Description:
NM
Near Mint
The cover should look close to perfect with only minor signs of
wear and or age. Minor impressions to the cover (due to the outer edge
of the record resting inside) may be acceptable.
Describes an almost mint record, this grade is used for records
that appear virtually flawless but not perfect. A very minor scuff can
appear on the record. Yet, the record must play without any noise over
the flaw and the latter must be very hard to detect.
EX
Excellent
The cover and packaging might have slight wear but excellent aspect overall.
The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality.
VG+
Very Good +
Cover shows some handling imperfection like normal wear and tear,
price tag, creasing...
Most common condition for records. The record has been played a
few times but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, no wear,
despite occasional light marks.The average person would not notice
anything wrong.
Very light pops and crackles may appear, particularly before and after the music starts
VG
Very Good
Cover suffers from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discoloration ...
Now the signs of age and handling are starting to show. You can
notice some clear wear on the surface, there is some noise (pops and
crackles). There may be minor warps not affecting play
VG-
Very Good -
Cover suffers from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discoloration ...
Now the signs of age and handling are starting to show. Some scratches on the LP you can see,but do not really affect playin, You can
notice some clear wear on the surface, there is quite some noise (pops and
crackles). There may be some minor warps (better to ask for
confirmation to the seller especially if your turntable is sensitive).
G
Good
The cover and contents can be torn, stained and/or defaced, there also can be some writing on it.
The record has been played so much that the sound quality has been
noticeably deteriorated, perhaps with some distortion and mild
scratches.
Fair and Poor I do not sell