THE BEATLES YESTERDAY AND TODAY LP ST-8-2553 CAPITOL RECORD CLUB 82553 1

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HELLO MUSIC LOVERS.

CHECKED USING AN ORTOFON 2M BRONZE THIN-LINE STYLUS TRACKING AT 1.4 GRAMS.

VISUAL = VG+

BOTH SIDES OF THE VINYL STILL HAS GLOSS TO THEM. SOME LITE SMUDGES AND STORAGE WEAR. THE HAIRLINES VARY IN LENGTH AND ARE LITE. ON SIDE 1 THERE IS A SMALL AND LITE SERIES, 3 OR 4 REVOLUTINS MAYBE, OF A NEEDLE MARK COMING OUT OF TRACK 4 'DR. ROBERT' INTO TRACK 5 'YESTERDAY'. ON THE GOOD SIDE, I'DE SAY IT'S VISUALLY LITE (if there is such a thing) AND IT PLAYED RIGHT THROUGH WITHOUT AN ISSUE. ALSO ON SIDE 1 YOU'LL NOTICE A SMUDGE OR A SCRATCH AT ABOUT 9 O'CLOCK THAT YOU'LL THINK YOU'LL HEAR. IT SMALL ABOUT HALF AN INCH LONG. I DIDN'T NOTICE IT WHILE LISTENING TO IT.

THE COVER HAS A SEEM SPLIT ON THE BOTTOM FROM THE SLEEVE SIDE TO PAULS HANDS. ABOUT 6 INCHES. SIDE AND TOP SPINES OK. SMALL TO TINY DINGS ON CORNERS. MODERATE TO MAYBE A BIT HEAVIER OVERALL WEAR ON COVER. #16 COVER. 3 BARS. VG. DON'T THINK IT MAKES VG+. PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE NO RIPS.

THE LABEL ISSUE ON SIDE 1 LOOKS TO ME LIKE IT HAPPENED AT THE MANUFACTURER. WHEN HELD AT THE RIGHT ANGLE YOU CAN SEE PRINTING THAT LOOKS TO BE THE SAME TYPE AND SIZE. DOESN'T LOOK LIKE FROM ANY ABUSE. SIDE 2 LABEL IS FINE. 

SONIC = VG++

SIDE 1

SONGS 1,2,4 AND 5 I FELT DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES. SONG 3 MAY HAVE A TINY BIT OF 'IGD' ON SOME OF JOHN'S HARDER 'S' WORDS. YOU MAY NOTICE IT TOO. I DIDN'T FIND IT OFFENSIVE.

SONG 6 I DIDN'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH. BUT IT MAY BE IN THE BEGINNING THROWS OF STARTING TO DEVELOPE SOME 'IGD' ONLY ON RINGOS VOICE AT INTERMITTANT TIMES. NOWHERE NEAR BEING OFFENSIVE AT ALL.

SIDE 2

SONG 1 HAD A LITE BIT OF LEADIN NOISE FROM THE D/W THAT CLEARED VERY QUICK. OTHERWISE NO ISSUE.

SONGS 2,3 AND 4 I FELT HAD NO ISSUES.

SONG 5 HAD 1 TIC. IT ALSO RESEMBLED THE SYMPTOMS OF SONG 6 ON SIDE 1 TO MY EAR. NO ISSUE.

NOT REALLY TOO MUCH TO COMPLAIN ABOUT AUDIBLY. STILL SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. JUST THE USUAL D/W ISSUES THAT MOST VG++ ALBUMS HAVE.

THOUGHT THE OVERALL SURFACE NOISE WAS LOW. IF YOU DON'T MIND THE VISUAL LITE NEEDLE MARK ISSUE, THIS STILL SOUNDS FINE! 

IF YOUR LIKE ME THIS IS THE "PARANOID" PART. I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING FOR OVER 45 YEARS AND REALIZE EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT VIEWS ON THE MATTER SO  I GRADE EACH PIECE OF VINYL UNDER A VERY VERY BRIGHT HALOGEN LAMP THAT SHOWS EVERYTHING. NOTHING CAN HIDE. I'VE FOUND THIS METHOD MOST RELIABLE. I DO THIS AS A HOBBY AND I'M NOT A DEALER SO DON'T WORRY.  IF THE ITEM YOU RECEIVE IS NOT AS DESCRIBED PLEASE CONTACT ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND WE WILL RESOLVE THE ISSUE! I WANT GOOD KARMA AND GOOD FEEDBACK AS I'M SURE YOU DO AS WELL. I'M FAIR AND EASY TO DEAL WITH. I GRADE REALISTICALLY AND TRUTHFULLY. IF AN ALBUM FALLS BETWEEN GRADES I GO WITH THE LOWER GRADE AND TELL YOU WHY. I'DE RATHER BE ACCUSED OF UNDER GRADING RATHER THAN OVER GRADING. I AM LIQUIDATING MY COLLECTION. ONCE IT'S GONE, IT'S GONE. HOPE THEY GET A GOOD HOME. I WILL NOT OFFER YOU ANYTHING SUB-PAR.

SEALED = SEALED BY THE FACTORY.

MINT = I DON'T USE THIS. TO ME SEALED IS MINT.

NEAR MINT OR NM = MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE VERY LIGHT STORAGE MARKS, SCUFFS OR SMUDGES OR BLEMISHES.(whatever your terminology) HAIRLINES. OVERALL THE VINYL LOOKS NEW.

VG++ = SHOWS SOME SIGNS OF HAVING BEEN PLAYED. LIGHT SCUFFS, HAIRLINES, BLEMISHES, STORAGE MARKS MIGHT BE PREVALENT. VINYL STILL LOOKS "NEWISH".

VG+ = SHOWS MORE SIGNS OF PLAY. SAME AS ABOVE BUT WITH A FEW MORE VISUAL IMPARITIES. STILL WELL CARED FOR AND DESIRABLE.

VG = OBVIOUS SIGNS OF WEAR. HEAVIER SCUFFS/ HAIRLINES /SCRATCHES.

G = A WHOLE LOT OF WARE, SCUFFS, SCRATCHES. MAY EVEN SKIP. GOOD ONLY AS A FILLER COPY (at this point in my opinion.) 

              SONIC GRADES 

THERE HAVE BEEN ALBUMS I'VE SEEN THAT LOOK GREAT BUT SOUND HORRIFIC AND ALBUMS THAT LOOK HORRIFIC BUT SOUND GREAT SO I'LL TRY AND GIVE YOU A SONIC REVIEW ALSO IN AN ATTEMPT TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION AND HOPEFULLY NO "SURPRISES" FOR THE ITEM SHOULD YOU BUY. OBVIOUSLY ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO DOCUMENT EVERY FLAW BUT THIS IS JUST A GUIDE I CAME UP WITH. IT'S NOT ETCHED IN STONE. HOPE ITS HELPFUL. 

MINT = DOES IT EXIST IN THE FIRST PLACE? IF SO, THEN ABSOLUTELY NO NOISE OF ANY KIND WHAT SO EVER. NO SURFACE NOISE, NO TICKS, CLICKS AND ABSOLUTELY NO POPS OF ANY KIND. USED VERY VERY SPARINGLY IF AT ALL. (I have mfsl and 180 g albums that have surface noise, you probably do too. Just being realistic here.) 

NM = VERY LITTLE TO NO SURFACE NOISE. MAYBE THE TINIEST TIC OR TICS MAY OCCASIONALLY BE NOTICED. BUT VERY SPARSE IF AT ALL.

VG++ = MAY OR MAY NOT BE STARTING TO DEVELOP SOME SURFACE NOISE. USUALLY FOUND IN THE QUIET PARTS OF THE TUNE AND DEAD WAX AREAS. THERE MAY BE SOME OCCASIONAL LIGHT TICS. MAY OR MAY NOT BE LIGHT CLICKS HEAR AND THERE.

VG+ = AT THIS POINT I THINK IT STARTS TO GET A BIT MORE DIFFICULT FOR SOME OF US. THE VINYL MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE STARTED TO DEVELOP SOME SURFACE NOISE. 'IGD' MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE AUDIBLE AT THIS POINT. THERE PROBABLY IS  SOME OF THOSE ANNOYING TICS AND CLICKS THAT ARE MORE FREQUENT AND FROM LIGHT TO MODERATE. DARE I SAY THERE MAY EVEN BE THE DREADED "POP" BUT STILL RETAINS MOST(ALOT MORE THAN HALF) OF ITS QUALITY OF SOUND. MOST OF US WOULD STILL FIND THIS ACCEPTABLE.

VG = GRADES LIKE VG+ BUT WITH MORE SURFACE NOISE, SOUND QUALITY HAS DETERIORATED, TICS AND CLICKS MORE PRONOUNCED AND FREQUENT. MAY HAVE A FEW POPS.

G = EVEN MORE SURFACE NOISE, TICS AND CLICKS/POPS PREVALENT.  STILL RETAINS SOME SONIC QUALITY.

P = VERY POOR CONDITION, HEAVY SCRATCHES AND SCUFFS, MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE SONIC QUALITY IS GONE.

THE EQUIPMENT USED ARE A PRO-JECT RM5.1SE WITH AN ORTOFON 2M BRONZE CARTRIDGE.

THIS IS A HOBBY THAT I REALLY ENJOY. BEEN AT IT FOR OVER 45 YEARS SO I THINK I KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE MY ITEMS. I PLAY GRADE. I AM REALISTIC IN GRADING. I LISTEN TO THEM MORE THAN I LOOK AT THEM.  SO I GUESS IF YOUR THE KIND OF PERSON THAT CAN'T TOLERATE ANY KIND OF VISUAL IMPURITY THAT MAY OR MAY NOT IMPACT THE QUALITY OF THE SOUND YOU MAY WANT TO MOVE ON.  IF YOUR THE KIND OF PERSON THAT LISTENS JUST FOR THE DEFECTS THEN THE ONLY THING THAT MAY SATISFY YOU IS A SEALED COPY. I ATTEMPT TO BE AS REALISTIC AS POSSIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO GRADING AND HOPE NOT TO OFFEND ANYONE. I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS THE BEST SYSTEM, IT JUST WORKS WELL FOR ME.

I WILL PACK YOUR ITEM AS I WOULD WANT MY RECORD PACKED USING NEW QUALITY RECORD PACKING MATERIALS. I PREFER TO SHIP THE ALBUM INSIDE THE JACKET. I THINKS IT ADDS AN EXTRA LAYER TO PROTECT THE VINYL WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. ALL RECORDS WILL COME WITH A NEW QUALITY INNER SLEEVE AS WELL AS THE ORIGINAL(IF APPLICABLE). ALL RECORDS WILL COME WITH A NEW QUALITY OUTER SLEEVE AS WELL.

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