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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.
Condition Notes
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if it is release or pressing details,
or 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, or strictly cosmetic flaws.
Eddie makes a nice little comeback here – singing in a style that's perhaps a bit rootsier than some of his classic sides, which actually had him working in a more sophisticated jazzy style – but which are still pretty nice, thanks to some good hard soul production. Titles include ... LP, Vinyl record album
An excellent selection of tracks from the classic early Duke Records years of Junior Parker – a Japanese-only compilation that features the titles "Man Or Mouse", "Five Long Years", "Jivin Woman", "These Kind Of Blues (part 1)", "Strange Things ... LP, Vinyl record album
Brilliant later work by Bobby Blue Bland – done with backings that are much fuller than on his earlier albums – a mixture of strings and horns that really expand the sound! That doesn't keep things from being soulful, though – as Bobby's in incredible form vocally, really rising ... LP, Vinyl record album
(Early 50s mono blue label pressing in a red cover, with light wear and aging, faint stain at the bottom edge, small blemish spots, and a small sticker obscuring some pen in back.)LP, Vinyl record album
Rare work from the early 50s Chicago scene – mostly rare JOB singles, plus unissued tracks – with JB Lenoir on vocal and guitar – plus some piano from Sunnyland Slim and drums from Alfred Wallace! LP, Vinyl record album
A fantastic 60s album from Skip James – one that's billed as "Today", circa 1966 – but which has James very much back in the same stripped-down style as when he first recorded for Paramount Records back in the 30s! There's no other instrumentation apart from Skip's acoustic ... LP, Vinyl record album
Includes a selection from three 50s sessions – with King Curtis on tenor sax, Mickey Baker on guitar, Leonard Gaskin on bass, and Bobby Donaldson on drums from late 1956, with King Curtis on tenor sax, Heywood Henry on baritone sax, Kenny Burrell on guitar, Jimmy Lewis on bass, and Bobby ... LP, Vinyl record album
Minnie Riperton's first album for Epic – and the record that broke her from a hip Chicago underground artist into one of the seventies' biggest female soul stars! The record moves past the baroque soul of Minnie's early years with Rotary Connection and Charles Stepney – and hits a mix ... LP, Vinyl record album
The third album by The Stylistics – and a set that's still very much in the high-harmony territory of their first two classics! Thom Bell's still very firmly on deck this time around – arranging, producing, and writing a good deal of the material too – and the Sigma Sound ... LP, Vinyl record album