SOUL white label promo 45:
BOBBY ADAMS Better Days Ahead/Sixteen Years in the Making   
BATTLE 45914 VG to VG+

VG to VG+. Looks near mint but plays with some surface noise.

This 45 came from a collector who bought records as a teenager from local stores in Los Angeles in the 1950s; most are original first pressings. Many of them have stickers or writing on the labels (see photos). The collection also includes early 1960s promotional jazz and R&B 45s sent to (but not played by) a San Antonio pop radio station.

Those graded VG+ or better are clean and glossy with only faint scuffs or blemishes, if any.

See grading codes below. See photos for label damage, markings, stickers, etc.

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GRADING: LPs, EPs and 45s are graded M (mint), NM (near mint), VG+, VG (very good), VG-, G+, G (good), G-, F (fair), and P (poor).

A VG+ record may have some visible scuffs and light scratches and plays well with little surface noise. Scratches on records graded VG and VG- may be deep enough to feel with your fingernail, or there may be scuffs or scratches throughout that cause surface noise. On records in the G+, G and G- range the level of the music is still above the surface noise caused by scuffs and scratches. Surface noise is as loud as the music on records graded F and louder than the music on P records. P records are likely to be unplayable.
[+ and - denote in-between grades. Grades with a sla