DICK CLARK, DICKIE, DUANE, LORETTA 45: “A MERRY CHRISTMAS” picture sleeve
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Seven-inch 45:
DICK CLARK, DICKIE, DUANE, LORETTA 45: “A MERRY CHRISTMAS” picture sleeve private press 45 (1963)
Dick Clark made a Christmas 45 in 1960 with his first wife, Barbara (“Bobbie”), but this is a harder-to-find follow-up with a sleeve picturing his second wife Loretta and children Duane (b. 1963) and Dickie (Richard A. Clark, b. 1957). These were privately pressed by Clark as gifts or promos. There is no label name, but in the run-off wax are the credits “Mastering Reco-Art Phila” and the numbers DC-63-A and DC-63-B, indicating the record was probably done in Philadelphia prior to Clark’s move with American Bandstand to California in 1964. Side A is a skit based on the imagined concept that Santa Claus operated as a corporation with board meetings, and on Side B Clark reads a Christmas poem. Record is near mint; sleeve is VG+ with some wear on the edges and corners.
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GRADING: LPs, EPs and 45s are graded M (mint), NM (near mint), VG+, VG (very good), VG-, G+, G (good), G-, F (fair), and P (poor). A VG+ record may have some visible scuffs and light scratches and plays well with little surface noise. Scratches on records graded VG and VG- may be deep enough to feel with your fingernail, or there may be scuffs or scratches throughout that cause surface noise. On records in the G+, G and G- range the level of the music is still above the surface noise caused by scuffs and scratches. Surface noise is as loud as the music on records graded F and louder than the music on P records. P records are likely to be unplayable. [+ and - denote in-between grades.
Grades with a slash in between indicate the condition of Side A/Side B.]
Jackets graded VG+ have only slight wear; jackets graded VG are more worn but still intact unless defects are noted. G jackets show definite damage and F and P jackets are probably falling apart. Splits, markings, cut corners, and other defects will be noted.
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