FACES (THE) (2/LP Set) The Best of the Faces. 1977. (Import) RIVA RVLP3. VG+/EX

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The Faces with their 1977 LP called The Best Of The Faces.  On RIVA RVLP 3 label.  This was imported from the UK to Peters International in New York and landed in USA as import.  Import stamp is on the back cover in the middle.  You can see all the song titles on the back cover, too.  Covers songs from 1970 to 1977.  Nineteen songs here.  This is a gatefold cover.

Front cover has very light ringwear at the top and bottom seam.  There is some sticker pieces left over at the upper right corner seam area.  There are white wear/tear marks on 3 of the corner seams.  Left side seam where the artist name and label are has white aging tears there and a photo of that is here. 

Record One Side One has several surface scratches, but mainly short little ones that you can't feel and can only see under a bright light.  You can hear some light crackles in the beginning of the first song and some in some later songs, but nothing too bad.  Even less for Side Two.  Side Three (on 2nd record) has some light surface scratches and scuffing at the first song, but no sound problems.  Side Four also has a few light surface scratches in one area, which caused no problems.  None of this caused any sound problems for Side 2, 3, and 4!  No skips, pops, or barely any crackles on the other sides!  Here's a minute and 50-second audio/video to hear the great sound quality.  The other sides sound better than this Side 1.   

I rate the cover as just Very Good (VG) due to worn seam sides.  But the records get an Excellent (EX) to Very Good Plus (VG+) for sound quality and maybe Very Good Plus (VG+) for visual look even though the surface scratches on sides 2,3, 4 didn't cause any problems.   __________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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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.