Condition Description:
Very good, pre-owned condition. Vinyl looks very nice. There are a couple of light scratches between the 4 sides however they are not audible. Audio quality does have some noise but overall sounds nice. Inner sleeves are poly-lined see-through center paper sleeves. The box looks like it had some irregularity from the factory. You can see that it is ripped on the sides and upon inspection it looks like this is due to the manufacturing process as it looks like there would have been no way for the original owner to open it without damaging. Other than this, the box is nice and shows a small amount of shelf wear. The insert looks very nice. I took a picture of the 2 pages with something on them. All other pages are fine. 

Catalog#:
ARL2-0105
   
Artist: 
    Baritone Vocals – Sherrill Milnes
    Bass Vocals – Clifford Grant, Michael Rippon, Paul Plishka
    Chorus – The John Alldis Choir*, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir
    Chorus Master – John Alldis, Russell Burgess
    Composed By – Giacomo Puccini
    Conductor – Zubin Mehta
    Libretto By – Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica
    Orchestra – New Philharmonia Orchestra
    Producer – Richard Mohr
    Soprano Vocals – Leontyne Price
    Tenor Vocals – Francis Egerton, Placido Domingo
   
Title:
Tosca
   
Tracklist:
A        Act I (Part I)
B1        Act I (Concluded)
B2        Act II (Part I)
C        Act II (Concluded)
D        Act III
   
Matrix and/or Runout#s:
ARL2 0105A 4 / 1 A1 ᒐ
ARL2 0105B 4 1 A 1 H
ARL2 0105C 7 1 A1 G
ARL2 0105d G 1 A3 D

Inner Sleeve:
Original

Outer Slipcover Sleeve:
New

Ultrasonically Cleaned:
No

Most records will be ultrasonically cleaned unless they appear to be new, or for whatever reason I chose not to clean them. Please keep in mind that while this is the preferred way to clean vinyl, it's not guaranteed to clean records 100%. There may be occasions where gunk or greasy fingerprints may still remain on the record. I'll let the buyer use their preferred cleaning method to finish cleaning the remaining soil ultrasonic cleaning doesn't get to.
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All records will be shipped with an inside sleeve whether it's new or original and a plastic cover to protect from shipping scuffs.

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I do the best I can in sampling each record for quality of sound. Unfortunately I cannot listen to every
one all the way through but I do select a section of the album that appears to be the worst and make
a judgement from that. That's not to say that it will be the worst quality of sound, but it will physically
look like it should be.

Please note that we are not a grading nor record collecting professionals. We use our best judgement using the grading system shown below. Please refer to the photos of each item to see the condition for yourself and ask questions if you have any.
As an example; if there is an item that somebody might grade with a + or ++, we will give it the same grading, removing the +'s. ie. "VG++" becomes "VG" according to our system.

Here are the general grading rules we use. Again, no + conditions will be applied:

Mint - The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration of sound quality.

Excellent  (EX) - The record shows some signs of having been played but there is no deterioration of sound quality despite noticeable surface marks and an occasional light scuff and/or scratch. .

Very Good (VG) - The record has obviously been played many times and has mild scuffs and/or scratches and displays lessening of sound quality.

Good - The record has been played so much the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated perhaps with some distortion and scratches.

Fair - The record is still just playable but has not been cared for properly and displays considerable surface noise. It may even jump.

Poor - The record will not play properly due to scratches, bad surface noise, etc.

Bad - The record is unplayable and might even be broken and is only of use as a collection filler.

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Sleeve Grading - On an LP it's the main outer sleeve. For a 45 it will be the paper sleeve.
Inlay condition - This will be used for items that originally came inside the album; pictures, stickers, literature..etc.

All records will be shipped with a vinyl sleeve to protect the album during shipment against scuffs and abrasions. They will also be shipped with an inner paper sleeve whether we use the originally provided sleeve, or a new one provided by us.

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