Here is Blond with their 1969 LP called Blond.  They were a Swedish band that had a couple of albums and some singles.   Originally this LP was called The Lilac Years, but when it was coming to USA, they changed it to just Blond.  They were a rock/pop band and sound great.  Fontana label SRF-67607.  Label says it's a Stereophonic High Fidelity Recording. 

The cover is a gatefold cover.  It has a drill hole in the middle of the cover and it went through the label and back cover.  Like those cut-outs you see along the side seams sometimes when stores bring down the price on them.  The bottom left seam area has some light stain on it because the cover did get wet once.  The stain you see in the middle of the gatefold bottom and back cover at the right bottom corner.  The side seam shows the band name and label, but not exactly on the side seam itself.  It slid down a bit toward the back cover, but that could be the way it may have been sitting in the shelf.  There is just a little ringwear on the front cover and back cover.  The photo you see here of the front cover shows something like a flaking at the upper right corner, but that is not the cover.  That was the back pillow it was leaning against, so it's not torn there.  You can see the song titles on the 2 photos of the label. 

The record was lightly played.  There are light surface scratches on both sides, but nothing overwhelming.  Side 1 has one long surface scratch and a photo of that is here.  There are just a couple of scuff marks on this side, too, and a few little surface scratches that were too light to photograph.  Side 2 has a couple of light surface scratches, but mainly some scuff marks.  None of this affected the sound quality.  And that's why I have a 52-second audio/video here so you can hear the sound quality and decide if it clear for you.  I used to be able to get a 90-second video on here, but it's now shortened to 52 seconds.  (I have a penny on my tone arm because I'm having problems with it sitting down completely onto a record and this helped.)

I rate the cover as just Very Good (VG) due to light stains and drill hole in the middle. The record for physical look is like Very Good Plus (VG+) as only a few are visible.  The sound quality gets more like an Excellent since there are no skips, pops, or crackles.   __________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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SHIPPING:  Will ship within one day of receiving payment and I will ship between Monday and Friday. Will ship in LP mailers with inserts and bubblewrap for protection. Will provide tracking number also within the USA. Ships out of the Cleveland, Ohio area via Media Mail.  

Guidelines I use to rate the quality of these records (based on the Goldmine Grading Guide):

NM:Near Mint - Vinyl, still shiny, as if opened for the first time. No writing or stickers on the vinyl. No obvious scratches. Label: No writing or stickers and no fading of the label.

NM-: Near Mint Minus - Similar to NM but will have some very light scratches on the vinyl not affecting the sound quality. No writing or stickers on label and no fading (or ringwear) on cover or label.

EX: Excellent - Not quite a Goldmine Standard Listing, but being used by many now. Cover: No ink wear, minor creases to corners, no seam tears. Vinyl can have scratches, but not felt by your fingers. Sound quality must be mint. No more than 15% of the surface should have wear or scuffs on it. To me, EX is like a VG++.

VG+: Very Good Plus - Similar to NM- except that on the label, there may be a sticker or writing, but it shows very little wear. There may be only a couple light surface scratches on the grooves, but do not affect the playback with noise or skips. You may only see these scratches if you put them under a bright light and really look for them. The cover might have light creasing or minor seam or corner wear, but still in great condition to show off.

VG to VG-: Very Good to Very Good Minus - May not be that shiny anymore and you will see scratches without putting it under a bright light, but they still would not affect the quality of the playback. The sound quality is still pretty good, maybe a little noise, but not enough to detract from the listening experience. The label might have some fading around it, besides having stickers or writing. The cover may have obvious ringwear in the middle or around the perimeter of where the record was, maybe some side seam splits, or little tears at the top or side where the record goes back into. If less defects, then it's a VG. If it has all this just mentioned, then a VG-.

G, G+: Good or Good Plus - It doesn't mean the vinyl is trashed. It plays though without skipping, but may have heavy noise or fuzz sound because of age, quality, or worn-down grooves. Heavy writing or stickers on the label, ringwear is very obvious on label and cover probably has seam splits. But, amazingly, if you have special audio LP recording software, you could probably clean up those crackles and fuzzes, if you want to create a CD of it for yourself.

P: Poor - This is when the vinyl is warped to the point it warps the playback also. Or it's cracked, but it may or may not still play without a skip. If a picture sleeve is with it, this is torn or marked up bigtime. But someone may want to have it for nostalgia or even attempt to fix it.



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