JULIAN'S TREATMENT A Time Before This US PRESS 1970 RUBBLE PROG PSYCH LP LISTEN

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JULIAN'S TREATMENT "A TIME BEFORE THIS" LP

ORIGINAL 1970 LP on the US DECCA label, STEREO DL 75224

COVER in VG+ to EXCELLENT shape, light ringwear on front, small sticker residue on back

VINYL plays VG to VG+, crackle

Dark, doomy fantasy prog psych favored long ago by the heads over at See For Miles UK – this was one of the first full-length albums they reissued.  Four guys and a girl, and she does most of the singing, in that Renaissance Faire dark sorceress kinda way, with a flair for the dramatic and a love of a literary story, which A Time Before This has thanks to some helpful inside liner notes which tell the tale of the Oracle of the Outer Rim and a man trying to find his home among the stars.  Most of it is beyond my grasp, but then again I can barely follow Game of Thrones without a roadmap, but if songs like “Alda, Dark Lady of the Outer Worlds,” “Altarra, Princess Of the Blue Woman” and (my favorite title) “The Coming Of The Mule” sound like something you’d be interested in, this will take you to its own warped little world.  A love of Ursula LeGuin, Doctor Who and the old PC game Myst, which this cover oddly resembles, is always helpful too.  

SOUND CLIP COMING SOON, PLEASE CHECK BACK LATER!

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!

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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. 

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