YARDBIRDS, Little Games, LP 1967, Epic LN 24313 (VG+)

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The Yardbirds 1967 LP Little Games with Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin). On the yellow label they spelled Chris Dreja's last name incorrectly as Ereja a couple of times!  Side 1: Little Games; Smile on Me; White Summer; Tinker Tailor, Soldier, Sailor; Glimpses. Side 2: Drinking Muddy Water; No Excess Baggage; Stealing, Stealing; Only the Black Rose; Little Soldier Boy.

The cover has a drill hole upper left corner along with some corner wear there.  Reverse side in that same corner has some tape on it to hold down the wear.  There is a light wrinkle towards the right side middle of front cover.  Just general wear or fading a bit all along the edges.  The back cover has white fade spots all over and check marks in ink after the song titles.  Two initials (DL) written at upper left hand corner of back, also. 

For a 1967 LP, it's not too bad of a cover sleeve. The inner sleeve is just a plain tan one. Gave the sleeve a G+, but it might be a little better in someone else's eyes.

The vinyl is great. It played beautifully on my turntable. No skips, no obvious crackling. There are only a few light surfaces scratches and a light scuff here and there, but none are deep, nor affect the sound quality. (You can't feel the scuffs or scratches.) The label has no markings.  For a 1967 LP, I'm impressed at the lack of many scratches and such!  I rate the vinyl as a VG+ to Excellent (EX).

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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.