This album is widely regarded as one of the greatest albums of all time.  One listen and I’m confident you will agree.  The songwriting here is spectacular.  In 2000 the New York Times selected this album as one of the 25 albums that represented "turning points and pinnacles in 20th-century popular music".  It received universal highest possible ratings from critics all over the world.  Rolling Stone magazine has it in its top ten of all time.  It’s simply a stunning collection of beautiful songs.  My favorite is “River”.  It just blows me away every time I hear it.  The album was released on Reprise in 1971, number MS 2038.  This is the original release of the album.  The vinyl is in beautiful condition with its bright original luster and just a few light surface scratches.  There is one deep scratch over the last half of track one of side two.  This scratch produces several noticeable tics.  Otherwise it plays with just light sporadic background noise.  The vinyl grades VG.  The gatefold album cover shows ring wear and light corner and edge wear including a one inch split on the open side of the bottom seam.  The other seams show light wear but are sharp, tight, and intact.  The cover grades VG. 

Album Tracks: 
All I Want
My Old Man
Little Green
Carey
Blue

California
This Flight Tonight
River
A Case Of You
The Last Time I Saw Richard

Grading Information I always clean and then listen to every record I list on eBay.  I do this to make sure I can give as accurate a description of each record as possible.  I will do both a visual check and an audio check.  I absolutely attempt to give as objective a grading as I can.  I don’t ever want you to be disappointed in the quality of the album you receive.   My promise is that I will never put up for auction any album that I would not be proud to play for others on my own turntable. 

I only use four grades in my grading:  NM, VG+, VG, and G.  The only exception is a sealed album which is presumed to have vinyl in mint condition.  My NM grading means that the vinyl looks and plays as though it is the first time out of the sleeve.  The VG+ rating is used on any album that plays great but has one or two small defects.  It may have a pop here and there or some occasional background static.  On a VG album you can expect that, typically, this album will play great, but you’ll see more defects on this than your VG+ rated album.   Most often the VG rated album may even play well enough to be graded VG+, but the color or blemishes drop the grading.  Likewise, you may occasionally find an album that looks almost NM but the sound quality just isn’t there.  That’s why I play every album first, because this does happen.  In this case the vinyl will be graded VG.  Very occasionally I will list an album with a grade of G.  This is one where I consider the collectible value of the album to be great enough that the copy being presented is worth having as a filler copy. 

Shipping Information – Combined Shipping Shipping is $4.00 in the continental U.S.  I happily combine records from multiple auctions to reduce total shipping cost.  In fact, I welcome it!  The $4.00 cost for U.S. shipping applies regardless of the number of auctions won in any 5-day period. 

Canada shipping is calculated based on weight using US Postal Service rates.  Combined shipping is also welcomed here and does result in significant per-album cost savings. Canada shipping rates have gone up dramatically. The first album will be shipped for $16.  Additional albums will be shipped for $4 per album, with up to five albums able to be shipped before we need to use International Priority shipping.  At that point we will work together on final determination of shipping cost. 

The Canada cost determination also applies for all other International shipping, except that the first album is shipped for $21 and each subsequent is just an additional $5.00. 

All albums will be shipped in specially designed album hard cardboard mailers with a cardboard insert to prevent damage upon opening.  The vinyl is removed from the cover and presented in a new poly sleeve.  I am committed to one day turnaround on shipments.  If I receive payment before 7:00 AM Central Time I will package and ship that same day.  Payment by Paypal is preferred. 

Thank you  for looking and please contact me with any questions.