Johnny Cash with his Hot and Blue Guitar LP 1st Press Mono Sun LP IN SHRINK

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Up for auction is a Johnny Cash "with his Hot & Blue Guitar!" vinyl LP released on Sun Records (LP 1220 -- SU-119/248 SU-120/249 matrix). This record is in its original factory shrink wrap, and is an extremely clean copy overall. Grading by goldmine standards as follows:

Cover: EX- Cover is in original factory shrink wrap which fits snug and clean on the entire front and back. There is about a pea-sized hole that led to some light discoloration on the back (see pictures) and some faint discoloration on the front bottom left of the jacket. All sides of the jacket are crisp and clean with no fraying, splits or signs of shelf wear with the exception of a 1/4" section on the bottom right corner where there is a little fraying/split. EXTREMELY clean record.
Record Side 1/2: VG++/VG++ :: This record has been play-tested and plays fantastic. Lead in on both sides is clean with little to no surface hiss or noise. All tracks on side 1 play flawless with the exception of track 2 which has some light surface noise throughout that is audible during quieter parts of the song, and surface noise audible during dead wax between track 1 & 2.  Lead out dead wax on side 1 has some light surface noise.  All tracks on side 2 play flawless with little to no surface noise. Lead out dead wax is very clean on side 2. Over-all, play grade is VG++. Visually, the record is extremely clean. Only 1 or 2 extremely light surface scratches on both sides of the record only visible upon very close inspection. Record is extremely glossy with very little signs of play. There are a few "faded" spots on each side of the record ranging from 1/32" to 1/16" that don't affect playback, but I just want to clarify they're there. Side 2 has some light flaw that appears to be possible pitting between track 5&6 about 1/3" in diameter and only a very few faint marks, or it might just be dirt -- but again this doesn't affect playback in any way, and it's only visible upon very close inspection. Labels on both side are extremely clean with only the faintest spindle wear on side 2 (about 2 marks) and almost no visible spindle wear on side 1. Lables are clean and free of any other visible wear, centered nice and the print and colors are brilliant.  Please note that all of these flaws I'm listing are extremely faint and I'm being 100% upfront with the listing as to be transparent about the condition of the vinyl. Again, I'd grade both sides of the record a Solid VG++/VG++ and the Jacket EX-. For a specimen that is 55 years old, you'll RARELY find one in this good of condition. I have sold roughly 200 records on EBAY in the past 4 years, and this is far and above the cleanest specimen of ANY vintage record I've seen from this era personally, let alone sold. Also, this record could use a professional cleaning -- it's extremely glossy and nice, but there are some fingerprints on it -- I only used a DAK carbon fiber dry cleaner.
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