John Lee Hooker; Sings the Blues, Riverside 12-321; MONO, DG, blue lbl OG copy

$

66

And this right here .... all. day. long. Man, you never find this old John Lee stuff on Riverside -- I mean, it's just rare .... and the condition on this one is pretty solid, vinyl wise. The cover is OK, but man ... I can't believe I found one to offer.

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VINYL: Weaker VG+ (6.5 of 10) TRUE OG press ... no Inc on the label. Deep groove, original blue labels ... an amazing record. It does have light scuffing on it. There might be a light scratch here or there ... but overall it's actually pretty good. Plays well, straight through with a light crackle on and off throughout, but nothing constant, and nothing intrusive. It's not bad ... I tried to capture the imperfections, but it was actually pretty difficult. 
COVER: VG- (5.0 of 10) So the art is good, the liner notes are fine, and the corners are OK. But someone taped both seams and the spine ... it was actually done pretty well, but they are all taped.
_______ Now the standard messages:

GRADING: Yes I use standard grading. HOWEVER, I will NEVER use the word "mint" or "near mint" to describe a used LP ... sorry, won't do it. The highest I go is VG+. I use a number after to more represent a combination of how the vinyl looks and how it sounds. 10 is the best. I'll describe what I see in addition. I've found the combination of these two can minimize expectation gaps. But ask questions when in doubt.

CLEANING: Yes. All vinyl is cleaned ... on my own machine I made. Vacuum machine. I wash and rinse with my own formula cleaners -- once with my enzyme cleaner, and rinsed with my own distilled water/alcohol formula. ... this process has worked for me for years.

TESTING: Yes. I've listened to the records I sell. I play on a Lenco L70, via Denon 103 MC cart; tube preamp, a Dynaco ST-70 all tube amp to KLH 17 speakers. An super tubey setup, right!?
SHIPPING: $4.99 for anywhere Media Mail, domestic. Overseas is BY WEIGHT, so check that weight before bidding, you overseas-ers! LPs shipped in a proper box with plastic sleeve, and yes, vinyl shipped outside the sleeve. 
RETURNS: Generally a no go, unless you have a compelling reason. But if there's a serious problem, I'm sure we can figure it out with a return. I mean, I am an adult ... allegedly. But I do try to describe accurately, offer time for questions, and I deal in used records, not new stuff ... yes, it's always kind of a gamble buying via eBay, which is why I try to do my best to make an objective attempt to describe the LP in question. ASK QUESTIONS WHEN IN DOUBT. I promise, we can make this an easy transaction