Sold Date: May 13, 2021
Start Date: April 27, 2021
Final Price: $49.99 (USD)
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Buyer Feedback: 25

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“Meat is Murder” by The Smiths

Sire / Rough Trade Records

Original 1985 Specialty pressing!

-        The sleeve is in strong VG+ condition, with *very* slight general wear, including *very* small creases and a barely noticeable stain on the back. Records have been re-housed in generic, white sleeves, but the OG lyric sleeves will be included.

-        The vinyl visually looks VG+/NM, and *plays* a strong VG+, with nothing more than an occasional background fuzz. Near perfect!

Barcode (Text): 0 7599-25269-1

Sire ‎– 1-25269, Sire ‎– 9 25269-1, Rough Trade ‎– 1-25269, Rough Trade ‎– 9 25269-1

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All records from my personal collection, shelved properly and with care.

All pictures from the *actual* record you will receive.

All opened records have been both visually and play-graded, unless otherwise noted.

Grading:

(M)int: If a record is unopened, the vinyl is presumed Mint. I will *never* grade a sleeve mint.

(N)ear (M)int: Unplayed—or barely played with zero issues—records I will usually grade NM. Generally, any older record (pre-2000s) that I bought used will not make the NM cut, though I may comment that a record plays “VG+/NM”, indicating it plays essentially perfectly. Sleeve wise, the NM threshold is *a bit* lower, so a *slight* corner bump, or very light shelf wear may get a NM grading, assuming there’s no other wear.

(V)ery (G)ood / (V)ery (G)ood (+): Generally, a used record that has been played but well cared for, that has zero skips or significant pops, but perhaps occasional background noise, will fall somewhere in the VG / VG+ range. For example, a record that visually looks good, with no significant blemishes, that plays well all the way through might be graded VG+. But one that is similar, but perhaps has a bit of heavier background noise, or there’s one or two blips that are noticeable (but otherwise plays very well), might get VG. The majority of the older (again, pre-2000s) records I own fall within this range.

Because there’s some leeway here, I usually play-grade with two gradings, like “VG/VG+”, which indicates the record or sleeve is more towards “VG” than “VG+.” If it is graded “strong VG+,” that indicates it is essentially a paradigm case for that grading. If it’s “VG+/NM,” that indicates it’s more towards “NM” than “VG+,” and so on.

(G)ood (+): As above, but with a bit more wear one way or another, but still no skips, heavy blips, etc. Still plays like a record should.

I generally don’t sell (or buy) records below G+/VG.

***All older records—usually, pre-2000s, unless otherwise noted— or ones that have been played multiple times, have been hand-cleaned by me and rehoused in plain white sleeves. If the original sleeve was anything other than generic (such as a lyric sleeve, advertisement, etc.), it will be kept and included, unless otherwise noted.***

All records will be shipped outside of the sleeve, but within an outer plastic sleeve, securely in record mailers.

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For any questions feel free to DM me.