MEGADETH - CRYPTIC WRITINGS LP - SUPER RARE - U.K. ORIGINAL - STRONG VG+/VG+

$

199

*** Revision 4/8/18 - Due to the value of this item, I've decided to send it double-boxed and insured for the full amount of purchase via USPS Priority Mail, rather than Media Mail, but still at my usual $4.00 flat rate shipping. I'm also offering free shipping if you utilize the buy it now option! ***
Available here is the exceedingly hard to find Capital U.K. release of Megadeth - Cryptic Writings LP (Capital EST-2297)!!! This is a fantastic sounding recording with excellent sonics - so so so much better than the CD! Originally underrated, this record has become more and more respected over time and for good reason - it is a GREAT record and the sound just kills with phenomenal production! And WOW this is hard to find on vinyl - especially if you want one actually located in the U.S. 
Considering the scarcity and value of this record, I'm grading extra-conservative because I want the buyer to be very happy with their purchase! I would ordinarily rate a cover in this condition as NM- because it really is in great shape, but again I'll stick with calling the gatefold cover a very strong VG+ due to a few fingerprints and a bit of shelf wear (honestly, most sellers would call it NM/NM-). The lyric sleeve insert is perfect. The vinyl is very clean and plays NM- throughout with the exception of a faint, but audible, click (NOT POP!) during the last 10 seconds of the fade-out of "Have Cool Will Travel". However, it easily plays through it with zero issue and is not bad at all. It is the only imperfection keeping me from calling this record damn near perfect because it really is! 
Vinyl  = VG+ Cover = VG+

GENERAL INFO:
These LP's are from my personal collection, which I began in 1997 (although I grew up on vinyl in the 70's of course!), and have been handled, cared for, and stored with the utmost care taken. The vast majority have been played only a few times at most, being that I transferred them all to digital from 2005-2006. Most were bought used - although I have purchased several New or SS over the years, and I put a lot of time, money, research, and fun into collecting them! Unless noted, each LP has been very well cleaned on a VPI-16.5 RCM, re-sleeved with a high quality anti-static inner sleeve (I always keep the original inner sleeve with the cover unless it was a plain white one), and with an outer plastic sleeve used to protect the cover. My LP's have always been stored vertically and in smoke-free homes and played on properly set-up, high quality turntables (usually some variety of Rega with a high-end cartridge). Although it's been a few years since I've parted with any of my vinyl, I have sold quite a few pieces over the years and have NEVER had my grading questioned - I am very picky and grade conservatively, which my feedback shows!
GRADING:
There's nothing I hate more than buying an LP that someone says is a "very strong VG+ or VG++", but is actually crap! A VG+ should be a REALLY NICE record that most collectors would be pretty happy with, not a catch-all category for everything a seller can't pass off as Mint, NM, or NM-! Equally awful is when people try to pass off an LP that's barely a VG+ (or worse!) as NM! I don't like buying crap, so I'm sure not going to sell crap - on that you can rely. I am human, though, and don't claim to be infallible, so if it would appear I made a mistake, please get in touch with me. I play grade my records using the following guidelines (pretty similar to Goldmine and what most other reputable folks use):
Mint = Still Sealed and perfect. Period. Near Mint (NM) = As damn near perfect as an opened record can be - should look/sound virtually unplayed. NM- = Extremely nice condition - scant little to hear or see that is less than pristine!  VG+ = A very nice play, but you'll know you're listening to a record...perhaps faint surface noise in between tracks once in a while - or during a real quiet passage, but not extreme and does not interfere with your listening pleasure...no big pops, scratches, skips, or anything like that. A VG+ cover has wear and is less than perfect obviously. It may have obvious ring wear, dinged corner, little surface crease etc., but certainly doesn't appear abused or neglected. No writing, mold, rips, etc...I may occasionally use a VG++, which would denote that it's a very very very strong VG+...but really, at some point multiple +'s gets a bit silly...like VG+++++++++++...kind of ridiculous! 
VG or lower - I really don't have anything that fits this category...If it didn't look and play like a pretty solid VG+, I either didn't buy it or I tossed it...there's no value in crap records! If I can't enjoy it or feel good about what I'm selling, I don't want it! 
SHIPPING:
This item is available for sale and shipping in the 48 U.S. Continental States only and is 100% guaranteed to arrive as described! All LP's will be packed well, insured, and shipped USPS Media Mail in a record mailer and I am happy to offer combined shipping for up to 3 LP's.  
Thanks for looking, bid/buy with confidence, please check my other items, and keep checking every week or so...I'm going to try to list 10-12 records per week for a while - the vast majority of them are great rock records and all of them in great shape! Feel free if you have any questions! Thank you!!!