THE BEACH BOYS-PET SOUNDS-ORIG MONO CAPITOL RECORDS ROCK LP ALBUM

$

78

This is a rare very good to very good plus original mono pressing of the legendary album by The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds, released in 1966, and is considered by many to be one of the greatest pop/rock albums of all time. Rolling Stone Magazine voted the LP 2d greatest of the best 500 albums. The mono pressing is the much more desirable copy as there were never stereo master tapes made of this LP, only mono. All copies designated stereo are rechanneled fake stereo. The scarcity of mono pressing of this title has resulted in near mint copies selling on line for well into triple figures.

The LP visually is on the higher end of very good to very good plus with  just a few barely visible scuff/lines. The LP plays very nicely with a very few ticks here and there but overall plays very nicely and is still a nice collectible play copy. There is damage evident to both labels due to water damage.  The cover is in very good  condition. The spine corners are very sharp and the mouth corners are reasonably sharp with a trace of wear evident on the tips of both mouth corners. The back and front covers are pretty clean with a bit ring wear/yellowing and some soiling near the top of cover near mouth. There is number 17 written at the top corner of front cover near spine. There is some damage at the top back of cover and writing near the spine. The spine and both seams are solid with no splits, although there is slight flaking in the middle of spine. In grading I use Excellent instead of VG++ for those items deemed just a notch below near mint. Please understand that opened play graded copies may have been graded several weeks before listing so the LP should be cleaned again before play. LPs are cleaned manually as I no longer have machine.

The LP will be shipped within 24 hours of payment, which is expected within 3 days of auction end, in specially made LP mailer with the LP separated from the cover (for unsealed items) and well packaged to protect the item from damage during shipment. Returns are accepted as long as LP is returned in the condition received. Return of sealed items will only be permitted if returned unopened. 

Shipping cost is $4 per LP. To reduce shipping cost, I will combine shipping on multiple items bid and won during the same auction cycle. Please do not pay until I have had the opportunity to manually adjust the shipping cost. I cannot hold items for multiple auction cycles as it will affect my EBAY standing in so far as it concerns shipment time. I only accept bids from US based buyers and will only ship to the address recorded for the buyer on PAYPAL, which is the only method I can accept for payment.

Please keep in mind that I am a retired person looking to sell their collection and not a store or commercial seller. I play grade open items sold and do the best I can in the process to give an honest assessment of the item As is shown by my feedback I think I do a good job of satisfying most buyers. I leave feedback for all buyers and if you are satisfied with the transaction I would greatly appreciate positive feedback from the buyer as well. If for any reason you cannot leave positive feedback or are not satisfied, please have the courtesy of contacting me before leaving negative or neutral feedback. In almost all cases the issue can be worked out to the buyers satisfaction even if it means returning the item. If the item is not as described I will bear all shipping costs including return shipping. If a buyer behaves in a rude or unreasonable manner, and/ or fails to contact me to address issues they have with an item before negative or neutral feedback is left, I will block that buyer from further auction participation. 

I am auctioning almost 5000 records of my own collection, including rock. soul, blues and jazz, that are very clean and, included are some very rare items that rarely are available for purchase