Sold Date: January 13, 2019
Start Date: December 23, 2018
Final Price: $31.00 $26.00 (USD)
Seller Feedback: 499
Buyer Feedback: 145

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Artist & Album Title: Head East Flat As A Pancake
Label (printed on album): A&M Records.  SP-4537, SP-3196.
Record Grading: NM.  Pristine Mirror Shiny flat (no scratches/scuffs when looking very closely into a light).
Cover Grading: NM.  Plastic still on album.  Price sticker on plastic.

: To my best & 100% honest ability, these album grading’s (per Goldmine website) fall in to these ranges.  I look into a light for scratches/scuffs and set the LP down to check for any warpage.  The last time I listened to my LP’s was in 1998 and they played well.  I have a Bang-Olufsen Turntable, changed expensive diamond needles every few years, and balanced the clean needle that allowed for the absolute minimal force on a record groove.  I sell my LP’s as is since I cannot control differences in other’s turntables/needle care or performance.

Record History & Storage Care:  I no longer listen to my vinyl records and decided to sell my entire personal collection.  Very hard decision for me.  I started collecting records 1973.  95% of all my records were purchased NEW from Korvettes, Hudsons, Dearborn Music, Repeat the Beat, Record Outlet, Tower Records, Sams Jams or Schoolkid Records (all in the Detroit/Ann Arbor area).  For over 40 years, my records have been stored on a vertical shelving unit.  Whatever outside cover wear exists, it is from sliding the records in/out from storage.  They have never been stored in an attic.

Record Care-Handling-Selling Criteria:  My life’s record care was immaculate and I never touched any of my record grooves.  I’ve always handled my albums with my right thumb on the record edge and my fingers by the center hole.  Whenever I did listen to my albums, I used the Discwasher Record Care System.  I never stacked record-on-record, and always put the vinyl back into its sleeve after listening to it.

Packaging & Shipping:  I make my own sturdy cardboard shipping packages & place the record(s) in large oversized acid-free sleeves/bags, and also wrapped in paper with 2 additional cardboard panels.  I seal & protect the package with several layers of industrial tape, and highlight orange “DO NOT BEND” on the package.
Shipment Carrier & Postage: USPS Domestic and Canada only.  International Postage and S&H TBD based on weight and/or area.
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