YOUNG FLOWERS "Blomsterpistolen–No. 2" Double LP Danish

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First of all: Sorry for the blurry picture. When taking this picture and the picture for my other current auctions they all came to look like this. I think my camera is now defunct, as it still takes pictures like this. This is of course only the picture, and the descriptions should speak for themselves. As always, I guarantee all the records I sell! I took picture of some of the records for my current auctions, which is why some of pictures are ok.

This is the Danish psych/prog group Young Flowers two albums combined on one double LP. This edition was released in a gatefold cover on Sonet in 1979. The catalogue no. is SLP 1617.

When playing the records on my Thorens TD-126 Mk III Centennial record player with an Ortofon MC20 Super MkII needle, Marantz PM 7000 amp and Audio Vector C1 speakers I can hear faint noise during the mellow parts of the music. During the powerful there are occasionally light ticks and pops, but plays overall very clean.

When looking at the records in the light of my 60 watt table lamp, which I feel is very good at detecting dirt and such, and my 50 watt halogen spots, which reveals even the slightest hairlines, I would grade the two records as follows on Record Collector's grading scale: Mint, Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, Poor, Bad:

Record 1: VG, perhaps VG(+). A fair amount of very light surface scuffs and scratches. Well taken care of and not abused in any way. I happen to know the previous owner, and he always took good care of his records and stored everyone in antistatic innersleeves and protective plastic sleeves. The record has been used and shows marks from taking the records in and out of the innersleeves, but is indeed worth having.

I would grade the cover VG+ on Record Collector's scale, as it has light ringwear (mostly on the metallic back-cover) and light general wear, such as light bends. Inside the gatefold it's particularly clean! Overall, a very nice cover.

I grade accurate and honest as I hate buying records myself that are graded as EX/VG+ or something and getting a record that has noise through all the tracks. I play grade every record I sell (except for sealed ones), as I feel that a visual grade doesn’t cut it. A record can look great but be trashed and also the other way around! No offence to any seller, but I think a lot of people don't know how to grade visually (I can't say by eye if a record will sound very good or excellent either). It seams like a lot of people just take out the record, look at it quickly (with no use of bright lights) and then slap on some high grade to increase the interest! I also feel that if you don’t grade a record correct, why even bother to grade it at all? When I buy a record here at Ebay that's graded excellent or something, it usually has noise during the tracks, which isn't excellent in my book! A grade should sound like the name it has. Very Good should sound very good, not have noise through all the tracks – no matter how it looks! Whenever I see a record graded near mint or mint, I simply do not believe it and I advise you not to trust it either! All grades are 100% guaranteed! If you have any questions please feel free to contact me - I accept cash and Paypal (ONLY if the amount is already on your Paypal account, as I only have a personal account) at the current moment.