SMILEY (7"/EP/PS Green) Voice of the Planet; Bizart Records, 1981 (electronic)

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Here is an EP (45 rpm) by Larry Smiley known as Smiley on Bizart Records GAK5.  Green record.  He is from Cleveland, OH and an artist, besides a musician.  He creates unique ELECTRONIC MUSIC.  This one has the sounds of flutes and guitar strings, quiet maracas, and more.  It is interesting background music.  I wish it would have been on an album just to make it last longer!  It has soothing sounds.  You can google his name and perhaps come across this, too, but I also have a soundbyte I made on my filedropper account with some minutes of each song if you want to hear it first.  Email me here and maybe give me another email address and I can send it to you. 

Side 1 has 3 songs:  Antiseptic Latitude; Dervish Dancers; Sphere of Knowledge.  Side 2 has 2 songs:  Arisen; Lanky Movements.

This was produced in 1981.  On his picture sleeve cover, he added some notes to it and a date of 1980 which was probably meant to say 1981!  The picture sleeve is actually a booklet with 8 pages of his drawings in it and it's in a clear plastic sleeve, too.  Animal and Egyptian type drawings.  I have two additional copies of Larry Smiley's EPs here and each cover sleeve is just a little different than the other one as he colored his one eye with a red background and the other sleeve is a green eye with white background and he added some additional dates and handwritten numbers.  The listing will relist after one has sold.  These have been sitting around for a while, but considered 'new' since they were not individually played with the exception of the first one here as I made the soundbyte of it and all sounds great--No skips, pops, crackles, etc.   

Bizart Records is actually Larry's best friend's label, Brian Sands.  If you look Brian up, he was the guy back in the late '60s-early '70s that started the David Bowie Int'l Fan Club based out of Cleveland.  Lots of stories there!   

I rate the Picture Sleeve quality as Mint (M) and the green EP record as Mint to Mint Minus as I took them out of their covers to look at them.   

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SHIPPING:  Will ship within one-two days of receiving payment via Paypal and will ship between Monday and Friday. Will ship in 45 rpm and LP mailers with inserts and bubblewrap for protection. Will provide tracking number also within the USA. Ships out of the Cleveland, Ohio area. I will ship via First Class mail to Great Britain, Germany, France, Netherlands, and Japan for $13.00 shipping charges on one to two 7-inch 45 rpm records (under 8 oz.) and $21.00 for 12-inch albums (over 9 oz.). Canada shipments are $10.00 for one or two 7-inch 45 rpm records (under 8 oz) and $15.00 for a 12" LP or two (over 9 oz).  (Postage rates increased in 2016 for non-USA countries, unfortunately!)  For overseas countries, Ebay will email you the invoice which includes this shipping charge over and above the winning bid. You are responsible for customs' duties charges, if any.

RETURNS: I follow the eBay policy - 14 days money back, but buyer pays return shipping charges.

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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.