DAVID BOWIE (LP/33rpm) ALADDIN SANE, RCA AYL1-3890, reissue 1973. Stereo. EX.

Sold Date: April 19, 2020
Start Date: April 4, 2020
Final Price: $15.00 (USD)
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Here is David Bowie's LP Aladdin Sane, but reissued by RCA in 1973 as AYL1-3890.  It is stereo.  The songs are:

1.  Watch That Man. 2. Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?).  3. Drive-In Saturday. 4.  Panic in Detroit.  5. Cracked Actor

Side 2:  1. Time.  2. The Prettiest Star.  3.  Let's Spend The Night Together.  4. The Jean Genie.  5. Lady Grinning Soul

The back cover says there are Lyrics within.  But I have no inner sleeve with it, so no lyrics inner sleeve.  But I will add a plain white one. 

I played it through with flying colors.  No skips, pops, or crackles!  No physical scratches did I see, either!  Like it was barely played over these years.  Cover looks great, too.  Side seams are great, no tears.  Very light dark fading at both left and right sides of the cover, but nothing major at all.  I played it on my SL-BD27 Technics turntable.  The cover is in VG+ to EX shape. 

I rate the vinyl as Excellent (EX) and the cover at Very Good Plus-Plus (VG++) (not quite Excellent!) 

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SHIPPING:  Will ship within one-two days of receiving payment via Paypal and will ship between Monday and Friday. Will ship in 45 rpm and LP mailers with inserts and bubblewrap for protection. Will provide tracking number also within the USA. Ships out of the Cleveland, Ohio area. I will ship via Standard Services USPS First Class mail to Great Britain, Germany, France, Netherlands, and Japan for $14.00 shipping charges on one to two 7-inch 45 rpm records (under 8 oz.) and $24.00 for 12-inch albums (over 9 oz.). Canada shipments are approximately $10.50 for one or two 7-inch 45 rpm records (under 8 oz) and $17.00 for a 12" LP or two (over 9 oz).  For overseas countries, Ebay will email you the invoice which includes this shipping charge over and above the winning bid. You are responsible for customs' duties charges, if any.

RETURNS: I follow the eBay policy - 14 days money back, but buyer pays return shipping charges.

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

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.

NM-: Near Mint Minus - 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 label and cover probably has seam splits. But, amazingly, 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.



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