The Litter $100 Fine First Press Original LP

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THE LITTER $100 FINE 

Original 1968 Hexagon Records HX-681 Stereo 1st press Great record! Collectors dream!

Rare 2nd LP release from Minneapolis' The Litter, which first two albums are described as some of the best psyche-punk to have come from the sixties USA.

RECORD: VG+ The record plays great. There are some noticeable scratches, no skips, some minor surface noise in isolated areas but generally, I believe, to be an excellent sounding version sonically

COVER: EX

THE LITTER - '$100 FINE' MEGA-RARE ORIGINAL 1968 GARAGE PSYCH LP, Hexagon 681.  Only 1000 of these originally

 The second "Litter" album $100 Fine, had fewer copies pressed (1000), than its predecessor Distortions with 2000 copies. The album name $100 Fine was "Zippy" Caplan's idea after he saw a sign on the highway during a road trip to Chicago with the warning "No Littering - $100 Fine". Unable to come up with an idea for the $100 Fine album cover, "Zippy" Caplan suggested to Warren Kendrick that a color photo of Denny Waite's face be blown up to dot information proportions but Kenrick used a picture of one of Murrays' drums instead.

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RECORD GRADING GUIDELINES

MINT (M): Perfect! This record looks like it has just left the manufacturer, with NO flaws whatsoever. It looks as though it had never been handled. No scuffs or scratches, blotches or stains. COVER: No stickers address labels, writing on the covers or labels. No tears or seam splits. No wear to the cover or record period! Age of the record has nothing to do with it.

NEAR MINT or NM :Record appears virtually flawless A very minor scuff and very little else can appear on the vinyl. It should play without any noise over the flaw. The flaw is very hard to see. COVER: As close to perfect with only minor signs of wear and or age. Minor impressions to the cover (due to the outer edge of the vinyl resting inside) may be acceptable; however the artwork is close to perfect.

EXCELLENT or EX or VG++: Minor scuffs which are only slightly visible. There may be more than a few scuffs and NO Scratches. COVER: Artwork is still as close to perfect as can be. Some impressions to the cover (minor outer ring wear) but no ink wear! Some slight creases to the corners, but not wrinkled and obtrusive to the eye. The corners can show white (where the artwork pasted slick was) meaning, slight wear. No seam splits or writing on the cover or taped repairs can make this grade.

VERY GOOD PLUS or VG+: Record shows wear, surface scuffs. The vinyl still has a great luster, but the flaws will be noticeable to the naked eye. COVER: A virtually clean cover, but may have small writing on it. The artwork looks clean with slightly more aging. No stains or mildew from water damage. Minor wear to the seams or spine, but no tears or holes popping through. The corners may be slightly dog eared yet no crackly bends.

VERY GOOD or VG: This is a record that is good enough. They are not really going to look very good, but it will still play very good. There will be some surface noise when they are played but the dynamics should still be excellent, overpowering the surface noise. A VG record will appear to have been played and may still have some degree of luster. COVER: Covers will look worn. There may be some seam splitting. There will be some ring wear. There may be some writing on the cover. Still it should be decent.

GOOD or G: A good record will look dull, grayish and well played. It will have distracting surface noise, such as crackle that is continuous or some hiss. Worn grooves resulting in loss of dynamics. Good means that it will play with some form of decency even though you can still hear noise caused from the wear. COVER: Will have just about everything wrong with it. It will have seam splits (possibly taped repaired, but only with scotch tape. May have magic marker writing on the cover. The cover will looked virtually trashed, but some artwork will still be noticed.