Sold Date: May 22, 2022
Start Date: May 15, 2022
Final Price: $114.50 (USD)
Bid Count: 9
Seller Feedback: 2040
Buyer Feedback: 40

This item is not for sale. Gripsweat is an archive of past sales and auctions, none of the items are available for purchase.

Kind of amazed how clean this is -- most copies I find are trashed. Early pressing -- 2nd press I belive.
See below for more detail:

VINYL: VG+ (8.0 of 10) Early press, deep groove black World Pacific label. Nice vinyl. Quite clean, beautiful sheen. A dull mark here or there, perhaps some light paper scuffing. A light crackle sporadically, like a light static noise. As the rating suggests 80-85% clean. In general it's quite clean. ... a pretty rare find, IMO.
COVER: VG- (5.0 of 10) Cover is in great condition EXCEPT both seams are completely split :(. So that's the bummer here. _______ Now the standard messages:

GRADING: Yes I use standard grading. HOWEVER, I will NEVER use the word "mint" or "near mint" to describe a used LP ... sorry, won't do it. The highest I go is VG+. I use a number after to more represent a combination of how the vinyl looks and how it sounds. 10 is the best. I'll describe what I see in addition. I've found the combination of these two can minimize expectation gaps. But ask questions when in doubt.

CLEANING: Yes. All vinyl is cleaned ... on my own machine I made. Vacuum machine. I wash and rinse with my own formula cleaners -- once with my enzyme cleaner, and rinsed with my own distilled water/alcohol formula. ... this process has worked for me for years.

TESTING: Yes. I've listened to the records I sell. I play on a Lenco L70, via AT MM cart; tube preamp, a Dynaco ST-70 all tube amp to KLH 17 speakers. An super tubey setup, right!?
SHIPPING: Free anywhere Media Mail, domestic. Overseas is BY WEIGHT, so check that weight before bidding, you overseas-ers! LPs shipped in a proper box with plastic sleeve, and yes, vinyl shipped outside the sleeve. 
RETURNS: Generally a no go, unless you have a compelling reason. But if there's a serious problem, I'm sure we can figure it out with a return. I mean, I am an adult ... allegedly. But I do try to describe accurately, offer time for questions, and I deal in used records, not new stuff ... yes, it's always kind of a gamble buying via eBay, which is why I try to do my best to make an objective attempt to describe the LP in question. ASK QUESTIONS WHEN IN DOUBT. I promise, we can make this an easy transaction