LOVE (with Arthur Lee) LP "Best of Love" on Rhino, 1980 (EX)

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LOVE - band from the '60s with Arthur Lee, the main vocalist.  Famous for that wild song "Seven and Seven Is.  The one where the background guitars and drums are playing so fast it sounds like a super fast train is going by.  This is 'The Best Of Love" on Rhino Records RNLP 800 from 1980.  This LP has My Little Red Book, Hey Joe, and Seven And Seven Is on it, besides others.  You can read them off the photos I posted.  This was one cool band that I still love hearing their tunes to this day.  I didn't know that Bruce Gary, drummer of the reformed LOVE, joined the Knack later!

The front cover has the shrink wrap still on it, but it's opened.  Corners and side seam looks good.  There's a small white price sticker at the front top right corner.  Cover is in fantastic shape.  No ringwear.  Red Rhino label is in great shape.  The vinyl is still shiny.   I only see a few light scuff marks on both sides, but no scratches are noticeable.  Played it through and sound quality was great!  No pops or skips, no crackling.  I don't find an inner sleeve, but will include a plain white one. 

I rate the album cover as Near Mint Minus (NM-) and the LP as Excellent (or very close to NM- too)! 

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Will ship within 1-2 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 7-inch 45 rpm records and $22.00 for 12-inch albums.  Shipping to Canada is $10.00 for a 45 rpm and $15.00 for an LP.  (Postage increased in 2016 by the U.S.P.S. to Canada and overseas 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, if any.

Returns: I follow the eBay policy - 14 days money back, but buyer pays return shipping charges.

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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.