Sold Date: August 3, 2018
Start Date: July 28, 2018
Final Price: $24.98 (USD)
Bid Count: 1
Seller Feedback: 344
Buyer Feedback: 58

Available here is a sweet ZZ Top 2-LP lot from before they succumbed to the 80's trends: Tejas and Deguello! Both are 1st Press originals with picture inner sleeves and fantastic sonics! Both covers are in strong VG+ condition (with Tejas being one of the coolest designs ever!) and both vinyls are in VG+ condition with just a bit of surface noise in between tracks and in very quiet spots. Sonically, they are a joy to listen to! The Tejas LP, of course, features the original mixes, which are really nice, but for some reason they changed when released on CD (the very natural, open drum sound was replaced entirely), so this record is the way they intended it to be heard! This particular copy of Deguello has some of the best, most powerful sonics laid to wax in the 70's. I've yet to run across a record Robert Ludwig cut that didn't sound great (hence the RL in the deadwax)!

Tejas: Vinyl: VG+ / Cover: VG+ : 1976 1st Press - Very 1st "W" Press (TX shape and Viva Texas in deadwax)!

Deguello: Vinyl: VG+ / Cover: VG+ : 1979 1st Press - (Masterdisk RL both sides of deadwax) - amazing sonics!

These LP's are from my personal collection, which I began in 1997 (although I grew up on vinyl in the 70's of course!), and have been selected, handled, cared for, and stored with the utmost care taken. The vast majority have been played only a few times, being that I transferred nearly all of them to digital over the years. Most were bought used - although I have purchased several New or SS, and I put a lot of time, money, and research into collecting them (and had a lot of fun as well)! Unless noted, each LP has been very well cleaned on a VPI-16.5 RCM, re-sleeved with a high quality anti-static inner sleeve (I always keep the original inner sleeve with the cover unless it was a plain white one), and with a collector's quality outer plastic sleeve used to protect the cover. My LP's have always been stored vertically and in smoke-free homes and played on properly set-up, high quality turntables (usually some variety of Rega with a high-end cartridge). I have sold quite a few pieces over the years (at least 200-300 LP’s) and have NEVER had my grading questioned - I am very picky and grade conservatively, which my feedback shows! Please look at the feedback on my record sales over the past several months (and years!) to get an idea of my standing as a record seller! I've also sold drums and some audio gear (to great reviews as well), but if you look specifically at the LP sales you will see the same comments over and over (accurate grading, fast shipping, excellent packing)! I took great pride in amassing and caring for my collection and am selling it with the same great pride!

GRADING:

There's nothing I hate more than buying an LP that someone says is a "very strong VG+ or VG++", but is actually crap! A VG+ should be a REALLY NICE record that most collectors would be pretty happy with, not a catch-all category for everything a seller can't pass off as Mint, NM, or NM-! Equally awful is when people try to pass off an LP that's barely a VG+ (or worse!) as NM! I don't like buying crap, so I'm sure not going to sell crap - on that you can rely. I am human, though and don't claim to be infallible, so if it would appear I made a mistake, please get in touch with me. I play grade my records using the following guidelines (pretty similar to Goldmine and what most other reputable folks use):

·        Mint = Still Sealed and perfect. Period.

·        Near Mint (NM) = As damn near perfect as an opened record can be - should look/sound unplayed.

·        NM- = Extremely nice condition - scant little to hear or see that is less than pristine! 

·     VG+ = A very nice play, but you'll know you're listening to a record...perhaps faint surface noise in between tracks once in a while - or during a real quiet passage, but not extreme and does not interfere with your listening pleasure...no big pops, scratches, skips, or anything like that. A VG+ cover has wear and is less than perfect obviously. It may have obvious ring wear, dinged corner, little surface crease etc., but certainly doesn't appear abused or neglected. No writing, mold, rips, etc...I may occasionally use a VG++, which would denote that it's a very very very strong VG+...but really, at some point multiple +'s gets a bit silly...like VG+++++++++++...kind of ridiculous! 

·       VG or lower - I really don't have anything that fits this category...If it didn't look and play like a pretty solid VG+, I either didn't buy it or I tossed it...there's no value in crap records! If I can't enjoy it or feel good about what I'm selling, I don't want it! 

S  SHIPPING:

This item is available for sale and shipping in the 48 U.S. Continental States only and is 100% guaranteed to arrive as described! All LP's will be packed well, insured, and shipped via USPS Media Mail in a high quality record mailer. I am happy to offer combined shipping for up to 3 LP's.  

Please check my other items, look at my excellent feedback as a seller, and bid with confidence! I’ll be listing at least 10-12 great LP’s each week for the next several months, so check back frequently! Thanks!