Chocolate Watch Band Mono Inner Mystique (rarest one)
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About This Record. This is the rarest stock Chocolate Watch Band LP record released in the USA. How do I know that; well I don’t. But let me ask you this; when was the last time you saw a mono Pink Floyd “Piper at the Gates of Dawn” on Tower (Tower T 5093)? Well This is Tower T 5106. Not sure if it was the last, but imagine it was close if not THE last Tower record released in Mono. Also, there are NO PROMO STAMPS dj only on the cover or the record, which was common with the scant few of these I've seen in my days.
Cover Condition. The cover I would grade as VG-. There is tape on every corner but the bottom right hand corner. The front cvr is GREAT with no writing but a very slight trace of ring wear at the top of the cover in the portion where the angel is standing (is that Ed Cobb?). The back cover is not bad, but the previous owner underlined in what looks like black pen a number of his favorites (see scan). Very strong spine with some browning, but minimal if any flaking (corners on bottom seam-side have slight browning/flaking. I have not tried to remove the tape. There is a small flek under the “I” in Inner on the front cover.Back cover has 15 dedicatees underlined, and a stray (what looks like it might be pen) mark on the opening side of the back cover. The top and bottom seems (which are taped as shown in scans) look like they are split at least halfway if not more.
Viny Condition. This vinyl, in my conservative mind, looks VG- and plans NM with the VERY IMPORTANT exceptions I note below, including one potential "stick" and a close encounter with someone's mouth. It looks VG- because an old girl friend bit this record shortly after I bought it in 1979 at a record convention in Minneapolis. I was first to the box, and there it was. I paid $72 (amazing for a 1967 record in 1979—what record would you pay $72 for that was release in 1993?). Anyway, my girlfriend was pissed and bit it after I played it. The bite results in about 20 loud ticks/pops in the first song on side 1. On Side 2, there are about 2 medium to loud pops at the beginning, and a few (3 or 4) pops later in the record. Here’s how I play grade the record. Side 1 Song 1 “Voyage” VG- because it has about 20 or so pops caused by the “bite.” Side 1 Song 2 “in the past” plays M- except for 2 or 3 slight pops (from?); Song 3 Inner Mystique plays VG++ with a couple of small light pops; there is pretty much dead silence between tracks one or two light pops before last cut; no crackles on this record! Side 2 Song 1 is rated VG because it has about 10 pops, some medium, some loud in it. All the other songs on Side 2 play M- except last song, which plays VG+ except that there is a stick in the song (i.e., you must move the needle forward or it repeats) from something I cannot see when I play it on my Rockport table and Ruby 3 cartridge; when I play it on my Oracle table with a Spectral Reference cartridge, it plays through. On side two, the songs have one or two small pops between cuts, but no crackling and otherwise dead silience. Great quality but for the bite (and the pops caused by it), and the potential “stick” in the last song on Side 2 (Miracle Worker).
Grading Vinyl. I use modified Goldmine grading standards. I use P/F/G/G+/VG-/VG/VG+/NM/M. I do NOT use EX; my modification is that sometimes I will use VG++ when something is not NM, but just too nice to be called VG+ given the confusion and difference of opinion regarding that grade. Mint is unplayed new. NM may reflect being played a few times, nothing other than paper scuffs from the paper sleeve or, when noted, some common factory trait. VG+ is my conservative “keeper copy” definition; while I’m scared to death of most VG+ that I buy on the internet, you shouldn’t be. I play grade my vinyl with my new MC Ruby 3 Micro Benz cartridge
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