BAY CITY ROLLERS (LP) Strangers In The Wind. 1978. Arista AB-4194. EX

Description: Here is the 1978 album from The Bay City Rollers called Strangers In The Wind. It still has the shrinkwrap on the cover, but opened at the right side to let the LP out. The shrinkwrap is actually torn at the left side seam, but closed at the top and bottom seam. So it has been moved around a bit and you can see this from a photo here. The back of the cover at the upper right corner has a name (Mari) written in blue ink there. Also in that same area, the open seam has a tear in it about 2" long about 2" down below the Mari name. No ringwear showing. There is a die-cut into the record cover at the bottom right corner seam when looking at the front cover. Inside sleeve has photos of the band on it and includes the lyrics. Vinyl: Side 1: I only see some really light scuffing that I couldn't get a photo of. Vinyl: Side 2: I see a couple of scuffs and managed to get a photo of those here (last photo) and there was another one here, but that one didn't show up on photos I tried to take...too light. None of this caused any sound problems. Here is a 100-second audio/video of sections of Side 1 so you can hear the good sound quality. Side 2 scuffs did not cause any problems. All sounded great. See what you think. (Was played on my Technics turntable on a bit high treble in order to hear any tics or defects and all sounded great. No skips or pops.) I rate the cover at Very Good Plus (VG+) due to one tear at the seam and person's name on back cover. The vinyl actually 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 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: 6 USD

Location: Cleveland, Ohio

End Time: 2025-01-17T00:03:15.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.38 USD