Records are shipped in a cardboard record box with the record placed in a plastic sleeve outside the cover & fragile labels on the front & back of the box Goldmine Grades for vinyl: Mint: new, un-played, perfect, usually sealed. Near Mint: like new but possibly carefully played a limited amount of times. LP should play near perfect with almost no noise or imperfections. It may show very faint imperfections from paper scuffs or tiny needle marks. Excellent: as above with a few light needle marks, or a few light surface scuffs, and/or lightly audible marks. A very nice used record. Very Good +: between VG and EX, no feelable scratches & will play through with no skips or jumps. Very Good: still showing gloss but lots of small scratches and scuffs or some light groove wear. A used/played record that will still play through without skips but will have light surface noise throughout, pops, ticks, and some light distortion. Good: any record in less than VG condition that is still worth offering due to it’s rarity. Goldmine Grades for covers: Mint: perfect. No wear, square flat corners, solid seams, spine etc., Usually sealed Near Mint: overall appearance of front & back near perfect, but may have a very small problem such as a small corner ding/couple tiny spine chips, but nothing noticeable without close inspection. Excellent: as above, nice un-handled feel, but may have spine wear, a bent or dinged corner or two, very light ring wear, but rarely any splits or tears. Very Good +: Between VG & EX (usually closer to an EX grade), no major seem splits over an inch or two, no visible water damage. edge chipping and smaller splits possible, ring wear, and small name or writing possible. Very Good: still has a nice overall appearance, but may have the following defects: seam splits, spine splits, small tears, ring wear, writing, stains, water damage, stickers etc. in various degrees. Good: getting ugly, but still worth offering. DRCASIN: B00000254TVSKU: GGV.B00000254T.LNCondition: Like NewBinding: Audio CD
