SELLER NOTES:

This Record has been play graded at 1.5 gm VTF.  From visual inspection, vinyl is EX-.  Play grading: EX (Solid).  Grading summary can be found further down in this listing.  Jacket is in EX condition.  New White inner sleeve.  Record Label in EX+ condition.  This is a VERY NICE original 1980 US pressing.   No cutout.  No notch.  No cut corners.

 

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): CCLP-2015-AS PRC-R-2-1-1 MASTERED AT ALLEN ZENTZ L.A., CALIF.  Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): CCLP-2015-BS-RE-4-1-1 PRC-E5 MASTERED AT ALLEN ZENTZ L.A., CALIF. 
Tracklist A1I Intend To Love You4:02A2Break Down The Walls4:11A3Anybody Seen My Girl3:40A4Speak Your Mind3:16B1Rainmaker4:52B2The Way You Hold Me4:10B3Rainy Day People (Rainy Day Lady, Rainy Day Man)3:45B4Holding On To You3:58 Companies, etc. Manufactured By –  Distributed By –  Phonographic Copyright (p) –  Copyright (c) –  Credits Acoustic Guitar –  Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Flute [Alto] –  Arranged By [Horns] –  Arranged By [Rhythm] – *, ,  Arranged By [Strings] –  Backing Vocals – , , , , , ,  Bass –  Contractor [Strings] –  Design –  Drums –  Electric Guitar – ,  Engineer [Assistant] – ,  Engineer [Mixing] –  Engineer [Recording] – , , ,  Engineer [Technical] –  Executive-Producer –  Flugelhorn, Trumpet – ,  Keyboards – ,  Lead Vocals [Additional] –  Mastered By –  Percussion – *,  Photography By – * Piano –  (tracks: A4) Producer – * Recorded By [Strings, Horns] –  Soloist, Guitar –  Synthesizer –  Trombone [& Bass Trombone] –  Notes Victor Hall appears courtesy of The Wizards Of Detroit 
Jervonny Collier appears courtesy of The Wizards Of Detroit 
Paulinho Da Costa appears courtesy of Pablo Records 
Kim Hutchcroft appears courtesy of A&M Records 
Alex Brown appears courtesy of Daddy 
Marva Holcolm appears courtesy of Planet Records 
Fred Sawyers appears courtesy of Harem - Polydor Records 
Bobbi Walker appears courtesy of Casablanca Records 

Recorded and mixed at Golden Sound Studios, Inc. Hollywood 
Strings recorded at Motown / Hitsville 
Mastered at Allen Zentz 

℗ & © 1980 Casablanca Record And Filmworks, Inc. ARTIST OR GROUP: KEVIN MOORE TITLE: RAINMAKER

LABEL: Chocolate City

FORMAT: 12" LP Stereo  33 1/3 RPM

YEAR: 1980 

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NOW…….ON TO THE GRADING FOR THIS ITEM. (Grading and Rating Descriptions listed below)

RECORD: Visual: (EX-) Beautiful sheen to vinyl.  Very few micro scratches and a some scuffs on surface that do not affect play.  PLAY GRADE: (EX) SOLID.  Listened to LP TWICE all the way through.  VERY Hot pressing.  

JACKET: (EX)  Top & Title edges clean.  Very minor scuffing on bottom edge.  Minor scuffing on corner tips.   Front and back face of jacket in excellent condition with only slightest hint of an arc on top.  No notches.  No cutouts.  No clipped corners.    

INNER SLEEVE: New White.

LABEL: (EX)+ Pristine.  (See pics)

RATING METHOD: VISUAL & PLAY TESTED AT 1.5 gm vtf using Empire 2300E Cartridge/Stylus setup on Technics SL-1200 MK2 turntable.

GRADING AND RATING DESCRIPTIONS BELOW.  

RECORD GRADING CRITERIA WILL VARY FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER AND CAN BE SUBJECT TO INTERPRETATION AND JUDGEMENT.  AS A COLLECTOR, I'M VERY STRINGENT ON MY GRADING AND, IF ANYTHING, TEND TO GRADE LOWER THAN ACTUAL CONDITION.  AS A RESULT, I GIVE NOTHING, NOT EVEN A SEALED ITEM, A GRADING OF "10." ALL UNSEALED VINYL ITEMS ARE GIVEN BOTH VISUAL INSPECTION AND ARE PLAY TESTED, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, AND AT NO MORE THAN 2 GRAM VTF (vertical tracking force), TO CHECK FOR SOUND QUALITY AND WEAR.  OLDER 78 RPM RECORDS ARE PLAY TESTED AT HIGHER VTF (USUALLY 3-4 GRAM).  ALL SEALED ITEMS ARE, OF COURSE, ONLY VISUALLY INSPECTED.   I WILL NOT LIST ANY ITEM BELOW "GOOD" RATING, UNLESS IT IS A VERY RARE PIECE THAT STILL HOLDS MERIT AS A COLLECTIBLE.

TAPE GRADING IS A BIT DIFFERENT THAN RECORDS.  SEALED ITEMS ARE JUST VISUALLY INSPECTED.  USED ITEMS ARE VISUALLY INSPECTED FOR SIGNS OF WEAR OR DAMAGE.  THE TAPE, ITSELF, IS ALSO VISUALLY INSPECTED FOR DAMAGE (IE. MISSING LEADER, SIGNS OF HIGH OXIDE SHEDDING.  HOWEVER……PLAY GRADING OR INSPECTING FULL LENGTH OF TAPE IS JUST NOT POSSIBLE.   ALSO, TO SOME EXTENT, SOUND QUALITY OF TAPE WILL BE SUBJECT TO WHAT QUALITY AND CONDITION OF PLAYING UNIT IS USED, HEAD ALIGNMENT AND/OR CONDITION, BIAS SETTING. NOISE REDUCTION SETTING AND TRACKING, ETC.

CDS, ARE GRADED VISUALLY (WHETHER SEALED OR UNSEALED).  JEWELL CASE IS EXAMINED, AS ARE CD COVER AND LINER.  CD, ITSELF, IS INSPECTED FOR SCUFFING, SCRATCHES OR CRACKS.  WHEN PLAY TESTED, IT WILL BE SO NOTED.  IN MOST CASES, CDS WILL READ PROPERLY EVEN WHEN THERE ARE SCRATCHES OR SCUFFS. 

RATING CRITERIA LISTED BELOW: (10 POINT SYSTEM) 

10: MINT PERFECT IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY.  EVEN A FACTORY SEALED ITEM MAY NOT BE PERFECT.  SO NONE OF MY LISTINGS WILL BE LISTED AS MINT...INCLUDING FACTORY SEALED. 

9:  NEAR MINT. NEAR PERFECT & EITHER NON-PLAYED OR AS CLOSE TO BEING NON-PLAYED AS POSSIBLE.  EVEN A FACTORY SEALED ITEM CAN HAVE BLEMISHES OR SLIGHT IMPERFECTIONS FROM MANUFACTURING PROCESS, WHETHER IT BE THE RECORD, ITSELF, OR THE JACKET.

8:  EXCELLENT.  NICE CLEAN COPY.  ALMOST NEAR MINT QUALITY. JACKET IN VERY NICE CONDITION SHOWING MINIMUM WEAR. 

7:  VERY GOOD.  HAS ONLY SUPERFICIAL SIGNS OF USE, INCLUDING LIGHT SCRATCHES, THAT DO NOT AFFECT PLAY.  JACKET IN NICE SHAPE, WITH MINIMAL SIGNS OF WEAR.  COULD HAVE WRITING ON IT, BUT NO TEARS, NO RAGGED EDGES.

6:  G+  BETTER THAN GOOD BUT BELOW VG

5:  GOOD.  SHOWS SIGNIFICANT SIGNS OF WEAR AND MAY CONTAIN NOTICEABLE SURFACE NOISE BUT PLAYS THROUGH WITHOUT SKIPPING.  JACKET COULD HAVE WRITING ON IT, AN EDGE OR SPINE THAT SHOWS WEAR, BUT, OTHERWISE, IS IN DECENT SHAPE.

4:  G-  BETTER THAN POOR BUT BELOW GOOD.  NO SKIPS BUT COULD HAVE DROPOUTS FROM WEAR.

3:  POOR:  HIGH WEAR.  NOISY. HAS SKIPS AND OR DROPOUTS.  JACKET COULD HAVE WRITING, SPLITS, RAGGED EDGES, TAPE….OBVIOUS SIGNS OF A LOT OF USE AND LITTLE CARE.

2:  TRASHED: USE ONLY FOR DISPLAY OR ART PROJECT.  JACKET COULD HAVE TEARS, WRITING, RAGGED EDGES, WATER DAMAGE, ETC

1:  TOO PAINFUL TO IMAGINE