Lance Haywood At The Half Moon Hotel Montego Bay RARE 1st Island Ernest Ranglin
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Description
The rare first album issued by Island Records, THE Island Records to become of great fame. This is one of only two albums recorded, produced and pressed in Jamaica, the company soon after relocated to England.
Plays through all the way with no skips, has some persistent background static and occasional louder pops. I doubt that the original recording and engineering was exactly state of the art and due to inherent limitations and I doubt any copy can be expected to play without some noise. Visually the vinyl appears to be a decent VG with some gloss still and no bad scratches. It plays Good plus to Very Good minus. Side one plays a little better than side two.
Relaxed island flavored lounge music on side one and jazz guitar on side two. Copies consistently sell in the hundreds of dollars when they can be found.
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Grading of LP record albums:
Mint: Not part of our vocabulary in general, but would refer to a sealed unopened record.
Near Mint: Looks brand new.
Near Mint minus: Very close to new, appears to have been played possibly a few times. Perhaps a few tiny blemishes.
Very Fine or Excellent: Still close to new and only slightly used, a few faint marks or sleeve scratches. Only if the music level is soft is it possible to hear a hint of surface static.
Very Good plus: Light scratches possible but nothing even close to bad. Surface noise is generally not heard during the music.
Very Good: May have a number of light scratches but still nothing bad. Surface noise can generally be heard during the music but does not interfere with it. note: Few record albums made in the 50's or 60's actually play any better than VG or VG+ regardless of their appearance.
Very Good minus: The surface noise rivals the music.
Good plus: No awful scratches but will have a lot of them. Surface noise has overtaken the music.
Good: Still plays, can't say much more for it.
Jackets & Sleeves are graded by standard paper criteria such as would be used for comic books or trading cards.
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