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For 12 singles, we aren t going to grade generic sleeves, or company generic sleeves, but we will grade any picture sleeve, sleeve specific to the exact release :
Soundclip info: A1 That Attitude , B4 Coco Butter , B3 Pacific Love 2:46 duration,
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Media Grade: NM unsealed by me, pristine
Sleeve Grade: NM still in shrink
Year / Label / Catalogue : 1990 / Valley Vue Records / V1-82190
Brief Comments: Wow. So this is a Craig T. Cooper production on his Valley Vue Records. What s amazing, is both the CD, and Cassette versions of this release are known you can check those on Discogs , but the vinyl version? Apparently, before this, no one knew it was ever given a vinyl lp release. Insanely rare, found it a shop that had a lot of 80 s releases in general a few years ago, and I didn t know it was unknown on vinyl, I picked it up on the strength of Craig T. Cooper. Since then, every effort to track down another copy, or find info on this has hit a dead end. David Patterson was kind enough to correspond with me, he didn t know it had a vinyl release, but vaguely remembers Craig T. Cooper getting a deal, by pressing up a small amount along with his own 1990 release Got That Thang , Craig was able to up the order by 100 units, getting this pressed up, but the savings offset the cost, and he ended up saving on his release. Patterson remembers Cooper mentioning talking about it, but never actually getting word on it, he just assumed it was a business idea, that may not have even happened. The store I found this at, had a lot of Valley Vue stuff amazing to see deadstock of Loves Due , the former owner of that shop was big into that sort of sound, I think Craig T. Cooper had a good relationship with the store in the day, stocking his albums, CD s, cassette s, and sent it along, I found it in an attached auxiliary storage area, near other sealed albums. Only copy though, I kept in touch with the shop, to see if any more would turn up, but if any did, they were already gone, it might have been like a promo freebie to the store? I don t know, this is one for Sherlock Holmes Carl Sherlock Holmes of crate diggin mysteries... .
I don t think another vinyl copy is going to show up.
Amazing stuff, high-quality, even features Patrice Rushen as pianist on B3, B5, and Denise Stewart appears on B1 Because of Love .
I ve never heard a smoother, silky smooth, goose down feather pillow version of Bloodstone s Natural High A3 .
Incredible rarity, beautiful the whole way through, it s a tough one to part with... : . All I can hope is it will go to a loving home :
One that may never turn up again, which is wild to even contemplate, I m just so glad to have given it a good home, I ve loved it, and here s to you, the next loving home :
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For our record grading, we stand by the merits outlined in the scale below, anything VG or below will have a detailed explanation in brackets next to the grade.
For sleeves, we will mention anytime there is split, or defect not visible in the photos in brackets next to the grade, otherwise we refer to the photos for the merit of the grade. Of course any questions, concerns, are always welcome :
Our media grading scale is as follows: Quick note, our VPI is still in storage on the other side of the US, we do brush clean many items carefully, but we have to prioritize, we won t leave anyone stranded with a filthy record, only filthy good We don t factor dust particles into the grading
NM Essentially a pristine album, like new, rarely used.
EX Under bright light if there is any scuffs or mark, which will be inaudible, most collectors and sellers would tend to consider it closer to NM, EX is also the grade others might call VG under the same level of conservative scrutiny.
VG More then a small handful of scuffs, light marks, nothing feelable, will have high-gloss, a thoroughly enjoyable copy that may only have tiny moments of barely perceptible surface noise overpowered by the music. Our VG will satisfy the vast majority of collectors as a nice keeper copy, as collector s ourselves for nearly two decades, this grade is aimed to be a great keeper. Note if say the record has a light DNAP warp, but otherwise is NM, we will automatically put it to VG and detail that. Another scenario is if a copy plays at a solid EX, but visually is VG, the composite grade will be VG , and detailed as such.
VG More hairlines, more marks, maybe a few visible scratches, no more then two feelable scratches which automatically lowers to VG- , there likely will be surface noise, but will play through, still being an enjoyable copy, the audio quality will satisfy most collector s the golden rule: if it doesn t satisfy us, it won t be VG , if a record is otherwise EX, but has a slight momentary skip, where 99 of the record is EX, we will note that, and put it at VG. Usually will retain a nice gloss.
VG- More Scratches than VG, surface noise will jump out more, it be overpowered for longer stretches, or compete with the music in places, it will likely play all the way through on most turntables, a copy that you can still get a decent play enjoyment from.
G Lots of scratches, deeper ones, surface noise now mostly overpowers or competes with the music. It may skip in some places. We don t tend to sell G copies, unless the rarity is so great, and that will be precisely detailed.
Thrashed Pretty much a Theoretical Grade for us, it be for all intents purposes virtually unplayable, it would be for display purposes, or perhaps if you needed the cover but not the record. It s theoretical because so far we haven t sold or identified anything intended to sell at this bottom level.
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