BLUES IMAGE OPEN RARE ORIG 1970 M- ATCO PSYCH ROCK LP- MONARCH PRESSING

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This is a super rare very clean original first US pressing of the second album by psychedelic blues rock group, Blues Image, Open, which was released in 1970 on Atco Records, featuring most notably the hit song Ride Captain Ride, which was group written and on which guitarist Mike Pinera sang lead. But, this album which includes 8 other group written cuts, is much more than the hit song with a number of killer cuts including Love Is The Answer, Running The Water, Pay My Dues and a great cover of Parchman’s Farm, among others. What makes this album so special is that it is a super rare west coast Monarch Records manufactured pressing. This is evidenced by the initials MO punctuating the catalogue number at the bottom of the labels on both album sides, as well as etched in the dead wax near the labels on both album sides. This is an absolutely awesome pressing that exceeds the audio quality of either of the other two pressings of this album I own, which are Presswell and Terre Haute editions. Monarch was known to make very high quality record pressings that are much in demand.

The LP visually is in near mint condition, and plays very cleanly. The cover is in very good plus condition, and would be graded excellent if not for a notch cut near the top mouth corner. All corners are sharp with just slight tip wear. The spine is strong and very clean except a small damaged area near the lower middle part of spine . The seams are clean with just a few spots of rub wear. The front and back covers are very clean. In grading I use excellent instead of using VG++ to describe item just a notch below near mint.

Please understand that opened play graded copies may have been graded several weeks before listing and may be available for sale for some time, so the LP must be cleaned again before play. LP's are cleaned manually as I no longer have machine, so matter may have settled in the grooves in the interim. Please do not claim LP is not as described if you play the LP without first cleaning the LP.

The LP will be shipped within 24 hours of payment, which is expected within 3 days of auction end, in specially made LP mailer with the LP separated from the cover (for unsealed items) and well packaged to protect the item from damage during shipment. Returns are accepted with buyer paying return shipping cost as long as contact is made within 30 days after receipt and as long as LP is returned in the condition received. Return of sealed items will only be permitted if returned unopened. Please note that I will not grant partial refunds

Shipping cost is $4 per LP which includes cost of material used. To reduce shipping cost, I will combine shipping on multiple items bid and won during the same auction cycle. Please do not pay until I have had the opportunity to manually adjust the shipping cost. I cannot hold items for multiple auction cycles as it will affect my EBAY standing in so far as it concerns shipment time.

I only accept bids from continental US based buyers and will only ship to an address within the continental US, recorded for the buyer on PAYPAL, which is the only method I can accept for payment. However, if a buyer registers on Ebay with an address that is not their residence but merely the address of an international freight forwarding commercial entity that then forwards the item outside the US, I will cancel that transaction and impose a block on that bidder. I cannot and will not be responsible for damage that may be caused to an item because it is subject of international reshipment.

Please keep in mind that I am a person looking to sell their collection and not a store or commercial seller. I play grade open items sold and do the best I can in the process to give an honest assessment of the item As is shown by my feedback I think I do a good job of satisfying most buyers. I leave feedback for all buyers and if you are satisfied with the transaction I would greatly appreciate positive feedback from the buyer as well. It does not take very long and is very important to me as seller. If for any reason you cannot leave positive feedback or are not satisfied, please have the courtesy of contacting me before leaving negative or neutral feedback. In almost all cases the issue can be worked out to the buyers satisfaction even if it means returning the item. If the item is not as described I will bear all shipping costs including return shipping. If a buyer behaves in a rude or unreasonable manner, and/ or fails to contact me to address issues they have with an item before negative or neutral feedback is left, I will block that buyer from further auction participation. I also reserve the right to block any buyer that leaves negative or neutral feedback when I have done everything possible to put the buyer in a position as if the transaction had not taken place.

If a buyer requests LP return because it is claimed that an LP is not as described and on return it is found that LP is just as described, I will block that person from further auction participation. I felt I had to take this latest action as I have encountered few too many people who do not do their due diligence in cleaning the record before play, or are just plain dishonest. I will also report to eBay any buyer that returns an album at my expense where there is nothing wrong with album. If you want to return an album that you just do not want and there is nothing wrong with the LP, then unless you want to be blocked from future auctions, you must pay return postage, simple as that.

I am auctioning almost 5000 records of my own collection, including rock. soul, blues and jazz, that are very clean and, included are some very rare items that rarely are available