Sold Date: January 28, 2014
Start Date: December 12, 2013
Final Price: $17.99 (USD)
Seller Feedback: 958
Buyer Feedback: 37

"Why Buy Mine"? Most sellers grade their product visually, but when it comes to sound, all that really tells you is that it "looks like" it should play good (or fair, or poor). I am in the process of converting my record collection to digital files. So when I review the digital file for tics, pops or skips in order to then remove those flaws, I am reviewing the record for visual flaws and I am also reviewing for sonic flaws. Will I find and note every defect? No. However, I believe I will find all skips and pops (they are very easy to spot on a digital file) and I will find enough tics (if present) to make a much more realistic rating. I will also use standard Gold Mine rating values. If you feel that I have erred in an evaluation, please contact me so we can work out a solution. For the record, I define a very lite tic as being barely audible and easily missed when played at "normal" volume levels, a lite tic is audible but may not be noticed if you are not focused strongly on listening to the music and a tic is clearly audible but will not make you jump out of the chair - that's the job for a pop.

The Beatles : Help!  - Super copy of this Soundtrack recording.  The the Apple Label identifies this record to 1971.

Jacket:  VG              Overall, the jacket is very good. The front shows some lite ringwear and slight discoloring. The spine shows the most wear with some scuffing and flaking - see pics 4 & 5 for a closer look. The back has 3 scrape marks on the upper right. The gatefold is very nice. The inner sleeve is plain white paper but based on the ageing, it may be the original.   

Vinyl:     EX             Playback could hardly be better. There are two pops on Side 2 Track 4 which is one of the movie tracks - "The Bitter End". No other flaws spotted.   

Sit back and enjoy!                  

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