Here is the 1978 album from Jimmy Buffett called You Had To Be There.  It's a 2 LP set and recorded Llve in Atlanta, Georgia at the Fabulous Fox (in August).   This LP is a PROMO version as it was picked up at a Buffett concert at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls (near Cleveland), OH where there was a Promo Party going on there.  Track A2: Mustache is misspelled on back cover of the album as "Moustache", but the label tracklisting is correctly spelled.

You can see the song titles on the photograph of the back cover and I took a photo of the back side focusing on the PROMO gold label.  The cover looks good and just a little light ringwear showing up on front cover.  Side seams are great with no tears or wear.  Records come in a plain white inner sleeve.

I played it on my Technics turntable and all sounded very good.  No skips or pops or crackles.  In general I heard a few general very quiet tick noises that meant it was a vinyl record, and I had my ears to the speakers, but while playing it in the living room, you didn't really hear those few typical ticks.  There are no major surface scratches or scuffs, just a couple of short tiny marks (tiny light scratch) here and there, but so minimal.  It was only played a couple of times.  And here's a video of the first two tunes on Side 1 so you can hear the quality. 

I rate the cover as Very Good Plus (VG+) as no tears, just a little minimal ringwear on front cover.  And the sound quality is an Excellent (EX) for a 1978 LP! 

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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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