Candido Drum Fever '73 US Polydor Promo Bongo Rock Funk Breaks CTI NY Studio VG+
Cover: VG+. Overall nice. Typical corner bumps and slight fraying at those points ,but very minimal here.Small amount of scuffs on the three spines, very minor paper cracking starting to begin on title spine. Seams are completely solid except for 1 1/2 inch paper loss/split at very center of top spine. Promo cut at top right corner. Minor ringwear on front sleeve mostly at bottom, the slightest hint of ringwear on top and bottom areas on back sleeve. Round Polydor promo sticker.
Disc: Visually Mint. Side 1: under bright light, I looked for about 30 seconds to locate any scratches and couldn't find any. No ghostly marks found either, nearly perfect. Lots of gloss.
Side 2: Mint. One tiny pressing spot on 3rd song, otherwise I couldn't (again) find any scratches. This is maybe the second time this has happened since I've been listing records on ebay.
Audio: Side1- VG+. From the first needledrop at the lead-in groove area,there is intermittent low-level crackle before the audio begins. This has a noise level of 2 out of 10 (10 being the worst)and remains so for the rest of the side until in between the 4th and 5th(final)cut where it has dropped to 1 out of 10.This is graded as such with the volume up fairly loud.
Side 2-VG+.Exactly the same as Side 1.Noise level of 2 out of 10 at the very beginning dead wax area until in between the 3rd and 4th(final) track where it has decreased to 1 out of 10.
No musician credits on back sleeve, but one could surmise that it is a similar mix of studio stalwarts such as were on the previous two Candido full lengths such as David Spinozza, Herb Lovelle, Jerry Jemott and company.