Here is the Sparks LP called In Outer Space.  From 1983 on Atlantic 80055-1 label.  You can see the song titles on the back cover. The cover is in good shape and still in shrinkwrap, but opened at the right seam to let the record out, but the left seam side has the shrinkwrap separated from the front.  But the top and bottom seams are wrapped well with the shrinkwrap.  The back cover shrinkwrap actually wraps over in the middle section to the top part of the shrinkwrap.  It looks like tape was put on there, but it's the shrinkwrap.  The front side looks to have had a small sticker removed from the upper right corn.  There is a bit of wear to the bottom left corner as you can see it being a white spot since it is supposed to be black like his suit.  No ringwear except you see some on the shrinkwrap, not the actual cover.   The inner sleeve has the lyrics on one side and their photo with info on the other side (of which I have a photo here of the one with Sparks on it).

Side 1 just has just 2 light scuff marks on it.  Side 2 has just a couple of scuff marks on that side, too.  The last song's scuff was a little more noticeable, but no problems when I played it.   I played it on my Technics turntable system and it sound like new almost.  Absolutely no skips, pops, or even crackles!  I want to give it a Near Mint, but won't due to seeing some of those light scuff  marks. So it is getting a Near Mint for sound quality, but Excellent for physical look, since the marks aren't feelable.

I rate the sleeve as Excellent with the shrinkwrap protecting the cover, but little wear to 1 corner.  The vinyl gets a Near Mint Minus (NM-) for sound quality, but due to some scuffs it will get an Excellent only since there are only a couple on each side. Obviously lightly played.  BUT SOUND IS NM.

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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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