Genre: Jazz

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This is a true 1 owner either MINT SEALED NEW or NM/NM OOP 45 RPM Audiophile 2LP from private collection. Always stored upright in Ikea Epedit bookshelf in temperature controlled environment. No moldy damp basement vinyl. More pics available upon request.

All vinyl grades are visual grades unless otherwise specified. I'm willing to play grade un-sealed vinyl upon request. It's a ton of work going thru and inspecting & listing all these 2LP's sets and there's always a possibility I overlooked something, but if you inquire, I will take a second look to confirm grading is indeed accurate. I actually recommend requesting I take second look prior to buying. Once I do play-grade an LP I will update a listing with more detailed info.

The Music Matters & Blue Note series were originally shipped with awful pink plastic inner sleeves that were notorious for marking and even clouding the vinyl IF you left the vinyl in them. For this reason, upon receipt, I immediately replaced all these pink inner sleeves with much nicer white poly-lined sleeves. The Fantasy series were shipped with white poly-lined sleeves so there should be no issue with these.

Vinyl LP's are rarely in MINT condition. Even new ones can come with minor pressing defects. I only grade a vinyl MINT if it's still sealed NEW in original shrink and in perfect condition visually. Near Mint (NM) to me means very minor defects that do not affect playback (DNAP) I've always handled each one of these LP's with meticulous care & have never scratched or skuffed any of them. I don't grade anything with any scratches or big wide finger runs as NM.

All the un-sealed Jazz LP's are double sleeved with a Japanese F202 re-sealable sleeve + original Analogue Productions or Music Matters loose baggie hype sticker outer sleeve on the outside. Playback would be on a Thorens TD-125LB with SME M2-12R + Dynavector Karat 17d3 cart or Technics SL1200G + Ortofon 2M Black cart. All un-sealed vinyl will be wet-washed on Nessie VinylMaster unless requested not to.   

OOP sealed vinyl always carries inherent risk the vinyl inside is not perfect. Fortunately, these were pressed at RTI duing the 00's and they did an overall really good job unlike the now defunct United, Rainbo or even GZ was terrible during this period. Whereas Pallas, Optimal & RTI press great vinyl overall.