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HI AGAIN.

 VISUALLY VG++. RECORD 1, LOOKS NEW. BOTH SIDES A AND B HAVE LITE STORAGE WEAR AND HAIRLINES. THE COVER LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. STICKER ON SHRINK, LOOKS LIKE THE SHRINK IS WEARING AWAY AT THE BOTTOM AND TOP LEFT CORNERS. TINY DING UPPER RIGHT CORNER. NO RING WEAR. NICE. NO SEAM SPLITS ON THE INNER SLEEVES.

SONIC =  NM. BOTH SIDES NO ISSUE.

RECORD 2.

VISUALLY AND SONICALLY I'M STRUGGLING WITH THIS PIECE. VG++ TO VG+? ON THE VISUAL. LOOKS NEW. A BIT MORE STORAGE WEAR AND HAIRLINES ON BOTH SIDES THAN RECORD 1. IF YOUR THE TYPE THAT LOOKS AT THEM MORE THAN LISTENS TO THEM YOU MAY WANT TO MOVE ON.

SONIC = VG++ IN JUST A FEW SPOTS, TO NEAR MINT.

FIRST OF ALL THERE IS NO SONIC LOSS. ON SIDE C OF RECORD 2  THERE IS A SECTION THAT IS ABOUT 4 INCHES LONG AND ABOUT A HALF INCH WIDE THAT IS DOTTED WITH LITTLE TINY SHORT HAIRLINES AND WHAT LOOK TO BE SMUDGES. SURPRISEINGLY,THIS IS WHAT I FOUND OR NOT FOUND. THE DEAD WAX LEAD IN AREA TO THE FIRST SONG "SAINT OF ME" HAS TICS/NOISE, ONCE THE SONG STARTS IT STARTS TO FADE OUT AND LASTED ONLY 17 SECONDS OR UNTIL MICK STARTED SINGING. ONLY A COUPLE OF LITE SPARATIC TICS WERE NOTICED THROUGH OUT THE REST OF THE SONG.

SONG 2, DEAD WAX NOISE UNTIL 'MIGHT AS WELL GET JUICED" STARTED. ONCE IT STARTED I DIDN'T HEAR ANY ISSUES DURING THE SONG OR THE REST OF THIS SIDE.

SIDE D. SONG 1 "TOO TIGHT". AT THE LEAD IN FROM THE DEAD WAX SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE BREATHING OR ITS AN ANOMOLY IN THE VINYL I CAN'T TELL. AS THE TUNE STARTS ITS GONE AND YOU DON'T NOTICE IT ANYMORE. THE LAST SONG 'HOW CAN I STOP' HAS 2 NOTICEABLE HAIRLINES ON IT. SO I SAT DOWN WAITING TO HEAR THE WORST AND IT NEVER CAME. SO I PLAYED IT AGAIN, STILL NOTHING. I WANTED TO HEAR SOMETHING BUT IT PLAYED FINE ON MY STUFF. NOTHING THERE. SO IF YOU SHOULD HAPPEN TO WIN THIS DON'T FREAK OUT WHEN YOU SEE THAT AREA ON THE 2ND ALBUM IT LOOKS WORSE THAN IT IS, REALLY. THE ONLY ISSUE UNFORTUNATELY IS THAT THIS PIECE OF VINYL IS JUST VISUALLY IMPAIRED A BIT. THIS ENTIRE ALBUM STILL SOUNDS GREAT GIVEN THOSE ISSUES. I'M SURE YOU WOULD BE HAPPY WITH THIS.    

                                                             GRADING SYSTEM

IF YOUR LIKE ME THIS IS THE "PARANOID' PART. I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND REALIZE EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT VIEWS ON THE MATTER SO  I GRADE EACH PIECE OF VINYL UNDER A VERY VERY BRIGHT HALOGEN LAMP THAT SHOWS EVERYTHING. NOTHING CAN HIDE. I'VE FOUND THIS METHOD MOST RELIABLE. I DO THIS AS A HOBBY AND I'M NOT A DEALER SO DON'T WORRY.  IF THE ITEM YOU RECEIVE IS NOT AS DESCRIBED PLEASE CONTACT ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND WE WILL RESOLVE THE ISSUE! I WANT GOOD KARMA AND GOOD FEEDBACK AS I'M SURE YOU DO AS WELL. I'M FAIR AND EASY TO DEAL WITH. I GRADE REALISTICALLY AND TRUTHFULLY. IF AN ALBUM FALLS BETWEEN GRADES I GO WITH THE LOWER GRADE. I RATHER BE ACCUSED OF UNDER GRADEING RATHER THAN OVER GRADEING.

SEALED = SEALED BY THE FACTORY.

MINT = I DON'T USE THIS. TO ME SEALED IS MINT.

NEAR MINT OR NM = MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE VERY LIGHT STORAGE MARKS, SCUFFS OR SMUDGES OR BLEMISHES.(whatever your terminology) HAIRLINES. OVERALL THE VINYL LOOKS NEW.

VG++ = SHOWS SOME SIGNS OF HAVING BEEN PLAYED. LIGHT SCUFFS, HAIRLINES, BLEMISHES, STORAGE MARKS MIGHT BE PREVALENT. VINYL STILL LOOKS "NEWISH".

VG+ = SHOWS MORE SIGNS OF PLAY. SAME AS ABOVE BUT WITH A FEW MORE VISUAL IMPARITIES. STILL WELL CARED FOR AND DESIRABLE.

VG = OBVIOUS SIGNS OF WEAR. SAME AS ABOVE BUT WITH A DECREASE IN QUALITY OF SOUND.

G = A WHOLE LOT OF WARE, SCUFFS, SCRATCHES. MAY EVEN SKIP. GOOD ONLY AS A FILLER COPY (at this point in my opinion.) 

                         SONIC GRADES 

THERE HAVE BEEN ALBUMS I'VE SEEN THAT LOOK GREAT BUT SOUND HORRIFIC AND ALBUMS THAT LOOK HORRIFIC BUT SOUND GREAT SO I'LL TRY AND GIVE YOU A SONIC REVIEW ALSO IN AN ATTEMPT TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION AND HOPEFULLY NO "SURPRISES" FOR THE ITEM SHOULD YOU BUY. OBVIOUSLY ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO DOCUMENT EVERY FLAW BUT THIS IS JUST A GUIDE I CAME UP WITH. IT'S NOT ETCHED IN STONE. HOPE ITS HELPFUL. 

MINT = DOES IT EXIST IN THE FIRST PLACE? IF SO, THEN ABSOLUTELY NO NOISE OF ANY KIND WHAT SO EVER. NO SURFACE NOISE, NO TICKS, CLICKS AND ABSOLUTELY NO POPS OF ANY KIND. USED VERY VERY SPARINGLY IF AT ALL. (I have mfsl and 180 g albums that have surface noise, you probably do too. Just being realistic here.) 

NM = VERY LITTLE TO NO SURFACE NOISE. MAYBE THE TINIEST TIC OR TICS MAY OCCASIONALLY BE NOTICED. BUT VERY SPARSE IF AT ALL.

VG++ = MAY OR MAY NOT BE STARTING TO DEVELOP SOME SURFACE NOISE. USUALLY FOUND IN THE QUIET PARTS OF THE TUNE AND DEAD WAX AREAS. THERE MAY BE SOME OCCASIONAL LIGHT TICS. MAY OR MAY NOT BE LIGHT CLICKS HEAR AND THERE.

VG+ = AT THIS POINT I THINK IT STARTS TO GET A BIT MORE DIFFICULT FOR SOME OF US. THE VINYL MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE STARTED TO DEVELOP SOME SURFACE NOISE. MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE AUDIBLE AT THIS POINT. THERE PROBABLY IS  SOME OF THOSE ANNOYING TICS AND CLICKS THAT ARE MORE FREQUANT AND FROM LIGHT TO MODERATE. DARE I SAY THERE MAY EVEN BE THE DREADED "POP" BUT STILL RETAINS MOST(ALOT MORE THAN HALF) OF ITS QUALITY OF SOUND. MOST OF US WOULD STILL FIND THIS ACCEPTABLE.

VG = GRADES LIKE VG+ BUT WITH MORE SURFACE NOISE, SOUND QUALITY HAS DETERIORATED, TICS AND CLICKS MORE PRONOUNCED AND FREQUENT. MAY HAVE A FEW POPS.

G = EVEN MORE SURFACE NOISE, TICS AND CLICKS PREVALENT.  STILL RETAINS SOME SONIC QUALITY.

P = VERY POOR CONDITION, HEAVY SCRATCHES AND SCUFFS, MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE SONIC QUALITY IS GONE.

                   THE EQUIPMENT I USE TO CHECK THESE ARE A PRO-JECT RM5.1SE

                                       WITH A SUMIKO BLUE POINT#2 CARTRIDGE.

THIS IS A HOBBY THAT I REALLY ENJOY. BEEN AT IT FOR OVER 40 YEARS SO I THINK I KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE MY ITEMS. MOST OF THE TIME THE ALBUM OFFERED WILL BE PLAY GRADED OR AT THE VERY LEAST CHECKED IN SPOTS IF NEEDED. I AM REALISTIC IN GRADING. I LISTEN TO THEM MORE THAN I LOOK AT THEM.  SO I GUESS IF YOUR THE KIND OF PERSON THAT CAN'T TOLERATE ANY KIND OF VISUAL IMPURITY THAT MAY OR MAY NOT IMPACT THE QUALITY OF THE SOUND YOU MAY WANT TO MOVE ON.  IF YOUR THE KIND OF PERSON THAT LISTENS JUST FOR THE DEFECTS THEN THE ONLY THING THAT MAY SATISFY YOU IS A SEALED COPY. I ATTEMPT TO BE AS REALISTIC AS POSSIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO GRADEING AND HOPE NOT TO OFFEND ANYONE. I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS THE BEST SYSTEM, IT JUST WORKS WELL FOR ME.

I WILL PACK YOUR ITEM AS I WOULD WANT MY RECORD PACKED USING NEW QUALITY RECORD PACKING MATERIALS. I PREFER TO SHIP THE ALBUM INSIDE THE JACKET. I THINKS IT ADDS AN EXTRA LAYER TO PROTECT THE VINYL WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. IF YOU WOULD LIKE IT SHIPPED OUTSIDE THE JACKET PLEASE LET ME KNOW.  ALL RECORDS WILL COME WITH A NEW QUALITY INNER SLEEVE AS WELL AS THE ORIGINAL(IF APPLICABLE). ALL RECORDS WILL COME WITH A NEW QUALITY OUTER SLEEVE AS WELL.

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