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                            Danny_J_Sales   ATTENTION!     Once bidding starts, the                                Buy-It-Now price disappears.       THIS IS A TOP GRADED,               ULTRA RARE VINYL ALBUM                        FOR SERIOUS COLLECTORS!   ALISON KRAUSS HER DEBUT ALBUM (at 14 years old, a virtuoso!) DIFFERENT STROKES LP album Cat No LP S-1874 Released in 1986 Ships FREE! DIFFERENT STROKES (Fiddle Tunes) features Jim Hoiles, Maurice Bruce "Swamp" Weiss, Viktor Krauss, and Alison Krauss (a 14 year-old prodigy). All the songs on DIFFERENT STROKES are instrumental's. Alison Krauss plays on these four out of the twelve tracks: Sally Goodin’; Dusty Miller; Grey Eagle; and Nick’s Noodle. She does an exemplary job playing fiddle at just fourteen!    Although rumors abound, the album was NOT released by a small, independent label called Fiddle Tunes. Fact is, it was never released by any label at all! The LP was a private endeavor, AND THAT"S WHY IT IS SO RARE - VERY LIMITED PRODUCTION. The term "Fiddle Tunes" is on the album jacket and is the subtitle of the album. The album was recorded December 1985 at the Crusade Studio in Flora, IL.   Alison Krauss is currently a 44 year old Grammy winning STAR. Bid on her ULTRA RARE debut album here and now.

This album was meticulously cared for, and has not received more than five or six trips to the turntable in its lifetime. The owner typically made cassette tapes of his new acquisitions for his everyday listening, and to preserve the original.  It's been in storage for most of nearly THIRTY YEARS. It is in superb condition. PLEASE LOOK CLOSELY AT THE 21 MegaPixel Super Hi-Res PHOTOS BEFORE PLACING YOUR BID. See for yourself the pristine condition this barely handled album is in. We welcome your requests for additional detail photos and information. Please don't wait until the last minute before bidding ends to ask, as we need time to honor these requests.

The jacket is outstanding and grades at NEAR MINT. It still has the original shrink film (slit open) protecting it from environmental dust, dirt, stains and oxidation. NO ring wear, NO crushed corners or fuzzy edges, especially at the open end. NO stains or blemishes. NO folds or wrinkles. The open end edges look slightly rough, but I surmise (look closely) it is due to a less-than-sharp trimming shear in the jacket manufacturing stage.

The vinyl disk still retains its deep black luster. We grade it at NEAR MINT due to its near flawlessness in all aspects. Again, look at the photographs, which are such high resolution you can see the individual grooves when zoomed. The label is in perfect condition. There is barely an ultra-light paper scuff of the surface. There are no hairline scratches to effect playing quality. There is no dirt or other defect or blemishes to the disk. 

The inner sleeve is plain paper, very slightly yellowed from 30 years. There are NO defects. The paper is free of significant wrinkles. There are NO tears or splits. NO marks or stains. You could call it a NEAR MINT if inner's had a grade scale.

Vinyl condition (visual) - Side 1: NEAR MINT Vinyl condition (visual) - Side 2: NEAR MINT Jacket condition: NEAR MINT  (original shrink film) Inner sleeve condition: NEAR MINT (plain paper) Other inserts: None Special Notes: Ultra Rare Copy in Near Mint - Difficult to even find!  Matrix/Runout Side 1: LPS 1874    SIDE I  Matrix/Runout Side 2: LPS 1874    SIDE 2  All vinyl albums are VISUALLY GRADED. We do not have the facility or equipment to play-grade each album. Without top notch equipment we run the risk of compromising sometimes very old (and valuable) recordings. Albums graded very high visually are very likely to play great.  We provide buyers with detailed information and grade conservatively to maintain trust. The photographs are of the ACTUAL item for sale. LP's are carefully packed in sturdy corrugated cardboard mailers. We ship USPS using MEDIA MAIL for best value.  Alternate means on request. This particular item is very specially packaged and insured for shipment. Ebay 'No Hassle' Money back returns: 14 days if grade/quality not as advertised, Buyer pays insured return shipping, 10% restock fee.

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VISUAL GRADING SCALE WE USE
(M) Mint - The record is in factory-new condition. Absolutely perfect in all respects, with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. NOTE: Age of the album has nothing to do with its "grade". The jacket and any extra items like inserts, etc. are verified present and in perfect condition. Records advertised as "Sealed" should be Mint. Those classified "Unplayed" but opened must be validated as meeting "untouched by human hands" status. Even the act of inserting the disc or removing it from the paper sleeve may cause scuff marks on the vinyl.

(NM) Near Mint - A nearly perfect record in every respect. It should exhibit no obvious signs of wear. The vinyl is bright and shiny. A minor scuff or two is permissible but no scratches. The jacket should have no more than the most minor of defects, such as almost invisible ring impression or other minimal signs of slight handling. There should be no folds or seam splits, corner crushes anywhere, or other noticeable similar defects. Artwork should be as close to perfect (without defect or age deterioration) as possible. Similar criteria applies to the inner sleeve also. No CUT-OUT holes, either, in any of the parts comprising the album. An LP in Near Mint condition looks as if you just bought it NEW, brought it home from the record store and opened the shrink wrap.

(EX) Excellent -(or VG++) The record shows some signs of having been played. Some minor paper scuffs may be present. A very light, difficult to visually detect hairline scratch or two may permissible, but nothing that is significant enough to effect the quality of play. The vinyl is bright and shiny and without warps. The label clean and unblemished. The jacket may have slight circular disc impression but no ink wear, or may have slight corner creases, no wrinkles or puckers, seam splits, or writing anywhere on the label, jacket, or sleeve. Artwork should be clean and unworn and without ink wear. No taped repairs can be allowed in this grade. No CUT-OUT holes, either, in any of the parts comprising the album.

(VG+) Very Good PLUS - The record show some signs that it was played and otherwise handled by a previous owner, who took good care of it. Vinyl still has great luster but the record surfaces may show signs of wear visible to the naked eye. May have slight scuffs or very light scratches as long as they don't affect one's listening experiences. Slight warps that do not affect the sound are "OK". Spindle hole should be round and not significantly worn. The jacket (and sleeve) must be clean and free from stains. Small writing or marking is acceptable. The back of the jacket usually gives away clues to the albums age. Flat white areas will be somewhat off-white in the yellow cast, yet no stains or mildew from moisture are present. Some minor wear to the seams or spine, but no tears or holes through. The corners may be slightly dog eared (fraying) yet no creased bends, defacing the artwork. In essence, a VG+ jacket should have no more than 3 flaws mentioned.

(VG) Very Good -This is a record that is GOOD ENOUGH, meaning it's not really going to look very good, but it will STILL play very good. The vinyl will not have the deep black luster of NM grade. The record will have been played many times, and there will always be some surface noise. Despite noticeable surface marks and the occasional light scratch, the record should exhibit no major deterioration of dynamic range and sound quality, overpowering the surface noise. There should be no skips. The label may exhibit some tears, tape marks, larger writing, or other blemishes but should still be very easily legible. There may be some wear or deformation of the spindle hole. The jacket will look worn, used. There may be some seam splitting. There will be some ring wear, where the jacket art ink has begun to wear off (this gives the jacket a look of being "snow-speckled" where the white paper shows through the worn ink). If the artwork looks snowy all over, it is less than VG condition. There may be some writing on the jacket (still, no LARGE letters in felt tip marker). There may be corner crushing or creasing, or gouges or scratches blemishing the jacket art. Colors will not have the saturation and an overall yellowish cast may be present as a sign of age deterioration.

(G) Good - An often-played, with a less lustrous, grayer vinyl. Deeper scratches and wear causing distracting surface noise. The record will still play through without any skips. Will also have some loss of dynamics caused from grooves being worn. Good means that it will play with some form of decency, so one can still enjoy the music even though you can still hear noise caused from the wear. Labels may be significantly defaced or damaged. On the jacket, several (but not all of the following flaws will apply: Seam splits, large marker writing, major seam splits, significant ring wear, damaged corners, tears, cuts, gouges, masking or duct tape seam repairs, or other flaws and damage. Again, probably only useful to fill a collection niche until something better can be found.

(F) Fair - The record has been played so often and mishandled so much that the sound quality has completely deteriorated. Deeper scratches, wear and skips cause continuous, major distracting "surface noise". These disks are basically trash and only useful as inexpensive "placeholders" in a collection until a better quality item comes along. The jacket and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discoloration etc. The jacket at this grade level is typically held together with tape to keep the disc from falling out. Again, basically trash.

On a scale from 1 (Poor) to 10 (Perfect) the above grades are equal to:
MINT = 10, Near Mint = 8, Excellent = 7, Very Good Plus = 6 , Very Good = 5 , Good = 2

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