Tod Dockstader Organized Sound Owl Records 1966 rare LP

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TOD DOCKSTADER

Organized Sound – Luna Park, Traveling Music, Apocalypse.  Owl Records ORLP 6 Stereo  1966. 

Rare electronic art music.

The following was borrowed from  Wikepedia:

“Tod Dockstader (born May 22, 1932 in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is an American composer of electronic music, and particularly musique concrète. He studied painting and film while at the University of Minnesota, before moving to Hollywood in 1955, to become an apprentice film editor. He moved into work as a sound engineer in 1958, and apprenticed at Gotham Recording Studios, where he first started composing. Dockstader's first record, Eight Electronic Pieces, was released in 1960, and was later used as the soundtrack to Federico Fellini's Satyricon (1969). He continued to create music throughout the first half of that decade, working principally with tape manipulation effects. In 1966 Owl Records released four albums of his work from this period including what many consider to be Dockstader's masterpiece, Quatermass.”

The following is an informative link on Docstader:  http://dockstader.info/reviews.php?page=2

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Condition of LP: 

Side 1, Vinyl   VG++  Well cared for,  clean, gentle wear, played probably 2X, some marking on vinyl from plastic lined original sleeve.  No discernible scratches.  Label: little to no spindle wear. 

Side 2, Vinyl VG++ same as side 1.  Label:  little to no spindle wear.

Cover:   VG++   General shelf wear for an lp of this age.  Slight corner denting, very strong crisp cover heavy cardboard variety.  no other sticker residue, folds rips tears or writing.

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I use the standard grading as defined by GOLDMINE.  It appears as follows on their website.

Look at everything about a record. It’s playing surface, label, and edges...under a strong light. Then based on your overall impression give it a grade based on the following criteria: 

Mint (M)   Absolutely perfect in every way. Certainly never been played, possibly even still sealed.(More on still sealed under "Other Considerations"). Should be used sparingly as a grade, If at all.  (I don’t use this grade).

Near Mint (NM or M-)   A nearly perfect record. Many dealers won't give a grade higher than this implying (perhaps correctly)that no record is ever truly perfect.

The record should show no obvious signs of wear. A 45 RPM or EP sleeve should have no more than the most minor defects, such as almost invisible ring wear or other signs of slight handling.

An LP cover should have no creases, folds, seam splits or other noticeable similar defects. No cut-out holes, either. And of course, the same should be true of any other inserts, such as posters, lyric sleeves and the like.

Basically, an LP in near mint condition looks as if you just got it home from a new record store and removed the shrink wrap.

Near Mint is the highest price listed in all Goldmine price guides. Anything that exceeds this grade, in the opinion of both buyer and seller, is worth significantly more than the highest Goldmine book value.

Very Good Plus (VG+)  

A Very Good Plus record will show some signs that it was played and otherwise handled by a previous owner who took good care of it.

Record surfaces may show some signs of wear and may have slight scuffs or very light scratches that don't affect one's listening experiences. Slight warps that do not affect the sound are "OK".

The label may have some ring wear or discoloration, but it should be barely noticeable. The center hole will not have been misshapen by repeated play.

Picture sleeves and LP inner sleeves will have some slight wear, lightly turned up corners, or a slight seam split. An LP cover may have slight signs of wear also and may be marred by a cut-out hole, indentation or corner indicating it was taken out of print and sold at a discount.

In general, if not for a couple things wrong with it, this would be Near Mint. All but the most mint-crazy collectors will find a Very Good Plus record highly acceptable.

Very Good (VG)   .Many of the defects found in a VG+ record will be more pronounced in a VG disc. Surface noise will be evident upon playing, especially in soft passages and during a song's intro and fade, but will not overpower the music otherwise. Groove wear will start to be noticeable, as with light scratches (deep enough to feel with a fingernail) that will affect the sound.

Labels may be marred by writing, or have tape or stickers (or their residue) attached. The same will be true of picture sleeves or LP covers. However, it will not have all of these problems at the same time, only two or three of them.

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$15.25 + $2.70

$16.90 +$2.70

Italy

$13.60 +$2.70

$15.25 + $2.70

$16.90 +$2.70

Russia

$13.60 +$2.70

$15.25 + $2.70

$16.90 +$2.70

Hong Kong

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$15.25 + $2.70

$16.90 +$2.70

United Kingdom

$13.60 +$2.70

$15.25 + $2.70

$16.90 +$2.70

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