BLUE NOTE 1591 LOU DONALDSON LOU TAKES OFF 47 W. 63RD

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BLUENOTE 1591 LOU DONALDSON -  LOU TAKES OFF 47 W. 63RD STREET

LOU  DONALDSON ,DONALD  BYRD. CURTIS  FULLER , SONNY  CLARK, GEORGE JOYNER , ART TAYLOR

MONO    47 W. 63RD STREET LABEL. NO TRADE MARK, NO DEEP GROOVE , NO EAR

CLEANED  WITH A  VPI  CLEANER AND PLAY GRADED

LOOKS EX+/ NM   A  FEW  HAIRLINE MARKS 

PLAYS NM / NM 

COVER IS EX   SOME WORN CORNERS

ONE OF THE BEST  BOP RECORDS EVER MADE   !

I PLAY  GRADE  RECORDS  USING A  STEREO CARTRIDGE  . THE GRADES I GIVE  MONO  RECORDS MAY IMPROVE  BY A WHOLE  GRADE  IF  YOU USE  A  APPROPRIATE  MONO CARTRIDGE .  THUS  EX  BECOMES NM  , VG   BECOMES  EX  ETC .

I HAVE  PLAYED   GRADED  RECORDS  ON PROPER MONO  RIG  AND  MOST IF NOT  ALL SPORADIC  NOISE   DISSAPPEARS  .  SCRATCHES AND  MARKS  ARE  NOTICALBLY  LESS AUDIBLE  .

OUR GRADING: M- Opened . Appears unplayed ... NM Nearly flawless condition, with minor , if any , visible signs of use EX+ Excellent / Label and jacket show some light use. Light or faint surface marks. Sound quality out weighs any light surface noise. EX Excellent Condition .Moderate use with marks and light scratches. Some intermittent surface noise . No explosive pops or clicks. Certainly no groove lock or skip ..." ALL RECORDS  GUARANTEED.......

 
A note from our obsessive play-grader, Steve

I play grade rare records for the following reasons

1. Individual pressings may have tiny flaws original to the blank. This may have been due to dust in the air, or if the blank was made from some amount of recycled vinyl. This kind of noise is usually soft and in the background . The music will overwhelm it in most case s but some of it may be heard in quiet passages , between tracks , or sporadically during play. I look at the LP in the trail off area as well the grooves themselves in a bright light after cleaning for  visible  evidence  of  this  .  Records may have a play grade of NM and have some of this type of flaw. A Play grade of M- will not have any noticeable noise of  this type .

2. Records from this period can take some handling and mishandling without effect. ( Plays like a Bluenote ) Records may have visible marks, light scratches, and scuffs that are not audible during play. A record may play grade as NM but looks like EX or VG+.

Surface marks that do sound are usually more pronounced and forward in the music . Records with minor audible marks will usually get a play grades from EX+ to VG- depending on their cumulative effect

3.There may be playing history I can’t see with my extremely near sighted vision