE RATING. THANK YOU !!!

IMPORTANT SHIPPING COSTS INFORMATION BELOW

FOR SHIPPING COSTS OVERSEAS, PLEASE LOOK AT MY POSTAGE JUST ABOVE THE PAYMENT OPTIONS, JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE MAIN PHOTO ON THE LISTING, AND CLICK ON...SEE DETAILS...AND THEN TYPE IN YOUR COUNTRY, THANK YOU. 

 I ALWAYS PACK WITH EXTRA STIFF CARD, BUBBLE WRAP, AND PROTECTED CORNERS !!!

ALSO FOR OVERSEAS I ALSO PACK VERY WELL WITH THE ABOVE MENTIONED PROTECTION FOR YOUR ALBUMS SAFETY IN SHIPPING, SO SINGLE ALBUMS WILL WEIGH OVER 500gms WHICH COSTS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN UNDER 500gms, BUT I AM SURE YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET YOUR ALBUM IN THE SAME CONDITION AS WHEN I PACKED IT !!! IF IT FALLS BELOW 500gms, I WILL REFUND YOU THE DIFFERENCE.

                  I COMBINE SHIPPING, SO PLEASE ASK FOR PRICES!!!!

 PLEASE E MAIL ME FIRST IF YOU ARE UNSURE ABOUT SHIPPING COSTS

ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK, THANKYOU.

IF YOU HAVE TIME, PLEASE CHECK OUT MY OTHER LISTINGS, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU MIGHT FIND !!!!!

VINYL WILL BE PACKED SEPARATE FROM COVER IN PLASTIC SLEEVES, AND WILL BE PACKED BULLET AND POSTMAN PROOF.

[[[[PLEASE NOTE IT IS £4.45 P&P ONLY IF YOU LIVE IN THE UK]]]] 

IF IN THE VERY UNLIKELY CIRCUMSTANCES THAT YOU ARE NOT HAPPY WITH YOUR ALBUM PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I WILL REFUND YOU. BUT I KNOW YOU WILLBE HAPPY !!!

 THANKYOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND GOOD LUCK IF YOU DECIDE TO BID.