Frank Zappa Uncle Meat 1969 US Gatefold Warner/Bizarre MS-2024 Blue Label VG

Cover: Strong VG. Nice overall. Light ringwear on bottom for front sleeve and moreso on back sleeve.Light scuffing on top and bottom spines, title spine is pretty good overall with some light scuffs, one paper crack/crease area.Top spines have seam splits approximately 4 inches long (both at the top).Typical corner fraying/bumps. Gatefold visually, is nearly issue-free.

No booklet

Discs: Visually: VG. Side I / IV pairing: VG. Under bright light,both sides have about 20-ish marks/scratches of varying visible degrees (none feelable).
Side I has a dull gloss, Side IV has lots of gloss left.

Side II/III pairing: VG. under bright light, both sides have a bout 20-ish marks/scratches of varying degrees(none feelable),but look marginally better than the other disc. Lots of gloss remaining on both sides.

Note: Side I's typed label info has a weak printing than the other three which has the normal visibility of info.

Audio: VG+ Side I:very far edge of lead-ingroove dead wax area (where you would rarely place the tonearm) has some significant noise/static before settling down to a noise level of 3 out of 10 (10 being the worst) well before the opening "Main Title Theme" begins and remains so throughout the side (which,of course in this case has no separation of sound until the end of the side, meaning you may hear a tick every once in a while during the music).

Side IV: VG+.From the lead-in groove area, there is a noise level of 3 out of 10 until the end of the side. Again, the volume level of the music remains the same on this side, so you rarely hear any ticks. 

Side II: VG+. From the lead-in groove area, the noise level is 3 out of 10 and remains so for the entire side. There is more liberal use of dynamics on this side, so on items like "Our Bizarre Relationship" you will hear more of the ticks associated with a 3 out of 10 noise level as it is just dialogue.

Side III: VG.some increased static compared to the other three sides at the very beginning before "Mr. Green Genes" begins. About 4 out of 10 for a noise level before the music starts. For the entire side,the noise level seems to be 4-5 out of 10.