Roy Orbison - Sweet And Easy To Love/ /Devil Doll - RARE #353 WHITE SUN LABEL

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50

THIS WAS ONE OF ROY ORBISON'S EARLIEST RECORDINGS.  BASED ON "THE OFFICIAL PRICE GUIDE TO RECORDS," THERE WERE ONLY FOUR RECORDS ORIGINALLY ISSUED ON THE SUN LABEL; THREE, OF WHICH, WERE ISSUED IN 1956 AND THE FOURTH IN 1958.  "SWEET AND EASY TO LOVE" IS LISTED AS THE MAIN SIDE.  ONE NOTABLE FACT....THIS RECORDING WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 1956 ON THE SUN LABEL, BUT, AS # 265.  THEN, A YEAR AFTER ROY ORBISON SONGS STARTED TO BE RELEASED ON THE MONUMENT LABEL, SUN RE-RELEASES THIS 1956 RELEASE IN 1961, BOTH ON THE YELLOW SUN LABEL AND A LIMITED NUMBER OF D.J. PROMOTIONAL COPIES ON THE WHITE SUN LABEL (BOTH AS #353).....FIVE YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL RELEASE!  THIS RECORD IS THE 1961 PROMOTIONAL COPY OF THE RE-RELEASE, WHICH GIVES THIS PARTICULAR RECORD SOME ADDITIONAL COLLECTIBLE APPEAL.  

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CONDITION: USED  

ARTIST OR GROUP:ROY ORBISON

TITLE: SWEET AND EASY TO LOVE/ DEVIL DOLL

LABEL: SUN 353 (D.J. PROMO COPY) WHITE LABEL

FORMAT: VINYL- 7" SINGLE 

YEAR: 1961 (RE-ISSUE OF ORIGINAL 1956 RELEASE)

Grading For This Item:

RECORD: 7 (SOLID)

JACKET: NEW WHITE SLEEVE

INNER SLEEVE: NOT APPLICABLE

RATING METHOD: PLAY RATED (Plays all the way through without skipping.  Some LIGHT surface noise, which does not interfere with listening experience.  NO dropouts.  Very Good sound quality, Tracked at 2 grams VTF.

SEE BELOW FOR GRADE RATING METHOD & DESCRIPTIONS.  

RECORD GRADING CRITERIA WILL VARY FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER AND CAN BE SUBJECT TO INTERPRETATION AND JUDGEMENT.  AS A COLLECTOR, I'M VERY STRINGENT ON MY GRADING AND, IF ANYTHING, TEND TO GRADE LOWER THAN ACTUAL CONDITION.  AS A RESULT, I GIVE NOTHING, NOT EVEN A SEALED ITEM, A GRADING OF "10."  ALL UNSEALED VINYL ITEMS ARE GIVEN BOTH VISUAL INSPECTION AND ARE PLAY TESTED, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, AND AT NO MORE THAN 2 GRAM VTF, TO CHECK FOR SOUND QUALITY AND WEAR.  OLDER 78 RPM RECORDS ARE PLAY TESTED AT HIGHER VTF (USUALLY 3-4 GRAM).  ALL SEALED ITEMS ARE, OF COURSE, ONLY VISUALLY INSPECTED.   I WILL NOT LIST ANY ITEM BELOW "GOOD" RATING, UNLESS IT IS A VERY RARE PIECE THAT STILL HOLDS MERIT AS A COLLECTIBLE.

TAPE GRADING IS A BIT DIFFERENT THAN RECORDS.  SEALED ITEMS ARE JUST VISUALLY INSPECTED.  USED ITEMS ARE VISUALLY INSPECTED FOR SIGNS OF WEAR OR DAMAGE.  THE TAPE, ITSELF, IS ALSO VISUALLY INSPECTED FOR DAMAGE (IE. MISSING LEADER, SIGNS OF HIGH OXIDE SHEDDING.  HOWEVER……PLAY GRADING OR INSPECTING FULL LENGTH OF TAPE IS JUST NOT POSSIBLE.   ALSO, TO SOME EXTENT, SOUND QUALITY OF TAPE WILL BE SUBJECT TO WHAT QUALITY AND CONDITION OF PLAYING UNIT IS USED, HEAD ALIGNMENT AND/OR CONDITION, BIAS SETTING. NOISE REDUCTION SETTING AND TRACKING, ETC.

CDS, ALBEIT A DIGITAL MEDIUM, DOES HAVE THEIR PLACE AND ARE GRADED VISUALLY (WHETHER SEALED OR UNSEALED).  JEWELL CASE IS EXAMINED, AS ARE CD COVER AND LINER.  CD, ITSELF, IS INSPECTED FOR SCUFFING, SCRATCHES OR CRACKS.  IN MOST CASES, CDS WILL READ PROPERLY EVEN WHEN THERE IS AN ALARMING AMOUNT OF SCRATCHES OR SCUFFS. 

RATING CRITERIA LISTED BELOW: (10 POINT SYSTEM) 

10: MINT PERFECT IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY.  EVEN A FACTORY SEALED ITEM MAY NOT BE PERFECT.  SO NONE OF MY LISTINGS WILL BE LISTED AS MINT...INCLUDING FACTORY SEALED. 

9:  NEAR MINT. NEAR PERFECT & EITHER UNPLAYED OR AS CLOSE TO BEING UNPLAYED AS POSSIBLE.  EVEN A FACTORY SEALED ITEM CAN HAVE BLEMISHES OR SLIGHT IMPERFECTIONS FROM MANUFACTURING PROCESS.

8:  EXCELLENT.  NICE CLEAN COPY.  BARELY NOTICEABLE SIGNS OF WEAR. 

7:  VERY GOOD.  HAS ONLY SUPERFICIAL SIGNS OF USE, INCLUDING LIGHT SCRATCHES, THAT DO NOT AFFECT PLAY.

6:  G+  BETTER THAN GOOD BUT BELOW VG

5:  GOOD.  SHOWS SIGNIFICANT SIGNS OF WEAR AND MAY CONTAIN NOTICEABLE SURFACE NOISE BUT PLAYS THROUGH WITHOUT SKIPPING.

4:  G-  BETTER THAN POOR BUT BELOW GOOD.  NO SKIPS BUT COULD HAVE DROPOUTS FROM WEAR.

3:  POOR:  HIGH WEAR.  NOISY. HAS SKIPS AND OR DROPOUTS.

2:  TRASHED: USE ONLY FOR DISPLAY OR ART PROJECT

1:  TOO PAINFUL TO IMAGINE