Steve Winwood-Nine Lives(2008), Cover=EX, Vinyl=EX, Played only twice, Quiet

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I'm selling appx. 700 of my albums. For now I'm only listing the ones that are in the best condition, promos, still in shrink or  even still sealed. I plan a sale of lesser quality albums in the future, perhaps some bundled in lots. Keep that vinyl spinning!
Steve Winwood-Nine Lives(2008), Columbia 88697 22250 1. I bought this for myself in 2008, the last "new" vinyl LP I ever bought. I was very leery about buying 21st century vinyl albums but since I am a huge Steve Winwood fan I bought the vinyl copy. I played it once to burn to CD and that CD was my listening copy thereafter. Now I have played it a 2nd time to grade for you. A pristine copy.  Cover is in superb shape, one small crease in upper and lower left corners. Very minimal wear to cover, looks almost new. No writing, seam splits, sticker residue or cutout notches=EX. Includes printed inner sleeves, both in beautiful condition . Vinyl was play graded in it's entirety. I heard one noticeable  click on S1. The rest of the album very quiet, and that was concentrating hard to hear any ticks, clicks or pops. No scratches, marks or warpage=EX. Playing  results may vary depending on your turntable/cartridge/stylus and cleaning methods. LP  I use 3 methods to grade albums, visual only, spot-played(which includes visual and the first track on each side is played since most touching and needle-drop damage occurs here) or fully played(includes visual). I've bought many albums from many sellers and know what I want and expect to see in a listing, mainly good details/photos and accurate/honest grading. I ship in sturdy cardboard LP mailing boxes and always include a clear plastic outer cover/sleeve and unless otherwise specified, a clear anti-static inner sleeve. Shipping is $5.00 for first LP and $1.00 for each additional LP, up to 3 LP's. Enjoy this Steve Winwood album. I think it is one of his best.
My grading is basically Goldmine grading. I like to list as: M=like brand new as in sealed. NM=opened and played but in pristine condition. The cover should be near perfect with few to no flaws. The album should play with little to no noise, IE ticks, pops, skips or warpage.  EX= a cover with barely any wear but some slight wear can be found. The LP should play very quietly with very little noise, 4 or 5 light ticks maximum on the whole LP.  VG+=opened and well played but cared for and cleaned  well. The cover will show more shelf wear, ring wear, faded spine, weak seems and/or other various aging wear. The album should play with a few ticks and no major pops, skips or otherwise irritating noise. VG=The same as VG+ but the cover is more worn and the album plays with even more noise. I will usually never sell anything below this grade. G=A very beat up cover and record that has been handled and played for so many years that one could only want it for it's rarity or sentimental reasons. P=Poor. Forget it. For example I have some albums that were water damaged due to a water leak behind a wall that are "P". Otherwise....trash can. I do not use stock photos. My photos are the actual item.
About me: I think the selling and buying experience on eBay should have a little fun and individuality to it. I started collecting vinyl records when I was 9. I stopped buying comic books with my allowance and bought albums instead. First album purchased ever was the Doors-Morrison Hotel. After that it was an obsession that never ended. I collected about 1000 over the decades then took a ten year hiatus from vinyl from 2010 to 2020 since I joined the millions who just click a mouse to hear the songs they miss. Then I bought a good turntable late last year, S-shaped tonearm, counterweight, anti-skating, nice cartridge tracking at 2.0gm,......then I started enjoying it again. Starting from an early age I always used vintage 80's Discwashers to clean every album on every play. This really paid off as my LP's are usually still very quiet all these years later. Starting in 2000 I learned to digitalize my LP's to .wav files using a windows XP computer. After 2000 the PC became as big a part of my "stereo arsenal" as a turntable, amp or speakers. Now we're up to Windows 10 and I'm quite computer savvy especially with anything "sonic". I even have my own synthesizers/studio and record into a PC using various software packages. When you browse one of my "play graded" listings, the clicks and pops were not just heard, I was seeing them on a 17" monitor in real time as the sound was being digitalized and the image of a click/pop is very unique on a monitor. I usually at the very least, spot play everything I sell. Visual only grading is used only for LP's I know sound great already or are by artists I just don't want to sit through for 40 minutes or more. Buy with confidence and thank you for your attention. Jim