The Beatles LP called The Decca Tapes. Monaural. From 1979 imported from UK. But these were their recordings from 1962. Back cover says The Untold Story of the Decca Tapes (at the upper top area). Interesting read. This is on Circuit Records LK4438-1.
The cover is in great shape. No ringwear or tears anywhere. Side seam is great. Only a couple of light short wrinkles at the left side of the front cover. No inner sleeve, but I will include a white sleeve. Red label under Circuit Records. Side A has just a couple of short light surface scratches here and there. Side B has about 5 light surface scratches unfeelable and also has some light scuffing, too. I was able to take a couple of photos of the light scratches here. And they didn't affect the sound quality. That was great! No skips, pops, or crackles! Here is a 53-second audio/video of the first few songs in sections so you can hear the good quality.
I rate the cover as Excellent (EX) and the vinyl I rate as Excellent, too! ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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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.