Sunday In The Park With George OCR 1984 RCA HBC1-5042 Vinyl RCA Digital

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Sleeve and gatefold look very new.  Libretto looks great other than a sharp crease, see photo.  Minor ring wear visible on the dark back cover, and a dinged corner.  
Play tested in its entirety, but PLEASE NOTE--- The end of Side A of this album ( "We Do Not Belong Together") was very difficult for my needle to track, even though it was a brand new cartridge.  Frustrating because there were no scratches on this area of the disc.  I had to clean the dust off much more thoroughly than usual, and then finally I could get it to track without skips.  This is the 2nd copy I have owned of this release, and while both copies visually had no scratches, they BOTH have had this exact same issue at the end of Side A.   My guess is that because the disc squeezes a ridiculous 34 minutes onto one side, it therefore dramatically narrows the grooves and makes it much more sensitive to dust.  Ensure your needle isn't worn and your disc is immaculate before playing.
Besides this, the disc was no trouble for my stylus.  Due to the very narrow grooves, there is some moderate noise, which is a little distracting during the quiet passages.  Moderate warp visible, but not audible.
1984 release of this Broadway hit that has yet to make it to the big screen.  The great Mandy Patinkin and beloved Bernadette Peters star in this original Broadway cast recording.  Star Trek TNG fans might be interested to hear Brett Spiner (Data) in a supporting role.  As mentioned in the condition comments, this release squeezes a horrendous amount of sonic information onto each side of the vinyl.  Not sure why this wasn't just released as a double album.  

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Please assume the record has not been play tested unless explicitly stated. I sometimes may test isolated passages , e.g. to test surface noise, but this should not be construed as my having play tested the media in its entirety, unless explicitly stated in my comments.

CLEANING:

As there seems to be just as many methods of cleaning vinyl as there are vinyl collectors, my policy is to respect each and every vinyl collector's right to implement the cleaning method that they prefer.  Therefore, please do not expect the discs I sell to be professional cleaned.  When I need to play test a disc,  I will always do a "dry cleaning" to remove dust.  I cannot guarantee, of course, that when you remove your disc from its sleeve it will be 100% dust free.  I  may perform "wet cleaning" on your discs at my sole discretion, but please do not expect this to be done all the time.   However, please rest assured that I will certainly clean MY stylus each time prior to testing a side of your vinyl.

PACKAGING:

For vinyl, I will remove the record with its inner sleeve from the outer sleeve to eliminate danger of seam splits during shipping. I will not do this for box sets since the vinyl is already protected.  However, custom inner sleeves (i.e., showing photos, lyrics, artwork, etc.) need to be similarly protected.  In these cases, before shipping I will remove the record from THAT custom inner sleeve and place it in a SEPARATE generic sleeve.  If a box set contains custom inner sleeves, I will follow the procedure above and place all materials back into the box case. 

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