TEENAGE HEAD (PS/45) Tearin' Me Apart/Picture My Face. Bellaphon (Germany) 1978

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Shipping Terms: Will ship within 2 days 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.   I will have to 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.

TEENAGE HEAD (PS/45) Tearin' Me Apart/Picture My Face. Bellaphon (Germany) 1978

This is a picture sleeve 45 of the Canadian punk rock band Teenage Head.  Year 1978.   Side A: Tearin' Me Apart.  Side B:  Picture My Face.  On German (purple color) Bellaphon label BF 18620.  The picture sleeve photo is of the singer at the time, Frank Kerr. I brought this back with me to the States after living in Germany at that time.  I heard originally Epic released this record without a picture sleeve, so the band made their own sleeves, about 100, but this particular one is on a slightly glossy cardstock, which was used for this German pressing.  (There were some non-glossy ones, too, along with some textured paper, also.)

This particular song, Tearin' Me Apart is a fast rocker.  Great tune.  Actually side B is great, too! 

The PS cover has the ringwear showing up as a slight wrinkle and a little bit of wear to the left side seam. Back side just has a little ringwear starting, too, as you can see if you enlarge the photos.  The vinyl itself sounds great.  I saw two long light scratches on side A but they do not affect the sound quality and you can't feel them as they are very very light.  Side B also had a few very light smaller scratches here and there, not affect sound quality, nor are they feelable.

I give the cover a Very Good Plus (VG+) to Excellent (EX) rating and the vinyl VG+ to EX also! 

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Will ship within two days of receiving payment via Paypal. 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 7 inch 45 rpm records and $19.00 for 12 inch albums.  For overseas countries, I will email you the invoice which includes this shipping charge over and above the winning bid.

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.