BLACK SABBATH (LP/Gatefold) Paranoid. 1971. WB WS-1887 (Misprint) VG+/EX

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Here is Black Sabbath with their 1971 LP called Paranoid.  On Warner Bros. WS 1887.  This version has a misprint.  The back cover listing the songs does not list what is on the label.  Side 1 mentions War Pigs and then Luke's Wall underneath it.  Back cover does not show this.  And Side 2 has last song as Jack the Stripper and then Fairies Wear Boots.  But Fairies Wear Boots is not shown on the back cover of the gatefold.  I heard this may have been done because record companies wanted to make sure there were at least 10 songs on an album.  They had 8 songs, but must have added these 2 extra sentences to make it show up as if they had 10 songs.  But the songs are part of the ones before them.  They don't have their own groove in the LP.  This is also  Terre Haute pressing.   

The cover sleeve has lots of white ringwear showing on the front and back covers.  The side seam is pretty good, only a couple of little white tears in it.  Inside the gatefold there are some light tan stains at the upper top of the cover and one small fingerprint type tan stain at the left side of the photo of Ozzy near his knees.  Comes with a Warner/Reprise inner sleeve that was taped up at the side where there was a tear.  And a coupon (I guess) was cut out of this sleeve, too.  Visually looking at the record under a bright lamp, I only see a about 6 light surface scratches on Side 1 and very light.  Side 2 has about the same, but smaller surface scratches, but a little scuffing along the first song there.  But playback was pretty clear with the exception of some light crackles here and there.  No skips or pops.  And the crackles kind of blend in eventually with the music as it's loud rock/heavy metal.  And here is a minute audio/video of the first 2 song sections so you can hear the sound quality and some light crackles maybe.

I give the cover sleeve just a Very Good (VG) due to heavy ringwear/white spots (no tears in the seams yet).  I give the record more of an Excellent (EX) due to good sound quality that I feel is a little better than just Very Good Plus.  And no skips or pops.
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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.