EDWARD R. MURROW/FRED W. FRIENDLY (LP/Non-Music/Spoken Work) 1953. Columbia. VG

Description: Here is an LP by Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly who were radio guys and they chronicled the war and the years of crisis, as told in the authentic sounds and voices of the men who made this history. This is only Volume I and covers 1933-1945, and is covered under the category of Interview, Speech, Political, Spoken Words. This is a reissue/Mono LP on Columbia Masterworks ML 54095 and was reissued in 1953. It's 33 rpm and mono and it's a heavy record! Not as light as the 1960s era! The back cover shows the info for each "Band" (would be 'song if it was music) of which there are 5 per side. The cover is in okay shape. Front cover has some black marks in the middle of the cover. Also a little white ringwear mainly at the top middle section. Back cover had dark aging color on all 4 seam areas. There was no inner sleeve, but I will include one. I think the top seam and bottom seam were glued at one point because the cardboard cover seams look like they were a little torn. Side 1 of the record has some scuffs and light surface scratches. Side 2 has a couple of long surface scratches and I got a photo of one section here. There were no skips or pops when I played it on my Technics system. Here is a minute and 38-second audio/video of Side 1 sections so you can hear the good sound quality. I heard a few 'tics' here and there in the beginning, but it disappeared eventually to lesser tics. Listen and decide if OK for you. I rate the cover as just Very Good (VG) or a little less. The record is more like a Very Good Plus (VG+) for sound and a little less for physical look. At first look it looks pretty good, but when I put it under a super bright light, I saw some surface scratches. _____________________________________________________________________o______________________________________ 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: 7 USD

Location: Cleveland, Ohio

End Time: 2024-10-29T02:29:32.000Z

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