DAVID BOWIE (LP/33rpm) The World of David Bowie(1970 UK Imp) Decca SPA 58 (VG)
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Here is David Bowie's album (LP/33rpm) entitled "The World of David Bowie" From 1970. On Decca SPA 58, Stereo. Imported from UK and it's been in Cleveland all these years. Stamped Matrix reads: ZAL-9453.P-1W. No one knew too much about Bowie yet in 1970. Cleveland was his first USA gig at the Music hall. This LP is more mellow and folkie for David Bowie. It's not the Ziggy thing. But it was the start for him. Nice voice.
Side 1: Uncle Arthur; Love You Till Tuesday; There is a Happy Land; Little Bombardier; Sell Me A Coat; Silly Boy Blue; The London Boys
Side 2: Karma Man; Rubber Band; Let Me Sleep Beside You; Come and Buy My Toys; She's Got Medals; In the Heat of the Morning; When I Live My Dream.
I had a copy of this same LP back in January which sold then, but it was in an Excellent shape. This one isn't quite as good a shape as that one was. The cover is in pretty good shape except for some wrinkles on the laminated cover and some light fade marks all around, but mainly if you put it near a light. No torn seams. Very minor wear at the corners. Side seam where the artist name can be seen is in great shape. Back cover has some dark marks as ringwear and the owner's name penned in blue ink next to a song. The blue Decca label on Side 1 is partially removed at the very top mid area, as you can see from the full-size photo of Side one record. Couple of scuff marks and owner's initials are penned in on the label, too. Label on Side 2 has a little tear of the label at the upper left side. Comes with a special inner sleeve--paper with plastic middle.Vinyl: I posted a couple of pictures the best I could to show the type of surface scratches and scuffs I see on both sides. There are quite a few. Long and short ones. I only felt one tiny scratch on side 1 across track 4 Little Bombardier. There were no skips or pops, but I did hear lots of light crackles. You must listen to the sound bite to decide if you are okay with these. Some tunes have more crackles than others. Mainly in the beginning tracks on both sides. Email me here and I will send you the link to download from filedropper.com. You don't have to sign up with them. Copy and paste the link and it takes you right to the sound bite page where you will hit the Download The File and it starts going into your PC and will open in whatever format you may have set it to (itunes, Windows media player, etc.). That's why the LP is only getting a VG grading due to a lot of the crackles in a lot of the tracks.
I rate the album cover as Very Good (VG) to Very Good Plus (VG+) because of the laminated UK cover which is kind of cool. The vinyl gets a Very Good (VG) only due to the crackles or better depending on what type of turntable/speakers you might have.
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SHIPPING: Will ship within one-two days of receiving payment via Paypal and will ship between Monday and Friday. Will ship in 45 rpm and LP mailers with inserts and bubblewrap for protection. Will provide tracking number also within the USA. Ships out of the Cleveland, Ohio area. I will ship via First Class mail to Great Britain, Germany, France, Netherlands, and Japan for $13.00 shipping charges on one to two 7-inch 45 rpm records (under 8 oz.) and $21.00 for 12-inch albums (over 9 oz.). Canada shipments are $10.00 for one or two 7-inch 45 rpm records (under 8 oz) and $15.00 for a 12" LP or two (over 9 oz). (Postage rates increased in 2016 for non-USA countries, unfortunately!) For overseas countries, Ebay will email you the invoice which includes this shipping charge over and above the winning bid. You are responsible for customs' duties charges, if any.
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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. LP cover should have no creases, folds, seam splits or similar defects.
NM-: Near Mint Minus (My grading item/description). 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 the cover and cover probably has seam splits. But, amazingly, for the vinyl, 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.
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