Shocking Blue- The Shocking Blue - CS-1000 Includes the hit "Venus " - NM

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SHOCKING BLUE - THE SHOCKING BLUE - STEREO
CS-1000
NM
A1 Long And Lonesome Road 2:41 A2 Love Machine 3:15 A3 The Butterfly And I 3:50 A4 Venus 3:00 A5 California Here I Come 3:15 A6 Poor Boy 4:50 B1 Mighty Joe 3:04 B2 Bool Weevil 2:40 B3 Acka Ragh 3:10 B4 Love Buzz 3:40 B5 I'm A Woman 3:00 B6 Send Me A Postcard 2:33 Vinyl Condition:  NM Amazing Vinyl! Super Glossy! Extremely few if any signs of use or wear on this beauty. Audiophile quality original pressing! Sleeve Condition: NM-
Excellent Sleeve. Original shrinkwrap / hype sticker. No splitting - Nice corners - Glossy - Minor ring wear  - Excellent spine - Minor cover edge wear keep this from perfect. Overall Excellent copy of this LP!  High quality audio & photos have been provided to assure the buyer what you see is what you get. Please study them carefully by zooming in. We will be posting much more quality and rare vinyl in the near future. All records come cleaned, protected, and professional packaged. Thanks for shopping with The Vinyl Destination!

First we clean and visually grade each record under a 200 watt halogen bulb. We then listen to at least the lead in and first couple songs on each side, and anything that looks like it may be audible.  We then make a final grading of the record with the visual grade and listening experience combined. This way we can assure the buyer they are getting what is expected from the description. Being an audiophile I personally am very picky about what a VG+ to M- record really is. If you are unsatisfied with your purchase in any way simply let me know and we will make it right. Thanks for the interest and there will be hundreds of amazing records going up for sale in future so add us as a favorite seller, and keep yourself posted.
I use this scale for grading records and sleeves.

• Mint (M)   Absolutely perfect in every way. Certainly never been played, possibly even still sealed.(More on still sealed under "Other Considerations"). Should be used sparingly as a grade, If at all.
• Near Mint (NM or M-)   A nearly perfect record. Many dealers won't give a grade higher than this implying (perhaps correctly)that no record is ever truly perfect. 
  
  The record should show no obvious signs of wear. A 45 RPM or EP sleeve should have no more than the most minor defects, such as almost invisible ring wear or other signs of slight handling. 
  
  An LP cover should have no creases, folds, seam splits or other noticeable similar defects. No cut-out holes, either. And of course, the same should be true of any other inserts, such as posters, lyric sleeves and the like. 
  
  Basically, an LP in near mint condition looks as if you just got it home from a new record store and removed the shrink wrap. 
  
  Near Mint is the highest price listed in all Goldmine price guides. Anything that exceeds this grade, in the opinion of both buyer and seller, is worth significantly more than the highest Goldmine book value.



• Very Good Plus (VG+)   Generally worth 50 percent of the Near Mint value. 
  
  A Very Good Plus record will show some signs that it was played and otherwise handled by a previous owner who took good care of it. 
  
  Record surfaces may show some signs of wear and may have slight scuffs or very light scratches that don't affect one's listening experiences. Slight warps that do not affect the sound are "OK". 
  
  The label may have some ring wear or discoloration, but it should be barely noticeable. The center hole will not have been misshapen by repeated play. 
  
  Picture sleeves and LP inner sleeves will have some slight wear, lightly turned up corners, or a slight seam split. An LP cover may have slight signs of wear also and may be marred by a cut-out hole, indentation or corner indicating it was taken out of print and sold at a discount. 
  
  In general, if not for a couple things wrong with it, this would be Near Mint. All but the most mint-crazy collectors will find a Very Good Plus record highly acceptable.



• Very Good (VG)   Generally worth 25 percent of Near Mint value. Many of the defects found in a VG+ record will be more pronounced in a VG disc. Surface noise will be evident upon playing, especially in soft passages and during a song's intro and fade, but will not overpower the music otherwise. Groove wear will start to be noticeable, as with light