TONIO K. (LP) Notes From The Lost Civilization. 1988. WHAT/A&M SP 763. NM

Description: Tonio K. (born Vladamir Steven M. Krikorian, July 4, 1950) is an American singer/songwriter who has released eight albums. He has many singers such as Bonnie Raitt, Chicago, Al Green, Burt Bacharach and more that have been recorded by them. Interesting history of his music work. I think this is his 5th LP. It is on the WHAT?Record label that is with A&M SP 763. The front cover is in pretty good shape. Small die-cut at the left upper corner on the seam on the front cover. The front cover at the bottom right corner has the name Mari written in blue ink. Back cover has a wrinkle at the upper left corner. Just a little bit of white ringwear showing on the back cover at the top mid section. The name Mari is written on that side, too, at the upper left area. Side seam is readable with artist name and title and label name. Inner sleeve has one side with lyrics and the other side with info of who all was involved (and a dinosaur at the bottom). Side 1 (which doesn't mention whether it is Side 1 or Side 2, but it starts with song Without Love) didn't have any surface scratches on it. Side 2 only had a super light surface scratch across songs 1-2, but no sound defects as it was too light. A photo of that is here. Album is shiny. Here is a 1 minute 41-second audio/video recording of Side 1 sections so you can hear the great sound quality. I rate the album cover as Very Good Plus (VG+) only due to handwritten name on cover and die-cut. The vinyl is in Near Mint (NM) condition as barely any scratches on it and sound was perfect with no skips, pops, crackles, or tics. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 near 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: 12 USD

Location: Cleveland, Ohio

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