The Mothers of Invention-Weasels Ripped My Flesh-1970,1980 Reissue, C=VG+ VNL=EX

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I'm selling appx. 700 of my albums. For now I'm only listing the ones that are in the best condition, promos, still in shrink or  even still sealed. I plan a sale of lesser quality albums in the future, perhaps some bundled in lots. Keep that vinyl spinning!
The Mothers Of Invention-Weasels Ripped My Flesh-1970, 1980 reissue. Reprise MS 2028. I bought this album myself around 1981 or 82 and it had only about 3 plays(I'm not a big Zappa fan but the cover was so funny I had to have it!). It came with a Warner Brothers plastic inner sleeve which helped to keep it so clean and quiet. The cover saw more wear than the LP as I moved quite a few times since then, and did not cover all my albums in outer plastic sleeves until around 2009. Cover has moderate edge/corner/ring wear but no seam splits, writing, cut out notches or sticker residue and retains most of it's original character=VG+. The LP was play graded entirely and is very quiet. Only 4-5 light ticks heard on the entire LP. Probably due to this 1980 reissue being sold in a plastic inner sleeve instead of paper and it was only played by me about 3 times. Visually the LP looks flawless with no marks, scratches or warpage. No skips or irritating pops. VERY quiet=EX. Enjoy this classic album.
My grading is basically Goldmine grading. I like to list as: M=like brand new as in sealed. NM=opened and played but in pristine condition. The cover should be near perfect with few to no flaws. The album should play with little to no noise, IE ticks, pops, skips or warpage.  EX= a cover with barely any wear but some slight wear can be found. The LP should play very quietly with very little noise, 4 or 5 light ticks maximum on the whole LP.  VG+=opened and well played but cared for and cleaned  well. The cover will show more shelf wear, ring wear, faded spine, weak seems and/or other various aging wear. The album should play with a few ticks and no major pops, skips or otherwise irritating noise. VG=The same as VG+ but the cover is more worn and the album plays with even more noise. I will usually never sell anything below this grade. G=A very beat up cover and record that has been handled and played for so many years that one could only want it for it's rarity or sentimental reasons. P=Poor. Forget it. For example I have some albums that were water damaged due to a water leak behind a wall that are "P". Otherwise....trash can. I do not use stock photos. My photos are the actual item.
About me: I think the selling and buying experience on eBay should have a little fun and individuality to it. I started collecting vinyl records when I was 9. I stopped buying comic books with my allowance and bought albums instead. First album purchased ever was the Doors-Morrison Hotel. After that it was an obsession that never ended. I collected about 1000 over the decades then took a ten year hiatus from vinyl from 2010 to 2020 since I joined the millions who just click a mouse to hear the songs they miss. Then I bought a good turntable in late 2020, S-shaped tonearm, counterweight, anti-skating, nice cartridge tracking at 2.0gm,......then I started enjoying it again. Starting from an early age I always used vintage 80's Discwashers to clean every album on every play. This really paid off as my LP's are usually still very quiet all these years later. Starting in 2000 I learned to digitalize my LP's to .wav files using a windows XP computer. After 2000 the PC became as big a part of my "stereo arsenal" as a turntable, amp or speakers. Now we're up to Windows 10 and I'm quite computer savvy especially with anything "sonic". I even have my own synthesizers/studio and record into a PC using various software packages. When you browse one of my "play graded" listings, the clicks and pops were not just heard, I was seeing them on a 17" monitor in real time as the sound was being digitalized and the image of a click/pop is very unique on a monitor. I usually at the very least, spot play everything I sell. Visual only grading is used only for LP's I know sound great already or are by artists I just don't want to sit through for 40 minutes or more. Buy with confidence and thank you for your attention. Jim