Sold Date: April 6, 2014
Start Date: March 30, 2014
Final Price: $20.00 (USD)
Bid Count: 1
Seller Feedback: 13574
Buyer Feedback: 12

GREEN "GREEN" LP

ORIGINAL 1969 LP ON THE US ATCO label, STEREO SD33-282

COVER IN VG shape, ringwear on back, small part of back slick missing, promo sticker and smaller sticker on front

VINYL is clean and shiny - plays VG+ with some crackle

Original self-titled debut album by Green, from 1969.  REAL strong John, Paul, George and, okay sure, Ringo sounds here, but yet despite that, this one was roundly ignored by psych heads for DECADES because of their natural aversion to horns, and by “horns” I mean trumpets, tubas and piccolos, and yeah, that last one is a woodwind.  Didn’t matter that “Penny Lane” and “Good Morning, Good Morning” and countless other Beatles classics had horns and woodwinds up the proverbial kazoo.  The heads still stayed away.  And then, suddenly, prices rose on this one.  It’s like all of a sudden, in unison, collectors discovered that this is some pretty heady stuff.  Like opener “To Be,” which, thanks to some oscillating mellotron, has a very strong “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” / “Strawberry Fields Forever” sound.  Other tracks, like “Where Have I Been” and “Green” benefit from some whiplash fuzz guitar and great Beatlish melodies.  The oddly-titled “RCMPB” gets its rumbling bassline from George’s “Taxman” and its flurry of trumpets from Paul’s “Penny Lane.”  Still, you gotta get all the way to the end of the album before the Green boys actually name check their idols – in closer “Have You Ever,” they mention “Sergeant Pepper’s band.”  Final dig:  If you play the runout groove backwards, it says “Horns aren’t dead.  Miss this, miss this.”  And for decades, collectors did.  Don’t make the same mistake.

PLEASE NOTE I NO LONGER SHIP TO ITALY DUE TO A CORRUPT POSTAL SYSTEM (THERE, NOT HERE).  BUYERS FROM ITALY AGREE TO PAY FOR GLOBAL PRIORITY MAIL INSURED ONLY!

The less exciting stuff

Media mail shipping with delivery confirmation starts at $4.00 in the US, with each additional record only $1 additional shipping.  Overseas shipping has, unfortunately, gone way up in the fast few months, which translates to $15 for the first LP to Canada ($3 each one thereafter) and $24 for the first LP everywhere else in the world, with each add'l LP an extra $5 (so it pays to buy more, nudge nudge wink wink).   I accept payments through Paypal.

I try to grade as best as I can, and I list as many blemishes/imperfections I can find (writing, ringwear, scuff marks, etc.) – Also, please note that I DO listen to these albums – I may not listen to every track, but my grades are based on LISTENING, not just looking at it, since chances are you’ll be listening to the record you buy, not just looking at it.  Most of the albums I sell are the ones I’ve enjoyed for years – and I treat my records with kid gloves.  But sounds speak louder than words, so check out the sound clips below – they’re from the actual record you’re bidding on. 

SHIPPING AND PACKAGING

Listen, I buy a bunch of records too (when I’m not getting outbid at the last second, which is more often than not) – and I know what it’s like to get a rare, one-of-a-kind album packaged dangerously in a flimsy bubblewrap package.  I hate that too.  So rest assured, I ALWAYS package albums with stiff cardboard reinforcements, same for 45s.  And yes, the records are removed from the sleeves (for albums).  I ship out once a week, every Friday, because I have a regular day job.  But I’d be willing to give that up if you’d all be so kind as to bid my items up to stupidly high amounts. 

 For more security and international tracking, you may request GLOBAL PRIORITY MAIL - but bear in mind the cost of this service is upwards of $30.  For expensive items, however, it may be well worth it.  Unfortunately, there isn’t a cost-effective way of tracking parcels to foreign countries yet, and shipping times vary depending on your country’s postal system.   Italy in particular seems to be really bad at delivering packages quickly, or delivering packages at all, now that you mention it.  I will always email you when your package ships, but once it’s on its way, please don’t ask me when it will arrive because I don’t know.  If the world’s postal systems can ever agree on a universal tracking system that’s affordable, I’ll be the first to use it.

NOW IT’S YOUR TURN…

I will always leave positive feedback for successful transactions, and would appreciate the same in return.  All I ask of you is the following – please pay for your items within 14 days of the close of auction.  Compared to other sellers, that’s a generous amount of time, so if you don’t pay within 2 weeks, then I have to assume something’s wrong.  You’ll get an Ebay payment reminder at that point, and possibly a decapitated horse head in your bed.  If, after 30 days, you still haven’t forked up the cash, I’ll relist the item and yell at you if I ever see you in town.