MINT (M)

THE VINYL WILL BE IN BRAND NEW CONDITION. THERE WILL NO SURFACE MARKS OR DETERIORATION IN QUALITY. FOR THE SLEEVE AND ANY EXTRAS THE SAME APPLIES

EXCELLENT (EX)

THE VINYL COULD  HAVE SOME MINOR SIGNS OF PLAYING WITH VERY LITTLE LESSENING IN QUALITY. SLEEVE MAY HAVE SLIGHT SIGN OF USE AND SLIGHT CREASING

VERY GOOD (VG)

THE VINYL HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN PLAYED MANY TIMES BUT NO MAJOR DETERIORATION IN SOUND QUALITY. THERE MAY BE SURFACE MARKS AND THE ODD LIGHT SCRATCH, ALSO THERE COULD BE SOME SURFACE NOISE . NORMAL WEAR ON SLEEVE BUT NO MAJOR FAULT IS ACCEPTABLE

GOOD (G)

DUE TO PROLONGED PLAYING THE VINYL’S SOUND QUALITY HAS NOTICEABLY DETERIORATED. THERE COULD ALSO BE DISTORTION AND MILD SCRATCHES. THE SLEEVE COULD SUFFER FROM DISCOLOURATION, FOLDS, SPLIT SPINES AND SCUFFS.

FAIR (F)

THE RECORD IS JUST PLAYABLE DISPLAYS CONSIDERABLE SURFACE NOISE, MAY JUMP. THE SLEEVE MAY BE TORN, STAINED AND DEFACED

POOR (P)

VINYL WILL NOT PLAY PROPERLY DUE TO SCRATCHES BAD SURFACE MARKS ETC. THE SLEEVE WILL BE BADLY DAMAGED OR MISSING

VARIATIONS

(NM) = NEAR MINT (VG-)= SLIGHTLY UNDER VERY GOOD (EX+)= SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN EXCELLENT

THE N,+,- SYMBOLS ARE USED TO GRADE INBETWEEN THE SET GRADES