Coleman Hawkins; SOUL, Prestige 7149, mono, Bergenfield fireworks, RVG stamp

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 What you're looking at: Coleman's best, in my opinion. This session features Kenny Burrell -- and it's amazing. The vinyl is a deep groove RVG pressing, mono with fireworks on the label. The vinyl has very few very light scratches. The real only defect is on side A that has some swirl smudges -- but still pretty light. Overall, it plays fantastic and I'll formally rate the LP at a very solid VG. The cover is a VG+ with the only defect being tape on the edges -- but the odd thing is that there are no splits! So apparantly the original owner REALLY wanted to protect the seams.

How it stacks up:

RECORD: Very Solid VG (6.5 of 10) A few defects being very small, very light scratches here and there and a swirl smudge on side A. It plays fantastic though. High gloss and generally very clean.

SLEEVE: VG+ (8.0 of 10) Beautiful gloss. The only problem is tape on the seams. For some reason the previous owner REALLY wanted to protect seams because there are NO SPLITS! General age as well.

ATTENTION: I am now pleased to say that all records are vacuum cleaned prior to shipping!!

MY GRADING SCALE:

OK, my goal is to be as specific as I can without being too wordy. I give one of these (from worst to best): G, VG-, VG, VG+, VG++. That's it. No more letters, thus VG++ is an amazing record. 

NM, and M, do NOT exist in this grading scale.

AFTER THE GENERAL GRADING SCALE, I have a number, which is meant to be more specific. I find that a number is more specific than a general opinion. This is meant to give you a more-specific idea of what you are getting into audio-quality wise.

- I play with a customized Thorens TD 165 with a Denon 103 MM cartridge (YEAH!!) through Polk Speakers and a Pioneer receiver.

RETURNS: I do offer a TWO week grace period for returns (that means the buyer pays shipping to me). I give plenty of chances to see what you’re buying (audio clips if you wish, emails, two part grading system and a full policy description) and, as I see it, the buyer has as much responsibility as the seller to a) know what they are buying and b) have the decency to ask prior to purchase.

US COMBINED SHIPPING: I charge a flat rate of $4 for one record, which covers postage, plastic sleeves, replacement inserts, shipping boxes, etc … If you purchase more, it is $1 extra for each record.

INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING: I do ship overseas, but CHECK THE QUOTE BEFORE BIDDING!!

I hope this answers all questions and concerns; however, if it doesn’t, EMAIL ME. Cheers!