ERIC CARMEN (LP) Change of Heart. 1978. Arista AB 4184. VG+/EX

Description: ERIC CARMEN (LP) Change of Heart. Produced by Eric Carmen. Arista Records AB 4184. From 1978. From the matrix numbers, I believe this is a Santa Marie Pressing (Columbia Records). Eric was well-known in Cleveland fronting a power pop band called Raspberries back in the early '70s (and Cyrus Erie and The Quick). I saw them almost every Sunday night at the Agora Ballroom, based in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. They were so cool. Great voice and great musicians. The Agora was always a crowded place. Eric left Raspberries and went on his own and ended up with the hits All By Myself, Never Gonna Fall In Love Again, and That's Rock 'N Roll and sang Hungry Eyes in that movie Dirty Dancing (written by someone else). He was living in Arizona, but the last 10-15 or so years he had been living back in Cleveland, but then went back to Arizona recently again. He recently passed away this past March 11, 2024. Tons of people here in Cleveland are devastated hearing this as he was a popular and friendly guy. Zoom in on the back cover at the top to see the songs on this LP. The front cover is a black and white record cover. you can see some ringwear at the top and bottom of the cover. The left side seam has lots of tears in it which makes it whited out. The back cover shows ringwear at the top center, left center and bottom center areas. The upper right corner at the seam has the black area slightly torn off and the white shows up on it. The inner sleeve has details of the musicians on each song and the other side is just a white plain cover. No photos on that side. The Side 1 on the first song (which is Desperate Fools Overture) which is like an instrumental before the rest of the songs follow with lyrics does have 9 tics on it as it goes round and round. But then it stops and all the rest of the songs were great. No defects. I've posted a photo of that area in the beginning grooves that has scratches on it which caused the first 9 tics. Here is a 1 minute 33-second audio/video recording of Side 1 sections I did on my iPhone so you can hear those tics and then all the rest of the great sound quality. I rate the album cover as Very Good (VG). The vinyl is in Very Good Plus condition for looks as it has some light surface scratches on both sides, but then except for those first tics on Side 1 are all great sounding. No skips, pops, or crackles. So after those first 9 tics, all the rest gets an Excellent (EX) since there weren't anymore defects and all sounded great. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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. 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 near 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: 7 USD

Location: Cleveland, Ohio

End Time: 2024-09-02T02:36:01.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.38 USD