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Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus - Prestige 7079

Record: Very Good - visible surface wear is audible, most of the record is quite listenable.

on side A, near the end of band 2, groove damage causes mistracking, a few skips, but the record

tracks through  a small area of diagonal wear across about 40-50 grooves, at 1.8 gm; the rest

of the record plays VG+ or better, after cleaning, sound is bright and detailed

Jacket:   Excellent  - light shelf wear, top edge split, spine is legible

features Sonny Rollins, Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins, Max Roach

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Grading Information

Mint  - a very clean record, showing no visible surface wear, and appearing similar to a new, unplayed record

Near Mint - a record that was previously played only a few times, very clean vinyl, super fine appearance!

Excellent Plus  - A carefully used record bearing light/very light paper/handling/storage marks that are inaudible

Excellent - a previously used record, retaining similar audio qualities of a higher grade record, minor to light occasional surface noise may occur, no heavy wear

Very Good/Very Good Plus - a record that shows visible degrees of prior usage, retaining full fidelity sound, occasional surface noise, no heavy wear

(inaudible ink and dye variations inherent to the manufacturing process are not graded as wear, as they do not affect the playback of the music)