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LP . JAPANESE . Pictures are of item . Not Stock photos . . Grading scale . Grading determines price . NM - Sleeve and Record are almost as new . Light wear possible . EX - Excellent cover may have light wear , light handling . Record may have light marks . Light noise . VG - Cover will have noticeable handling wear , creases , light wear and tear . Record will show play , possibly scratches . Still plays through fine . ALWAYS WASH JAPAN DIRECT RECORDS . MILDEW IS USUALLY SURFACE NOISE SOURCE . One can't see it but it's there . Just like Windex or Discwasher . One gets a crackle effect . But the record looks clean , quite often. When buying records . Just look at the label for spindle marks . Expensive record cleaning machines work nice records that need to be CLEANED . They do not remove groove damage over poor playback abuse . A really clean record . May look it . After cleaning . But will still have that hideous surface noise . You don't need a $500 cartridge . All you need is a Good/New stylus . VTA . And overhang and at least a $400- $500 vintage turntable . Denon Pioneers can be bought fairly cheap . A Marantz (No Mech Engineering etc..) , New cheap turntables . Are designed to grind new territory into the record . There is no such thing as a Audiophile Automatic Turntable . Tone arm drag and imbalance . Long tone arm . Manual Function = correct . RECORD(S) : EX+ No marks on label COVER: EX+ . INSERT(S): EX OBI: EX+ FLEXI: INNER BOOKLET : DECALS : POSTERS : EX+