I bet there's not many copies of the first issue out there with the original shrink wrap and the album jacket in mint condition! The actual record has 2 very visible scratches and then some small very light marks, to be sire I put this on the player and checked both sides and it plays perfectly, luckily those scratches are very superficial, you do of course have that soft appealing crackling sound, very light tho, sounds very nice, it's playing right now as I type this!