SNIFF 'N' THE TEARS (LP) Love Action. MCA-5242. 1981. VG+/EX

Description: Here is Sniff 'n' the Tears with their 1981 LP called Love Action. On MCA Records MCA-5242. The light blue label does also say 1981 Chiswick Records besides the MCA Records. There is a small cut-out at the upper left corner on the front cover. LP is still in shrinkwrap, but opened at the right side to let the record out. There are some tears in the shrinkwrap at the right side and bottom mid section near the seam. Back cover has just a small tear in the shrinkwrap at the bottom mid section near the seam. It comes with a black inner sleeve that has one side of the lyrics and other side a photo of them with notes on their names and recording info. It's a bit wrinkled at one corner area. Side 1 has one long scuff and a couple smaller ones and only a couple little surface scratches. Side 2 has one surface scratch at the last song area and one scuff mark at the beginning song that looks like a surface scratch, but it's a scuff mark. The photo here makes it look like a scratch. There are some light scuffs on both sides, but better having scuffs instead of scratches. They caused no sound problems. No skips or pops, barely any crackles. Here is a 51-second audio/video of a section from the first 3 songs so you can hear the quality. The first song I did hear 3 crackles in the beginning, but then it disappeared. I give the cover sleeve as Excellent (EX) because the shrinkwrap saved it from marks. The vinyl I should only give a Very Good Plus (VG+) due to a couple of surface scratches and scuffs, but that caused no problems so it gets an Excellent (EX) for sound quality! _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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. 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. Or I can give you a refund of the 2nd postage payment to you via ebay, too. 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. NM-: Near Mint Minus - 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 label and cover probably has seam splits. But, amazingly, 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. See my other listings for more great items!

Price: 8 USD

Location: Cleveland, Ohio

End Time: 2025-01-02T00:33:10.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.38 USD