ROLLING STONES (LP-Mono-Lenticular) Their Satanic Majesties Request. London. VG+

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85

Here is the 1967 London label NP-2 of the lenticular front cover for Rolling Stones Their Satanic Majesties Request LP.  Gatefold.  Inner sleeve is a red and white sleeve.  This is the mono mix - not the stereo-to-mono fold down version. The bell at the beginning of "The Lantern" rings three times, which signifies a true original mono mix. Versions with two tolls instead of three signifies a stereo-to-mono fold down mix.

Gatefold jacket with lenticular "3D" picture glued on front. This version has dark maroon London labels with silver script (not bright red), and has side indicators as "SIDE 1" and "SIDE 2" on the label.  And at the right side front side of the spindle hole. Track listings are centered on the labels.  There is (ARL 8127) on the bottom of the label and Made in U.S.A.   The back cover at the bottom right corner has mono NP-2 on it.  These items are a little different than other versions.
The front cover is in pretty good shape.  Just minor wear/aging to the corners starting.  But the upper back seam does have a 5" tear in the cardboard.  Photo is here of that.  I made another photo closer up of the lenticular photo so you can see a few scratches in the sky area.  Not bad.  Gatefold inside is great.  Back cover is great, too.  The dark burgundy London label has lots of marks on it from the owner.  Side 1 has a large tear area and has some black pen words mentioned like SCRATCH and something else on it.  Back label has more black pen notes such as Hi Al!  Rachel  That's Good  Sure. 

The record itself has lots of light surface scratches all over.  I made a photo of 2 showing these scratches and they are all over.  BUT, amazingly the sound quality was still good.  There were no skips or pops.  Here's a video of the first 3 songs just for some seconds so you can hear the quality with some of the fine tics that sometimes show up.  I am surprised it sounded this good yet!

So I rate the cover as Very Good (VG) to Very Good Plus (VG+).  The vinyl gets only a Very Good (VG) for physical look due to surface scratches (and a Good only for the labels due to owner writing stuff on it).  But I give the sound quality a Very Good Plus (VG+) since it all sounds pretty good still! 
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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.