[Jukebox-list] Grading Records

[Ron Rich]

David, and All,
  What were the Rolling Stones, yellow background, red tongue, records made of ?  When they were "in the top 40", I had to replace them over and over---seemed like every two weeks.
  Ron Rich

David Breneman <david_breneman at yahoo.com> wrote:
  
--- Nathan Keay 
wrote:

> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130175572977

Holy Cats! 39 bucks! I guess I should pull the one out of
the AMI and sell it! :-) I'm not conversant with the grading
scale that includes "VG". In my experience, most people who
put out record auction lists use a variant of this scale
(from Kurt Nauck):

M- or N- Just shy of Mint or New. (Nothing's *perfect* -
usually only applied to new old stock.)

E+ A choice copy with no wear whatsoever.

E Excellent. Virtually no trace of groove wear with
only minimal traces of use and handling.

E- An above average record with a slight degree of
groove wear, but not enough to seriously detract
from its audio quality.

V+ Obviously well played, but still enjoyable.
Noticable graying in the grooves.

V Very well worn, but listenable. Expect surface
noise to be significant. There may be some
stressed grooves.

V- Wiped out. Played with the right equipment,
however, you may still derive a certain degree
of pleasure from a record in this condition.

P Possibly unplayable (Mostly good for proving
physical existence of the record.)

My experience is that E- records sound almost as good as
new in jukeboxes, and V+ comes close.


David Breneman david_breneman at yahoo.com


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