RICHARD THOMPSON (LP) Starring As Henry The Human Fly. 1973. Reprise MS 2112. EX

Description: Here is an album by Richard Thompson called Starring As Henry the Human Fly! 1973 on Reprise Records MS 2112. He was originally with Fairport Convention (out of the UK), but left them in 1971. Went on to do a lot of albums and I think he lives in New Jersey now. There's a bit of a Scottish sound to some songs due to musicians using fiddles, a harp, sax, trumpet, and accordion. Sounds great! The cover sleeve shows ringwear on the front cover all around it and same with the back cover. The corners and seam sides have a lot of wear to them. The left bottom corner on the front cover has a sideways cut to it. It looks like the right bottom corner was cut, but it isn't. A piece of cloth from the couch was covering that corner. The record comes in a beige Warner/Reprise inner sleeve. The record wasn't played much. But I see a long light surface scratch across a side and an X-look to the end of the scratch (very light scratch, maybe a scuff). And here is a picture I managed to get of that under a certain area of a bright light. But it didn't affect the song's sound quality at all. Here is a 90-second audio/video of the first 4 songs so you can hear the quality. No skips, pops, or crackles. Barely any tics. Side 2 had about 2 tiny fine surface scratches and some scuffs, but not causing any problems. Barely found them. I rate the cover sleeve as just Good Plus (G+) to Very Good (VG) due to the ringwear and tears/flaking at the 3 side seams (not the open one). The record gets an Excellent (EX) for the sound quality as it the long light scratch did not cause any sound defects. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 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: 30 USD

Location: Cleveland, Ohio

End Time: 2024-12-23T02:02:22.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.38 USD