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13-11-2019, 12:49
A batch of Japanese pressing LPs for sale
Condition, covers, contents etc:
1 All the vinyl is unmarked and lustrous.
2 Mostly these LPs come in sealable / disposable poly sleeves as presented in Japanese used record stores.
3 The covers look great and all minor flaws are identified.
4 If there’s an obi it’s mentioned, if not it’s long gone.
5 All have inserts (lyric sheets etc) as specified.
6 The cat# is included for easy reference on discogs concerning issue sequence & so forth.
P&P at cost, starting at £4.50 for an individual LP, 1st class RM. On larger orders I can advise/quote in advance. Local collection or delivery is possible too, I’m in London SW11.
60’s Rock, pop, etc
CSNY - Deja Vu / GF / insert / lovely textured sleeve with only a couple of tiny corner bends / P8036A, 1976 re / £20
Heavy Cream, Japan-only comp / dbl / GF / issued without insert / pale colour-scheme of sleeve is affected by foxing to a very slight degree: very smart, 2 corner bends are tiny / MW 9031 / £16
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water / obi / insert / sleeve: minty with light corner abrasion / 25AP 1366 / £14
Simon & Garfunkel - The Graduate / insert / really smart & clean cover with 2 small corner bends / £14
The Yardbirds - Roger The Engineer / insert / minty - a super-clean cover indeed! / EMS-40141, 1979 stereo re / £16
James Taylor - Sweet Baby James / insert / really good lustrous sleeve: trivial flaws are: tiny corner bends; trivial ding on open edge; spine is slightly crumpled / P8001W, 1977 re / £14
Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet / complete: obi / GF / insert / pale colour-scheme of front sleeve is pristine, back has a couple of extremely small & light spots of foxing, almost invisible tiny corner bend, minor surface indentations to front top right if you look really hard! / L20P 1019, 1981 re / £35
Rolling Stones - Big Hits, High Tide & Green Grass / GF / 2 x inserts, 1 with square cut-out which I’ve seen before! / a really good sleeve with a few hair-line creases & slight bumpiness to bottom edge + a tiny corner bend / LAX 1007 King pressing, 1976 re / £17
70’s Rock, pop, etc
Led Zeppelin - Presence / GF / insert & original inner, both with touches of foxing / nice clean cover / P-10160N /£15
Allman Brothers At Fillmore East / GF/ dbl / insert but no poster / sleeve is really good, flaws are: tiny ding to top edge, spine has folding creases & small rough patch at bottom, minor corner bends, but is still one of nicest I’ve seen! / SJET-9565 / £18
Man - Rhinos, Winos & Lunatics / GF / 2 inserts / very nice sleeve, only slight touches of wear & minor corner bends / LLP-81036, rare / £18
Santana - Caravanserai / GF / insert / sleeve generally nice although edges are somewhat uneven in places & top of spine is a bit rough / SOPL 130 / £14
Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow / insert / good sleeve with corner bend & hairline creases in from spine / ECPO-39 / £12
Jackson Browne - The Pretender /no insert / textured sleeve is quite good: crease to top left, corner bends, hairline creases on & in from spine / P-10246Y / £10
Joni Mitchell - For The Roses / 2 inserts / top-notch cover with 2 tiny corner bends / P-10158Y / £25
Joni Mitchell - Miles Of Aisles / GF / dbl / insert / pasted-in page / patches of wear on edges of sleeve + corner bend at bottom of spine making for a slightly lower grade than I’d like! / P-5169-70Y / £16
Doobie Brother - Best Of The Doobies / obi / insert / sleeve shows some dots of foxing here & there / P6540W / £14
ELO - Discovery / GF / complete: obi, original inner, insert / cover is great! scuffs to corners & a crease to bottom of spine, that’s all / 25AP 1600 / £16
Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown GF / complete: obi, insert / little wrong with lustrous cover, corner-wear, that’s all / MWF 1058 / £13
Eric Clapton - Backless / obi / GF / insert / MWF 1056 / best one I’ve ever seen ! £19
Free - Heartbreaker / insert / super-clean cover & hard to spot corner bends! / ILS-40146, 1978 re / £12
Roxy Music - First / GF / complete: obi & 2 inserts / cover is superb: clean & like new, has tiny corner bends / 20MM 9106, 1985 re / £30
Roxy Music - Stranded / GF / insert / a super & lustrous copy with the inevitable light opening tracks on spine & very minor rubbing to corners /ICL 60, Island - Palm tree with pink rim label / £25
80’s Rock, pop, etc
Japan - Quiet Life / GF / insert / sleeve is pretty clean: only a few smudges of foxing inside & minimal corner bends / VIP 6700 / £15
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasure Dome / obi / GF / dbl / 2 inserts / minty / 19SI-256 £19
Madonna - Like A Virgin / obi /still in shrink-wrap / 2 inserts / complete & minty but for tiny corner bend / P-13033 / £20
Kate Bush - The Dreaming / insert / cover is great but for a tiny corner bend / EMS-91044 / £18
ABC - The Lexicon of Love / complete: obi & insert / minor nicks to sleeve edges + tiny corner bends / £16
Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love / insert / 25AP 2470 /super cover with only some bending-down of top edge to note & a rare tiny misalignment of cover-printing to base at back £18
Prince - Around The World / GF /obi / 1 insert (1 missing) / great sleeve with really minor abrasion to top of back / P-13121 / £17
Simple Minds - Sparkle In The Rain / obi / insert / VIL-6085 / a really smart copy indeed! Only flaw is a small crease at bottom left of front sleeve / £20
Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Too-Rye-Aye / insert / minty cover with minimal corner bends + really light abrasion on the back / 25PP-74 / £16
Ah-ha - Hunting High & Low / complete: obi & insert / minty cover with minimal corner bends / P-13153 / £15
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire / 2 inserts / a v. nice sleeve only let down by 4 almost invisible drips to top right / 28SI-252 / £17
Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair / insert/ cover is generally v. nice with: minor roughness to top edge & crumpled spine; 1 minor corner bend; 2 light scores to front & 2 creases to back / 25PP-157 / £16
Prog / Metal
Moody Blues - To Our Children’s Children / GF / obi with light dots of foxing / no insert / really nice cover with small corner bends / King pressing, 1978 re / £17
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play /GF / no insert / a very nice sleeve indeed: very light scuffs to front, a bit of grubbiness + hairline creases on back, spine has a minor ding, open edges slightly rough / CHR 1040 / £14
The Best Of Rainbow / GF / dbl / insert / nice smooth cover with a couple of nicks to top edges, trivial hairline crease & v. light foxing / 30MM 9231 / £18
Yes - Fragile / GF / 2 inserts / super copy with minor corner abrasion but front cover & open have taken a small knock 2” down from top / £13
Focus - Moving Waves / insert / very good sleeve: tiny corner bends, slight hairline creases here & there / MP 2311 / £14
Robin Trower - Bridge Of Sighs / insert / cover has several small scatters of foxing dots + tiny corner bends + spine is a bit crumpled but is otherwise very good / CHR 1057 / £18
Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage / GF / no insert / despite a top-edge 3” split & wear to the bottom one, the cover still is very nice / MCA-5088 / £14
Jazz
Herbie Hancock - Man-child / insert / minty sleeve / SOPO 109 / £16
Ron Carter - Parade / insert / lovely sleeve, tiny corner bends / VIJ-6303 / £13
The Great Jazz Trio From LA ( Hank Jones, Ron Carter, Tony Williams) / obi with a small light stain at back / insert / terrific cover / 18PJ-1005 / £17
Miles Davis - Milestones / cap obi, a little creased / insert / spine of sleeve is a bit crumpled but white colour-scheme of back is clean, front open edge has minor nicks / mono / SOPL 153, 1972 re / £17
John Coltrane - Ballads / obi / gf / sleeve is very smart but for crease to bottom of spine, more visible within & very light foxing there as well / no insert / YP-8574 - A1, 1976 re / £23
McCoy Tyner Quartets - 4 x 4 / GF / dbl / insert / pale colour-scheme of sleeve only slightly affected by foxing, inside more than out / SMJ-9536 / £18
Art Pepper Quintet - Smack Up / insert / a really nice clean sleeve with a corner bend & slight roughness to open edge / LAX 3035, 1975 re, King pressing / £18
Chick Corea - Return To Forever / insert nice clean front cover to sleeve, back has patches of light foxing + minor corner bends / £16
Blue Notes - Toshiba
Duke Jordan - Flight To Jordan / obi/ insert / sleeve is great but has corner bend on bottom r. corner + very light foxing on back / BNJ 71006, Modern Piano Collection 1983 re / £35
Bud Powell - The Scene Changes / A / insert / sleeve is clean but with a few flaws: spine a bit crumpled & with corner bend to bottom; front is pretty good part from a slight ridge from ring-wear; back: two areas of light abrasion at top + a tiny & smeared printed mark / NR-8844 (Folster) 1977 re / £19
The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Vol 1 / insert / great sleeve but with 2 small corner bends at bottom / LNJ-70075, Jazz Right Now series, 1975 re / £15
Bennie Green - Walkin’ and Talkin’ /obi / insert / minty sleeve / BN 4010, Blue Note LP Last Reissue, 1990 / £29
Blue Notes - King
Miles Davis - Volume 2 / obi / super sleeve but with 2” split at bottom / insert / GXK 8057 M, Blue Note Masterpiece Selection 150, mastered, 1978 / mono / £30
Bud Powell - Scene Changes, Vol 5 / B / insert / sleeve is a treat except for slightly crumpled spine & a bit of wear to the bottom + slight corner bend on open edge / GXF 3013, Immortal Masterpiece Selection 1977 re / £24
Miscellaneous
The Tomita Planets / obi / insert / great cover with tiny corner bend / RVC-2111 / £12
Best Collection Of Movie Themes Vol 5 / GF / dbl / issued without insert ? (movies: Westerns & Spectaculars) / ex. cover with tiny corner bends / SQ is great! / FCPA 125/ £14
Di Meola, McLaughlin, De Lucia - Friday Night In San Francisco / insert / a really nice lustrous sleeve with only tiny corner bends & a crumpled spine to report / SQ really amazing on my system - lots of PRAT in Linn-speak! / 25AP 2035 / £14
Candeia - Samba De Roda / obi / insert / minty throughout / AW-2078, Trio pressing audiophile grade / £19
Condition, covers, contents etc:
1 All the vinyl is unmarked and lustrous.
2 Mostly these LPs come in sealable / disposable poly sleeves as presented in Japanese used record stores.
3 The covers look great and all minor flaws are identified.
4 If there’s an obi it’s mentioned, if not it’s long gone.
5 All have inserts (lyric sheets etc) as specified.
6 The cat# is included for easy reference on discogs concerning issue sequence & so forth.
P&P at cost, starting at £4.50 for an individual LP, 1st class RM. On larger orders I can advise/quote in advance. Local collection or delivery is possible too, I’m in London SW11.
60’s Rock, pop, etc
CSNY - Deja Vu / GF / insert / lovely textured sleeve with only a couple of tiny corner bends / P8036A, 1976 re / £20
Heavy Cream, Japan-only comp / dbl / GF / issued without insert / pale colour-scheme of sleeve is affected by foxing to a very slight degree: very smart, 2 corner bends are tiny / MW 9031 / £16
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water / obi / insert / sleeve: minty with light corner abrasion / 25AP 1366 / £14
Simon & Garfunkel - The Graduate / insert / really smart & clean cover with 2 small corner bends / £14
The Yardbirds - Roger The Engineer / insert / minty - a super-clean cover indeed! / EMS-40141, 1979 stereo re / £16
James Taylor - Sweet Baby James / insert / really good lustrous sleeve: trivial flaws are: tiny corner bends; trivial ding on open edge; spine is slightly crumpled / P8001W, 1977 re / £14
Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet / complete: obi / GF / insert / pale colour-scheme of front sleeve is pristine, back has a couple of extremely small & light spots of foxing, almost invisible tiny corner bend, minor surface indentations to front top right if you look really hard! / L20P 1019, 1981 re / £35
Rolling Stones - Big Hits, High Tide & Green Grass / GF / 2 x inserts, 1 with square cut-out which I’ve seen before! / a really good sleeve with a few hair-line creases & slight bumpiness to bottom edge + a tiny corner bend / LAX 1007 King pressing, 1976 re / £17
70’s Rock, pop, etc
Led Zeppelin - Presence / GF / insert & original inner, both with touches of foxing / nice clean cover / P-10160N /£15
Allman Brothers At Fillmore East / GF/ dbl / insert but no poster / sleeve is really good, flaws are: tiny ding to top edge, spine has folding creases & small rough patch at bottom, minor corner bends, but is still one of nicest I’ve seen! / SJET-9565 / £18
Man - Rhinos, Winos & Lunatics / GF / 2 inserts / very nice sleeve, only slight touches of wear & minor corner bends / LLP-81036, rare / £18
Santana - Caravanserai / GF / insert / sleeve generally nice although edges are somewhat uneven in places & top of spine is a bit rough / SOPL 130 / £14
Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow / insert / good sleeve with corner bend & hairline creases in from spine / ECPO-39 / £12
Jackson Browne - The Pretender /no insert / textured sleeve is quite good: crease to top left, corner bends, hairline creases on & in from spine / P-10246Y / £10
Joni Mitchell - For The Roses / 2 inserts / top-notch cover with 2 tiny corner bends / P-10158Y / £25
Joni Mitchell - Miles Of Aisles / GF / dbl / insert / pasted-in page / patches of wear on edges of sleeve + corner bend at bottom of spine making for a slightly lower grade than I’d like! / P-5169-70Y / £16
Doobie Brother - Best Of The Doobies / obi / insert / sleeve shows some dots of foxing here & there / P6540W / £14
ELO - Discovery / GF / complete: obi, original inner, insert / cover is great! scuffs to corners & a crease to bottom of spine, that’s all / 25AP 1600 / £16
Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown GF / complete: obi, insert / little wrong with lustrous cover, corner-wear, that’s all / MWF 1058 / £13
Eric Clapton - Backless / obi / GF / insert / MWF 1056 / best one I’ve ever seen ! £19
Free - Heartbreaker / insert / super-clean cover & hard to spot corner bends! / ILS-40146, 1978 re / £12
Roxy Music - First / GF / complete: obi & 2 inserts / cover is superb: clean & like new, has tiny corner bends / 20MM 9106, 1985 re / £30
Roxy Music - Stranded / GF / insert / a super & lustrous copy with the inevitable light opening tracks on spine & very minor rubbing to corners /ICL 60, Island - Palm tree with pink rim label / £25
80’s Rock, pop, etc
Japan - Quiet Life / GF / insert / sleeve is pretty clean: only a few smudges of foxing inside & minimal corner bends / VIP 6700 / £15
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasure Dome / obi / GF / dbl / 2 inserts / minty / 19SI-256 £19
Madonna - Like A Virgin / obi /still in shrink-wrap / 2 inserts / complete & minty but for tiny corner bend / P-13033 / £20
Kate Bush - The Dreaming / insert / cover is great but for a tiny corner bend / EMS-91044 / £18
ABC - The Lexicon of Love / complete: obi & insert / minor nicks to sleeve edges + tiny corner bends / £16
Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love / insert / 25AP 2470 /super cover with only some bending-down of top edge to note & a rare tiny misalignment of cover-printing to base at back £18
Prince - Around The World / GF /obi / 1 insert (1 missing) / great sleeve with really minor abrasion to top of back / P-13121 / £17
Simple Minds - Sparkle In The Rain / obi / insert / VIL-6085 / a really smart copy indeed! Only flaw is a small crease at bottom left of front sleeve / £20
Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Too-Rye-Aye / insert / minty cover with minimal corner bends + really light abrasion on the back / 25PP-74 / £16
Ah-ha - Hunting High & Low / complete: obi & insert / minty cover with minimal corner bends / P-13153 / £15
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire / 2 inserts / a v. nice sleeve only let down by 4 almost invisible drips to top right / 28SI-252 / £17
Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair / insert/ cover is generally v. nice with: minor roughness to top edge & crumpled spine; 1 minor corner bend; 2 light scores to front & 2 creases to back / 25PP-157 / £16
Prog / Metal
Moody Blues - To Our Children’s Children / GF / obi with light dots of foxing / no insert / really nice cover with small corner bends / King pressing, 1978 re / £17
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play /GF / no insert / a very nice sleeve indeed: very light scuffs to front, a bit of grubbiness + hairline creases on back, spine has a minor ding, open edges slightly rough / CHR 1040 / £14
The Best Of Rainbow / GF / dbl / insert / nice smooth cover with a couple of nicks to top edges, trivial hairline crease & v. light foxing / 30MM 9231 / £18
Yes - Fragile / GF / 2 inserts / super copy with minor corner abrasion but front cover & open have taken a small knock 2” down from top / £13
Focus - Moving Waves / insert / very good sleeve: tiny corner bends, slight hairline creases here & there / MP 2311 / £14
Robin Trower - Bridge Of Sighs / insert / cover has several small scatters of foxing dots + tiny corner bends + spine is a bit crumpled but is otherwise very good / CHR 1057 / £18
Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage / GF / no insert / despite a top-edge 3” split & wear to the bottom one, the cover still is very nice / MCA-5088 / £14
Jazz
Herbie Hancock - Man-child / insert / minty sleeve / SOPO 109 / £16
Ron Carter - Parade / insert / lovely sleeve, tiny corner bends / VIJ-6303 / £13
The Great Jazz Trio From LA ( Hank Jones, Ron Carter, Tony Williams) / obi with a small light stain at back / insert / terrific cover / 18PJ-1005 / £17
Miles Davis - Milestones / cap obi, a little creased / insert / spine of sleeve is a bit crumpled but white colour-scheme of back is clean, front open edge has minor nicks / mono / SOPL 153, 1972 re / £17
John Coltrane - Ballads / obi / gf / sleeve is very smart but for crease to bottom of spine, more visible within & very light foxing there as well / no insert / YP-8574 - A1, 1976 re / £23
McCoy Tyner Quartets - 4 x 4 / GF / dbl / insert / pale colour-scheme of sleeve only slightly affected by foxing, inside more than out / SMJ-9536 / £18
Art Pepper Quintet - Smack Up / insert / a really nice clean sleeve with a corner bend & slight roughness to open edge / LAX 3035, 1975 re, King pressing / £18
Chick Corea - Return To Forever / insert nice clean front cover to sleeve, back has patches of light foxing + minor corner bends / £16
Blue Notes - Toshiba
Duke Jordan - Flight To Jordan / obi/ insert / sleeve is great but has corner bend on bottom r. corner + very light foxing on back / BNJ 71006, Modern Piano Collection 1983 re / £35
Bud Powell - The Scene Changes / A / insert / sleeve is clean but with a few flaws: spine a bit crumpled & with corner bend to bottom; front is pretty good part from a slight ridge from ring-wear; back: two areas of light abrasion at top + a tiny & smeared printed mark / NR-8844 (Folster) 1977 re / £19
The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Vol 1 / insert / great sleeve but with 2 small corner bends at bottom / LNJ-70075, Jazz Right Now series, 1975 re / £15
Bennie Green - Walkin’ and Talkin’ /obi / insert / minty sleeve / BN 4010, Blue Note LP Last Reissue, 1990 / £29
Blue Notes - King
Miles Davis - Volume 2 / obi / super sleeve but with 2” split at bottom / insert / GXK 8057 M, Blue Note Masterpiece Selection 150, mastered, 1978 / mono / £30
Bud Powell - Scene Changes, Vol 5 / B / insert / sleeve is a treat except for slightly crumpled spine & a bit of wear to the bottom + slight corner bend on open edge / GXF 3013, Immortal Masterpiece Selection 1977 re / £24
Miscellaneous
The Tomita Planets / obi / insert / great cover with tiny corner bend / RVC-2111 / £12
Best Collection Of Movie Themes Vol 5 / GF / dbl / issued without insert ? (movies: Westerns & Spectaculars) / ex. cover with tiny corner bends / SQ is great! / FCPA 125/ £14
Di Meola, McLaughlin, De Lucia - Friday Night In San Francisco / insert / a really nice lustrous sleeve with only tiny corner bends & a crumpled spine to report / SQ really amazing on my system - lots of PRAT in Linn-speak! / 25AP 2035 / £14
Candeia - Samba De Roda / obi / insert / minty throughout / AW-2078, Trio pressing audiophile grade / £19