SMILEY (7"/EP/PS) Voice of the Planet; Bizart Records, 1981 (electronic) EX/NM-
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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 or tell you where to go on Filedropper.
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, which is actually a booklet, too, with picture pages that he created and made a minor revision about 4/30/2011 which states that on the cover. 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. Each 45 rpm he had was a little different from each other in the cover and pictures. This was played a couple of times to check it out for quality sound. I only see one tiny light surface scratch on one side, but no skips, crackles, or pops.
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 Near Mint (NM) and the green EP record as Excellent (EX) due to that one small surface scratch I barely found.
Feel free to email with questions. I will ship in 45/LP mailer with bubblewrap and inserts for protection. I will email tracking number, too. Thanks for looking!
(Grading Guidelines are listed further down below.)
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SHIPPING: Will ship within 1-2 days (Monday-Friday) of receiving your payment via PayPal. Will provide tracking number, too, for USA and will ship via Media Mail. Will ship to Great Britain, France, Germany, Netherlands, and Japan, but shipping costs are $13.00 for a 7-inch 45 rpm single; $19.00 for a 12-inch album via First Class Mail. Canada is $10 for a 45 rpm and $12.50 for an album. Ebay will send you an invoice first that has the shipping charges along with the winning bid. You are responsible for any customs' duties that may be added later.
RETURNS: I follow the eBay policy - 14 days money back, but buyer pays return shipping charges.
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G U I D E L I N E S T O G R A D I N G:
Guidelines I use to rate the quality of these records (based on the Goldmine Grading Guide):
M: Mint - Still sealed, assume vinyl is perfect.
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. LP cover should have no creases, folds, seam splits or similar defects.
NM-: Near Mint Minus (My grading item/description). 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 the cover and cover probably has seam splits. But, amazingly, for the vinyl, 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.
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