BADFINGER STRAIGHT UP SAPCOR UK DOUBLE LP WITH VINYL IN PRISTINE MINT CONDITION

$ 59

$ 59 Sold For

Jul 4, 2014 Sold Date

Jun 27, 2014 Start Date

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Description

Vinyl: sides 1 & 2: look & play Mint with no surface static

sides 3 & 4: are in 45 RPM, they look & I assume should play Mint

Cover: EX+ exactly as originally shipped (see description)

Labels: sides 1 through 4: Mint, exactly as shipped

Inner: both black archival inners included

Description: I purchased this Sapcor UK LP new and played it less than 5 times on high end equipment. The vinyl is painfully clean with absolutely no lines, marks or rubs. The labels are factory Mint, exactly as shipped despite the factory flaw on the 45RPM LP. The cover would merit a Mint grade if it hadn’t come with splits in both upper seams from the original shipping. I’ve repaired them with a bit of glue. There’s also a couple of very small ink rubs on the front.

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I ship using standard LP mailers with the record secured outside of the cover to avoid seam splits.

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I began buying records in the mid 60’s and I've always been fanatical about record care and storage.

The records I sell are from my personal collection, including backup copies. I've never been one to buy VG records or anything with an audible scratch, which eliminates the vast majority.

Over the decades, I've seen grading fads come and go, such as: “visual” grading by people who don't own a turntable; the current use of nonsense grades like NM+ and NM- as well as the dubious belief that there’s no such thing as a mint record.

I use standard US grading plus the UK grade of EX in order to eliminate the dreaded VG+++.

Records are first inspected under a halogen light (the only light that shows every flaw) and any blemishes are examined with a 10x power magnifier which allows the grooves to be fully inspected; then they’re play graded on a Linn Sondek LP12.

As a record buyer, I've had a lot of over graded “garage sale” LPs arrive covered with gritty dust and greasy fingerprints while the seller claims a “visual” grade based on fantasy. Be assured that my records will arrive clean and fingerprint free.

If I do miss an audible flaw, then kindly contact me and it will be rectified.

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