the SEALED 1968 vinyl lp Louisiana Fog by Charlie Musselwhite

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 Up for auction is the SEALED 1968 vinyl lp Louisiana Fog by Charlie Musselwhite on the Cherry Red record label.  His second album.  Original USA release - not a re-issue or reproduction.  Personnel includes Robin and Pat Ford, Clay Cotton, and Tim Kaihatsu. 
Rating: Disk: see SEALED RECORD note below - Cover: ex
Condition: Cover has original shrink wrap – not a cut-out.  Nice square corners – you won’t find a better copy.

1. Charlie Musselwhite – Louisana Fog – Cherry Red – (CR-5102) – Stereo – USA - 1968

Track listing:
Side 1:
1. Louisiana Fog
2. Takin’ Care of Business
3. Big Legged Woman
4. Riffin’
5. Leavin’
Side 2:
1. Just a Little Bit
2. Fell On mY Knees
3. Directly From My Heart
4. Fat City

My ratings for records strive to be simple, boringly accurate, and are as follows:
Mint (m) - only used for sealed, as purchased, and obviously, never played (but see note below on sealed records, if applicable). 
Excellent (ex): No scratches, skips, pops, clicks, scuffs, a clean surface - very little evidence of having been played
Good (g): a few pops or clicks but no skips, minor scuffing, clean surface (recently eliminated the “Very Good” rating as I didn’t have a “Good” category or a ridiculous Good+ or Good++, or Good+-)
Fair (f): minor scratches, scuffs, some manufacturing defects, no skips
Poor (p): numerous scratches, scuffs - a few isolated skips (I will offer records with a small number of skips only if the item is somewhat rare - and the skip may be “worked around” with better playback equipment than I have)
For record jackets:
Mint (m) - sealed, shrink wrapped, as purchased and no cut-out hole, notches, slits, straight clipped corners, circular clipped corners, metal ferrule inserts, clean edged hole, ragged edged hole, under shrink wrap damage, labels, stickers, bumped or smushed corners, bends, creases, nothing, nada, zip.
Excellent (ex): May have shrink wrap and may be sealed, no writing, wear rings, bends, a clean surface, may have cut-out or hole punched through cover
Good (g): clean, no writing, minor staining, small amount of disk/shelf wear - some defects that may be found under shrink wrap
Fair (f): staining, wear, or writing, minor splits on seams
Poor (p): major staining, wear, and/or writing, seam(s) split (offered at auction only if the item is somewhat rare)

Due to new eBay fee policies, there is Domestic USA shipping only - will gladly ship to a US address for foreign buyers.  Please do not bid if you do not have a US ship-to address – your bids will not be honored, payment will not be accepted, and item will not be shipped – no exceptions. 

Item is sold as is.  Buyer to pay actual shipping charges to be determined after the end of auction.  Please note: there is a $1.00 handling change for shipping box.  Packages will be shipped Media Mail - will use Priority Mail if quicker shipping is preferred.  Paypal or Personal Check.  Winner will be contacted after close of auction.  Will combine items to lower shipping and handling fees.  International buyers: Please do not pay until you receive an invoice from me – not the invoice from eBay.  Payment expected within 5 days of auction’s close.  Thanks for looking. 

Cautionary note on Sealed Records
Not all sealed records are in Mint, Excellent or even Very Good condition.  An LP’s jacket that is sealed with shrink wrap may have obvious signs of cover wear and may be marred by a punched hole (of varying sizes), narrow slits, or a clipped corner (of varying sizes), which automatically detract from the cover’s rating.  Sometime a small brass plug was used in the cover to denote a cut-out.  These types of marks indicate the record was taken out of circulation and sold at discount.  Evidently record distributors re-shrunk-wrapped the record as can be seen on LPs where the new plastic covers the cut-out hole or other obvious damage.  Re-wrapping may result in bent corners and other minor damage to cover.  Also, to be sure, there is always the possibility that a used record has been re-shrink-wrapped by someone to upgrade the appearance if a record.  As for the disk itself, another thing to consider is the quality of the disk’s original manufacture - I have had recent experience of playing records for the first time that contained scuffs, scratches, and skips.  I am not sure if this was the result of the record being second hand, damaged during handling, poor manufacturing standards, or simply, due to my playback equipment – which is definitely not state of the art!  With this in mind, please note that if a record is sealed I cannot verify the condition of the disk.