Format: 12" 33rpm lp

Artist: Various
Title: The Blues And The Abstract Truth 
Label/Catalog #:  Impulse A-5
Mono/Stereo: Mono 
Details:  1st pressing with Am-Par labels, original cover art. RVG stamped. This album has been cleaned on a Degritter ultrasonic cleaner. 

Record condition: VG.  Both sides show several light marks and scratches but none are deep. Play graded in full. Side 1 plays VG with crackle and ticks. Side 2 plays a little better but still mostly VG, at times closer to VG+

Cover: VG. Seams are in great shape with tiny wear. Spotting on laminate, some wear inside gate. 

Labels: See photos

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Record Grading Scale:

NM THE RECORD IS IMMACULATE, NEARLY PERFECT WITH THE SURFACE RETAINING FULL GLOSS AND NO SURFACE SCRATCHES

NM- THE RECORD SURFACE RETAINS A HIGH GLOSS, PERHAPS ONE OR TWO EXTREMELY FAINT MARKS, STILL EXTREMELY CLEAN 

EX   ESSENTIALLY A NM- SOUNDING COPY, BUT MIGHT SHOW A SMALL NUMBER OF VERY FINE SURFACE MARKS.  STILL VERY CLEAN VISUALLY AND DYNAMIC AUDIBLY.

VG++ THE RECORD RETAINS MUCH OF ITS ORIGINAL SHINE, FEW LIGHT SURFACE MARKS AND OR LIGHT SCRATCHES MAY BE NOTED ON FAIRLY CLOSE EXAMINATION

VG+ THE RECORD STILL RETAINS SOME SHINE, SURFACE MARKS & SCRATCHES MAY OCCUR BUT ARE LIMITED AND TEND TO BE MODERATE TO LIGHT.  RECORD WILL PLAY VERY WELL WITH VERY LIGHT SURFACE NOISE MOSTLY HEARD DURING A QUIET PASSAGE.

VG  AVERAGE USED RECORD FROM HEAVY ROTATION, MAY HAVE STARTED TO LOSE ORIGINAL SHINE, SOME OBVIOUS SURFACE MARKS AND/OR SURFACE SCRATCHES WHICH MAY CAUSE SURFACE SOUNDS, ESPECIALLY IN SOFT PASSAGES

VG-  THE RECORD HAS BEEN PLAYED SEVERAL TIMES, THE VINYL MAY APPEAR DULL, MAY HAVE LOTS OF TINY MARKS OR SURFACE SCRATCHES WHICH MAY BE FELT, SURFACE MARKS MAY BE HEAVY AND SURFACE NOISE MAY BE NOTICEABLE THROUGHOUT

G  RECORD MAY HAVE OBVIOUS WEAR FROM HEAVY ROTATION, SURFACE MARKS & SCRATCHES WHICH CAUSE SIGNIFICANT SURFACE NOISE AND CAN BE FELT

FAIR / POOR     AS DESCRIBED