Sold Date: October 22, 2024
Start Date: September 30, 2024
Final Price: $18.00 (USD)
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Kiss - Lick It Up Heavy Metal Vinyl LP Record

Record grade: VG+
Sleeve grade: VG

Record has very light sleeve marks visible under bright light. There’s a small superficial mark on Side A that does not affect play and is not raised. VPI cleaned and sounds great.

The sleeve is VG due to a band of discoloration across the top of the cover where it looks like there may have been a strip of tape at one point that was removed. There is some non-sticky residue there as well as some light staining. You can see the same thing to a lesser extent across the left side of the cover resulting in some very small paper pulls mainly along Vinnie Vincent’s shirt. There is also an additional small paper pull on the top right corner. There’s also some light creasing along edges, small corner bumps, light corner wear, and some light wear on the edge that opens. The custom inner sleeve has the usual seam splits. I’ll ship with the record in a new paper sleeve so the custom inner doesn’t split any further in transit.


Listing a lot of Heavy Metal this week. If you purchase more than one item from me, please wait for an invoice as I will combine shipping.

I grade LPs based on a conservative interpretation of the Goldmine standard. This means that a VG+ record is in very nice shape and should have little to no surface noise barring an occasional moment here and there. A record with sustained surface noise will be at best a VG. All records are play-graded since not all surface noise can be detected visually. All records are shipped in new Whiplash mailers with cardboard backing with the sleeved record outside of the jacket to prevent seam splits.

Below is more thorough info on my grading system:

NM: Surfaces essentially look new. This is the highest rating I give used records.
VG+: Very nice shape. May have a few stray very light hairlines and/or light paper scuffs visible under bright light. Will have little to no surface noise barring an occasional moment here and there. No feelable marks.
VG: Has hairlines and/or paper scuffs and has audible surface noise particularly between songs and during quieter passages.
G+: Has more pronounced hairlines and paper scuffs and may have a few small feelable marks, but still no skips.