BILLIE HOLIDAY: All Or Nothing At All (rare jazz vinyl LP) (Mono) NEAR MINT/MINT

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84

Artist: Billie Holiday Album: All or Nothing at All Year: 1958 Label Description: Black Verve Label with Silver writing Cover Grading: Near Mint  Album Grading: Near Mint
Additional Notes: You are bidding on a NEAR MINT original copy of Billie Holiday "All or Nothing at All" as released in 1958 on Verve Records. On eBay most copies of this album are VG or VG+. The album was recorded in 1956 and 1957. Includes "Cheek to Cheek", "Our Love is Here to Stay" and the title track "All or Nothing at All". There may be a small ownership sticker on the album, but other than that, it looks BRAND NEW. As such, it has not been played to prevent any issues. As such, there will be a reserve placed on this item.
This record belonged to one collector, never before sold and professionally stored. Questions about the listing (including shipping) should be asked BEFORE bidding. Discounts are available to buyers of multiple LPs, but will depend on the total weight of the package and how many LPs are purchased. Though we ask for two business days in handling, it is our goal to have the record packaged and ready to be mailed within one business day of cleared payment (not counting federal holidays or any day that mail is not delivered or accepted).
Buyers are expected to pay for winning bids within four days of auction ending. Records will be carefully wrapped in cardboard and newspaper, separating the record from the cover to avoid stress on the cover during shipping. 
Please Note: Records are visually graded under bright light by more than one person. The average of their rating is what is used to classify each record, which is logged in, cleaned of fingerprints and dust, and then photographed. Inventory is simply too large to listen to each album, but records that are severely scratched are not listed. Record is also extensively photographed before being packed to ship.
International buyers should be aware that I do not want to haggle back and forth over the shipping rates, and as the post office has recently increased their rates, I have in turn, increased mine. 
Grading Scale for Buyer Reference:

 MINT (M): Perfect! This record looks like it has just left the manufacturer, with NO flaws what so ever. It looks as though it had never been handled. No scuffs or scratches, blotches or stains. No stickers address labels, writing on the covers or labels. No tears or seam splits. No wear to the cover or record period! Age of the record has nothing to do with it.

NEAR MINT or NM, M- : this record appears virtually flawless A very minor scuff and very little else can appear on the vinyl. It should play without any noise over the flaw. The flaw is very hard to see. The cover looks as close to perfect with only minor signs of wear and or age. Minor impressions to the cover (due to the outer edge of the vinyl resting inside) may be acceptable, however the artwork is be as close to perfect as can be.

EXCELLENT or EX or VG++ : minor scuffs which are only slightly visible. There may be more than a few scuffs and NO Scratches COVER: Artwork is still as close to perfect as can be. Some impression to the cover (minor outer ring wear) but no ink wear! Some slight creases to the corners, but not wrinkled and obtrusive to the eye. The corners can show white (where the artwork pasted slick was) meaning, slight wear. No seam splits or writing on the cover or taped repairs can make this grade.

VERY GOOD PLUS or VG+ record shows wear, surface scuffs. The vinyl still has a great luster, but the flaws will be noticeable to the naked eye. If the flaws don't cause any surface noise, the vinyl can still make the VG+ grade. COVERS: A virtually clean cover, but may have small writing on it.The artwork looks clean with slightly more aging. The back of the cover usually gives away the age of the cover. Flat white paper will be somewhat yellow yet no stains or mildew from water damage. Some minor wear to the seams or spine, but no tears or holes popping through. The corners will be slightly dog eared yet no crackly bends, defacing the artwork. In essence, a VG+ cover should have no more than 3 flaws mentioned.

VERY GOOD or VG: this record is a record that is good enough. They are not really going to look very good, but it will STILL play very good. there will almost always be some surface noise when they are played. The Dynamics should still be excellent, overpowering the surface noise. A VG record will appear well have been played but still have some luster. VG covers will look worn, used. There may be some seam splitting . There will be some ring wear, where the ink has begun to wear off. Giving the cover a look of snow falling. If the artwork looks snowy all over, it is less than VG condition. There may be some writing on the cover (still, no Large letters in magic marker). It will look aged and more yellowish due to contamination's in the air (sometimes looking like cigarette smoke). Still it should be decent.

GOOD or G A good record will look very well played, dull, grayish and possibly abused. However a Good record should still play. It will have distracting surface noise. Such as crackle that is continuous or some hiss. Will also have some loss of dynamics caused from grooves being worn. It should play without any skips or any obtrusively loud pops or repeated clicks, caused by deep scratches. Good means that it will play with some form of decency, so one can still enjoy the music even though you can still hear noise caused from the wear. A Good cover will have just about everything wrong with it. It will have seam splits (possibly taped repaired, but only with scotch tape. No duct tape or masking tape repairs. These are big turn offs. May have magic marker writing on the cover but still if they are in huge letters, it is a big turn off.In essence, the cover will looked virtually trashed, but some artwork will still be noticed. If the artwork is worn, it is POOR and the cover is worthless.

On a scale from 1 (Poor) to 10 (Perfect) the above gradings are equivalent to:
MINT - 10, Near Mint - 8, Excellent - 7, Very Good Plus - 6 , Very Good - 5 , Good - 2