"MAGIC BOW" MICHAEL RABIN MONO CAPITOL P8510 VG++

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"MAGIC BOW" MICHAEL RABIN, VIOLIN HOLLYWOOD BOWL S. O. / FELIX SLATKIN CAPITOL MONO, PRESSED IN USA, RECORD # 98510 IS IN "VG++" CONDITION. SIDE 1 HAS A VERY LIGHT SCRATCH ACROSS "CAPRICE VIENNOIS, HORA STACCATO AND INTO THE BEGINNING OF MEDITATION FROM THAIS." SIDE 2 HAS 3 OR 4 NEEDLE DROPS, PLUS ONE SUPERFICIAL SCRATCH. THE RECORD PLAYS VERY WELL WITH NO FOUND SKIPS. SIDE 1: "CAPRICE VIENNOIS" HAS SEVERAL POPS AND TICS AT BEGINNING AND THEN INTERMITANTLY THROUGH OUT [BEGINNING AND END, MOSTLY.] "HORA STACCATO" PLAYS ENTIRELY NM. "MEDITATION FROM THAIS" HAS A COUPLE OF LIGHT TICS, SOME INTERMITANT TICS THROUGH OUT AND THEN A FEW MORE TICS AT THE END. "ZIGEUNERWEISEN" PLAYS NM. SIDE 2: "MOTO PERPETUO" HAS SEVERAL VERY LIGHT TICS, PLAYS MOSTLY NM. "OLD REPRAIN" HAS A FEW VERY LIGHT POPS AND TICS. "FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE BEE", THE SECOND HALF HAS SEVERAL VERY LIGHT POPS AND TICS. "INTRODUCTION AND RONDO CAPRICCIOSO" HAS SEVERAL VERY LIGHT TICS AT THE BEGINNING, THEN ABOUT 1 1/2 MINUTES OF LOUDER POPS AND TICS CAUSED BY AN "X" SHAPED NEDDLE DROP. LAST 1/3 PLAYS MOSTLY NEARMINT.

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The following guidelines are used for records and their jackets (boxes).

RECORDS:

FS:  Factory sealed, i.e. a mint record or a new record.

NM:   Near mint records are records that are not new, but appear to be defect free, visually they usually look very clean and have none or a very few surface mars.

NM - : (Near mint minus)  A record with a minimum of surface mars and spindle trails.

NM-/VG+ :  A record with minimal areas of low level recurring noise.

VG+ :  A record with possibly several areas of low level noise,  i.e. a well used record.

VG : A record with constant noise, where noise can be severe.

JACKETS (BOXES, etc.):

FS :  Factory sealed

NM:  Generally is in new condition.

NM- :  (Near mint minus),  a little less than NM.

NM-/VG+ :  May have one or two minor defects.

VG+ :   A variety of defects may be present, such as ringwear, edgewear, corner wear, split seams and/or taped seams,  shelf wear.

Most records are visually insepected only.  I do play many records to grade them.  To me, there are no absolutely perfect records,  not even factory sealed ones.  Records are not CD's and I believe all have imperfections,  pressing bubbles for example, and other innate defects.  Having said all the above, I do try my very best to describe a record album honestly.  Records have been a life long hobby for me, as I have collected them nearly all my life.  I can't say I am a perfect grader, but uisually I am spot on.  I am very amenable to making adjustments if you are not satisified with a record:  either a full refund or a partial adjustment, which ever you might prefer.  I do not run a business, I am only a hobbyist.