Sold Date: June 5, 2024
Start Date: April 22, 2024
Final Price: $110.00 (USD)
Seller Feedback: 2539
Buyer Feedback: 0

This is .... pretty clean. A rare find, for sure. Highly recommended.

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VINYL: VG+ (8.5 of 10) First MONO copy; DG, 1955 pressing, Runout matrix PJ LP 602 D-1. Beautiful condition. A little  storage wear, and some faint paper scuffing under bright light. There's a little light crackle for around 30 second of one of the sides, and a bit of a noise floor/tape hiss on the vinyl itself. In general, though, expect clean playback.

COVER: VG+ (8.0 of 10) No splits! Clear storage wear/age, and wear to spine and seams, but it's holding together just fine. great dull gloss. In general terms, this is one of the cleanest original Pacific Jazz Baker album I've ever come across. _______ Now the standard messages:

GRADING: Yes I use standard grading. HOWEVER, I will NEVER use the word "mint" or "near mint" to describe a used LP ... sorry, won't do it. The highest I go is VG+. I use a number after to more represent a combination of how the vinyl looks and how it sounds. 10 is the best. I'll describe what I see in addition. I've found the combination of these two can minimize expectation gaps. But ask questions when in doubt.

CLEANING: Yes. All vinyl is cleaned ... on my own machine I made. Vacuum machine. I wash and rinse with my own formula cleaners -- once with my enzyme cleaner, and rinsed with my own distilled water/alcohol formula. ... this process has worked for me for years.

TESTING: Yes, but not the whole album. I've listened to passages of records I sell. I do NOT listen to the entire album. I DO play passages, testing for any clear distortion, groove wear, crackles, pops, etc. But no, the entire LP is not played through it's entirety. I play on a Lenco L70, via AT MM cart; tube preamp, a Dynaco ST-70 all tube amp to Klipsch speakers. An super tubey setup, right!?
SHIPPING: Free anywhere Media Mail, domestic. Overseas is BY WEIGHT, so check that weight before bidding, you overseas-ers! LPs shipped in a proper box with plastic sleeve, and yes, vinyl shipped outside the sleeve. 
RETURNS: Generally a no go, unless you have a compelling reason. But if there's a serious problem, I'm sure we can figure it out with a return. I mean, I am an adult ... allegedly. But I do try to describe accurately, offer time for questions, and I deal in used records, not new stuff ... yes, it's always kind of a gamble buying via eBay, which is why I try to do my best to make an objective attempt to describe the LP in question. ASK QUESTIONS WHEN IN DOUBT. I promise, we can make this an easy transaction