orig promo soul 45 KENNY GAMBLE The Jokes On You / Don't Stop Loving on ARCTIC
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For sale is a superb, original first press (not a later repress) of soul holy grail 45, "The Jokes On You/Don't Stop Loving Me" on the Arctic label, while label promo, 123. Matrix "A-KGA-5," "Virtue", and "X" in the run-out wax on "Don't Stop Loving Me" side."A-KGA-6," "Virtue" and "liu" on "Jokes On You" side.
Date of "6/15/66" written in blue ink on "Don't Stop Loving Me" side. Labels otherwise very clean except for some light ringwear on "The Jokes On You" side. Vinyl rates VG+ owing to a few light clicks/static at the beginning of each side (hear samples below). After the first few rotations they play NM.
This is one of many high-grade soul 45s I recently acquired from the estate of a DJ who ran a radio station from his basement in Virginia outside of Washington D.C. in the 1960s. Please see my other listings for more items from the same estate up this week.
My grading scale:
STILL SEALED : Jacket imperfections, if any, will be described. Vinyl guaranteed to be in unplayed condition.
M : I don't use this grade, on the assumption that no record or jacket is truly flawless.
M- : Vinyl appears unplayed, jacket bears no signs of wear. I rarely, if ever, use this grade.
NM : Like M-, with possible scintilla/whiff of an imperfection
VG++ : May have a couple very minor imperfections. (sleeve scuffs, faint scratches or other superficial marks that have little or no bearing on sound.) Jacket may have a couple very minor flaws.
VG+ : Like VG++, but with a few more light imperfections
VG : Several light imperfections, and possibly one or two more serious ones, such as small feelable scratches. Still plays well.
VG- : Will display numerous minor imperfections and/or feelable scratches that affect playback quality. Between you and me, you could do better.
GOOD : What I consider pretty poor... numerous major imperfections. I generally don't sell items in this range unless they are of major significance.
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