Baby Face Willette - Stop and Listen, Blue Note mono LP, RVG, ear, 1st

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Product Description

Baby Face Willette - Stop and Listen, Blue Note LP - BLP 4084. Mono. Ear mark and RVG stamped in run-out area. First pressing. Also Featuring: Grant Green and Ben Dixon
Label - Blue Note, New York USA. Excellent condition.
Vinyl: VG+ condition. Random soft ticks. Side one has two brief patches of moderate 'static' at the beginning of song 1.  Side two has a circumferential scuff at the beginning of song 3 that is not audible and does not affect playback.
Laminated Cover: VG+ due to surface wear in lamination layer. Very solid edges, spine, and corners. Tiny wear in top corner. Some wear/flaking on the open side. No seam splits. Light pencil writing '4.95' in upper right corner of rear cover.
Inner sleeve: VG+ Blue Note inner sleeve, some normal wear in the open side. No rips or tears. Slight fold marks. Some age discoloration.

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Vinyl Record Grading Definitions (Goldmine Published Standards)

NM (Near Mint): Records are shiny, with no visible defects. Writing, stickers or other markings cannot appear on the label, nor can any “spindle marks” from someone trying to blindly put the record on the turntable. Major factory defects also must be absent; a record and label obviously pressed off center is not Near Mint. If played, it will do so with no surface noise. (NM records don’t have to be “never played”; a record used on an excellent turntable can remain NM after many plays if the disc is properly cared for.)

NM covers are free of creases, ring wear and seam splits of any kind.

VG+ (Very Good Plus): Records may show some slight signs of wear, including light scuffs or very light scratches that do not affect the listening experience. Slight warps that do not affect the sound are OK. Minor signs of handling are OK, too, such as telltale marks around the center hole, but repeated playing has not misshapen the hole. There may be some very light ring wear or discoloration, but it should be barely noticeable.

VG+ covers should have only minor wear. A VG+ cover might have some very minor seam wear or a split (less than one inch long) at the bottom, the most vulnerable location. Also, a VG+ cover may have some defacing, such as a cut-out marking. Covers with cut-out markings can never be considered Near Mint.

VG (Very Good): Has more obvious flaws than their counterparts in better shape. They lack most of the original gloss found on factory-fresh records. Groove wear is evident on sight, as are light scratches deep enough to feel with a fingernail. When played, a VG record has surface noise, and some scratches may be audible, especially in soft passages and during a song’s intro and ending. But the noise will not overpower the music otherwise. Minor writing, tape or a sticker can detract from the label.

VG covers will have many signs of human handling. Ring wear in the middle or along the edges of the cover where the edge of a record would reside, is obvious, though not overwhelming. Some more creases might be visible. Seam splitting will be more obvious; it may appear on all three sides, though it won’t be obvious upon looking. Someone might have written or it or stamped a price tag on it, too.

VG- (Very Good Minus): The record still plays through without skipping. It has significant surface noise and groove wear, and the label is worn, with significant ring wear, heavy writing, or obvious damage caused by someone trying to remove tape or stickers and failing miserably. A VG– cover has ring wear to the point of distraction, has seam splits obvious on sight and may have even heavier writing, such as, for example, huge radio station letters written across the front.