BLUE MITCHELL BLUES MOODS STEREO LP RECORD RIVERSIDE RLP 9336

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HI AGAIN.

VISUAL = VG+

THE VINYL HAS A COUPLE OF SCRATCHES THAT YOU'LL NOTICE SONICALLY ON SIDE 1 (MORE ON THAT BELOW). ALSO THERE ARE LITE AND MODERATE HAIRLINES, A FEW SCUFFS, SOME STORAGE MARKS BUT NOT MANY AND ON THE LITE SIDE. STILL RETAINS SOME GLOSS. THIS ALBUM IS KIND OF A "SLEEPER" IN MY OPINION. NOT MUCH TO LOOK AT BUT STILL SOUNDS ACCEPTABLE.

SIDE 2 LOOKS JUST A BIT BETTER VISUALLY. I DON'T THINK I'M BEING TOO LIBERAL WITH THIS VISUAL GRADE BUT I'VE SEEN WORSE, I'M SURE YOU SEEN THEM TOO. THE LAMINATED COVER IS VG TO MAYBE VG+. THE SPINE LOOKS OK. MORE 'SHELF WEAR" ON THE TOP THAN THE BOTTOM. SEAM IS SPLITTING AT THE TOP RIGHT FRONT CORNER ABOUT 3/4 " LONG. 3&1/2 INCH VEIN ON COVER. OTHER CORNERS DINGED BUT LOOK OK. NOT MUCH AT ALL ON THE RING WEAR FRONT OR BACK. LOOK LIKE JUST OVERALL WEAR ON THE FRONT. THIS ALBUM CAME WITH WHAT LOOKS LIKE A WAX PAPER TYPE INNER SLEEVE. HALF INCH SPLIT ON ONE SIDE, 2 OR 3 TINY RIPS AT TOP.

SONIC = VG+ OR BETTER?

LET ME PREFACE THIS BY SAYING THAT THERE IS A TOUCH OF SONIC DISTORTION ON THE "TOP END" OF THE TRUMPET. MORE NOTICEABLE WHEN HE LAYS INTO (LOUDER PASSAGE) IT. ALL OTHER INSTRUMENTS SOUNDED FINE, UNLESS NOTED BELOW. SO IT IS REALLY QUITE TOLERABLE IN MY OPINION. I WAS CRANKIN' IT WHILE LISTENING! TWICE!

 SIDE 1.

SONG 1. A BIT OF NOISE IN THE DEADWAX INTO THE TUNE THEN CLEARED UP A BIT. THE SCRATCHED AREA (AS I MENTIONED IN THE VISUAL) IS AT ABOUT 11 OCLOCK AND IS ABOUT 1&1/2" LONG AND IS FOR THE MOST PART REPETATIVE BUT SONICALLY IT IS ON THE LITE SIDE AND COMES AND GOES THRU THE FIRST 2 SONGS. I KNOW ANY TIC OR CLICK IS ANNOYING BUT THIS ISN'T THAT BAD.

THE 3RD SONG I FELT HAD NO ISSUE.

4TH SONG WAS OK UNTILL TWORDS THE END THE SONIC DISTORTION ON THE TRUMPET WAS A LITTLE MORE NOTICEABLE IN A FEW SPOTS, AS DID THE PIANO BUT IT WAS INTERMITTANT, VERY SHORT AND QUICK WHEN IT DID OCCURE.

SIDE 2.  LESS SURFACE NOISE.

SONG 1. A LITTLE DEADWAX NOISE AT INTRO. JUST THE SLIGHT TRUMPET ISSUE. SONGS 3,4 MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE MORE TRUMPET ISSUE? 

NOT A WHOLE LOT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT ON THIS SIDE I THOUGHT.

I WAS IMPRESSED WITH WHAT I THOUGHT WAS AN OVER ALL SURPRISINGLY LOW LEVEL OF SURFACE NOISE, ESPECIALLY ON SIDE 2.  

THIS IS STILL A VERY GOOD SOUNDING ALBUM. PIANO SOUNDS GOOD, CYMBALS TOO. ALL THE INSTURMENTS ARE THERE, JUST THE TRUMPET ISSUE AND I DON'T BELIEVE ITS ALL THE TIME.

AGAIN, THE GOOD OUT WEIGHS THE BAD.

NICE COPY, UNTILL/IF YOU CAN FIND ANOTHER.

                                                                GRADING SYSTEM

IF YOUR LIKE ME THIS IS THE "PARANOID' PART. I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING FOR OVER 40 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. I RATHER BE ACCUSED OF UNDER GRADING RATHER THAN OVER GRADING.

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. SAME AS ABOVE BUT WITH A DECREASE IN QUALITY OF SOUND.

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. 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 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 I USE TO CHECK THESE ARE A PRO-JECT RM5.1SE

                                       WITH A SUMIKO BLUE POINT#2 CARTRIDGE.

THIS IS A HOBBY THAT I REALLY ENJOY. BEEN AT IT FOR OVER 40 YEARS SO I THINK I KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE MY ITEMS. MOST OF THE TIME THE ALBUM OFFERED WILL BE PLAY GRADED OR AT THE VERY LEAST CHECKED IN SPOTS IF NEEDED. 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. IF YOU WOULD LIKE IT SHIPPED OUTSIDE THE JACKET PLEASE LET ME KNOW.  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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