Sold Date: July 23, 2023
Start Date: January 10, 2023
Final Price: $15.00 (USD)
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Here is the 1967 LP on Capitol ST-2830 on recent Stereo.  This is the Los Angeles pressing.   It's got to be from 1967 because the LP is thick and heavier than all the 80s vinyl!

The cover is in great shape, but has a small tear at the upper seam right in the middle.  It just shows the white seam color that it is slightly torn.  Just an inch or two.  Nothing more.  All the corners are intact.  No ringwear.  It did come in a thicker plastic cover which I forgot to take a photo of here.  So that's probably what kept this cover in great shape.  It will be shipped to you, too.  Some versions of this pressing say the back cover song titles don't match up with the record label titles, but this version does match up correctly.   Inside sleeve is a Capitol one with all their stars' albums.  The inner sleeve does have cuts to each corner as you can see.  The side seam where the artist and record label is printed is in great shape.    

Side 1 only has 3 very light surface scratches of which I put a photo up on here.  Can only see the under a super bright lamp.  Side 2 has 2 light surface scratches of which I could see under a super bright lamp only.  Photo of one of them here.  But none of this affecting the sound at all.  I played it through on my Technics system and it sounded like new!  No skips, pops, nor crackles!  I was amazed, but I guess it wasn't played that much.  I put on a video of one song so you can hear the quality.

I rate the cover as Very Good Plus (VG+) to actually Excellent since it was covered for years in a heavy clear plastic cover which saved it.  The vinyl gets an Excellent (EX) but even more due to sound quality which would be Near Mint (NM).   

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SHIPPING:   Will ship within one day of receiving payment and I will ship between Monday and Friday. Will ship in LP mailers with inserts and bubblewrap for protection. Will provide tracking number also within the USA. Ships out of the Cleveland, Ohio area via Media Mail.

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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.