ROY HAMILTON (LP/33) The Golden Boy (Epic LN 33641) Mono. 1958, VG

Description: Roy Hamilton with his LP called The Golden Boy. On Epic LN 3364 in 1958. Blues/R&B/Vocal/Pop sound. What a voice! It said High Fidelity so I assume it's mono. You can see the song titles on the label photos or back cover. Poor guy passed away at just about 40 years old after suffering from a stroke back in 1969. A voice to always remember! The cover sleeve is in good condition with only some whitish fade spots here and there and some whitish ringwear at the top mid section. Top right corner has a seam split about 3 inches. Back cover has a stamp of the record shop where this was purchased way back when. And a black ink name that looks like Mastics. Just a little dark ringwear is at the top mid section, but everything else here is easy to read. No inner sleeve with it, so I will include a white one. The vinyl has several surface scratches (unfeelable) on both sides, a little more than 10. Here are several photos of some of them. I played it through on my Technic turntable with no skips or pops. But I did hear light crackles during the quieter parts of the songs. So I made a video of some sections of the first and second song so you can hear them and decide if this is okay with you. I have it on higher treble rather than in the middle of treble and bass. I rate the cover sleeve as Very Good (VG) due to seam tear and the record itself gets just a Very Good (VG) also because of the light surface scratches and the light crackles I could hear here and there. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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: 4 USD

Location: Cleveland, Ohio

End Time: 2024-08-18T20:01:31.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.38 USD