Sold Date: December 15, 2022
Start Date: December 8, 2022
Final Price: $810.00 (USD)
Bid Count: 11
Seller Feedback: 1774
Buyer Feedback: 0

UP FOR AUCTION IS A CLASSIC ALBUM LED BY SONNY CLARK TITLED "COOL STRUTTIN’" RECORDED ON BLUE NOTE RECORDS.  THIS IS AN ORIGINAL MONO PRESSING HAVING THE BLUE/WHITE 47 WEST 63RD NEW YORK CITY LABELS, HAS “9M” ETCHED, EAR/”P” AND RVG STAMPED IN TRAIL-OFF AREA, DG BOTH SIDES, LONG PLAYING MICROGROOVE, BLP-1588.

RECORD CONDITION

THE RECORD IS IN VG/VG- (VISUAL GRADE) CONDITION.  VINYL HAS SOME INTERNAL LITE LINES/MOTTLING IN AREAS.  VINYL STILL HAS A DECENT SHINE.  BOTH LABELS IN NICE SHAPE.  ONE SIDE HAS SEVERAL NON-FEELABLE LITE SCRATCHES, SCUFFS AND PAPER SLEEVE HAIRLINES.  THE OTHER SIDE, HAS ONE SMALL NEEDLE MARK AT THE OUTER EDGE THAT IS BARELY FEELABLE ALONG WITH SEVERAL NON-FEELABLE SCUFFS, SCRATCHES AND PAPER SLEEVE HAIRLINES.  SIDE ONE – THE 1st TUNE STARTS OFF WITH SOME LITE TICKS DURING THE INITIAL NINETY SECONDS OR SO, THE TICKS GO AWAY BUT THERE IS SOME LITE SURFACE NOISE IN SOME REMAINING AREAS OF THE TUNE.  THE 2nd TUNE STARTS OFF NICELY, I HEARD A COUPLE OF LITE TICKS DURING THE FIRST HALF AND ABOUT A DOZEN LITE TICKS TOWARD THE END OF THE TUNE, OVERALL IT PLAYS WITH MOSTLY MINIMAL SURFACE NOISE.  SIDE TWO – THE 1st TUNE HAS SOME REPEATING LITE SURFACE NOISE ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY THROUGH THE TUNE, THEN IT GOES AWAY, THE REST OF THE TUNE PLAYS NICELY I HEARD ONLY A COUPLE OF RANDOM LITE TICKS AND MINIMAL SURFACE NOISE.   THE 2nd TUNE HAS SOME LITE SURFACE NOISE IN AREAS, I ONLY HEARD A COUPLE OF LITE TICKS.  TYPICAL BLUE NOTE, THE RECORD PLAYS BETTER THAN IT'S VISUAL CONDITION.  

COVER CONDITION

THE COVER IS GRADED AS GOOD, THE LOWER AREAS ON THE FRONT AND BACK HAVE SOME WATER DAMAGE THAT CAUSED PAPER PEELING/SEPARATION/STAINING.  BACK HAS PREVIOUS OWNERS NAME WRITTEN IN BLACK INK AT UPPER LEFT-HAND AREA, HAS A STICKER AT UPPER RIGHT-HAND AREA “J31-A” IN BLACK INK, LINER NOTES STILL READABLE.  UPPER SEAM HAS A TWO INCH CENTER CRACK AND WEAR AT EACH END, NO SPLIT OR CHIPS. THE LOWER SEAM HAS PAPER WEAR AT EACH END BUT HAS NO SPLIT, NO CHIPS OR CRACKS.  THE SPINE SEAM HAS A TOTAL OF FIVE INCHES OF PAPER WEAR/CRACKING SOME ON EACH END. ALL CORNERS HAVE WEAR.

ALL RECORDS HAVE BEEN CLEANED USING A VPI RECORD CLEANING MACHINE WITH VPI RECORD CLEANING FLUID.

PAYMENT

PAYMENT WILL BE PER EBAY PAYMENT POLICY. PAYMENT IS EXPECTED WITHIN 4 DAYS AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE AUCTION.

SHIPPING

THE SHIPPING COST IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BUYER AND CAN BE ESTIMATED BY REQUEST DURING THE AUCTION OR IT WILL BE DETERMINED AFTER THE AUCTION HAS ENDED.  DISREGARD THE $3.80 MEDIA MAIL SHIPPING COST LISTED IN THE AUCTION AS THAT IS NOT REALISTIC FOR ALL LOCATIONS/COUNTRIES I SHIP TO.  PLEASE DO NOT PAY UNTIL YOU RECEIVE MY INVOICE WITH THE TOTAL COST.

I SHIP WORLDWIDE, RECORDS TO BE SHIPPED OVERSEAS WITH A VALUE OVER $75 USD MUST BE SENT USING REGISTERED MAIL WHICH TYPICALLY ADDS TO THE COST OF SHIPPING BY $17 OR MORE.

RECORD PACKAGING

THE RECORD WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE/COVER.  ALL RECORDS WILL BE SHIPPED IN A STURDY CARDBOARD RECORD MAILER BOX WITH CARDBOARD INSERTS ON EACH SIDE OF THE RECORD/COVER TO HELP REDUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE DURING SHIPPING. 

SATISFACTION GUARANTEE & RETURN POLICY

I PROVIDE A "SATISFACTION GUARANTEED" OR YOUR MONEY BACK POLICY, LESS RETURN SHIPPING, IF YOU ARE NOT FULLY SATISFIED WITH THE RECORD.  RECORD MUST BE RETURNED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF RECEIPT.  ONCE RECEIVED AND IN THE SAME CONDITION AS SENT A REFUND WILL BE GIVEN AS MONEY BACK.

THANKS FOR LOOKING AND GOOD LUCK!