LEAVES (THE) (LP/MONO) HEY JOE. Mira Records LP 3005. 1966. VG/VG+

$

30

Here are The Leaves with their LP Hey Joe from 1967.  It's mono.  On Mira Records LP 3005.  They were from California.  Matrix reads:  66-2098-A.

Comes in a plain white inner sleeve which I will provide.  The cover sleeve looks great on both sides but back side shows some darker age spots at the left side and lighter ones at the top and right side.  There are 2 check marks on 2 song titles.  Something to note:  The back cover song titles have #6 as HEY JOE!, but on the label it is only HEY JOE (no exclamation mark).  And 5th song side two shows just Good Bye, My Lover, but the label has a hyphen in it and no comma (GOOD-BYE MY LOVER). The spine seam is in good shape.  Only slight wear to the two corners on the open seam corners. 

Vinyl:  Side 1 (or A):   There are about 15 various tiny and longer light surface scratches, unfeelable.  And a couple of scuffs. 

Side 2 (or B):  Also as many as Side A!  And some scuffs, but all were unfeelable.  Saw them under a super bright lamp.  And put a few photos of the scratches here.  The label also has a lot of spindle marks/scratches.

I played it through on my Technics turntable and it played very good!  No skips, pops, or crackles!  I was surprised!  Those surface scratches were too light to cause any sound quality problems, so this has some good life to it yet!  I did hear the normal (but very light) tics here and there during quiet times and also mainly at the beginning of a couple of tunes.  But then they would disappear after a few seconds of tics.  That's why I include a Filedropper link here so you can decide for yourself if this is good enough for what you are looking for.  I recorded a minute or less of all the songs so you might hear the tics.  You decide.  

https://www.filedropper.com/filemanager/public.php?service=files&t=3eaea2dc6e31a25afc75eb1d91962c8d

I rate the LP cover sleeve as VG+ as due to no tears and in pretty good shape!  The vinyl gets a Very Good Plus (VG+) as the sound is pretty good, but the visual look is more like a Very Good (VG) with the surface scratches showing up (but not causing a sound problem with quality!)

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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.