VINYL GRADING

SEALED: SEALED AT FACTORY.

NEAR MINT: VINYL IS STILL BRIGHT. POSSIBLY A BARELY VISIBLE SCUFF OR TWO BUT NO SCRATCHES. NO AUDIBLE NOISE DURING PLAY. LABEL IS CLEAN WITH NO MARKS.

EXCELLENT: DISC PLAYS ALMOST PERFECTLY. MAY HAVE MINOR SCUFFS THAT DO NOT AFFECT SOUND QUALITY. POSSIBLY SOME VERY MINOR SCRATCHES (HAIRLINE SCRATCHES) THAT DO NOT AFFECT PLAY. VINYL IS STILL BRIGHT. LABEL IS CLEAN WITH NO MARKS.

VERY GOOD + : SOME VISIBLE SURFACE WEAR AND/OR MINOR SCRATCHES OR SCUFFS WITH ONLY MINIMAL AFFECT ON SOUND QUALITY. VINYL IS STILL FAIRLY BRIGHT. LABELS MAY HAVE SLIGHT IMPERFECTIONS (LABELS, INK MARKS, INITIALS, ETC.) BUT GENERALLY CLEAN.

VERY GOOD: VINYL HAS OBVIOUS SCRATCHES AND / OR SCUFFS THAT MINORLY AFFECT PLAY WITH MINOR SURFACE NOISE BUT MUSIC IS STILL VERY CLEAR. NO SKIPS. VINYL MAY BE DULL IN LUSTRE. LABELS MAY HAVE TAPE MARKS OR RESIDUE LARGER WRITING, SMALL TEARS, BUT STILL LEGIBLE. POSSIBLY SOME SPINDLE MARKS ON LABEL. POSSIBLE WEAR OF SPINDLE HOLE.

GOOD: VINYL IS WELL PLAYED, DULL, DEEPER SCRATCHES THAT MAY CAUSE LOUDER POPS, HISSES, CRACKLES, ETC.), BUT WILL STILL PLAY WITHOUT SKIPS. LABELS MAY BE TORN, PARTIALLY MISSING, HAVE MARKS, ETC.

FAIR / POOR: WE DO NOT SELL LP'S BELOW THE GRADE OF GOOD.

LP COVER GRADING

SEALED: LP IS STILL SEALED IN THE FACTORY SHRINK WRAP.

MINT: IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH *NO*CORNER DINGS, CREASES MARKS (I.E. CUTS, CUT CORNERS, ETC.) TEARS, RING WEAR.

NEAR MINT: SOME VERY MINOR SIGNS OF WEAR. ARTWORK IS VIRTUALLY CLOSE TO ORIGINAL PERFECTION.

EXCELLENT: SOME MINOR DISC IMPRESSIONS OR POSSIBLE SLIGHT CORNER CREASES. NO WRINKLES, PUCKERING, SPLITS, OR WRITING ON COVER. ARTWORK IS CLEAN AND BRIGHT.

VERY GOOD +: THE COVER IS CLEAN BUT MAY HAVE MINOR WEAR INCLUDING WRITING, SLIGHT MINOR RING WEAR. POSSIBLY MINOR SEAM WEAR, CORNER WEAR OR CREASES, OR POSSIBLE INK WEAR ON ARTWORK.

VERY GOOD: COVERS ARE WORN AND SHOW THEIR USE. POSSIBLY SOME SPLITS OR REPAIR WITH CLEAR TAPE. SOME MODERATE RINGWEAR BUT ARTWORK IS STILL GOOD. POSSIBLE YELLOWING, STICKERS, LABELS OR MARKS (I.E., CUTS, CUT CORNERS, ETC.) , LARGE WRITING, CORNERS MAY HAVE CREASES OR DAMAGE. COVER MAY HAVE SOME SCRATCHES OR GOUGING.

GOOD: SOME OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MAY APPLY: SMALL OR MAJOR SEAM SPLITS, LARGE WRITING, MARKER WRITING, SIGINIFICANT RING WEAR, TEARS, GOUGES, CUTS, TAPE (CLEAR, MASKING, DUCT) USED FOR SEAM REPAIR, PUNCH HOLES, DAMAGED AND / OR CUT CORNERS, CUTS. LP'S WITH THESE COVERS ARE USUALLY ONLY TO HAVE UNTIL A BETTER ONE IS FOUND.

AS ALWAYS ALL OF OUR LP'S ARE 100% GUARANTEED TO MEET THEIR DESCRIPTION. OCCASIONALLY WE MAKE AN ERROR AND ARE QUICK TO RECTIFY IT TO OUR CUSTOMERS COMPLETE SATISFACTION.