Vinyl: CHIKKIN – WHICH CAME FIRST? Orig Egg ’78 LP Cdn PSYCH PROG ROCK M- White Vinyl

Obscure & Superb Canadian Prog Rock/Psych/New Wave/Post Punk/Alternative… full of inventive wonderful songs & music. The group featured David Tomlinson, Eddy Valiquette & Greg Evans.

Highlights are “Replica”, “Upthisclose”, “Requiem for a Seal/Martyr in Vinyl”, “Spacious”, “I’m Not a Sin”, “The Quitter”, “Moonlit Hill” & “Starbright” & “The Big Dream Sell”… which are all fabulous with the remaining track still pretty decent.

Saw this review: ‘ call me bozo... call me flipper-wyg ...but the album by this canadian trio I line up for a definite candy-date for the hall of fame of 20th century Pop-lore!..and it even rushed me by for some strange reason the first time I put it on the turn-table..could it be 'cause o'that sleaze-golden silver-letters embossed choco-brown cover, or that disgusting (to look at) "fried-egg" label design in the middle of white vinyl (which surely did not come first!) ...could it be for that bombastic sound-scape (in parts) that's a-hoverin' heavy in the room 'n just won't clear ...yess, it never does ...and caution here! ...it'll probably swallow up your attention by entanglin' yer' ossicles first 'n leave ya' hooked w/ears swollen w/thirst for more to be booked!
Zappa-tized 'n Zombie-popped shreds of Pop breathing headily unreel thru' a blue-bent fyltre w/phased, synthesized, wah-fuzz smoulders, throwing about w/childish boulders, unchaynes Marcus along colorful, vivid-w/-any-sin trax, stares at the Big Star & hits some savage moon-gardener w/ a jackpine...; the lyrics (printed on the inner-sleeve) are androidly bent w/lyserk boiled rhymes high on the prowl! .. .among the very few things in Rock History I'd label w/ genuine "Pop Art..and a B.R.A.Y.N."!! ...and well, on the back sleeve it says: Hello from the future, soon you will understand...’

This is one long lost classic which should be a lot better known.

Condition is EX/M- to Mint (cover/record), cover has no cutout.

POSTAGE:

If you win more than one item please wait for your invoice for the correct combined postage amount.

UK: £4 for up to 6 LPs under 2 Kg with a value of around £20-£25, but £5.20 if the value is £25 to £60, £9 for weights up to 2Kg with a value up to £100.
For 2 to 5 Kg prices range from £11 for values up to £100, £15 for values of £250. For weights 5 to 10 Kg add a further £2.

CDs & 7" Singles are FREE with LPs, otherwise £1.60 for the first then 50p for each additional. Thicker CD Box Sets are the same as LPs due to the size/weight.

EUROPE: 8.50 GBP/10.50 GBP for the 1st LP (for under/over 500g, most LPs are under), then additional single LPs are 2 GBP each up to 5 or 6 LPs in total (under 2Kg).
2LP sets: 10.50 GBP, additional single LPs are 2 GBP, additional 2LPs sets are 4 GBP.
1st CD/Single is 5 GBP then the next CD/Single is 1.50 GBP...then each batch of 2 are 1.50 each.

Generally the basic cost for 7+ LPs (over 2Kg, under 10Kg) to most EU destinations is around 20 GBP (but Germany is usually about 15/16 GBP, plus any extra for insurance (25 GBP of insurance is inclusive, higher insurance works out at 1.50 GBP extra for every 20 GBP of value).

12.50 GBP/15.50 GBP for the 1st LP (for under/over 500g, most LPs are under), then additional single LPs are 3 GBP each up to 6 LPs in total (under 2Kg).
2LP sets: 15.50 GBP, additional single LPs are 3 GBP each, additional 2LP sets are 6 GBP.
1st CD/Single is 6.50 GBP then additional CDs/Singles are 2 GBP each...larger quantities will be less.

Economy/Surface mail is available on request for cheap LPs only, to the Rest of the World but delivery times are 6 to 8 weeks minimum!

Insurance/Registered Mail outside the UK is extra: 5 GBP for values up to 50 GBP, 8 GBP for values over 50 GBP.

NOTE: Ebay now levy an extra 8% charge on all postage amounts...so please realise the actual postage cost is: the actual cost of shipping + the ebay 8% charge + paypal fee + other smaller costs such as petrol, cost of mailers etc where appropriate...

PAYMENT:

PERSONAL CHEQUES IN UK STERLING/ PAYPAL.

GRADINGS:

I DO TRY TO PLAY/TEST GRADE ALL THE LPs I SELL.

MINT:

RECORD : PERFECT...AS NEW CONDITION, SO NO DETEORIATION IN THE SOUND QUALITY…bear in mind that not all ‘new’ LPs are Mint because of the quality of the pressing etc...also SEALED/UNPLAYED LPs should be Mint.

COVER : AS NEW CONDITION WITH NO OBVIOUS DEFECTS.

M-: RECORD : SLIGHTY WORSE THAN Mint, LP may have the odd surface mark due to removal from its sleeve etc…but should have minimal noise and is still in great condition.

COVER : SHOWS SIGNS OF BEING HANDLED WITH THE ODD CREASE/TINY BIT OF WEAR or a Mint cover with a deletion/cutout hole or notch.

EX: RECORD : MOST REGUARLY PLAYED LPs KEPT WITH CARE FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY...LP may play with more hiss/slight crackle but not louder than the music.

COVER : SLIGHTLY MORE WEAR/CREASING/BENDING even some very slight ring wear...or may be a M or M- cover with a tiny split seam or a tiny sticker tear, but still nice.

EX-: Record & Cover a bit worse than EX, but better than VG+.

VG+: RECORD : LP PLAYS WITH MORE NOISE DUE TO EITHER DIRT OR STRONGER SURFACE MARKS BUT NO BAD MARKS/SCRATCHES and is STILL IS IN A VERY LISTENABLE CONDITION though starting to affect the music to some extent.

COVER : HAS QUITE A LOT OF CEASING/BENDING often with FADING/RING WEAR/ STICKER TEARS/TEARS...or may be an EX cover with a split seam(s).

NOTE: Any buyers looking for reasonably nice playing records should avoid anything below VG+.

VG: Not exactly ‘Very Good’, an often-misinterpreted grade, most VG records I’ve bought have some obvious defects affecting the record and/or cover. RECORD: THE SOUND QUALITY OF IS AFFECTED BY SURFACE MARKS/ LESSER AUDIBLE MARKS/SCRATCHES or DIRT etc...but still plays through and is still in quite a REASONABLE condition for playing, though obviously affecting the music to a greater extent.

COVER : PLENTY OF CREASING/BENDING/FADING/RING WEAR but still in one piece.

G: LP still plays through but is very noisy due to scratches/dirt etc....but still not totally trashed!

COVER: AS VG BUT TORN and starting to fall apart.

F/P: LP is trashed...for ornament purposes only.

PLEASE NOTE GRADING IS SUBJECTIVE AND EVERYONE CAN HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION (for instance, some sellers don’t grade below VG). Myself, I think there should be an obvious difference between each grade.