Sold Date: October 11, 2015
Start Date: October 4, 2015
Final Price: $15.00 (USD)
Bid Count: 1
Seller Feedback: 94
Buyer Feedback: 49

The McCoys with their LP "Hang On Sloopy" from 1965.  On Bang Records BLP-212.  Matrix reads:  BLP-1002-B (Side 2 reads BLP-1003-B).

Side 1:  Hang On Sloopy; Fever; Sorrow; If You Tell A Lie; I Don't Mind; Stubborn Kind of Fellow.
Side 2:  I Can't Help Fallin in Love; All I Really Want to Do; Papa's Got A Brand New Bag; I Can't Explain It; High Heel Sneakers; Stormy Monday Blues.

Inside sleeve is a plain white one.  The front cover is in pretty good shape for being from 1965.  Very minor ring wear showing in the form of darker spotting.  Just a 1" bottom right hand split seam starting and minor wear starting at left bottom corner.  Back cover photos all look good, but darker fade spots at the top, bottom and sides are showing.  The  red, white, and yellow Bang label is in great shape, but side 1 label has a couple of light dark marks at the top area.   Now for the vinyl quality.  It is one of the old thicker vinyls!

Under the bright lamp there are lots of light, but very fine scratches all over both sides.  (Also inside the matrix!)  There are about 5 large scratches and the rest are the shorter very fine kind.  Similar for Side 2, too.  I could not feel the scratches, but they are visible all over.  I played both sides through on my Technics turntable and there was NO skipping!  But I did hear light crackling throughout as I sat right in front of the KLM speakers.  Moving into another room with the system playing loud... the crackling wasn't really heard.  And with the rocking tunes they have, the crackling kind of fades into it.  Perhaps a good special cleaning of the grooves would help, too! 

I give the cover sleeve a Very Good Plus (VG+) for being in good shape for 1965!  The vinyl I will have to give it a Very Good (VG) only due to the crackling sound sort of throughout.     

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GUIDELINES TO GRADING:  Guidelines I use to rate the quality of these records (based on the Goldmine Grading Guide):

M: Mint - could be still sealed, so vinyl and cover are still in perfect condition, unless otherwise explained in more detail.

NM:  Near Mint - Vinyl, still shiny, as if opened for the first time. No writing or stickers on the vinyl. No obvious scratches. Label: No writing or stickers and no fading of the label.  LP cover should have no creases, folds, seam splits or similar defects. 

NM-: Near Mint Minus (My grading item/description).   Similar to NM but will have some very light scratches on the vinyl not affecting the sound quality. No writing or stickers on label and no fading (or ringwear) on cover or label.

EX: Excellent - Not quite a Goldmine Standard Listing, but being used by many now. Cover: No ink wear, minor creases to corners, no seam tears. Vinyl can have scratches, but not felt by your fingers. Sound quality must be mint. No more than 15% of the surface should have wear or scuffs on it. To me, EX is like a VG++.

VG+: Very Good Plus - Similar to NM- except that on the label, there may be a sticker or writing, but it shows very little wear. There may be only a couple light surface scratches on the grooves, but do not affect the playback with noise or skips. You may only see these scratches if you put them under a bright light and really look for them. The cover might have light creasing or minor seam or corner wear, but still in great condition to show off.

VG to VG-: Very Good to Very Good Minus - May not be that shiny anymore and you will see scratches without putting it under a bright light, but they still would not affect the quality of the playback. The sound quality is still pretty good, maybe a little noise, but not enough to detract from the listening experience. The label might have some fading around it, besides having stickers or writing. The cover may have obvious ringwear in the middle or around the perimeter of where the record was, maybe some side seam splits, or little tears at the top or side where the record goes back into. If less defects, then it's a VG. If it has all this just mentioned, then a VG-.

G, G+: Good or Good Plus - It doesn't mean the vinyl is trashed. It plays though without skipping, but may have heavy noise or fuzz sound because of age, quality, or worn-down grooves. Heavy writing or stickers on the label, ringwear is very obvious on the cover and cover probably has seam splits. But, amazingly, for the vinyl, if you have special audio LP recording software, you could probably clean up those crackles and fuzzes, if you want to create a CD of it for yourself.

P: Poor - This is when the vinyl is warped to the point it warps the playback also. Or it's cracked, but it may or may not still play without a skip. If a picture sleeve is with it, this is torn or marked up bigtime. But someone may want to have it for nostalgia or even attempt to fix it.