Wilcox-Gay Recordio Type 5B

Black lacquer Blanks (2) Unrecorded

On metal-core discs the label is blue on white with light gold details.
Dates attested: April 1951.

Up for auction is a Wilcox-Gay Recordio Disc Records Book. It holds Six (6), 10" discs. It is complete and intact. No splitting on the binding edge but some light wear. Also some discoloration on front/back cover. Pages in great shape with no splits or tears. Rare find in this condition. Also includes two (2) Wilcox-Gay Recordio Discs 10” unrecorded as well as 4 Discs that have been recorded (No knowledge of Recorded content)

23.2 oz. (655 grams)

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Album Grading

Shellac Grading

M

Perfect! A mint record should look like it has just left the manufacturer, with NO flaws what so ever. It should look as though it had never been handled. No scuffs or scratches, blotches or stains. No stickers address labels, writing on the covers or labels. No tears or seam splits. No wear to the cover or record period! Age of the record has nothing to do with it. A MINT record from 1949 should look like a MINT record from 1996.

NM

This grade should be, for the most part, the most widely used grade for records that appear virtually flawless. Virtually flawless records are not perfect. A very minor scuff and very little else can appear on the shellac. This will most likely have occurred during packaging, or removing the record from the inner sleeve but had been handled with extreme care. It should play without any noise over the flaw. The flaw should be very hard to see. If a scuff covers more than a few tracks yet can be seen, it will not be NM, however it may come very close.

VG++

or

EX

This grade will allow for a shellac with minor scuffs which are visible but only slightly. However, no more than 15% of the surface. The wear should be minimal and of course should play mint! Any scratches that can be felt with your fingernail can NOT be called scuffs. Scuffs lay on top of the grooves. If any break in the grooves are felt, they ARE scratches. And most often, they will be heard when played (soft clicks or even loud pops). Once again, scratches can never make this grade!

VG+

Will show some wear, surface scuffs,(or spiral scuffs that came from turn table platters or jukeboxes for 45 singles) and some very light scratches. Surface scuffs are caused from blunt (not sharp) objects. Often the minor scuffs are caused from inner sleeves. The shellac should still have a great luster, but the flaws will be noticeable to the naked eye. Sometimes holding the record up to a very bright light, you will see many tiny lines across the surface. If the flaws don't cause any surface noise, the shellac can make the VG+ grade. Most (but not all) VG+ records should still play like a NM record. But because the shellac has more than 15% (yet less than 30%) wear to the surface, it can make this grade. Remember, the record still should look as though it was handled with extreme care.

VG

A Very Good (VG) record will appear well played but still have some luster. The shellac may be faded, slightly grayish, yet appears to have been handled as carefully as it could have been helped. Records that get continuous playing time will start to deteriorate. More and more surface scuffs and scratches, and audible sound defects WILL be heard. They should not overpower the dynamics of the music. With VG records, the surface noise will be minor crackle or a slight hiss, but should only be heard in between tracks or in low musical passages.

G

Rock and Roll records generally play loud. G condition records for them will be the most likely thing that will still sell well. Jazz and Classical and easy listening in G condition are almost worthless to a collector, since the musical passages often get very low and surface noise is too distracting to the listener.

P

The easiest way to define this is if does not meet the lowest grade above (GOOD), it is trash. It is worthless. Unless it is so rare, it won't sale worthy at all. It is ok to throw them away or give them to someone who just wants to have them. It won't be playable for the most part, and so they are not much good hanging onto them. Very few poor records are collectable. Some rare colored shellac or picture discs are ok, and can still be nice to have, but they won't be good enough to play again.