JOHN MARTYN (LP/33rpm) Solid Air. 1973. Island SW-9325. (EX)

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John Martyn's LP here entitled Solid Air from 1973.  He has a bluesy style that is haunting. And some of the songs sound like acoustic versions.  Very interesting!  His original name was Iain David McGeachy OBE (11 September 1948 – 29 January 2009), and was a British singer-songwriter and guitarist.  The matrix reads:  SW-1-9325 Z3.

You can see his songs on the label photo shots here.  The front cover has white ringwear showing all around the black cover.  It has a cut hole at the upper left corner.  The side seam is worn as you can see in the side seam photo.  The seams are not torn yet.  Back cover has white ringwear, too.  But the vinyl is shiny!  Side 1 only has several really light fine surface scratches and Side 2 has about 4 scuffs.  Can only see this under a super bright lamp.  But I played the LP through with flying colors!   No skips, pops, or crackles! 

I grade the cover sleeve as Very Good (VG) only due to the ringwear, but the vinyl gets an Excellent (EX) for quality sound!

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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.