Sold Date: June 10, 2020
Start Date: June 3, 2020
Final Price: $22.27 (USD)
Bid Count: 2
Seller Feedback: 320
Buyer Feedback: 29

Here is Depeche Mode with their LP entitled Some Great Reward from 1984.  On Sire/Mute Records 1-25194.  From 1984.  Matrix reads:  1-25194-A-SR-1 (Sire logo) 1-1.

On the front cover it has all the shrinkwrap.  Opened at the right side to let the LP out.  Just a couple of white marks at right open side seam.  Back cover is fine.  Comes with a white inner sleeve with lyrics and more.   The scratch you see in one photo on the cover is only on the shrinkwrap, not the cover!  I will remove the light dust I see on the photos with my micro fiber pad.

Vinyl Side 1:  Under a super bright lamp, I saw one light surface scratch and a little scuffing.  It's shiny still.

Side 2:  I see a light surface scratch in the second song and just a little scuffing and that's it. 

I played it through on my Technics turntable and it sounded all great.  None of the couple surface scratches caused any problem. And no other skips, pops, or crackles!  The vinyl sounded as if it was still new.

I rate the LP cover sleeve as Near Mint/Excellent (EX) and the vinyl as Near Mint (NM)/Excellent (EX), too. ___________________________________________________________________

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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.