Here is Moby Grape with their album WOW from 1968.  This has the Direction: San Francisco logo on the back cover down at the bottom left side.  Lyrics copyright 1968 South Star Music.  This LP has the last song on Side 2 listed as Just Like Gene Autry, A Foxtrot as it should be played on 78 rpm!  I didn't have that 78 rpm on my Technics system, so I couldn't tell you how it sounded.  Matrix reads:  XSM135371-1C.

The front cover has some dark spots around the top area, as you can see in the photo.  And looks like there must have been a sticker at the upper middle part that was taken off the cover but left some white marks behind!  The bottom corners and top seam have a little wear causing them to get the white marks there.  Back cover looks great!  Just a little bit of black ring wear markings showing up at the upper right side.  Inside gatefold is great!  All there photos look great. 

The vinyl under a super bright light did show several super light surface scratches on both sides.  Some long, but most were short ones.  (Was almost impossible to see this under a normal light room.)  But then I played it through on my Technics turntable and the sound quality was great.  Absolutely no skips, pops, or even crackles for such an oldie that showed surface scratches, but they were too light obviously!  Very clear sound.

I rate the vinyl as Excellent (EX) for sound quality and the cover at Very Good Plus (VG+)! 

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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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