Honey and the Bees, 45 rpm, Please Go Away / Almost Eighteen RARE

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Honey and the Bees, 45 rpm, Please Go Away / Almost Eighteen - REALLY RARE

Artist: Honey and the Bees

Label: Pentagon

Label Selection Number: 500

Genre: Rock/Doo-wop

Songs: Please Go Away / Almost Eighteen

Year Released: 1959

Condition

Record: VG/VG+

Label: VG/VG+
Sleeve: aftermarket

Notes:  This is a really rare beauty, so I am going to be conservative in my grading here.  It has really nice color and lustre.  There are visible light scuffs and a couple of really small, light scratches.  It plays with mostly minor and a little moderate surface noise on both sides.  The label is in really nice condition, but I graded it low because of the small hole that has been punched in the record through the label.  But check out the photos - the label isn’t worn, it doesn’t have a ring, and there are no scuffs of any kind

Each 45 rpm record has been listened to as well as visually inspected.  Each 45 is packaged in a paper sleeve that fits into a plastic sleeve and is then sandwiched between two filler pads and sent in a custom mailer designed for 45 records.

When the description refers to visible scuffs or scuffing, especially if it notes that they are light, these scuff marks have been detected because I look at them with a high intensity light.  The marks are, for the most part, not visible, or barely visible when looked at using natural light or a typical overhead light.

Grading Scale:

Vinyl

SS (Still Sealed)  Perfect, but could be resealed.

M (Mint):  Appears to be factory fresh.  Opened, but perfect in all details.

NM (Near Mint):  Nearly perfect.  No obvious signs of wear.  One or two very minor issues like a small scratch or scuff, a spindle mark, etc.

VG+ (Very good plus):  Shows some signs it was played / handled, yet well taken care of.  Shows slight signs of wear.  May have slight scuffs or very light scratches that don’t affect listening.  Good lustre.  Minor surface noise.

VG (Very good):  Noticeable surface noise is evident, especially in soft passages and during the song’s intro and fade.  Groove wear starts to be noticeable as do light scratches (deep enough to feel with a
fingernail).  Perhaps some very slight warping and/or dulling of the surface or very minor staining.

G+ (Good plus):  Significant surface noise and scratching.  Visible groove wear.  Some noticeable warping, but it doesn’t affect play.  No skipping or jump-backs.  Some dulling.

G (Good):  Any of the above are increased. One or two ticks where there is a tiny skip or jump-back.

F/P  (Fair/poor):  All of the above are bad, it’s warped, and you can’t play it without irritating skipping / jump-backs.

Labels

M:  Mint.  Appears to be factory fresh.  Opened, but  perfect in all details.

NM:  Only the smallest signs that it was ever played.  Essentially perfect.  Bright, clean, unmarked.

VG+:   May have a little ring wear or discoloration, but it should be barely noticeable.  Center hole shows no signs of being misshapen due to repeated play.  May have minor imperfections (residue, initials).

VG:  May be marred by writing or have tape or stickers or their residue attached.   Some fading of letters/numbers,  Scratches/scuffs, very small tears.

G+:  Scratched or scraped, some discoloration, some light tearing. Pronounced fading.  Center hole may be slightly out of round.

G  Any of the above are noticeably worse / bad.

F/P:  Label is barely readable, badly torn, label is missing on one side, perhaps both.

Sleeves

M:  Mint.  Appears to be factory fresh.  Opened, but perfect in all details.

NM: Nearly perfect.  Perhaps a very small amount of very light scuffing, almost invisible surface wear, one small dogged corner, or another sign of slight handling.

VG+: Some slight surface wear, lightly turned-up corners, or a very slight tear or seam split.  May have a little discoloration.

VG:  Increased signs of wear, maybe some wrinkles, more noticeable folds/bends. Perhaps some slight tearing or splitting.  Perhaps some small staining.  No extreme (or close) damage.

G+:  More noticeable wear than VG.  One or two aspects of wear are serious.

G:  More extreme wear in any of the G+ aspects.

F/P:  It’s thrashed.