THE SMITHS (LP/33rpm) Meat Is Murder. 1985. Sire 1-25269 Rough Trade. (EX)
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Here are The Smiths with their album Meat Is Murder from 1985 on Sire Records/Rough Trade 1-25269. They were an English rock band who started back in 1982. Singer is Morrissey; Guitars, harmonic is Johnny Marr; Bass guitar is Andy Rourke; Drums is Mike Joyce. Matrix reads: 1-25269 A RE1 SR3.
The front cover is in great shape and it is in its shrinkwrap, but opened at the right seam to let the LP out. Front cover does have some blue handwritten word on the right side middle (looks like NO). Back cover looks great except at the left side there is a blue handwritten name (Mari) on it. Inner sleeve has the words to the tunes. VINYL: Super! Side 1 has only 1 super light surface scratch that you can only see under a bright lamp. Side 2 has a couple of light surface scratches in the 4th song area and a few short scratches at the beginning grove area of the first song. That's it. All shiny still. I played it though on my Technics turntable and not any skips, pops, or crackles! It played as if new! Those super light surface scratches did not affect the sound quality at all due to them being very light, I guess. Excellent sound quality.
I rate the LP cover sleeve as Excellent (EX) and the vinyl at Excellent (EX) also (due to light surface scratches for physical look) and actually more like Near Mint (NM) for sound quality!
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SHIPPING: Will ship within one-two days of receiving payment via Paypal and will ship between Monday and Friday. Will ship in 45 rpm and LP mailers with inserts and bubblewrap for protection. Will provide tracking number also within the USA. Ships out of the Cleveland, Ohio area. I will ship via First Class mail to Great Britain, Germany, France, Netherlands, and Japan for $14.00 shipping charges on one to two 7-inch 45 rpm records (under 8 oz.) and $24.00 for 12-inch albums (over 9 oz.). Canada shipments are $10.00 for one or two 7-inch 45 rpm records (under 8 oz) and $15.00 for a 12" LP or two (over 9 oz). For overseas countries, Ebay will email you the invoice which includes this shipping charge over and above the winning bid. You are responsible for customs' duties charges, if any.RETURNS: I follow the eBay policy - 14 days money back, but buyer pays return shipping charges.
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Guidelines I use to rate the quality of these records (based on the Goldmine Grading Guide):
NM: Near Mint - Vinyl, still shiny, as if opened for the first time. No writing or stickers on the vinyl. No obvious scratches. Label: No writing or stickers and no fading of the label.
NM-: Near Mint Minus - Similar to NM but will have some very light scratches on the vinyl not affecting the sound quality. No writing or stickers on label and no fading (or ringwear) on cover or label.
EX: Excellent - Not quite a Goldmine Standard Listing, but being used by many now. Cover: No ink wear, minor creases to corners, no seam tears. Vinyl can have scratches, but not felt by your fingers. Sound quality must be mint. No more than 15% of the surface should have wear or scuffs on it. To me, EX is like a VG++.
VG+: Very Good Plus - Similar to NM- except that on the label, there may be a sticker or writing, but it shows very little wear. There may be only a couple light surface scratches on the grooves, but do not affect the playback with noise or skips. You may only see these scratches if you put them under a bright light and really look for them. The cover might have light creasing or minor seam or corner wear, but still in great condition to show off.
VG to VG-: Very Good to Very Good Minus - May not be that shiny anymore and you will see scratches without putting it under a bright light, but they still would not affect the quality of the playback. The sound quality is still pretty good, maybe a little noise, but not enough to detract from the listening experience. The label might have some fading around it, besides having stickers or writing. The cover may have obvious ringwear in the middle or around the perimeter of where the record was, maybe some side seam splits, or little tears at the top or side where the record goes back into. If less defects, then it's a VG. If it has all this just mentioned, then a VG-.
G, G+: Good or Good Plus - It doesn't mean the vinyl is trashed. It plays though without skipping, but may have heavy noise or fuzz sound because of age, quality, or worn-down grooves. Heavy writing or stickers on the label, ringwear is very obvious on label and cover probably has seam splits. But, amazingly, if you have special audio LP recording software, you could probably clean up those crackles and fuzzes, if you want to create a CD of it for yourself.
P: Poor - This is when the vinyl is warped to the point it warps the playback also. Or it's cracked, but it may or may not still play without a skip. If a picture sleeve is with it, this is torn or marked up bigtime. But someone may want to have it for nostalgia or even attempt to fix it.
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