THE ARTWOODS, ART GALLERY,EXCELLENT, SIGNED BY ART WOOD

£ 438

$ 580

£ 438 Sold For

Mar 16, 2009 Sold Date

Mar 9, 2009 Start Date

£ 10 Start price

17 Number Of Bids

Great Britain Country Of Seller

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I AM VERY RELUCTANTLY SELLING THIS VERY, VERY RARE & HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER LP, BUT WE ARE MOVING HOUSE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS & I SIMPLY WON'T HAVE THE ROOM TO STORE THE HUNDREDS OF LP'S & SINGLES I CURRENTLY HAVE. I WAS AND REMAIN A HUGE ARTWOODS FAN & USED TO FOLLOW THEM AROUND TO MOST OF THEIR GIGS IN THE UK DURING THE '60'S (THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF MY AGE !) & BOUGHT ALL THEIR RECORDS, MOST OF WHICH I STILL HAVE, INCLUDING THIS ONE, WHICH WAS MY 'SPARE' ONE OF THE ART GALLERY LP, WHICH HAS ONLY BEEN PLAYED A FEW TIMES & IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, PLUS THE COVER IS IN FANTASTIC CONDITION, GIVEN THAT I BOUGHT THIS LP IN 1966. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN VERY CAREFULLY STORED (IN A NON SMOKER HOME) & ONLY EVER PLAYED ON EITHER MY THORENS TD150, LINN AXIS OR LINN SONDEK HI FI TURNTABLES & APPROPRIATE CARTRIDGES USING VERY HIGH QUALITY, PRISTINE STYLI. THE ADDED ATTRACTION & COLLECTABLE ASPECT OF THIS PARTICULAR COPY, IS THAT ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO, I WENT TO SEE ART WOOD & HIS ALL STARS PLAY A GIG IN WEST LONDON. ALTHOUGH I HAD MET ART WOOD A FEW TIMES WITH THE ARTWOODS IN THE 60'S, I WANTED TO TRY & MEET HIM AGAIN & TOOK THIS LP WITH ME TO SEE IF I COULD GET HIM TO SIGN IT. AS IT HAPPENS, BEFORE THE GIG, ART & SOME OF THE OTHER MUSICIANS (INCLUDING HIS FAMOUS BROTHER RON OF ROLLING STONES FAME) WERE IN THE BAR HAVING A BEER, SO I POLITELY INTERRUPTED & INTRODUCED MYSELF TO ART, WHO WAS AMAZED THAT I WAS STILL AN ARTWOODS FAN & WAS DELIGHTED THAT I HAD A COPY OF ART GALLERY, AS HE SAID HE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE ONE ! WE HAD A BRIEF CHAT & WHEN I ASKED IF HE'D MIND SIGNING THE BACK OF THE LP COVER, HE WAS GENUINELY 'CHUFFED' TO DO SO. UNFORTUNATELY, ART DIED OF CANCER NOT MANY MONTHS AFTER THAT GIG, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY WHAT A GREAT MUSICIAN AND A GENTLEMAN HE WAS & IS VERY MUCH MISSED. ANYWAY, JUST TO CONFIRM THAT THIS RECORDING IS THE ORIGINAL, GENUINE DECCA LK 4830 MONO LP & WILL BE A SUPERB ADDITION TO ANY VINYL COLLECTION. PLEASE NOTE THAT I AM NOT USING 'OFFICIAL' RECORD COLLECTOR GRADING TO DESCRIBE MY RECORDS, AS I'M NOT A PROFESSIONAL RECORD COLLECTOR, BUT I AM DESCRIBING IT HONESTLY. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND I WILL REPLY ASAP, BUT I HOPE THAT MY 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK WILL ENABLE YOU TO BID WITH COMPLETE CONFIDENCE. THE ABOVE POSTAGE COST IS TO MAINLAND UK & I WILL PACK THE LP EXTREMELY WELL TO PROTECT IT IN TRANSIT. I AM HAPPY TO POST OUTSIDE OF THE UK, BUT PLEASE CONTACT ME FIRST TO ESTABLISH THE COST BEFORE BIDDING. THANK YOU & GOOD LUCK

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