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Vinyl should be very clean, but can have less luster than near mint.
Should still shine under a light, but one or two marks may show up when tilted.
Can have a few small marks that may show up easily, but which do not affect play at all. Most marks of this quality will disappear when the record is tilted, and will not be felt with the back of a fingernail.
This is the kind of record that will play "near mint", but which will have
some signs of use (although not major ones).
May have slight surface noise when played.
Additional Marks & Notes
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if it is an oddity that is the only wrong thing about the record.
This might include, but isn't limited to, warped records, tracks that skip,
cover damage or wear as noted above, or strictly cosmetic flaws.
A pretty amazing set from Esther Phillips – her final album for Kudu – and a beautiful mix of soaring soul sounds from one the most unique, emotionally-inflected soul vocalists of her era! Esther's in prime Kudu mode here – working with jazzy arrangements by David Matthews and ... LP, Vinyl record album
A compelling mix of styles from Santa Esmeralda – a group not only known for their Latin-inflected disco rhythms, but also for their cool talent of reworking 60s oldies for a 70s dancefloor! Jimmy Goings served up some soulful vocals amidst the fuller backings of the tunes – which ... LP, Vinyl record album
A sweet set that's part of a big early 80s run from Kool & The Gang – a time that saw the funk legends really hitting the mainstream, and winning over a huge new audience in the process! Given that the Gang virtually invented ensemble funk at the start of the 70s, they're perfectly ... LP, Vinyl record album
10 classic girl group numbers from one of the prototypical groups of the genre, including "Soldier Boy", "I Met Him On A Sunday (Ronde, Ronde)", "Dedicated To The One I Love", "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World", "Foolish Little Girl", "Tonight's ... LP, Vinyl record album
Early solo work by Jeffrey Osborne – cut hot on the heels of his great albums with LTD! The set's got some nicely jazzy production from George Duke – never too over the top, and never as stiff as that used on some of Osborne's later work in the 80s – just nicely grooving in a ... LP, Vinyl record album
A masterpiece – one of 2 crazy albums in which Woody Herman's late band meets the Cadet arrangements of Richard Evans. You might think the combination wouldn't work – Woody's big band flourishes meeting up with Evans' compressed soulful grooves – but gosh, the record is simply ... LP, Vinyl record album
Spare, simple work from Djavan – the kind of soulful set that made him one of the most dramatic mainstream talents in Brazil at the start of the 80s – and one of the few of his generation to reach out to a larger global market! The album's got a very Milton Nascimento sort of vibe ... LP, Vinyl record album
Promo only EP off of Like Water For Chocolate: "Funky For You", "Thelonius", "Heat", "Payback Is A Grandmother", "The Question", "Nag Champs (Afrodesiac For The World)". LP, Vinyl record album