THOMPSON TWINS (LP) Side Kicks. 1983. Arista AL 6607. EX

Description: Here is the 1983 LP by Thompson Twins called Side Kicks. On Arista label AL 6607. Recorded at Compass Point Studios in Nassau and mixed at RAK Studios in London. The record comes in a clear plastic inner sleeve. The front cover has a side cut at the upper right corner. And a wrinkle about 3/4 down from the right side seam along with a little tear at that side seam area, too. And that little tear is on the back cover in the same area, too. The left side seam on the front cover has about 3 wrinkles around there and one at the top seam, too. Back cover I see a wrinkle at the upper left area before the Side One song titles. And a wrinkle running into the left side of one of the Thompson Twins hair/neck area on the left side photo. The album looks great. I only saw like 3 super light thin scuffs on it. Same with the back cover--just saw 2 small light surface scratches and a very light scuff viewable only under a super bright lamp. (On the photos of the full LP, you will see dust particles on there. I will clean them off before putting the record back into the plastic inner sleeve.) No skips, pops, or crackles or tics. Here is a 94-second audio/video of Side 1 on several areas of this side so you can hear the great sound quality. I rate the album cover as Very Good Plus (VG+) since the wrinkles are light. The vinyl gets an Excellent (EX) to Near Mint (NM) for sound quality! And barely any scratches. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Feel free to email me for more information on an item. Depending on your state, they may charge sales tax now and it may show up on your invoice. I haven't been shipping to anywhere but only USA due to super high postage rate, but you can email me here if you don't mind the cost and I will adjust this item. 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 day of receiving payment and I will ship between Monday and Friday. Will ship in LP 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. _______________________________________________________________________________ Guidelines I use to rate the quality of these records (based on the Goldmine Grading Guide): 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: 9 USD

Location: Cleveland, Ohio

End Time: 2024-12-26T21:59:16.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.38 USD