FACES " FIRST STEP " IMPOSS RARER UK ORANGE WARNER XOVA STICKERED SLV & MATRIX

	£		36
	$		48

A  KIND NOTE FOR UK BIDDERS. I WILL SOON BE LOSING MY TOP SELLER STATUS THANKS TO THREE BUYERS IN 12 MONTHS WHO FOR SOME INEXPLICABLE REASON GAVE ME LESS THAN 3 STARS FOR POSTAGE AND PACKING. I SEND MANY ITEMS OUT FOR FREE AND OTHERS AT COST BUT BECAUSE I HAVE TO SEND SIGNED FOR MAIL TO PROTECT MYSELF AGAINST FRAUDSTERS SOME MAY FEEL THIS COST EXCESSIVE. 

I WOULD THEREFORE ASK ANYBODY WHO MISTAKENLY FEELS THIS WAY TO FIRST CHECK THEIR PARCEL AND SEE THE EXACT COST OF THE PACKAGE PRIOR TO LEAVING ANY FEEDBACK. SHOULD THEY THEN STILL FEEL I HAVE OVERCHARGED THEM PLEASE CONTACT ME AND I WILL REFUND THEM IMMEDIATELY . FOR GENERAL INFO WHEN THE COST OF PACKAGING IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT OVERALL I LOSE MONEY ON THE POST AND PACKING AS I AM SURE MANY OTHER SELLERS DO ALSO. THANK YOU.

NOT ONLY A SUPERB EARLY PRESSING WITH THE RAREST AND EARLIEST ORANGE WARNER BROS LABELS BUT ALSO IMPOSSIBLY RARE  CROSS OVER MATRICIES SHOWING BOTH THE KINNEY AND THE WS MATRIX IN THE RUN OUTS AND ALSO WITH THE RARE KINNEY STICKERED ORIGINAL WARNER SLEEVE  L@@K !!....YET THIS LP SHOULD NOT EXIST LIKE THIS, WHY ?? I WILL EXPLAIN...

THIS LP HAD ONLY BEEN OUT FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS WHEN WARNER BROS SWITCHED FROM THE FAMOUS ORANGE LABELS TO THE REGULAR GREEN LABEL. IN LATE 1971 WARNERS CEASED THEIR UK DISTRBUTION DEAL WITH PYE AND RE-CATALOGUED ALL THEIR GROUP PRESSINGS TO, INCLUDING THE WS WARNER CAT NUMBERS TO K FOR KINNEY ( WARNERS US PARENT COMPANY ) AND SHARED THE CBS PRESSING PLANT. 

FOR A SHORT TIME AROUND THE TURN OF THE YEAR 1971/2  A FEW OF THE EARLIEST  KINNEY CBS  PRESSINGS RETAINED THEIR ORIGINAL MATRICIES IN THE RUN OUT GROOVES ALONG SIDE THE NEW KINNEY MATRICIES. THIS WAS VERY ODD AND WAS CORRECTED VERY SHORTLY AFTER SO THESE COPIES ARE NOW HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER ( THE SAME HAPPENED WITH LED ZEPPLIN ALONG WITH COUNTLESS OTHERS ).

MANY OLD SLEEVES WERE ALSO USED UP BY SIMPLY BEING STICKERED. AND THIS COPY HAS BOTH THESE ATTRIBUTES, THE CROSS OVER MATRICIRS AND STICKERED OVER SLEEVE. ( INDEED SUCH WAS THE SPLIT PERSONALITY IN THE KINNEY GROUP AT THIS TIME MANY NEW RELEASES CAME WITH BOTH THE OLD AND THE CAT NUMBERS ON SHOW ( THE DOORS AND JAMES TAYLOR TO NAME BUT TWO ).

HOWEVER THE POINT IS THAT THIS LP IN ORDER TO HAVE CROSS OVER MATRICIES IN THE RUN OUTS AND STICKERED SLEEVES SHOULD HAVE THE 1970-71 GREEN WARNER  LABEL AND NOT THE 1968-70 ORANGE ONE !

I HAVE NO EXPLANTION FOR THIS OTHER THAT MAYBE AN OLD BATCH OF LABELS WERE FOUND AT PYE AND SENT OVER TO CBS TO BE USED UP OVER A YEAR AFTER THEY HAD BEEN DISCONTINUED. WELL THAT IS MY THEORY ANYWAY

THIS CANNOT BE A UNIQUE EXAMPLE YET AT THE SAME TIME THIS IS THE ONLY ONE OF THESE ORANGE WARNER CROSS OVER CBS PRESSINGS I HAVE EVER SEEN FOR ANY ARTIST !

FOR AUCTION IS THE UK LP " THE FIRST STEP " 

COUNTRY: UK

CAT NO:    K 46053 WS 3000

LABEL:  ORANGE WARNERS

DATE : 1970 THIS COPY LATE 1971 / EARLY 1972

WEIGHT: 130g

TRACK LISTING :

 MATRICIES : A2 B2    A2 B2 ( TWICE )

CONDITION

VINYL VISUAL : SUPERB STILL RETAINS ALL OF IT'S FIRST PRESSED SHEEN, UNDER A BRIGHT HALOGEN ONLY THE ODD LIGHT HAIRLINE MARK IN EVIDENCE AND A COUPLE OF MORE VISABLE ONES I CAN SEE SO GRADED VISUALLY AS EXCELLENT MINUS

LABELS :  NO WRITINGS OR LABELS MINOR EVIDENCE OF PLAY GRADE EXCELLENT

FOR ITEMS THAT SELL DOMESTIC UK DELIVERY WILL HAVE TO BE BY RECORDED SIGNED FOR DELIVERY  THIS IS TO PREVENT FRAUDULANT CLIAMS OF NON RECEIPT, IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS THEN PLEASE FEEL FREE NOT TO BID. FOR INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE SEE MY NOTES BELOW - GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL!!

NON UK BUYERS PLEASE NOTE MY COMMENTS REGARDING INTERNATIONAL MAIL BELOW...RETURNS POLICY ONLY APPLICABLE TO UK..RETURNS OUTSIDE UK BUYER WILL HAVE TO COVER ALL POSTAGE COSTS Furthermore international bidders please also note that due to ebays new "buyer protection " policy many sellers now refuse to sell internationally anymore. I am not one of those sellers yer but please note I do now reserve the right to refuse to complete a sale to any international bidder that may have low or bad feedback or for any other reason and this is especially so if the item sells for over GBP 100, like I say this is purely a result of ebay/paypals new policy that make it now even harder for sellers to  trade safely internationally. Please bare this in mind if you win an item but find that it has been offered first instead to a domestic UK Bidder.FOR BIDDERS WITH ZERO FEEDBACK THIS IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT...   I have recently been the victim of serveral spurious bids from several different members (usually based in the Russian Federation). Please note that if you win any of my items and have zero feedback I will ask you for immediate payment or for you to email and immediately confirm that you were a genuine bidder. Failiure to meet either of those critiera will result in the item being  offered to the next highest bidder without further delay. thank you. ALL MY RECORDS ARE USUALLY SOLD ON VISUAL GRADINGS ONLY, THEREFORE ( WITH THE SINGULAR EXCEPTION OF THOSE RARE OCCASSIONS WHERE I DO STATE THEY HAVE BEEN PLAY GRADED ) AS ALL DISCS ARE 2ND HAND ANY PLAYING DEFECTS ARE CAVIAT EMPTOR AND SO ARE NOT ANY BASIS FOR A REFUND. HOWEVER YOU MAY STILL TRADE WITH CONFIDENCE AS I DO  REFUND  WHEREVER AN ACTUAL GRADING OF MINE IS EVER DISPUTED.

(Please note that whilst I try to endeavour to adhere to strict RC gradings I will never describe ANYTHING AS MINT even when I think it to be so. As far as I am concerned any secondhand item by definition cannot be mint. However if I believe an item to be Mint  I will instead either use the terms Near Mint, mint minus, or in archive or vault condition. When I use these terms you know that in my opinion this is in effect a de-facto Mint grade )

Dont forget to take a look at my other items. Please feel free to contact me with any queries you may have.

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I ONLY DO A COUPLE OF RUNS A WEEK TO THE POST OFFICE BUT MY ITEMS ARE ALWAYS DISPATCHED WELL WITHIN ONE CALENDAR WEEK OF PAYMENT BEING RECEIVED. I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE TO THOSE BUYERS WHO SEEM TO EXPECT THEIR ITEM TO ARRIVE THE NEXT DAY, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK WHEN AN ITEM WAS SENT JUST PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU!! (SOME PEOPLE DO MAKE YOU LAUGH, FOR ITEMS I BUY I ONLY NORMALLY GET CONCERNED AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND EVEN AFTER THAT THEN ONLY POLIETELY ENQUIRE IF AND WHEN THE ITEM WAS SENT).

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PAYMENTS BY PAYPAL ARE PREFERRED BUT I ALSO ACCEPT OTHER METHODS. I ALSO POST WORLDWIDE (PLS APPLY FOR RATES) BUT DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH A DISREPUTABLE BUYER IN JAPAN (PIGGIESSS - I AM HAPPY TO NAME THEM) , FOR ALL PAYMENTS MADE VIA PAYPAL THE ITEM WILL ONLY BE SENT BOTH TO THE UK AND WORLDWIDE BY RECORDED OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY. THIS IS TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY ATTEMPT TO CLAIM BACK THE PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL EVEN AFTER ACTUALLY HAVING RECEIVED THE ITEM.

THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS HAD THE RESULT OF INCREASING MY COSTS FOR POSTING AND PACKING AND I AM VERY SORRY FOR THIS BUT PAYPAL OFFER NO PROTECTION FOR SELLERS UNLESS THERE IS PROOF OF DELIVERY!! PROOF OF POSTING WOULD SEEM INSUFFICIENT TO THEM AND I HAVE FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY..

DUE TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THIS SAME BUYER PAYPAL PAYMENTS WILL ALSO NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM BUYERS WHO DO NOT ALLOW THEIR FEEDBACK TO be READ, 

…….EUROPE INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR MAIL COSTS ARE USUALLY GBP 9.99 FOR A SINGLE LP AND FOR USA/REST OF WORLD IT IS USUALLY GBP 13.99 FOR A SINGLE AND GBP 16.99 FOR A DOUBLE, COMBINED POSTAGE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST