Sold Date: November 14, 2014
Start Date: November 8, 2014
Final Price: $49.95 (USD)
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Buyer Feedback: 17

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PLEASE READ THROUGH DETAILS BELOW BEFORE PURCHASE AND FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THE GOLDMINE RECORD GRADING SCALE BRIEFLY DESCRIBED BELOW! 

ALSO, REGARDING RECORD CLEANING - IF YOU ASK 5 DIFFERENT RECORD COLLECTORS THEIR PREFERRED METHOD TO CLEAN YOU WILL GET 5 DIFFERENT ANSWERS AND EACH MIGHT BE OFFENDED BY THE OTHER COLLECTOR'S METHOD OF CLEANING. THE FOLLOWING RECORDS COULD ALL USE A CLEANING, WHICH I WILL LEAVE IN THE BUYER'S HANDS.  GRADING WILL REGARD SCRATCHES AND SCUFFS TO THE VINYL ONLY; NOT DIRT/DUST/FINGERPRINTS/ETC.  

I HAVE ADDED 11 PHOTOS FOR YOU TO SEE THE CONDITION OF THESE 10 BILLY JOEL ALBUMS!  12".  11 LPs TOTAL. 

Going through the albums one by one, here are the details: 

PIANO MAN - COLUMBIA 32544 - UPC 07464-32544-1 - Jacket has some light dog-ears, edge wear, ring-wear, scuffing, small creases.   Overall jacket is VG+.  Record is NM.  

STREETLIFE SERENADE - COLUMBIA 33146 - Jacket has some dog-ears, staining on back, heavy edge wear, ring-wear, scuffing, creases.   Overall jacket is G+.  Record is VG (PLAY GRADED), with some clearly visible surface scratches that don't affect play. 

THE STRANGER - COLUMBIA 34987 - Jacket has its original shrink, which has some tearing and has a hype sticker and an old record store sticker on shrink. Jacket has some bending down at top edge (shrink was too taut), dog-ears, open edge wear, ring-wear.   Overall jacket is VG.  Record is VG+, with some faint surface scuffs that don't affect play.   This album comes with a lyric/photo/liner note inner sleeve. I don't grade sleeves, I just play it safe and call them all worn. 

52nd STREET - COLUMBIA 35609 - Jacket has about half of its original shrink (the rest has torn away), which has a hype sticker on shrink. Jacket has light dog-ears, edge wear, ring-wear.   Overall jacket is VG+.  Record is VG+, with some faint surface scuffs that don't affect play.  This album comes with a photo/liner note inner sleeve. I don't grade sleeves, I just play it safe and call them all worn. 

GLASS HOUSES - COLUMBIA 36384 - UPC 07464-36384-1 - Jacket has its original shrink, which has some tearing and a used record store price sticker on shrink. Jacket has light dog-ears, open edge wear, ring-wear.   Overall jacket is VG+.  Record is VG+, with some faint surface scuffs that don't affect play.  This album comes with a lyric/photo/liner note inner sleeve. I don't grade sleeves, I just play it safe and call them all worn. 

LIVE LP! - SONGS IN THE ATTIC - COLUMBIA 37461 - UPC 07464-37461-1 - Gatefold jacket has some sticky residue in one area, light dog-ears, edge wear, ring-wear, scuffing.   Overall jacket is VG.  Record is VG+, with some faint surface scuffs that don't affect play.  This album comes with a photo inner sleeve and a booklet. I don't grade sleeves or inserts, I just play it safe and call them all worn. 

THE NYLON CURTAIN - COLUMBIA 38200 - UPC 07464-38200-1 - Jacket has its original shrink, which has some tearing, a hype sticker, and remnants of a used record store price sticker on shrink. Jacket has dog-ears, open edge wear, ring-wear.  Also, I believe that some black print was smeared vertically along top center of jacket, perhaps when shrink was added?  Overall jacket is VG.  Record is VG+, with some surface scratches (particularly on the first song on side 2 - PLAY GRADED FINE) that don't affect play.  This album comes with a lyric/photo/liner note inner sleeve. I don't grade sleeves, I just play it safe and call them all worn. 

AN INNOCENT MAN - COLUMBIA 38837 - UPC 07464-38837-1 - Jacket has its original shrink, which has some tearing and a hype sticker and a used record store price sticker on shrink. Jacket has light dog-ears, open edge wear, ring-wear.   Overall jacket is VG++.  Record is VG (PLAY GRADED), with some surface scratches that don't affect play.  This album comes with a lyric/liner note inner sleeve. I don't grade sleeves, I just play it safe and call them all worn. 

DOUBLE LP! - GREATEST HITS:  VOLUME I & VOLUME II - COLUMBIA 40121 - UPC 07464-40121-1 - Gatefold jacket has tiny cutouts at top and bottom of spine,  some sticky residue in one area, light dog-ears, edge wear, ring-wear, scuffing.   Overall jacket is VG+.  Records are VG+, with some faint surface scratches that don't affect play.  Play graded some songs on side 3 with the most surface scratches but they played beautifully.  

STORM FRONT - COLUMBIA 44366 - UPC 07464-44366-1 - Jacket has its original shrink, which has some tearing and two used record store price stickers on shrink. Jacket has tiny cutouts at top and bottom of spine, light dog-ears, open edge wear, ring-wear.   Overall jacket is VG+.  Record is VG+, with some surface scratches that don't affect play, and most scratches being on Leningrad; tested this song and it tested fine.  This album comes with a lyric/liner note inner sleeve. I don't grade sleeves, I just play it safe and call them all worn. 

See photos. 

We use Goldmine® visual grading, which breaks down like this (please do read through this record grading if you are not familiar with it): 

M (mint) Record is new, shiny, never played. 

NM (near mint) Record is like new, probably played a few times, but it doesn't effects on the quality of a sound. 

EX (excellent) Record in great shape, may have light marks, played more than a few times but low in surface noise or no surface noise. 

VG+ (very good plus) Record has been played more times, it has more marks and surface noise, it doesn't skip. 

VG (very good) Record has been played many times, may be more surface noise, but it shouldn't skip while playing. 

G (good) Record is in bad condition, this is worth only for archive items - just to have that until you find better. 

P (poor) Record is a mess and probably will skip (Goldmine doesn't actually offer a "poor" rating but this is how we would describe POOR). 

WHEN I SHIP RECORDS I SHIP THEM ON TOP OF THE JACKET, NOT INSIDE.  BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS IS THE COMMON AND PREFERRED WAY TO SHIP A RECORD. THIS KEEPS IT FROM CUTTING THROUGH THE CLOSED SIDES OF THE JACKET DURING SHIPPING. I SHIP IN CARDBOARD RECORD BOXES AND I USE BUBBLE WRAP (WHEN THE BOX ALLOWS ROOM FOR IT; OTHERWISE RECORDS ARE SNUG AND SAFE ENOUGH WITHOUT IT) TO ENSURE YOUR ITEM ARRIVES SAFELY.