MINT Vinyl / UFO LIGHTS OUT Chrysalis PV 41127 1980s LP Reissue / Play-Graded

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UFO: Lights Out Chrysalis PV 41127
1980s LP Reissue of 1977 Release Barcode: 0 4411-41127-1 
Vinyl Listened in entirety, clean play throughout, no background noise. I don't grade on appearance (see notes, below), but it looks flawless here.  NM Inner Sleeve Translucent plastic, "Printed in Canada" appears along bottom edge. NM Jacket Has been stored in a self-sealing plastic sleeve (see photo 1). Jacket itself is still in its shrink-wrap, with price promotion sticker, and retail stickers from DISC-O-MAT, dated 1986! Top left corner shows a crease mark. NM-
Dead wax runout Side A: PV-41127-AS-1B (etched); (stamped and crossed out) Side B: PV-41127-BS-2B  P (A) (etched) Code P: Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman NJ (Note: Only the Carrollton pressing, with this catalog number, has been entered into the discogs database. But I'm quite sure that the large etched P refers to Pitman. Besides, there's not a G to be found anywhere in the runout.)

About grading, and my priorities:

I’m using the well-known Goldmine standard, for rating vinyl records. But with this caveat: In rating the vinyl itself, only one thing matters to me: how it “plays”. The aural experience. I don’t care what it looks like. I’m not even sure how one can extrapolate how a record will play, based solely on a visual inspection of the vinyl. I’ve experienced shiny, pristine-looking vinyl, that proved to be intolerably noisy upon listening. And vice versa, vinyl that looked well worn, but played beautifully. I’m not even sure of what some of these descriptives mean, like “sleeve marks”. 

So basically, a vinyl rating of NM, near-mint, will indicate that the record, though used, plays cleanly, with an absence of extraneous noise--clicks, pops, tics, crackle & crunch, static blips, etc. It implies nothing about the vinyl's appearance, because that is rendered irrelevant, moot. So why grade it? What difference does it make, in and of itself? Oh, I understand the relevance of rating the sleeve & jacket, because visual aesthetics do play a role here.

The upshot is, I will not list any used, unsealed records, without listening to them in their entirety. And my vinyl ratings will be based solely on the sound emanating from the grooves. I'm not talking about the quality of the audio engineering of the original vinyl. I'm talking about the extraneous noises that come from usage, wear & tear. 

That said, there’s a certain amount of subjectivity in all this, the assigning of a grade. And you may become aware of something that passed by me somehow. I want buyers to be pleased with their purchase. Everything I sell can be returned for a refund, minus shipping costs, for any reason at all, within 30 days. Provided it’s returned to me in the exact condition in which it was received. If you believe that I significantly misrepresented an album’s condition, please let me know. I’m a reasonable person, and will accept responsibility, assume shipping costs...if I’m dealing with a reasonable person, with a reasonable claim. We like to believe that such is always the case, but unfortunately experience proves otherwise. I won't be played. So don't even think about it.

If you're unhappy with a record you receive, please notify me so we can resolve the issue. Please take into account that I expend a lot of time & effort, in order to be as conscientious a seller as I can be. There's no need to assume a hostile or abusive stance.

More about an album’s condition:

Unless otherwise stated, the albums I send will be superficially cleaned with a dishwasher type pad, sprayed with a cleaning solution recommended for this purpose. But a deeper cleaning that penetrates the grooves will likely enhance a record’s play, and I’d recommend that to anyone who has such an advanced, vacuum-based machine. I recently acquired the Spinmaster manual cleaner, and will use it on discs I’ve thus far held back, feeling they could be much improved through a deeper cleaning. 

About shipping:

Happy to combine purchases, to minimize the cost of shipping. Records will be shipped in a cardboard mailer specifically designed for records, capable of carrying 1-5 LPs. Base postage price will go up in small increments, only when USPS weight thresholds are crossed.