GROUNDHOGS "SOLID" UK 1st PRESS WWA EX+

	£		38
	$		50

 A few words of introduction. I am not a record dealer, but have been collecting vinyl since 1972. Although an "early adopter" of the CD at its launch back in 1982-83, I never lost my love of the LP and continued to buy music on both formats, preferring the vinyl where this was the first available. My record purchasing reached fever pitch in the early 1990s while living in Edinburgh. At the time LPs were very cheap and many collections were being sold for little or no money at record fairs, car boot sales and specialist stores (such as Vinyl Villains). Buying loads of  albums was thus not a problem, but getting around to cleaning them properly and sorting them out was. I very quickly accumulated a large number of heavy cardboard boxes full of secondhand lps (often containing multiple examples of the same album)  and as I moved from flat to flat ( and city to city!) these were lugged around after me. Finally, late last year I purchased a VPI 16.5 record cleaning machine and started to clean, playgrade, organise and store my collection properly (much to the wife's relief), so gone are the boxes! The result is that I now have a surplus of records which I have decided to sell off. These will all be cleaned and play-graded (on a Linn Sondek and Naim based Hi Fi) before listing for sale. Please note that any records found to be wrecked on playing (irrespective of what they happen to look like visually) are just binned and will not appear in my listings. Any slight defects concerning the sleeve or vinyl will be honestly described and grading will be conservative. I still buy vinyl on Ebay and have quickly learned that a visual description and grading of Mint or Mint- often means considerably less. Few sellers take the trouble to give complete play-grades as it is time consuming and slows down sales but they are the reliable and useful dealers and I value their service. I will attempt to reach that level on a smaller scale here.

FOR AUCTION: UK FIRST PRESS COPY OF THE GROUNDHOGS 1974 AND 6th STUDIO ALBUM "SOLID" ON THE WWA LABEL (WWA 004)
Up for auction here is a first press copy of the 6th studio album "Solid" by Groundhogs. Released in  June 1974 this marked the return of the band to the studio after a long break since the release of Hogwash in 1972. In the meantime they had switched labels from Liberty (United Artists) to Phonogram (WWA) and Tony T.S. McPhee had released his first solo effort (The Two Sides of Tony [T.S.] McPhee) in 1973. Solid followed on from the unjustly ignored Hogwash employing the Mellotron and seeing McPhee making increased use of the Roland Guitar Synthesiser. The results are a strong set which included many of the trademark riffs and very tight arrangements that the band had been honing over the years and overall the album delivered a coherent set of very strong material. This 1st press copy includes the lyric insert, plays through extremely and will please collectors of this much underrated band. 

GROUNDHOGS 6th Studio album "SOLID"  1974 STEREO WWA (WWA 004 )
Matrix Nos
SIDE 1: WWA 004 1*//1 420 05 113
SIDE 2: WWA 004 2*//3 420 05 141 Bilbo etched in runout


SLEEVE: Single unlaminated textured sleeve no printing credit. Detailed condition is listed below:
FRONT-  No loss or fading. Generally bright. Slight wear bottom right corner
BACK- No major issues at all
INSERT- Clean no creasing.
EDGES-  Some shelfwear bottom only on this one
SPINE- Very nice pinched ends clean and all text legible
NO TEARS, SCRIBBLING, OWNERS NOTES OR AUTOGRAPHS
INNER-SLEEVE- Plain white poly lined inner
OVERALL GRADE FOR SLEEVE- EX+

VINYL-
Visual- EXCELLENT SIDE ONE USUAL WISPY BAG REMOVAL TRACES SIDE 2 A COUPLE OF NON SOUNDING MARKS AND A SCUFF AGAIN NON-SOUNDING
PLAYGRADE- SIDE ONE PLAYS THROUGH PERFECTLY WELL. NO DISTORTION OR GROOVEWEAR
SIDE 2 PLAYS THROUGH AS WELL AS SIDE ONE WITH A COUPLE OF POPS ON LAST TRACK BUT AGAIN NO DISTORTION OR GROOVE-WEAR AT ALL.
OVERALL GRADE FOR PLAYBACK EX (Side 1) and EX- (Side 2)

Overall a very strong copy of a fairly scarce and poorly selling lp. Fans of the Groundhogs will appreciate this lp and its condition will please most collectors.  NO RESERVE AND LOW STARTING PRICE 
Please note all lps are cleaned prior to sale and will be posted in secure cardboard mailers with cardboard stiffeners. Records will be out of sleeve to prevent damage.

I WILL BE LISTING MORE ALBUMS THIS WEEK INCLUDING MORE PROGRESSIVE ROCK SO WATCH THIS SPACE



POSTAGE & PACKING:
UK & CHANNEL ISLANDS all now sent via Recorded Delivery:
1 LP (First Class Recorded [signed for] Delivery with Standard Insurance) = £4
1 LP (Special [next day] Delivery [signed for] insured up to £500)  = £7.50.  MULTIPLE PURCHASES ADD £2 PER ADDITIONAL LP

EUROPE & SCANDINAVIA. (Airmail Only):
1 LP (Small Packet [Signed For] with Standard Royal Mail Insurance [£46 maximum]) = £10. MULTIPLE PURCHASES ADD £3 PER ADDITIONAL LP

ALL OVERSEAS (non-European) e.g. USA (ANY PART OF); South America; New Zealand; Australia; Canada; Japan and other Far East; (AIRMAIL ONLY)
1 LP (Small Packet [Signed For] with Standard Royal Mail Insurance [£46 maximum]) = £14. MULTIPLE PURCHASES ADD £4 PER ADDITIONAL LP

PAYMENT: PAYPAL ONLY (NO EXCEPTIONS)