Grading Policy

All gradings are visual and very strict. All records are carefully cleaned before being graded.

Record grading:

S (Sealed) record means; Record still sealed.

M (Mint) record means; We use this grading strictly for "New releases"

NM (Near Mint) record means; Record in beautiful shape but is 2nd hand and is in unplayed condition or has one or two very small surface marks that don't affect play.

EX (Excellent) record means; very few light surface marks that don't affect play.

VG+ (Very Good Plus) records means; very light surface marks, but nothing that affects play.

VG (Very Good) record means; lots of surface marks, might not play perfect. All VG and VG- records are listened to and if play is affected by the condition it is noted in the comment.


VG- (Very Good Minus) record means; record has lots of surface marks and looks bad. Record might not play perfect. All VG and VG- records are listened to and if play is affected by the condition it is noted in the comment.

Cover grading:

S (Sealed) cover means; Cover/Record still sealed.

M (Mint) cover means; New cover only. (Plain sleeve 12"s & 45's also get this grading unless plain sleeve is sure to be original)

NM (Near Mint) cover means; Cover in beautiful shape but is 2nd hand and might have minor cut, very light cover wear or very small signs of use. Cover looks like new and has no cover wear, writings on cover, bent corners or split seams.

EX (Excellent) cover means; very light cover wear or small cut mark/corner.

VG+ (Very Good Plus) cover means; light cover wear or small split seam or small cutout hole.

VG (Very Good) cover means; heavy cover wear or heavy split seam or big cutout hole or big cut corner.

VG- (Very Good Minus) cover means; very heavy cover wear or heavy split seam or big cutout hole or big cut corner = cover looks pretty bad and has lots of wear.