Darwin Kelton “Happy Journey” RARE PRIVATE ODDBALL XIAN JAZZ COUNTRY GUITAR LP

Artist: Darwin Kelton Title: Happy Journey Label: Psalms (Sa-101-11) Year: Early 60s
Condition:  Vinyl - VG++ Cover - VG-
Description:  extremely rare Xian jazz / country guitar LP out of the Fresno, CA are from guitarist Darwin Kelton, a guitar teacher from the area.  Super cool mellow jazz guitar with some slide added in / featured on a couple tracks and Darwin on vocals while backed by drums and bass.  This is a very cool oddball LP - not sure what the deal with Darwin’s eye is either.  Cover is VG- with a 2” seem split on the upper right corner while the LP is VG++, plays and sounds flawless.  The back jacket is signed by Darwin himself on the bottom!
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I grade my LPs VERY conservatively and accurately under a bright light.  A description of the grading scale is below:
M: MINT - perfect.  vinyl is pristine / cover is flawless and/or sealed
M- : just under mint.  a very, very slight amount of wear on the cover or inaudible wear on the vinyl (surface wear from age, generally) but is otherwise flawless
VG+: vinyl / cover shows signs minor signs age or wear that are more or less undistinct / inaudible.
VG: vinyl / cover shows some visible wear / age but is overall in very good shape.  pops and clicks may be ever so slightly noticeable, but don't effect play or overall listening experience.
VG-: vinyl / cover shows some relatively apparent age but is in overall good shape and still a fine copy to own / play.  
G+: vinyl shows some heavy wear but overall sounds decent.  cover has some flaws or shows much age
G: vinyl is in pretty rough shape visibly but plays ok.  cover shows a lot of age or has some major splits or tears.  
G-: vinyl looks / sounds pretty rough.  cover has major condition issues such as water damage, large rips, etc
*a double "+" or "-" indicates that the condition is just above or below the neighboring grade
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