Johnny K I Got Bills To Pay 7" RARE USA Drive 1973 Pro Clean Tested See Details

	£		74
	$		98

A QUICK MESSAGE TO ALL MY FOLLOWERS , APOLOGIES FOR MY RECENT ABSENCE , AFTER NEARLY A YEAR OFF FROM DEALING WITH ANY RECORDS DUE TO LOOKING AFTER AND THEN THE SUDDEN VERY SAD LOSS OF MY FATHER , I AM NOW BACK WITH A GREAT SELECTION OF MANY VERY RARE RECORDS AND OBVIOUSLY MY USUAL AND OTHER VERY COLLECTABLE 7" AND LP RECORDS WHICH ARE FROM MY OWN PERSONAL COLLECTION WHICH I HAVE NOW DECIDED TO SELL OFF , I HAVE LOTS OF FANTASTIC RECORDS TO LIST SO PLEASE KEEP AN EYE ON MY LISTINGS , MANY THANKS .
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL OF MY 7" AND 12" VINYL RECORDS ARE PRO CLEANED ON MY PROJECT VACUUM CLEANING MACHINE , THANK YOU .
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL RECORDS , CD's , CASSETTES AND DVD's ARE FULLY PLAY TESTED FROM START TO FINISH ON BOTH SIDES AND INCLUDING ALL SIDES FOR ALL DOUBLE AND TRIPLE ALBUMS AND BOX SETS ETC THANK YOU . ALL RECORDS ARE FULLY PLAY TESTED ON MY TRUSTY AIWA TURNTABLE AND GOOD QUALITY JVC AMP . THIS DOES ONLY HAVE A STD BASS AND TREBLE CONTROL WHICH I HAVE SET ON A HIGH " TINNY " SETTING . I LIKE TO SET IT LIKE THIS AS IT PICKS UP EVEN THE VERY SLIGHTEST BIT OF NOISE SO I KNOW I CAN DESCRIBE EVERY LP CORRECTLY ETC . I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT PLAYED ON BETTER OR TOP QUALITY SYSTEMS WITH GREATER AND MORE TECHNICAL SOUND CONTROL ETC , THESE RECORDS WILL SOUND A LOT BETTER THAN I HAVE DESCRIBED . I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I OFTEN GIVE RECORDS ANOTHER QUICK PLAY ON THE FIRST COUPLE OF TRACKS ON MY PERSONAL TOP QUALITY PIONEER SYSTEM AND I DO FIND THAT MOST OF ANY NOISES LIKE CRACKLE ETC ARE MUCH MUCH QUIETER , SOME EVEN HARDLY SOUND AT ALL . I TEST EVERY RECORD AND FIND THAT MY AIWA WILL COVER MANY OTHER SIMILAR SET UPS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE , I DID WANT TO JUST POINT THIS OUT , THANK YOU .
Please note that i do tend to use in and around the " Very Good / near excellent Condition " grade for most of my records , although none are heavily scratched etc and most will just have some general light surface marks only . The only exception to this is if the record does have scratches and lots of marks etc but is very rare and collectable and will be described in greater detail . I never use " Mint " or " Near Mint " unless the record is unopened from it's original shrink wrap and is clearly unplayed . Even with these i am wary because if the record has been stored for years in maybe a damp garage or loft etc and has not been opened , then we can only presume it should be mint because we obviously can't actually see the record . Everyone obviously has their own opinions as to what is very good and excellent , but in my case , i tend to think that most , if not all records do have marks to some degree ( lots even from new ! ) purely because they are vinyl and mark easy and have been used over a considerable amount of time in most cases . This is why i use between Very Good and near excellent most of the times . This is also why i do go into great detail with my descriptions , as the term " Very Good " can be a bit vague . I do use " Excellent Condition " sometimes , but in my case , i would class this as not played very much at all , excellent shine and just a handful of the very lightest and small surface hairline marks only , most only being visible under a light , so you know that when i use excellent , i really do mean excellent . Lots of my records as you can see by my feedback are better than described , ie better than very good and closer to near ( if not actually ) excellent and i do pride myself on this fact , this is why i do use mainly between Very Good and near excellent , but with very detailed descriptions also of which i will say i can go a little OTT with noise and general condition and can often make a record sound bad when it really isn't , i do just try my best to say how it is , please don't forget though , that all records will obviously vary in sound quality etc on other set ups depending on the quality and type of turntable / amps and stylus etc that are being used , but please do check out all of my feedback and you will see you can bid with confidence , thank you .
Postage prices shown are for the UK . All items are sent via Royal Mail 1st class signed for post , unless otherwise stated in the listing . Please note that I always obtain proper proof of postage when I post any items .
Please note, all records are packed in proper pro card mailers with a minimum of 3 stiffeners for LP’s and 2 for 7" singles ( more if i think they are needed ) . CD’s , Cassettes and DVD’s are sent in strong bubble wrap envelopes. These are also taped with brown parcel tape along all edges and seams for added protection.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ANY ITEMS WHICH END OR HAVE A PAYMENT CLEARED ON A THURS , FRI OR SAT WILL BE POSTED ON THE NEXT MONDAY AS I NOW ONLY POST ON MON , TUES AND WEDS , FEEDBACK WILL BE LEFT AFTER I HAVE RECEIVED YOUR FEEDBACK , THANK YOU .
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL RECORD / CD / DVD ETC INCLUDING COVERS AND INNERS AND ARE NOT STOCK PHOTOS ETC . PLEASE NOTE THAT ANY BRIGHT LINE MARKS OR PATCHES SOMETIMES SEEN ON THE PHOTOS OF THE RECORD ( ESPECIALLY ON SOME WITH DOUBLE LINE MARKS SEEN ON AND NEAR THE RUN INS ) ARE PURELY LIGHT REFLECTIONS AND ARE NOT MARKS ON THE RECORD , UNLESS THEY ARE MENTIONED AS ACTUAL MARKS IN THE DESCRIPTION , THE DARK SHADOW LINES ARE ALSO JUST REFLECTIONS FROM THE BEAMS ON OUR CEILING , PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT THE THIN LINES SOMETIMES SEEN IN PLACES ON THE COVER PICTURES WHICH LOOK LIKE CREASES , ARE JUST SHADOWS AND NOT CREASES , IF THERE ARE ANY CREASES PRESENT , THEY WILL BE MENTIONED IN THE DESCRIPTIONS BELOW , THANK YOU .
Johnny K I Got Bills To Pay 7" VERY RARE USA Drive 1973 Tested And Pro Cleaned See Details . On USA Drive 6231 Large Open Jukebox Style Purple / Silver Print Paper Labels .
COVER: New plain white paper sleeve .
LABELS: Large open jukebox style purple / silver print paper labels generally in near excellent condition , still nice and clean with just a couple of light and very small surface marks , mainly a very small line mark at about 10 o'clock on S1 label and a faint hairline on S2 label , there is the very often seen small deletion drill hole present , both labels are writing free .
RECORD: Before i start , the record does have a quite light " dishing " to it , this is uniform and doesn't give off any arm lift , i actually only noticed this when i clamped the record down on my cleaning machine .The overall visual grade of the playing surface under normal average household light conditions is near excellent condition with just a few very light and very fine mainly just whispy type hairline surface marks and just a couple of very very light non feelable non sounding surface only marks , there are no nasty deep feelable gouges / nasty deep scratches whatsoever , i will also say that a lot of the finer hairlines are really only more visible when held at certain angles to or under a light . Please see below for audio description .
AUDIO A SIDE: Silent run in has some usual noise and there is a continuous " sch " / hiss type noise present . The record still plays through great , but there are the same noises that are present on the run in , this is mainly on the intro and briefly on the very start of the track but the music is still totally crisp clear and is not totally drowned out but is louder than usual , after this i barely heard it at all when the music was in full flow and anything after this on the quieter parts was really only faint in the background ( bar a brief bit of still background on the quieter music breaks towards the end ) . To be honest , i have heard this many times before on ( especially ) 70's USA pressings which were produced on much cheaper quality vinyl and this is also backed up with the fact that the record looks in great condition and you can see it hasn't been overplayed at all and there is nothing to suggest why this should be ie no nasty marks or groove wear etc , that said , as i say , after the intro and very start it plays great and this noise really is barely heard at all , bar the very light brief bit on the music break as already mentioned , there were no nasty ticks , there may just have been the odd couple of very faint isolated pops in quieter places that i may have missed . Silent run off has the same noises as on the run in .
AUDIO B SIDE: Silent run in has some usual and the same noises as S1 , though literally just on the intro and a very very brief bit of the start , i will also say that this was much lighter , after this brief bit , it again plays and sounds great , there was just a very faint bit of background only on a couple of the quieter parts , but this was really barely heard , again there is no groove wear or nasty marks etc present and you can see it hasn't been played that much . As i say after this very brief bit , it really does play and sound great , there were no nasty ticks , there may just have been the odd couple of faint isolated pops in quieter places that i may have missed . Silent run off has the same noises as on the run in but lighter .
I do hope i haven't made this out to be trashed or worse than it is as it really is still a very nice overall example though obviously this noise can be heard mainly on the intro's and briefly on the starts and in my opinion it can still be thoroughly enjoyed ! , i can sometimes go a little OTT with my descriptions ! . I wanted to list this for it's rarity , but obviously for the reasons stated i am starting it off with what i think is a very low price indeed , there's currently only one on Discogs in Japan which is only described as very good at £151 and just one on here listed at £315 , so why not grab yourself a real bargain ! .
There were no jumps etc when tested on my deck and it still retains a nice shine . 
All in all still a more than decent example of this now very collectable item . Thank you very much for your time and interest and happy bidding . 
Please note that whilst I haven’t increased my postage charges for quite a while now , this now other recent price increase , has seen me unfortunately have to put a slight increase on my postage charges . This is also topped with the rise in cost for quality card mailers , jiffy bags , stiffeners , other packaging materials etc plus Ebays fees incl fees for seller postage costs ( 12.8% included in the total selling price ) plus their other now higher fees of 12.8% plus it's also now i think 35p per item sold . Please also note that I now send ALL non GF LP’s / 12" singles with a minimum of 3 stiffeners and all 7" singles with a minimum of 2 stiffeners ( more if i think they are needed ) , with all the added fees / extra stiffeners and other material costs etc , all of this whilst not sounding a lot , does soon mount up and i actually do end up losing money on postage , but I do obviously want to still remain competitive and still offer my usual top quality service , sorry again for this , thank you .