Sold Date: December 19, 2021
Start Date: December 12, 2021
Final Price: $16.99 (USD)
Bid Count: 1
Seller Feedback: 994
Buyer Feedback: 52

Up for auction is the SEALED 1964 or 1968 vinyl LP Fantasias For Guitar and Banjo by Sandy Bull on the Vanguard Records label.  Original USA release- not an off-label re-issue, reproduction, or repackaged record.  Personnel: Billy Higgins on drums.   Liner notes on back of jacket by Nat Hentoff. Would have to check the matrix numbers on disk to determine if this is the 1964 release or 1968.

Disk: see SEALED RECORD note below
Rating and Condition
Disk: NA
Cover: MN
standard slipcase jacket- overall Mint condition – nice square corners – no issues.

Inst10. Sandy Bull - Fantasias For Guitar and Banjo - Vanguard (VSD 79119) –1964 or 1968 - Stereo - USA - Sealed. 

Track listing:
Side 1:
1. Blend             21:51
Side 2:
1. Carmina Burana Fantasy Written-By [Based On] – Carl Orff            4:33
2. Non Nobis Domine Written-By – William Byrd            1:35
3. Little Maggie             4:09
4. Gospel Tune             9:55

My ratings for records strive to be simple, accurate, tend to be conservative,and are as follows.  Please note, if Ihave not recently played the record, my assessment is based solely on a visual inspection under a strong light, and obviously, my ratings could be out of whack.
ForDisks:
Mint (M) - only used for sealed, as purchased, and obviously, never played (but see note below on sealed records, if applicable). 
Excellent (EX): No scratches, skips, pops, clicks, scuffs, a clean,glossy surface - very little evidence of having been played – a clean glossy surface.
Good (G): a few short, shallow scratches producing pops or clicks but no skips, minor scuffing, overall clean, glossy surface.
Fair (F): minor scratches, scuffs, some manufacturing defects, no skips.
Poor (P): numerous scratches, scuffs - a few isolated skips (I will offer records with a small number of skips only if the item is somewhat rare -and the skip may be “worked around” with better playback equipment than I have).
ForRecord Jackets:
Mint (M) - sealed, shrink wrapped, as purchased and nocut-out hole, notches, slits, straight clipped corners, circular clipped corners,metal ferrule inserts, clean edged hole, ragged edged hole, under shrink wrapdamage, labels, stickers, bumped or smushed corners, bends, creases, nothing,nada, zip.
Excellent (EX): May have shrink wrap and may be sealed, no writing, wearrings, bends, a clean surface, may have cut-out or hole punched through cover
Good (G): clean, no writing, minor staining, small amount of disk/shelfwear - some defects that may be found under shrink wrap
Fair (F): minor staining, wear, or writing, minor splits on seams
Poor (P): major staining, wear, and/or writing, seam(s) split (offeredat auction only if the item is somewhat rare)

Itemis sold as is.  If youhave a problem with the listing then let me know before bidding – especially ifI have made an error or have not been able to find definitive informationregarding a listing.  Any missed issues or discrepancies in the listing on my part will be resolved before the recordis shipped.  Returns will only beaccepted based on a misrepresentation or omission on my part – not, for instance, on a difference of opinion on what is or is not a scuff or ascratch.  I will refund all postage –but Buyer is required to send back item in same box and using the same method of shipping.  Refund will be issued after I have received item.  If you do not like these requirements look elsewhere. Finally, there are no returns for International Orders.

Please note that I only do minimal cleaning of records and recommend that the buyer clean and/or repair the record or jacket according to their preference.  My records have been storedfor an extended period of time in a cool, dry, basement and may have some finedirt or dust on its surface and static buildup, especially records that have been played before.  I usually wipe the outer jacket and disk with a damp lint-free cloth.  This is not a deep groove cleaning of the disk and thereusually is some small buildup of dust and static on the vinyl’s surface.  I usually catch my fingerprints.

Shipping: Buyer to pay actual shipping charges to be determined after the end of auction.  Please note: thereis a $1.00 handling charge (includes inserts and shipping box).  Packages will be shipped Media Mail – postage does not include insurance, which is extra, if desired.  Media Mail does include tracking.  Will use Priority Mail if quicker shipping is purchased by buyer.  Priority Mail does include insurance and tracking. Paypal accepted for payment (but ask about other forms of payment).  Any item over $25 and shipped Media Mail has to be insured by the buyer.

Winner will be contacted after close of auction.  Will always combine items to lower exorbitant shipping fees.  Can ship up to 3 single-disc records perbox, additional boxes will be at a charge of $.50 per box.  Payment is expected within 5 days of auction’s close, but I will accept delayed payment and will delay shipping ifyou are bidding on an active auction(s). Finally, please do not ask for special handling that will substantiallyincrease the weight of the package after you have sent payment.  Thanks for looking. 
 
Cautionary note on Sealed Records
Not all sealed records are in Mint, Excellent or even Very Good condition.  An LP’s jacket that is sealed with shrinkwrap may have obvious signs of cover wear and may be marred by a punched hole(of varying sizes), narrow slits, or a clipped corner (also of varying sizes),which automatically detract from the cover’s rating.  Sometime a small brass plug was used in the cover to denote acut-out.  These types of marks indicatethe record was taken out of circulation and sold at discount.  Evidently record distributorsre-shrunk-wrapped the record as can be seen on LPs where the new plasticcovers the cut-out hole and/or other obvious damage.  Re-wrapping may result in bent corners andother minor damage to cover.  Also, tobe sure, there is always the possibility that a used record has beenre-shrink-wrapped by someone to upgrade the appearance and value of a record.  As for the disk itself, another thing to beconsidered is the quality of the disk’s original manufacture - I have hadrecent experience of playing records for the first time that contained scuffs,scratches, and skips.  I am not sure ifthis was the result of the record being second hand, damaged during handling,poor manufacturing standards, or simply, due to my playback equipment – whichis definitely not state of the art! With this in mind, please note that if a record is sealed I cannotverify the condition of the disk.