MINDBENDERS (THE) (LP) A Groovy Kind of Love (Fontana MGF 27554) 1966

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The Mindbenders LP here with A Groovy Kind of Love.  The front cover says MGF 27554 for the label, but the back cover upper right says Electronically Created Stereo SRF 67554/MGF 27554.   The blue Fontana label is listed as MGF-27554 A High Fidelity Recording.   The matrix number on side 1 says MG 27554A F 1.  Side 2 is MG 27554B F 4.  Back cover upper right corner has an imprint saying INSP-383. 

They were from Manchester.  Eric Stewart, Bob Lang, and Ric Rothwell. 

Side 1:  A Groovy Kind of Love; One Fine Day; The Way You Do The Things You Do; Seventh Son; Just A Little Bit; Trickie Dickie.

Side 2:  Ashes To Ashes; Can't Live With You, Can't Live Without You; All Night Worker; Love is Good; You Don't Know About Love; Little Nightingale.

The front cover is in good shape with only a little bit of ringwear fade spots  starting.  The seams are intact.  The two corners on the left side of front cover are starting to show very mild wear.  The back cover is perfect.  Just 2 tiny brown dots at bottom center of back cover.  The blue Fontana label is in perfect shape.  The vinyl itself is very shiny and has 1 light scratch across "The Way You Do the Things You Do," but it did not affect the sound quality at all.  The whole LP sounded clear and new.  A copy of the inner Fontana sleeve is pictured here, too.

I rate the cover as Excellent to Very Good Plus (VG+) because of the start of ringwear spots and the vinyl is a Near Mint/Near Mint Minus (NM/NM-)!

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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.