Ray Charles - The Spirit of Christmas 1985 Vinyl LP (Columbia FC 40125)
  $   150

 


$ 150 Sold For
Nov 30, 2020 Sold Date
Nov 25, 2020 Start Date
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28   Number Of Bids
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Ray Charles - The Spirit of Christmas (Columbia FC 40125) 1985 LP

Clean VG+ with a few stray very minor hairlines and paper scuffs visible under bright light. There is also a careless needle mark on the rim of Side A that ticks LIGHTLY 15 times during the beginning of “What Child Is This.” It’s smooth sailing after that and this is a fine sounding LP that has been VPI cleaned and play-graded. You may hear occasional surface noise during quieter passages, but they are not distracting or sustained. There’s a tiny barely-worth-mentioning scuff on “Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer” that causes a bit of light surface noise during the guitar solo. It’s not a big deal at all. On the second side, I heard 4 light ticks on "Christmas In My Heart" but that's about all that's worth mentioning.

The jacket is also VG+ with a few light creases along edges. The largest creases are on the top and bottom seams and are pictured. It also looks like there’s a tiny barely noticeable stain in the snow on the front photo (also pictured) as well as a light indentation of writing (“12114”) on the bottom right corner of the back cover. I wouldn’t have noticed either if I hadn’t been scrutinizing the cover carefully.

Over all, this is a very nice copy that is sure to light up your holiday season.

About my grading system:

I grade LPs based on a conservative interpretation of the Goldmine standard. This means that a VG+ record is in very nice shape and should have little to no surface noise barring an occasional moment here and there. A record with sustained surface noise will be at best a VG. All records are play-graded since not all surface noise can be detected visually. All records are shipped in new record mailers with cardboard backing with the sleeved record outside of the jacket to prevent seam splits. I’ve been selling LPs on eBay since 1999 and have 100% positive feedback.



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