SMOKESTACK LIGHTNING - EX 1976 OZ Blues EMS Private Press EX Play Tested
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Description
Highly collectable OZ blues music vinyl gem. An OZ 1976 fairly small number private press album with delightful blues not available on CD.
Online reviews: “rare and fantastic Australian blues LP. Seriously hard to track down rockin' blues LP in the vein of the great British blues rock bands, on the Adelaide based micro label EMS.” & “features brilliant electric guitar, slide guitar and electric steel guitar solos, furious harmonica and great vocals too."
Vinyl Grade: side 1 is +EX, +excellent, lovely high gloss, no scratches, no marks, no trace/hairlines. Side 2 is EX, lovely high gloss, a few faint marks but nothing that you would expect to cause any surface noise (side 2 in more detail; 2 faint small lines, and one long faint mark across this side which is a mark and not a scratch)
Note: plays fine but not 100% flat, very small, does not affect playing, only mentioned because I would want to know if buying.
Sound Quality: EX, all of side 1 and first three tracks of side 2 has excellent sound quality with no noticeable surface noise, last 2 or 3 tracks of side 2 has some light background noise, no ticks,/clicks/pops, fully play tested to describe.
Cover: +EX, plus excellent cover, lovely gloss front, flat, no damage, no edge wear, has light wear on back.
Records graded directly under very bright table light for the visual grade. Sound quality checked by playing to ensure that visual grade and sound quality are consistent.
Mint M and Near Mint NM: Looks perfect as new. N and NM is only appropriate for new reissue records and not for vintage vinyl that has been played, regardless of how perfect it may look.
Excellent Plus +EX: Lovely gloss, no visible scratches, scuffs or marks. Has been played but has been handled well and still in great condition. (highest grade that I use for vintage vinyl)
Excellent EX: Lovely gloss, shows some slight signs of wear, including light trace/hairlines from the inner sleeve, light scuffs or very light marks that you would not expect to hear as surface noise.
Very Good Plus +VG: Shows a few more very light marks than is allowable for EX so not quite EX. These signs of use would be expected to cause some light surface noise but not to detract from the music.
Very Good VG: Shows light scratches and marks and some that you would expect to cause surface noise, especially in soft passages, between tracks and during a song?s intro and ending but not so much as to overpower the music which can still be enjoyed.
Very Good Minus -VG: Shows significant wear and marks that you would expect to cause noticeable surface noise that detracts from the music.
Good G: In the record world, 'Good' is not good! From here on down (Fair, Poor), we're talking about beat-up records lacking much of the original gloss and with many scratches and marks that you would expect to cause very noticeable surface noise and clicks/pops that seriously detract from enjoyment of the music.
Postage: I package very very well and only charge the actual Aust Post cost. International post currently not available because of the delays with sending parcels overseas.
Pleased to combine posting: 1 record is $8.95, 2 or 3 records is $12.20, 4 records to about 9 records is $15.35.
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