GRATEFUL DEAD From The Mars Hotel LP orig. MFSL 1-172 audiophile JAPAN psych TAS

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Grateful Dead vinyl 12" LP "From The Mars Hotel"Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Records # MFSL 1-172, stereo, original audiophile issue, pressed in Japan. Cover is in VG++ condition, looks beautiful, no split seams, no creased corners, no cut-outs, no writing, very slight edge wear. Vinyl is in VG++/NM condition, full luster, clean labels, one small mark on side 2, plays without notice, whole LP looks and plays nearly perfect. Original cardboard insert and high quality poly-lined inner sleeve included. I am currently listing some great jazz, soul, funk, and disco LP records, all in beautiful high grade condition, all have been kept by an audiophile collector, stored properly, and rarely played... lots of gems! Shipping and handling cost to anywhere in the U.S. is $5.25 (USPS Media mail service). I will combine shipping on multiple auction wins; each additional LP is only $1.00, so buy multiple items and save money on shipping! Check out my other auctions too, always listing lots of rare LP's: Classical, Jazz, TAS list, Psych, Surf, Progressive and Garage Rock, Folk, Lounge, Mood, Bachelor-Pad, Easy Listening, Cheesecake, Hawaiian, Exotica, Import, Quadraphonic, Incredibly Strange Music and more! I sell only high quality vinyl LP's and collectors items. Feel free to email at any time with your questions concerning items up for auction. Thanks for looking! ~VINYLCAT~ I sell only CLEAN quality records. I always use actual pictures of records, not stock photos. I grade fairly and accurately using 25+ years of experience in record collecting. Each record comes protected with a plastic outer sleeve. Records are professionally packed and shipped securely in heavy-duty cardboard LP mailer boxes. All purchases are 100% satisfaction guaranteed or your money back! Record conditions are determined using the tried and true "Goldmine" grading scale found in Tim Neely's Goldmine Record Album Price Guide . For your reference the grades are reprinted here: Mint (M): Absolutely perfect in every way - certainly never played, possibly even still sealed. Should be used sparingly as a grade, if at all. Near Mint (NM or M-): A nearly perfect record. Many dealers won't give a grade higher than this, implying (perhaps correctly) that no record is ever truly perfect. The record should show no obvious signs of wear. An LP jacket should have no creases, folds, seam splits or any other noticable similar defect. No cut-out holes, either. And of course, the same should be true of any other inserts, such as posters, lyric sleeves and the like. Basically, an LP in Near Mint condition looks as if you just got it home from a retail store and removed the shrink wrap. Near Mint is the highest price listed in all Goldmine price guides. Anything that exceeds this grade, in the opinion of both buyer and seller, is worth significantly more than the highest Goldmine book value. Very Good Plus (VG+): Generally worth 50 percent of the Near Mint value. A Very Good Plus record will show some signs that it was played and otherwise handled by a previous owner who took good care of it. Record surfaces may show some slight signs of wear and may have slight scuffs or very light scratches that don't affect one's listening experience. Slight warps that don't affect the sound are OK. The label may have some ring wear or discoloration, but it should be barely noticeable. The center hole will not have been misshapen by repeated play. LP inner sleeves will have some slight ring wear, lightly turned-up corners, or a slight seam split. An LP jacket may also have slight signs of wear and may be marred by a cut-out hole, indentation or corner indicating it was taken out of print and sold at a discount. In general, if not for a couple minor things wrong with it, this would be Near Mint. All but the most mint-crazy collectors will find a Very Good Plus record highly acceptable. A synonym used by some collectors and dealers for "Very Good Plus" is "Excellent." Very Good (VG): Generally worth 25 percent of the Near Mint value. Many of the defects found in a... read more

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