BEATLES (LP) Meet the Beatles Repress 1968. Capitol ST 2047. EX

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The Beatles with their LP Meet The Beatles!  I think this one came out as a repress in 1968 because of the matrix number info. Original one came out in 1964.  This one has a gold mark called the Gold Record Award on the front cover.  The back of the cover at the bottom right area near the RIAA circle has the number 3 to the left of that.  That means the cover was printed and made by Modern Album.   Several songs gives credit to BMI and ASCAP besides John and Paul. 

You can see the song titles on the back cover of the LP photo.  The cover is in great condition yet.  Just a little whitish ringwear shows up on the bottom section on the front cover.  Back cover is great.  Very little dark ringwear shows at the bottom seam area. No side seam tears.  But no inner sleeve!  I will include a plain white one.

The record Side 1 has 1 light scuff and about 8 super light surface scratches that are unfeelable, let alone barely noticeable unless you look for it under a super bright lamp.  But tried to get one or two photos of them here. They are too light. Side 2 has less surface scratches. I played it on my Technics turntable and there weren't any skips or pops, let alone barely any crackles.  Here is a video of Side 1 and 90 seconds of the first few tunes so you can hear the amazing great sound quality from a 1968 LP.   

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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.