Marvin Gaye - What's Going on - 1971 UK 1st Press Vinyl LP

	£		27
	$		36

Marvin Gaye - 'What's Going On'  

Tamla Motown - STML 11190 - UK 1971

Vinyl/Sleeve: VG/VG+

Matrix: (a) STML 11190 A-2  

             (b) STML 11190 B-2 

Vinyl: Very Good  

This record has been machine cleaned and play checked by myself. Playback would grade very good + bordering excellent, however the playing surface has many fine lines scattered across the playing surface - some of which are long, but most of the time, these have no impact on play other than light surface noise. There is a tiny mark at the end of side one that creates a couple of clicks just as the last track is ending. Side two has some low level tics during a quiet passage and fade out of the last track.  

Sleeve: Very Good +  

The textured sleeve is in nice condition considering that the surface usually acquires some rubbing and ring wear. This one has a nice surface apart from some light handlng marks, and no edge wear on the top and bottom. The sleeve is weakened a bit by some wear in the middle of the spine which is close to wearing through. There is also a light mark where a small sticker has been top right - and there is a retailer's sticker on the back top left. This comes complete with it's lyric insert which is in excellent condition.    

Side One:  What's Going On / What's Happening Brother / Flyin' High (In The Friendly Sky) / Save The Children / God Is Love / Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)   

Side Two:  Right On / Wholy Holy / Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)          

Combined postage offered to UK destinations ONLY. I'll send an invoice if you've bought more than one record.

A few words on Vinyl Grades.........

My vinyl grades are pretty much in line with those commonly used here on eBay and other specialist vinyl sites. The descriptions I provide are of equal significance as they will include any details I would consider useful to know when deciding whether to purchase a vinyl record. I normally examine a record’s playing surface in more than one daylight condition, this is because the lighting at different times of day tend to reveal details that might not be noticeable at other times of day. For example, bright angled morning light shining through a window will reveal a multitude of fine lines and dust that are often superficial, and these can distract from significant surface imperfections which might be more noticeable later in the day. Sleeve grades shouldn't really require an explanation, needless to say, the photos and descriptions should speak for themselves.    

Mint (M) : Never played, and the only way you can be fairly confident that it hasn’t been played, is if the record is still sealed (and that’s not foolproof).

Near Mint (NM) : A record that shows hardly any evidence of being played – both in appearance and sound quality.

Excellent (EX) : A record that may have minor surface marks and/or minimal surface noise or tics.

Very Good + (VG+) : The record will be close to excellent but may have some distinct marks or hairlines that may even be feelable - but not to excess. Sound quality may be slightly impaired with light surface noise/crackle or tics.

Very Good (VG) : The record will have several marks or scratches, and/or sound quality that isn’t that great

Good+ (G+) : This will be a record that has many surface marks or scratches and poor sound quality. I wouldn’t normally sell anything that would grade below this (ie ‘good’ or ‘acceptable’). Anything below this grade would probably have skips and I rarely sell records that have skips.