BOOMTOWN RATS (PS/45) Diamond Smiles/Late Last Night.1979. Mercury (Germany) EX

Description: Boomtown Rats picture sleeve 45 rpm with Side 1 as Diamond Smiles and Side 2 Late Last Night. On Mercury Records 6008.553 and made in Germany 1979. Stereo. Bob Geldorf wrote and sang it. (I brought this back to Cleveland, Ohio, after staying in Germany in 1980.)The picture sleeve is good, but it does have visible ringwear circles as you can see! Because the back is black, the ringwear doesn't show up as much as the front. The vinyl sounded great. No skips or pops. At first glance you think it's new, but under a very bright lamp there are a few small scuffs seen together at the beginning of the grooves on side 1, but they absolutely do not affect the sound quality. Here is a 61-second audio/video of Side 1 so you can hear the great quality!I rate the picture sleeve as Very Good (VG) only because of the obvious ringwear circle. The record I rate as Excellent (EX). _________________________________________________________ (Grading Guidelines are listed further down below.) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Depending on your state, they may charge sales tax now and it may show up on your invoice. If buying 2 or more records, don't pay yet. Let me send you an invoice combining both records to save on the postage costs. SHIPPING: Will ship within one-two days of receiving payment and I will ship between Monday and Friday. Will ship in 45 rpm mailers with inserts and bubblewrap for protection. Will provide tracking number also within the USA. Ships out of the Cleveland, Ohio area via Media Mail. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ G U I D E L I N E S T O G R A D I N G: Guidelines I use to rate the quality of these records (based on the Goldmine Grading Guide): M: Mint - Still sealed, assume vinyl is perfect. NM: Near Mint - Vinyl, still shiny, as if opened for the first time. No writing or stickers on the vinyl. No obvious scratches. Label: No writing or stickers and no fading of the label. LP cover should have no creases, folds, seam splits or similar defects. NM-: Near Mint Minus (My grading item/description). Similar to NM but will have some very light scratches on the vinyl not affecting the sound quality. No writing or stickers on label and no fading (or ringwear) on cover or label. EX: Excellent - Not quite a Goldmine Standard Listing, but being used by many now. Cover: No ink wear, minor creases to corners, no seam tears. Vinyl can have scratches, but not felt by your fingers. Sound quality must be mint. No more than 15% of the surface should have wear or scuffs on it. To me, EX is like a VG++. VG+: Very Good Plus - Similar to NM- except that on the label, there may be a sticker or writing, but it shows very little wear. There may be only a couple light surface scratches on the grooves, but do not affect the playback with noise or skips. You may only see these scratches if you put them under a bright light and really look for them. The cover might have light creasing or minor seam or corner wear, but still in great condition to show off. VG to VG-: Very Good to Very Good Minus - May not be that shiny anymore and you will see scratches without putting it under a bright light, but they still would not affect the quality of the playback. The sound quality is still pretty good, maybe a little noise, but not enough to detract from the listening experience. The label might have some fading around it, besides having stickers or writing. The cover may have obvious ringwear in the middle or around the perimeter of where the record was, maybe some side seam splits, or little tears at the top or side where the record goes back into. If less defects, then it's a VG. If it has all this just mentioned, then a VG-. G, G+: Good or Good Plus - It doesn't mean the vinyl is trashed. It plays though without skipping, but may have heavy noise or fuzz sound because of age, quality, or worn-down grooves. Heavy writing or stickers on the label, ringwear is very obvious on the cover and cover probably has seam splits. But, amazingly, for the vinyl, if you have special audio LP recording software, you could probably clean up those crackles and fuzzes, if you want to create a CD of it for yourself. P: Poor - This is when the vinyl is warped to the point it warps the playback also. Or it's cracked, but it may or may not still play without a skip. If a picture sleeve is with it, this is torn or marked up bigtime. But someone may want to have it for nostalgia or even attempt to fix it.

Price: 7 USD

Location: Cleveland, Ohio

End Time: 2024-12-24T20:46:30.000Z

Shipping Cost: 4.63 USD