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The Goldmine Grading System

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The following article is reproduced courtesy of Tim Toms (Back-Trac Records).

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In Compiling this information the following people have participated with vital information....

Susan Murray (NOD International Records) cyteen@ix.netcom.com
Fred Walker (Vinylonly) vinylonly@aol.com
Paula Major (Paula's House of Music) paula@houseofmusic.com
And of course myself, Tim Toms (Back-Trac Records) backtrac45@aol.com
Copyright 1996 by Weldon T. Toms (Tim)

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Susan Murray (NOD International Records) cyteen@ix.netcom.com
Fred Walker (Vinylonly) vinylonly@aol.com
Paula Major (Paula's House of Music) paula@houseofmusic.com
±×¸®°í ³ª ÀÚ½Å, Tim Toms (Back-Trac Records) backtrac45@aol.com
Copyright 1996 by Weldon T. Toms (Tim)


The following grades defined are derived from the system used by Goldmine magazine. This is not to say that other grading systems are not viable. The grades defined here are among the mainstream. They are not to be confused with any other system. It is to be used only as a reference but keep in mind, that when grading, anyone can choose alternative grading systems for records as long as they can define the terms they use without confusion.

¾Æ·¡ÀÇ Á¤ÀÇµÈ µî±ÞµéÀº GoldmineÀâÁö¿¡¼­ »ç¿ëµÈ ü°è·ÎºÎÅÍ ÆÄ»ýµÇ¾ú´Ù. ÀÌ°ÍÀº ´Ù¸¥ µî±Þ ü°èµéÀÌ ½Ç¿ëÀûÀÌÁö ¾Ê´Ù´Â °ÍÀ» ¸»ÇÏ´Â °ÍÀÌ ¾Æ´Ï´Ù. ¿©±â¿¡ Á¤ÀÇµÈ µî±ÞµéÀº ´ë¼¼¶ó ÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. ´Ù¸¥ ¾î¶² ü°èµé°ú È¥µ¿µÇÁö ¾Ê´Â´Ù. µî±ÞÀ» ¸Å±æ ¶§, È¥¶õÀÌ ¾øÀÌ »ç¿ëµÇµµ·Ï ¿ë¾îµéÀ» Á¤ÀÇÇÑ ´Ù¸¥ µî±Þ ü°è¸¦ ¼±ÅÃÇÏ´õ¶óµµ, ÀÌ Ã¼°è¸¦ Âü°í¿ëÀ¸·Î¸¸ »ç¿ëµÇ¾î¾ß ÇÑ´Ù´Â Á¡À» ¿°µÎ¿¡ µÎ¾î¾ß ÇÑ´Ù.

FAQ: Compiled August 16th, 1996

Goldmine Grading System Defined: Questions and Answers


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Questions in this section

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Q1: What is the Goldmine Grading System ?

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A1: The Goldmine Grading System was 1st created in the early years of record collecting. These grades were established from various other resources pertaining to collecting (for example coin, book, comics, and card collecting). Goldmine Magazine first published a grading scale in 1974. It has undergone changes through out the years, yet has for the most part remained the same. *** Remember! Two people may not come up with the same grade for the same record. One person may feel a record is MINT and another may say NM (Near Mint). After reading the next part of this answer, perhaps you will be able to identify each grade with out too much confusion, and allow yourself to grade more conservatively (fairly).

A1: Goldmine µî±Þü°è´Â ·¹ÄÚµå ¼öÁýÀÇ Ãʱ⠽ô뿡 óÀ½ ¸¸µé¾îÁ³´Ù. ÀÌ µî±ÞµéÀº ¼öÁý´ë»ó(¿¹·Î¼­ µ¿Àü, ¼­Àû, ¸¸È­¿Í Ä«µå ¼öÁý)¿¡ ¼ÓÇÏ´Â ´Ù¾çÇÑ ´Ù¸¥ ´ë»ó¹°µé·ÎºÎÅÍ È®¸³µÇ¾ú´Ù. Goldmine ÀâÁö´Â µî±Þ ôµµ¸¦ 1974³â¿¡ óÀ½ ¹ßÇ¥Çß´Ù. ÀÌ°ÍÀº ÇØ°¡ Áö³ª¸é¼­ º¯È­¸¦ °Þ¾úÀ¸³ª, °ÅÀÇ ´ëºÎºÐÀº ±×´ë·Î ³²¾Ò´Ù. *** ÀØÁö¸»¶ó! µÎ »ç¶÷ÀÌ µ¿ÀÏÇÑ ·¹Äڵ忡 ´ëÇØ ¸Å±ä µî±ÞÀÌ µ¿ÀÏÇÏÁö ¾ÊÀ» ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. ¾î¶² »ç¶÷Àº ¾î¶² ÇϳªÀÇ ·¹Äڵ尡 MINT¶ó°í ÇÏ°í ´Ù¸¥ »ç¶÷Àº NM(Ner Mint)¶ó°í ÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. ÀÌ ´äº¯ÀÇ ´ÙÀ½ ºÎºÐÀ» ÀÐÀº ÈÄ, ¾Æ¸¶ ´ç½ÅÀº ¾ÆÁÖ ½ÉÇÑ È¥¶õ¾øÀÌ °¢°¢ÀÇ µî±ÞÀ» ÀνÄÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖÀ» °ÍÀ̸ç, µî±Þ¿¡ ´ëÇØ ´ç½Å ÀÚ½ÅÀÌ ´õ¿í ½ÅÁßÇØ (°øÁ¤ÇØ) Áú °ÍÀÌ´Ù.

Q2: How can I grade my own vinyl based on these grades?

Q2: ÀÌ·¯ÇÑ µî±ÞÀ» ³ªÀÇ vinyl(·¹ÄÚµåÆÇ)¿¡ ¾î¶»°Ô µî±ÞÀ» ¸Å±â³ª ?

A2: Below is the grade scale and what you should look for when assessing a grade for each record you have.

A2: ¾Æ·¡´Â ´ç½ÅÀÌ °¡Áø °¢°¢ÀÇ ·¹Äڵ忡 ´ëÇØ µî±ÞÀ» ¸Å±æ ¶§ ¹Ýµå½Ã º¸¾Æ¾ß ÇÒ °Í°ú µî±Þ ôµµÀÌ´Ù.

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Grade Scale with definitions of each grade:


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MINT or M


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Perfect! A mint record should look like it has just left the manufacturer, with NO flaws what so ever. It should look as though it had never been handled. No scuffs or scratches, blotches or stains. No stickers address labels, writing on the covers or labels. No tears or seam splits. No wear to the cover or record period! Age of the record has nothing to do with it. A MINT record from 1949 should look like a MINT record from 1996. The number one complaint from collectors about grading over the years, have been the deteriorating standards that dealers and private sellers have had when grading. It is only natural for most people to turn to the "MINT" grade and read "highest prices" listed in price guides. Since most price guides have a high and low price range, the assumed grade most often is NOT mint, but near mint (NM). ¿Ïº®! mint±Þ ·¹ÄÚµå´Â ±× ¹«¾ùÀÌµç ¾Æ¹« °áÁ¡µµ ¾ø´Â, Á¦Á¶°øÀå¿¡¼­ ¸· ³ª¿Â°Í°ú °°ÀÌ º¸¿©¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. Çѹøµµ ¸¸Áø ÀûÀÌ ¾ø´Â °Íó·³ º¸¿©¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. ½ºÄ£ ÀÚ±¹(scuff) ¶Ç´Â ±ÜÈû(scratch), ¾ó·è(blotch) ¶Ç´Â Âø»ö(stain)µµ ¾ø´Ù. ÁÖ¼Ò¿ë ¶óº§ µüÁö, Ä¿¹ö¿¡ ±Û ¾²±â ¶Ç´Â ¶óº§ µîµµ ¾ø´Ù. Âõ¾îÁü ¶Ç´Â Á¢ÂøºÎÀ§ °¥¶óÁüÀÌ ¾ø´Ù. Ä¿¹ö³ª ·¹ÄÚµåÆÇÀÇ ¼¼¿ù·Î ÀÎÇÑ ´âÀ½µµ ¾ø´Ù! ·¹ÄÚµåÆÇÀÇ ³ªÀ̵µ ¾Æ¹«·± ¿µÇâÀÌ ¾ø¾î¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. 1949³â¿¡ ³ª¿Â MINT±Þ ·¹ÄÚµå´Â 1996³â¿¡ ³ª¿Â MINT±Þ ·¹Äڵ峪 °°ÀÌ º¸¿©¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. ´Ù³â°£ÀÇ µî±ÞºÎ¿©¿¡ ´ëÇØ ¼öÁý°¡µé·ÎºÎÅÍÀÇ Á¦ÀÏ ¸¹Àº ºÒÆòÀº ÆǸŻóÀ̳ª °³ÀÎ ÆǸÅÀÚµéÀÌ µî±ÞºÎ¿©½Ã (ÃëÇÑ Åµµ°¡) ±âÁØÀ» ¶³¾îÆ®¸° °ÍÀ̾ú´Ù. (¿ªÀÚ ÁÖ: Áï, ÇԺηΠMINT±ÞÀ̶ó°í ÇÏ¿´´Ù´Â ¶æÀÓ) °ÅÀÇ ´ëºÎºÐÀÇ »ç¶÷µéÀÌ ¡°MINT¡±±Þ µî±Þ ºÎ¿©¸¦ ÇÏ¿© °¡°Ý ¾È³»¼­¿¡ µîÀçµÈ ¡°ÃÖ°í°¡¡±¸¦ ¹Þ±â¸¦ ¿øÇÏ´Â °ÍÀº ÀÚ¿¬½º·¯¿î °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ±×·¯¹Ç·Î ´ëºÎºÐÀÇ °¡°Ý ¾È³»¼­´Â °í°¡¿Í Àú°¡ÀÇ ¹üÀ§¸¦ Ç¥±âÇÏ°í, ±âÁØÀ¸·Î ¼³Á¤ÇÑ µî±ÞÀº mint±ÞÀÌ ¾Æ´Ï°í, near mint (NM)ÀÌ´Ù.

*** Okay, but how can I honestly grade a record MINT???

*** ¾Ë°Ú´Ù, ±×·±µ¥ ¾î¶»°Ô ÇÏ¸é ³ª´Â ·¹Äڵ带 MINT±ÞÀ̶ó°í Á¤´çÇÏ°Ô ¸Å±æ¼ö ÀÖ³ª???

*** MINT COVERS: Simply put, a mint cover should appear to have never had a record inside it. No wear to the corners or any marks on the face or back of the cover. EP jackets (for 7 inch extended plays) and 45 single picture sleeves also apply to this rule. The record inside can cause an impression (a round shape in the face of the cover/sleeve) Many dealers or sellers feel that the artwork (the ink) has to be worn or starting to rub off, before there is any ring wear. NOPE!! Mint means perfect and nothing else!

*** MINT Ä¿¹ö: °£´ÜÈ÷ ¸»Çؼ­, mint±Þ Ä¿¹ö´Â ¾È¿¡ ·¹Äڵ带 Çѹøµµ ³ÖÀº ÀûÀÌ ¾ø´Â °Í °°¾Æ¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. ±ÍÅüÀÌ°¡ ´â°Å³ª ¾ÕÀ̳ª µÚ¿¡ ¾î¶°ÇÑ ÈçÀûµµ ¾ø´Ù. EP ÀÚÄÏ(7ÀÎÄ¡Â¥¸® extended play¸¦ À§ÇÑ)°ú 45ȸÀü single picture ½½¸®ºê ¶ÇÇÑ ÀÌ ±ÔÄ¢ÀÌ Àû¿ëµÈ´Ù. (Ä¿¹ö) ¾ÈÀÇ ·¹ÄÚµå´Â (Ä¿¹ö/½½¸®ºêÀÇ Ç¥¸é¿¡ µÕ±Ù ÇüÅ·Î) ÀÚ±¹À» ¸¸µç´Ù. ¸¹Àº ÆǸŻóÀ̳ª ÆǸÅÀÚ ¾î¶°ÇÑ µ¿±×¶õ ´âÀ½(ring wear)ÀÌ ÀÖ±â Àü¿¡ ÀμâµÈ ±×¸²(À×Å©)ÀÌ ³°°Å³ª »öä°¡ ¿¯¾îÁö±â ½ÃÀÛÇÑ´Ù°í »ý°¢ÇÑ´Ù. Àá±ñ!! Mint±ÞÀ̶õ ¿Ïº® ±× ÀÚüÀÌ´Ù.

**NOTE Anytime a person calls anything MINT you should expect a perfect, visually flawless item. We should actually use the term PERFECT rather than the term MINT. Probably no one would ever use this grade. PERFECT is to say that man (who is not perfect) can produce a perfect item. No way! MINT is already abused in the open market and many people would be disappointed when they find some flaw to cause it to be an overgrade. My feelings are NOTHING is perfect and to call anything MINT is purely "Hype".

**Âü°í ¾î´À¶§µçÁö ´©°¡ ¾î¶² ¹°°ÇÀ» MINT±ÞÀ̶ó°í ÇÏ¸é ´ç½ÅÀº À°¾ÈÀ¸·Î ÇÏÀÚ°¡ ¾ø´Â ¿Ïº®ÇÑ °ÍÀ» ±â´ëÇÑ´Ù. ¿ì¸®´Â ¡°MINT±Þ¡±À̶ó´Â ¿ë¾î ´ë½Å¿¡ ¡°¿Ïº®¡±À̶ó´Â ¿ë¾î¸¦ ½ÇÁ¦·Î »ç¿ëÇÒ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ¾Æ¸¶µµ ±× ¾î´À ´©±¸µµ ÀÌ µî±ÞÀ» »ç¿ëÇÒ ¼ö ¾øÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ¡°¿Ïº®¡±À̶õ (¿Ïº®ÇÏÁöµµ ¾ÊÀº) »ç¶÷ÀÌ ¿Ïº®ÇÑ ¹°°ÇÀ» ¸¸µé ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù´Â ±×·± ¸»ÀÌ´Ù. ±×·² ¼ö ¾ø´Ù! MINT±ÞÀ̶õ ÀÌ¹Ì ¿­¸° ½ÃÀå¿¡¼­ ³²¿ëµÇ¾î ¿Ô°í ¸¹Àº »ç¶÷µéÀÌ °úÀ× µî±Þ ¸Å±èÀÇ ¿øÀÎÀÌ µÇ´Â »ó´çÇÑ ÇÏÀÚ¸¦ ¹ß°ßÇÏ°í ½Ç¸ÁÇÑ ÀûÀÌ ¸¹¾ÒÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ³ªÀÇ »ý°¢À¸·Î´Â ±× ¾î¶°ÇÑ °Íµµ ¡°¿Ïº®ÇÑ °ÍÀº ¾ø°í¡± ¶Ç ¾î¶°ÇÑ °ÍÀ» MINT±ÞÀ̶ó°í ºÎ¸¥´Ù´Â °ÍÀº ¿ÏÀüÈ÷ ¡°»ç±â¡±ÀÌ´Ù.

***2ND SPECIAL NOTE It has been brought to my attention that because stickers may involve promo and special track listings that were applied from the factory, it is still not a standard practice. Promo stickers and large white programming labels (on the bottom of the covers) are considered a turn off. Therefore even these stickers would lower the grade from a MINT status to perhaps only EX. Stickers that show special announcements, such as "Featuring the hit song...etc.", were not applied to all the commercial releases. Some earlier copies may not have the sticker since the song in question had not even charted yet. It was to advertise the whole LP and draw attention to the buyer. Some stickers are worth money! That means they actually have value. Most companies applied the stickers to the shrink-wrap and thus, one should save these items, but if applied to the covers, NM is the best way to grade these covers. If you wish to place value on the sticker (most are anywhere from 50 cents to $2.00) then do so but make mention of the sticker being on the cover to potential buyers! Many people want sticker free covers!

**2¹ø° Ưº° Âü°í promo¿Í °ü·ÃµÈ ½ºÆ¼Ä¿¿Í °øÀå¿¡¼­ ºÎÂøÇÑ Æ¯º° °î ¸ñ·Ï¿¡ °üÇØ ³ªÀÇ ÁÖÀǸ¦ ²ö ÀûÀÌ Àִµ¥, ÀÌ°ÍÀº ¾ÆÁ÷ Ç¥ÁØ °ü·Ê°¡ ¾Æ´Ï´Ù. Promo ½ºÆ¼Ä¿¿Í (Ä¿¹öÀÇ ¾Æ·¡ÂÊ À§¿¡) Å©°í Èò ÇÁ·Î±×·¥ ¶óº§Àº turn off(?)¶ó°í °£ÁÖÇÑ´Ù. ±×·¯¹Ç·Î ÀÌ·¯ÇÑ ½ºÆ¼Ä¿ÀÏÁö¶óµµ MINT±Þ »óÅ¿¡¼­ ¾Æ¸¶µµ EX±ÞÀ¸·Î¸¸ µî±ÞÀ» ³·Ãá´Ù. Ưº°ÇÑ ±¤°í¹®±¸°¡ ÀÖ´Â, ¡°È÷Æ®¼Û ... µî ¼ö·Ï¡±°ú °°ÀÌ, ½ºÆ¼Ä¿´Â ¸ðµç »ó¾÷Àû ¹ß¸Å¹°¿¡ Àû¿ëµÇÁö ¾Ê¾Ò´Ù. ¹®Á¦ÀÇ °îÀÌ ¾ÆÁ÷ ¼øÀ§Ç¥¿¡ ¿À¸£Áöµµ ¾Ê¾Ò±â ¶§¹®¿¡ ÀϺΠÃʱâ ÆǸŹ°µéÀº ½ºÆ¼Ä¿°¡ ¾øÀ» ¼öµµ ÀÖ´Ù. LP ÀüºÎ¸¦ ±¤°íÇÏ°í ±¸¸ÅÀÚÀÇ ÁÖÀǸ¦ ²ø±â À§ÇÑ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ¾î¶² ½ºÆ¼Ä¿´Â ±ÝÀüÀû °¡Ä¡°¡ ÀÖ´Ù. ÀÌ ¸»Àº ±× ÀÚü·Î °¡Ä¡°¡ ÀÖ´Ù´Â °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ´ëºÎºÐÀÇ È¸»çµéÀº ½ºÆ¼Ä¿¸¦ ¼öÃàÆ÷Àå¿¡ ºÙÀÌ°í ±×¸®ÇÏ¿© ÀÌ·¯ÇÑ ¹°°ÇÀ¸·ÎºÎÅÍ ¾ÈÀüÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖÀ¸³ª, ¸¸ÀÏ Ä¿¹ö¿¡ ºÎÂøÇÏ¿´´Ù¸é NM±ÞÀÌ ÀÌ·¯ÇÑ Ä¿¹ö¸¦ µî±Þ¸Å±â´Â µ¥ ÃÖ¼±ÀÇ ¼öÁØÀÌ´Ù. ´ç½ÅÀÌ ½ºÆ¼Ä¿¿¡ °¡Ä¡¸¦ ºÎ¿©ÇÏ°í ½Í´Ù¸é (´ëºÎºÐ 50¼¾Æ®¿¡¼­ 2´Þ·¯ »çÀÌ¿¡ Àִµ¥) ±×·¸°Ô Ç쵂 ÀáÀç°í°´¿¡°Ô Ä¿¹ö À§¿¡ ½ºÆ¼Ä¿°¡ ÀÖ´Ù°í ¾ð±ÞÀ» Ç϶ó!

MINT VINYL


MINT±Þ ·¹ÄÚµåÆÇ

This should be very simple to define (said with tongue in cheek). A mint record should look perfect, as described earlier. Any defect from the factory pressing, such as bubbles or pits in the vinyl are not acceptable! Even if they do not cause any problem when played. It should, as we said, be a perfect pressing. Records were ALL packaged by hand and the simple placing of the record into a paper sleeve can caused minor scuffs. Probably very insignificant, but they are flaws never the less. For this reason, it is impossible to call a sealed record mint. Thus any sealed record that is sold, should be sold only with the guarantee that it is assumed to be unplayed. Unplayed records will always play better the 1st time unless. of course there was a factory flaw. A sealed record cannot be inspected for flaws in the vinyl's grooves, so it not wise to call a sealed record MINT. ÀÌ°ÍÀº (ºñ²¿¾Æ¼­ ¸»ÇÏÀÚ¸é) Á¤ÀÇÇÏ±â ¸Å¿ì ½±´Ù. mint±Þ ·¹ÄÚµå´Â ¾Õ¿¡¼­µµ ¸»ÇÑ¹Ù¿Í °°ÀÌ ¿Ïº®ÇÏ°Ô º¸¿©¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. ·¹ÄÚµåÆÇÀÇ °ÅÇ°(bubble) ¶Ç´Â ±¸¸Û°°Àº °øÀå Á¦Á¶(pressing)½ÃÀÇ °áÁ¡ Á¶Â÷µµ ¿ëÀÎÇÒ ¼ö ¾ø´Ù. ½ÉÁö¾î ±×°ÍµéÀÌ Àç»ý½Ã¿¡ ¾î¶² ¹®Á¦µµ ¾ß±âÇÏÁö ¾Ê´Â´ÙÇصµ. ¿ì¸®°¡ ¸»ÇßµíÀÌ, ¿Ïº®ÇÑ Á¦Á¶¿©¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. ·¹ÄÚµå´Â ¡°ÀüºÎ¡° ¼ÕÀ¸·Î Æ÷ÀåµÇ°í Á¾ÀÌ ½½¸®ºê ¾ÈÀ¸·Î ·¹Äڵ带 ´Ü¼øÈ÷ ³Ö´Â °Í¸¸À¸·Îµµ ÀÛÀº ½ºÄ§ÈçÀû(scuff)¸¦ ¸¸µé ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. ¾Æ¸¶µµ ¾ÆÁÖ ÇÏÂúÁö¸¸, ±×·¡µµ ¿ª½Ã ÇÏÀÚÀÌ´Ù. ÀÌ·± ÀÌÀ¯·Î, Æ÷Àå»óÅÂ(sealed)ÀÇ ·¹Äڵ带 mint±ÞÀ̶ó°í ºÎ¸£±â´Â ºÒ°¡´ÉÇÏ´Ù. ±×·¡¼­ ÆǸŵǴ ¾î¶°ÇÑ Æ÷Àå»óÅÂÀÇ ·¹ÄÚµå¶óµµ Àç»ýµÈ ÀûÀÌ ¾ø´Ù°í ÃßÁ¤µÈ´Ù´Â °Í¸¸À» º¸ÁõÇÏ¿© ÆǸŵǾî¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. Àç»ýµÈ ÀûÀÌ ¾ø´Â ·¹ÄÚµå´Â °øÀåÁ¦Á¶ ÇÏÀÚ°¡ ¾ø´Ù¸é ¾ðÁ¦³ª 1¹ø°¿¡´Â Àß Àç»ýµÉ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. Æ÷Àå»óÅÂÀÇ ·¹ÄÚµå´Â ·¹ÄÚµåÀÇ À½±¸¿¡ ÀÖ´Â ÇÏÀÚ¸¦ °Ë»çÇÒ ¼ö ¾øÀ¸¹Ç·Î Æ÷Àå»óÅÂÀÇ ·¹Äڵ带 MINT±ÞÀ̶ó°í ºÎ¸£´Â °ÍÀº ½ÅÁßÇÏÁö ¸øÇÑ °ÍÀÌ´Ù.
Sealed records have sold for more than the high end of price guides. If you are selling sealed records, be advised that many collectors shy away from them. A sight unseen record (through mail order) is hard to sell. A sealed record is even harder to sell. If you sell a sealed record and the customer finds flaws (such as paper scuffs or defected vinyl) you won't be able to claim that the damage was caused by them, or that they swapped a good pressing with a bad pressing. If you sell sealed records, you will have problems with some people, so be alert to those claims of overgrading sealed items! Æ÷Àå»óÅÂÀÇ ·¹ÄÚµå´Â °¡°Ý ¾È³»¼­ÀÇ °í°¡º¸´Ù ³ôÀº °¡°Ý¿¡ ÆǸŵǾú´Ù. ´ç½ÅÀÌ Æ÷Àå»óÅÂÀÇ ·¹Äڵ带 ÆÇ´Ù¸é ¸¹Àº ¼öÁý°¡µéÀÌ ±×·± °ÍÀ» ±âÇÇÇÑ´Ù´Â °ÍÀ» Á¶¾ðÇ϶ó. (¿ìÆí ÁÖ¹®À» ÅëÇÑ) ´«À¸·Î º¸Áö ¾ÊÀº ·¹Äڵ带 ÆǸÅÇϱâ´Â ¾î·Æ´Ù. Æ÷Àå»óÅÂÀÇ ·¹ÄÚµå´Â ´õ´õ¿í ÆǸÅÇϱ⠾î·Æ´Ù. ´ç½ÅÀÌ Æ÷Àå»óÅÂÀÇ ·¹Äڵ带 ÆǸÅÇÏ°í °í°´ÀÌ (Á¾ÀÌ ½ºÄ£ÀÚ±¹À̳ª ÈìÀÖ´Â ·¹ÄÚµå¿Í °°ÀÌ) ÇÏÀÚ¸¦ ¹ß°ßÇϸé ÀÌ ¼Õ»óÀÌ ±×µéÀÌ ¾ß±âÇÑ °ÍÀ̶ó°Å³ª, ¶Ç´Â ±×µéÀÌ ¾çÈ£ÇÑ ÆÇÀ» ºÒ·® ÆÇÀ¸·Î ¹Ù²ãÄ¡±âÇß´Ù°í ÁÖÀåÀ» ÇÒ ¼ö ¾øÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ´ç½ÅÀÌ Æ÷Àå»óÅÂÀÇ ·¹Äڵ带 ÆǸÅÇÏ¸é »ç¶÷µé°ú ¹®Á¦°¡ »ý±æ °ÍÀÌ´Ï Æ÷Àå»óÅÂÀÇ ¹°°ÇÀ» °úÀ× µî±Þ ºÎ¿©ÇÏ¿´´Ù´Â ÁÖÀåµé¿¡ ´ëÇØ °æ°è¸¦ Ç϶ó!

NEAR MINT or NM


NEAR MINT±Þ ¶Ç´Â NM±Þ

Sometimes dealers use M- (Mint Minus)grade. You may need to ask the dealer if he/she uses the M- grade the same way as NM. They should mean the same thing. However many people have used several confusing grades all based around the Mint grade. We define NM and M- as being almost mint. This grade should be, for the most part, the most widely used grade for records that appear virtually flawless. Virtually flawless records are not perfect. As we mentioned above, no record truly will be perfect, cover or disc. A very minor scuff and very little else can appear on the vinyl. This will most likely have occurred during packaging, or removing the record from the inner sleeve but obviously it had been handled with extreme care. It should play without any noise over the flaw. The flaw should be very hard to see. If a scuff covers more than a few tracks yet can be seen, it will not be NM, however it may come very close. You should always use strong judgment when evaluating the vinyl's condition. Any blemish no matter how small, prevents records from being MINT (Or our PERFECT grade). ¶§¶§·Î ÆǸŻóµéÀÌ M- (Mint Minus) µî±ÞÀ» »ç¿ëÇÑ´Ù. ÆǸŻóÀÌ M- µî±ÞÀ» NM±Þ°ú °°Àº ¹æ¹ýÀ¸·Î »ç¿ëÇÏ´ÂÁö ¹°¾îº¼ ÇÊ¿ä°¡ ÀÖ´Ù. °°Àº °ÍÀ» ÀǹÌÇÒ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ¾î¶°Å³ª ¸¹Àº »ç¶÷µéÀÌ Mint µî±Þ ÁÖÀ§¿¡ ±âÁØÀ» µÐ ¸î°¡Áö È¥µ¿µÇ´Â µî±ÞÀ» »ç¿ëÇß´Ù. ¿ì¸®´Â NM±Þ°ú M-±ÞÀ» °ÅÀÇ Mint±ÞÀÎ °ÍÀ¸·Î Á¤ÀÇÇÑ´Ù. ÀÌ µî±ÞÀº, °ÅÀÇ ´ëºÎºÐÀÇ °æ¿ì, »ç½Ç»ó ÇÏÀÚ°¡ ¾ø´Â ·¹ÄÚµåÆÇ¿¡ ´ëºÎºÐ ³Ð°Ô »ç¿ëµÇ´Â µî±ÞÀÏ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. »ç½Ç»ó ÇÏÀÚ°¡ ¾ø´Â ·¹ÄÚµå¶õ ¿Ïº®ÇÑ °ÍÀÌ ¾Æ´Ï´Ù. À§¿¡¼­ ¸»ÇßµíÀÌ, ·¹ÄÚµå´Â Ä¿¹ö³ª µð½ºÅ©´Â »ç½Ç ¿Ïº®ÇÒ ¼ö ¾ø´Ù. ¾ÆÁÖ ÀÛÀº ½ºÄ£ÀÚ±¹À̳ª ¾ÆÁÖ Á¶±×¸¸ else(?)°¡ ÆÇ À§¿¡ ³ªÅ¸³¯ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. ÀÌ°ÍÀº Æ÷Àå°úÁ¤¿¡¼­ »ý±â°Å³ª, ±Ø´ÜÀûÀÎ ÁÖÀÇ·Î ¸¸Áö´õ¶óµµ ³»Áö ½½¸®ºê·ÎºÎÅÍ ·¹Äڵ带 ²¨³¾ ¶§ »ý±æ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. ÇÏÀÚ¸¦ Áö³¯ ¶§ ¾î¶°ÇÑ ÀâÀ½µµ ¾øÀÌ Àç»ýµÉ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. ÇÏÀÚ´Â (´«À¸·Î) º¸±â°¡ ¸Å¿ì ¾î·Á¿ï °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ½ºÄ£ÀÚ±¹ÀÌ ¸î Æ®·¢À» µ¤°í ÀÖ´Ù¸é º¸ÀÏ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ÀÌ°ÍÀº NM°¡ µÉ ¼ö ¾øÁö¸¸, ¾î·µç ¾ÆÁÖ ±ÙÁ¢ÇÑ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ´ç½ÅÀÌ ·¹ÄÚµåÀÇ »óŸ¦ Æò°¡ÇÒ ¶§´Â Ç×»ó ´ÜÈ£ÇÑ ÆÇÁ¤À» ÇØ¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. ¾ó¸¶³ª ÀÛµç ¾î¶² ÈìÀÌ¶óµµ ·¹Äڵ尡 MINT±Þ(¶Ç´Â ¿ì¸®ÀÇ ¡°¿Ïº®¡± µî±Þ)ÀÌ µÇ´Â °ÍÀ» ¸·´Â´Ù.

NEAR MINT COVERS


NEAR MINT±Þ Ä¿¹ö

The cover should look as close to perfect with only minor signs of wear and/or age. Minor impressions to the cover (due to the outer edge of the vinyl resting inside) may be acceptable, however the artwork should be as close to perfect as can be. Ä¿¹ö´Â ¾ÆÁÖ ÀÛÀº ´âÀ½ ¶Ç´Â/¹× ¿¬·ûÀÇ ÈçÀû µî°ú ÇÔ²² ¿Ïº®¿¡ °¡±õ°Ô º¸¿©¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. Ä¿¹öÀÇ (¾È¿¡ ÀÖ´Â ÆÇÀÇ ¹Ù±ù ÂÊ °¡ÀåÀÚ¸®·Î ÀÎÇÑ) ÀÛÀº ÈçÀûµéÀº ¿ëÀΰ¡´ÉÇÏÁö¸¸, ¾î·µç ÀμâµÈ ±×¸²Àº °¡´ÉÇÑ ¿Ïº®¿¡ °¡±î¿ö¾ß ÇÑ´Ù.

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EXCELLENT or EX or VG++


EXCELLENT±Þ ¶Ç´Â EX±Þ ¶Ç´Â VG++±Þ

This is truly NOT a Goldmine defined grade, however it is becoming more and more mainstream among collectors and sellers. It is also a very conservative grade for those who don't want to grade NM, for fear they may overgrade the record and cover (buyers are very picky remember!). In which case it is a very acceptable grade yet should not command the highest price based on NM value. To put it simply, when collectable records are concerned there are only 2 collecting grades. NM being "Collectors Condition" and everything less than NM is not. We are not saying EX records won't have any value, they just should not be sold for the highest end of book value. EX records will play just like NM or MINT, meaning no audible noise will be heard during the play. They should sound as good or better than they look. Many very rare (collectable) items can command very close to NM value, simply because NM copies may not even exist. ÀÌ°ÍÀº Goldmine¿¡¼­ Á¤ÀÇÇÑ µî±ÞÀÌ Á¤¸» ¡°¾Æ´Ï¡±Áö¸¸, ±×·³¿¡µµ Á¡Á¡ ¼öÁý°¡¿Í ÆǸÅÀÚµé °£¿¡ ÁÖ·ù°¡ µÇ°í ÀÖ´Ù. ÀÌ°ÍÀº ¶ÇÇÑ NM±ÞÀ¸·Î µî±ÞÀ» ¸Å±â±â¸¦ ¿øÇÏÁö ¾Ê´Â »ç¶÷À» À§ÇÑ ¸Å¿ì Á¶½É½º·± µî±ÞÀÌ´Ù. ÀÌ·± °æ¿ì ÀÌ°ÍÀÌ ¸Å¿ì ¼ö¿ë°¡´ÉÇÑ µî±ÞÀ̳ª NM±Þ °¡Ä¡¿¡ ±âÁØÇÑ ³ôÀº °¡°ÝÀ¸·Î Æȸ®Áö ¾ÊÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ¾ÆÁÖ ´Ü¼øÈ÷ ÇÏÀÚ¸é, ¼öÁý¿ë ·¹Äڵ尡 °ü·ÃµÇ¸é ¿ÀÁ÷ 2°³ÀÇ ¼öÁý¿ë µî±ÞÀÌ ÀÖ´Ù. NM±ÞÀº ¡°¼öÁý°¡¿ë »óÅ¡±ÀÌ°í NM±Þ ÀÌÇÏÀÇ ¸ðµç °ÍÀº ¾Æ´Ï´Ù. ¿ì¸®´Â EX±Þ ·¹Äڵ尡 ¾Æ¹« °¡Ä¡¸¦ °¡Áö°í ÀÖÁö ¾Ê´Ù´Â °ÍÀ» ¸»ÇÏ´Â °ÍÀÌ ¾Æ´Ï¶ó, ±×°ÍµéÀº ´Ù¸¸ Ã¥¿¡ ÀÖ´Â °¡Ä¡ÀÇ ÃÖ°í°¡·Î ÆÈ ¼ö ¾ø´Ù´Â °ÍÀÌ´Ù. EX±Þ ·¹Äڵ尡 NM±ÞÀ̳ª MINT±Þó·³ ¶È°°ÀÌ, Àç»ý Áß µé¸®´Â ÀâÀ½µµ ¾øÀÌ, Àç»ýµÉ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. º¸ÀÌ´Â °Íº¸´Ù ÁÁ°Å³ª ¶Ç´Â ´õ ÁÁ°Ô ¼Ò¸®°¡ ³¯ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ¸¹Àº ¾ÆÁÖ Èñ±ÍÇÑ (¼öÁý¿ë) ¹°°ÇµéÀº, ´Ü¼øÈ÷ NM±Þ ¹°°ÇÀÌ °ÅÀÇ Á¸ÀçÇÏÁö ¾Ê±â ¶§¹®¿¡, NM±Þ °¡Ä¡¿¡ °¡±õ°Ô Æȸ± ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù.

EX (VG++) VINYL


EX (VG++)±Þ ·¹ÄÚµåÆÇ

An excellent (or VG++) condition for vinyl will allow minor scuffs which are visible but only slightly. There may be more than a few, so be careful not to call a record that has wear to more than 15% of the surface -EX. The wear should be minimal and of course should play mint! Any scratches that can be felt with your fingernail can NOT be called scuffs. Scuffs lay on top of the grooves. If there any break in the grooves that can be felt, they ARE scratches. And most often, they will be heard when played (soft clicks or even loud pops). Once again, "No scratches can make this grade"! Only a few minor paper scuffs and that's about it. The play should be close to perfect as well! ·¹ÄÚµåÆÇÀÇ Excellent±Þ (¶Ç´Â VG++±Þ) »óÅ´ º¸ÀÌÁö¸¸ °Ü¿ì ¾àÇÑ Áß¿äÄ¡ ¾ÊÀº ½ºÄ£ÀÚ±¹Àº Çã¿ëÀÌ µÉ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ÀûÁö ¾Ê°Ô ÀÖ´Â, Ç¥¸éÀÇ 15% ÀÌ»óÀÌ ´âÀº ·¹Äڵ带 EX±ÞÀ̶ó ÇÏÁö ¾Êµµ·Ï ÁÖÀÇÇÏÀÚ. ´âÀ½Àº ÃÖ¼ÒÈ­µÇ¾î¾ß ÇÏ°í ¹°·Ð Àç»ýÀº mint±ÞÀ̾î¾ß ÇÑ´Ù! ´ç½ÅÀÇ ¼ÕÅéÀ¸·Î ´À²¸Áú Á¤µµÀÇ ¾î¶°ÇÑ ±ÜÈû(scratch)À» ½ºÄ£ÀÚ±¹(scuff)À̶ó°í ºÒ·¯¼­´Â ¡°¾ÈµÈ´Ù¡±. ½ºÄ£ÀÚ±¹Àº À½±¸ÀÇ ¸Ç À§¿¡ À§Ä¡ÇÑ´Ù. ´À²¸Áú Á¤µµÀÇ ¼Õ»óÀÌ À½±¸¼Ó¿¡ ÀÖ´Ù¸é, ±×°ÍÀº ±ÜÈû(scratch)ÀÌ´Ù. ±×¸®°í ´ëºÎºÐ ÀÚÁÖ, Àç»ýÇÒ ¶§ (ºÎµå·¯¿î µþ±ï¼Ò¸®³ª Á¦¹ý Å« »½¼Ò¸®) µé¸± °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ´Ù½Ã Çѹø ´õ, ¡°±ÜÈûÀº ÀÌ µî±ÞÀÌ µÉ ¼ö ¾ø´Ù¡±! ´Ù¸¸ ÀûÁö ¾ÊÀº »ç¼ÒÇÑ Á¾ÀÌ ½ºÄ£ÀÚ±¹°ú ´ëÃæ ±×·¸´Ù(that's about it). Àç»ýÀº ¿ª½Ã ¿Ïº®¿¡ °¡±î¿ö¾ß ÇÑ´Ù!

EX (VG++) COVER


EX (VG++)±Þ Ä¿¹ö

Artwork should still be as close to perfect as can be. Some impression to the cover (minor outer ring wear) but no ink wear! Some slight creases to the corners, but not wrinkled and obtrusive to the eye. The corners can show white (where the artwork pasted slick was) meaning, slight wear. No seam splits or writing on the cover or taped repairs can make this grade. If you don't think a cover is NM than call it EX or less. There will be obvious reactions to the EX grade but if you use the EX grade and price a bit lower, your risk of overgrading will be reduced dramatically. You will also make more people happy, rather than trying to call it NM. Àμâ±×¸²Àº ¿©ÀüÈ÷ °¡´ÉÇÑÇÑ ¿Ïº®¿¡ °¡±î¿ö¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. ¾à°£ÀÇ Ä¿¹öÀÇ (»ç¼ÒÇÑ °¡ÀåÀÚ¸® µÕ±Ù ´âÀ½) ÈçÀû ±×·¯³ª À×Å©ÀÇ º¯»öÀº ¾ÈµÊ! ±ÍÅüÀÌÀÇ ¾à°£ °¡º­¿î ±¸±è»ì, ±×·¯³ª ÁÖ¸§»ì Áø ±×¸®°í ´«¿¡ È®½ÇÈ÷ ¶ç´Â °ÍÀº ¾ÈµÊ. ±ÍÅüÀÌ´Â (Àμâ±×¸²ÀÇ Ä¥ÇØÁø À¯¸·ÀÌ) Èñ°Ô, °¡º­¿î ´âÀ½À¸·Î, º¸ÀÏ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. ÀÌÀ½»õ °¥¶óÁüÀ̳ª Ä¿¹ö À§¿¡ ±Û¾²±â³ª Å×ÀÌÇÁ·Î ¼ö¼±ÇÑ °Í µîÀº ÀÌ µî±ÞÀÌ µÈ´Ù. ´ç½ÅÀÌ Ä¿¹ö°¡ NM¶ó°í »ý°¢Áö ¾ÊÀ¸¸é EX³ª ±× ¾Æ·¡·Î ºÒ·¯¶ó. EX±ÞÀ̶ó ÇÒ ¸í¹éÇÑ ÀλóÀÌÁö¸¸ ±×·¯³ª ´ç½ÅÀÌ EX µî±ÞÀ» »ç¿ëÇÏ°í °¡°ÝÀ» Á¶±Ý ³·Ãá´Ù¸é, °úÀ× µî±Þ ºÎ¿©¿¡ ´ëÇÑ ´ç½ÅÀÇ À§ÇèºÎ´ãÀº ±Þ°ÝÇÏ°Ô °¨¼ÒÇÒ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ±×°ÍÀ» NM±ÞÀ̶ó°í ÇÏ·Á´Â °Íº¸´Ù, ´ç½ÅÀº ¶ÇÇÑ ¸¹Àº »ç¶÷µéÀ» ÇູÇÏ°Ô ¸¸µé ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù.

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VERY GOOD PLUS or VG+


VERY GOOD PLUS±Þ ¶Ç´Â VG+

What does this mean? Some people will call a less than NM record VG+ and skip the EX grade. Goldmine defines it as Excellent (EX), yet commands only 50% of the value (for most records). It can easily be defined as 2 ways. VG+ should be the next grade below a NM value when grading 45 singles. EX can be used for EP's. 45 singles have only 2 songs and EP's (7' by the way)can have 3, 4, 6 or 8 (seldomly found) songs on the record. With 45 singles one side may be NM and the other side may not. If the flip side is not NM but still plays well (or great, no noise), VG+ is a conservative grade. Very few 45's should be called EX unless they are of rarities. This means you can allow a valuable item to be worth a bit more than just calling it VG+. Perhaps the buyer will think a VG+ is EX and you can under sell yourself. Use careful judgment when buying and selling them with this grade! ÀÌ°ÍÀº ¹«¾ùÀ» ÀǹÌÇϳª? ¾î¶² »ç¶÷µéÀº NM±Þº¸´Ù ¾Æ·¡ ·¹Äڵ带 VG+±ÞÀ̶ó°í ºÎ¸£°í EX µî±ÞÀ» °Ç³Ê¶Ú´Ù. GoldmineÀº ÀÌ°ÍÀ» Excellent (EX)·Î Á¤ÀÇÇϳª, ±×·³¿¡µµ (´ëºÎºÐÀÇ ·¹Äڵ忡 ´ëÇÏ¿©) °¡Ä¡ÀÇ ´Ù¸¸ 50%ÀÇ °ª¾îÄ¡°¡ ÀÖ´Ù. ÀÌ°ÍÀº 2°¡Áö·Î ½±°Ô Á¤ÀǵȴÙ. 45ȸÀü singleÀ» µî±ÞºÎ¿©ÇÒ ¶§ VG+±ÞÀº NM±Þ °¡Ä¡ÀÇ ¾Æ·¡ÀÇ ´ÙÀ½ µî±ÞÀÌ µÈ´Ù. EX±ÞÀº EP¿¡µµ »ç¿ëµÉ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. 45ȸÀü singleÀº ¿ÀÁ÷ 2°î¸¸ ÀÖ°í (±×·±µ¥ 7ÀÎÄ¡) EP´Â ·¹Äڵ忡 3, 4, 6 ¶Ç´Â 8 (°¡²û º¸ÀÌÁö¸¸) °îÀÌ µé¾îÀÖ´Ù. 45ȸÀü singleÀÇ ÇѸéÀº NM±ÞÀÌ°í ´Ù¸¥ ¸éÀº ¾Æ´Ò ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. ·¹ÄÚµåÀÇ µÞ¸éÀÌ NM±ÞÀÌ ¾Æ´ÏÁö¸¸ ¾ÆÁ÷ Àç»ýÀÌ Àß (¶Ç´Â ÀâÀ½ÀÌ ¾ø´Â ÈḢÇÏ°Ô) µÇ¸é VG+±ÞÀº ½ÅÁßÇÑ µî±ÞºÎ¿©ÀÌ´Ù. ¾ÆÁÖ ÀûÀº 45ȸÀüÀº ÈÖ±ÍÇÏÁö ¾ÊÀ¸¸é EX±ÞÀ̶ó ÇÏ¿©¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. ÀÌ°ÍÀº ´ç½ÅÀÌ ±ÍÁßÇÑ ¹°°ÇÀº ±×°ÍÀ» ²À VG+±ÞÀ̶ó Çϱ⺸´Ù´Â ´Ù¼Ò °¡Ä¡¸¦ Çã¿ëÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù´Â °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ¾Æ¸¶µµ ±¸¸ÅÀÚ´Â VG+_±ÞÀº EX±ÞÀ̶ó »ý°¢ÇÒ °ÍÀÌ°í ´ç½ÅÀº ½º½º·Î ½Î°Ô ÆÈ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. ÀÌ µî±ÞÀÇ ¹°°ÇÀ» ÆȰųª »ì ¶§´Â Á¶½É½º·± ÆÇ´ÜÀ» Ç϶ó.

VG+ VINYL


VG+±Þ ·¹ÄÚµåÆÇ

Now for LP's (the big ones). VG+ will show wear, surface scuffs, (or spiral scuffs that came from turntable platters or jukeboxes for 45 singles) and some very light scratches. Surface scuffs are caused from blunt (not sharp) objects. Often the minor scuffs are caused from inner sleeves. The vinyl should still have a great luster, but the flaws will be noticeable to the naked eye. Sometimes holding the record up to a very bright light you will see many tiny lines across the surface. If the flaws don't cause any surface noise the vinyl can still make the VG+ grade. Most (but not all) VG+ records should still play like a NM record. Because the vinyl has more than 15% (yet less than 30%) wear to the surface it can make this grade. Remember, the record still should look as though it was handled with extreme care. Sometimes people find records that have no scuffs that are visible, yet a careless needle scratch causes a break in the grooves. Play the record. Any obtrusive clicks or pops, which cause the song to be less than enjoyable, may not even be VG+! Be cautious! Scratches are not acceptable to a serious collector in any way. If you call a record 95% NM but note the record as having 1 track with a bad scratch, many will only consider it as VG (explained next). You should seldom call a record 'A Strong VG, plays mostly VG+'. Remember the more conservative you are about the visual and audio part of the grade, the better chance you will not have complaints from those who buy from you. Be honest. If you were buying that record, what grade would you say it was? There are many serious collectors in this market and they won't hesitate to call your grading lousy if you put a VG+ grade on a record that plays less than great. ÀÌÁ¦ (Å« ³ðÀÎ) LPÀÌ´Ù. VG+±ÞÀº ´âÀ½, Ç¥¸é ½ºÄ£ÀÚ±¹, (¶Ç´Â ÅÏÅ×À̺íÀÇ È¸ÀüÆÇÀ̳ª 45ȸÀü singleÀÇ °æ¿ì ÁÖÅ©¹Ú½º·ÎºÎÅÍ »ý±ä ³ª¼±Çü ½ºÄ£ÀÚ±¹)°ú ¾ÆÁÖ °¡º­¿î ±ÜÈûÀÌ º¸ÀÏ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. Ç¥¸é ½ºÄ£ÀÚ±¹Àº ¹«µò (¿¹¸®ÇÏÁö ¾ÊÀº) ¹°Ã¼¿¡ ±âÀÎÇÑ´Ù. Á¾Á¾ »ç¼ÒÇÑ ½ºÄ£ÀÚ±¹Àº ³»ºÎ ½º¸®ºê¿¡ ±âÀÎÇÑ´Ù. ·¹ÄÚµåÆÇÀº ¾ÆÁ÷ ¸¹Àº ±¤ÅÃÀÌ ÀÖÁö¸¸ ±×·¯³ª ¸Ç´«À¸·Îµµ ÇÏÀÚ°¡ ´«¿¡ ¶Û °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ¾î¶² ¶§¿¡´Â ·¹Äڵ带 ¾ÆÁÖ ¹àÀº ºÒºû¿¡ ´ë¸é Ç¥¸éÀ» °¡·ÎÁö¸£´Â ÀÛÀº ÁÙµéÀ» º¼ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ÇÏÀÚ°¡ ¾î¶°ÇÑ Ç¥¸é ÀâÀ½µµ ¾ß±âÇÏÁö ¾Ê´Â´Ù¸é ·¹ÄÚµåÆÇÀº ¿©ÀüÈ÷ VG+±Þ µî±ÞÀÌ µÉ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. ´ëºÎºÐ (±×·¯³ª ÀüºÎ´Â ¾Æ´Ñ) VG+±Þ ·¹ÄÚµå´Â ¿©ÀüÈ÷ NM±Þ ·¹ÄÚµåó·³ Àç»ýµÉ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ¿Ö³ªÇÏ¸é ·¹ÄÚµåÆÇÀº Ç¥¸éÀÌ 15%º¸´Ù ¸¹ÀÌ (30%º¸´Ù´Â Àû°Ô) ´â¾Ò°í ÀÌ°ÍÀÌ ÀÌ µî±ÞÀÌ µÈ´Ù. ±â¾ïÇ϶ó, ·¹ÄÚµå´Â ¿©ÀüÈ÷ ±ØµµÀÇ ÁÖÀÇ·Î Ãë±ÞµÈ °Íó·³ º¸¿©¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. ¶§¶§·Î »ç¶÷µéÀº º¸ÀÌ´Â ½ºÄ£ÀÚ±¹Àº ¾ø´Â ·¹Äڵ带 ãÁö¸¸, ±×·±µ¥µµ ºÎÁÖÀÇÇÑ ¹Ù´Ã ±ÜÈûÀÌ À½±¸ÀÇ ¼Õ»óÀ» ¾ß±âÇÑ´Ù. ·¹Äڵ带 Àç»ýÇ϶ó. ¾î¶² °îÀÌ Áñ±â±â¿¡ ¸ðÀÚ¶ó°Ô ÇÏ´Â µþ±ï¼Ò¸®³ª »½¼Ò¸®´Â VG+±ÞÁ¶Â÷µµ ¾Æ´Ï´Ù. Á¶½ÉÇ϶ó! ±ÜÈûÀº ¾î¶°Çϵç ÁøÁöÇÑ ¼öÁý°¡¿¡°Ô´Â ¿ë³³ ¾ÈµÈ´Ù. ´ç½ÅÀÌ ·¹Äڵ带 95% NM±ÞÀ̶ó°í ÇÏÁö¸¸ 1 Æ®·¢ÀÌ ¾È ÁÁÀº ±ÜÈûÀÌ ÀÖ´Â ·¹ÄÚµå¶ó°í ¾È´Ù¸é, ¸¹Àº À̵éÀÌ (´ÙÀ½¿¡ ¼³¸íÇÏ´Â) ¹Ù·Î VG±ÞÀ̶ó°í »ý°¢ÇÒ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ´ç½ÅÀº µå¹°°Ô ·¹Äڵ带 ¡°ÈḢÇÑ VG±Þ, Àç»ýÀº ´ëºÎºÐ VG+±Þ¡±¶ó ÇÏ¿©¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. µî±ÞÀÇ ½Ã°¢Àû ¹× û°¢Àû ºÐ¾ß¿¡ ´ç½ÅÀÌ ´õ¿í Á¶½É½º·¯¿ì¸é, ´ç½Å¿¡°Ô¼­ »ç´Â »ç¶÷µé·ÎºÎÅÍ ºÒÆòÀ» µèÁö ¾Ê°í ÁÁ¾ÆÁø´Ù´Â °ÍÀ» ±â¾ïÇ϶ó. °øÁ¤Ç϶ó! ´ç½ÅÀÌ ±× ·¹Äڵ带 »ò¾ú´Ù¸é, ±×°ÍÀÌ ¹«½¼ µî±ÞÀ̾úÀ»±î? ÀÌ ½ÃÀå¿¡´Â ÁøÁöÇÑ ¼öÁý°¡°¡ ¸¹°í ´ç½ÅÀÌ Á¦´ë·Î Àç»ýµÇÁö ¾Ê´Â ·¹Äڵ带 VG+±Þ µî±ÞºÎ¿©¸¦ ÇÑ´Ù¸é ±×µéÀº ´ç½ÅÀÇ µî±ÞºÎ¿©¿¡ ´ëÇØ ÇüÆí¾ø´Ù°í Çϴµ¥ ÁÖÀúÇÏÁö ¾ÊÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù.

VG+ COVERS Now that we defined the EX grade, a few extra flaws will make this grade. A virtually clean cover but may have small writing on it. (Magic marker in big letters will not cut it. They are an eye sore so be wary of overgrading). The artwork should look clean with slightly more aging. The back of the cover usually gives away the age of the cover. Flat white paper will be somewhat yellow yet no stains or mildew from water damage. Some minor wear to the seams or spine, but no tears or holes popping through. The corners will be slightly dog eared yet no crackly bends defacing the artwork. In essence, a VG+ cover should have no more than 3 flaws mentioned. If all apply, it is less than VG+. (see next grade below)

VG+±Þ Ä¿¹ö.Áö±Ý ¿ì¸®´Â EX±Þ µî±ÞÀ» Á¤ÀÇÇÏ¿´°í, Á¶±ÝÀÇ Æ¯º°ÇÑ ÇÏÀÚ°¡ ÀÌ µî±ÞÀ» ¸¸µç´Ù. ½ÇÁúÀûÀ¸·Î ±ú²ýÇÑ Ä¿¹öÀÌÁö¸¸ ±× À§¿¡ Á¶±Ý ±Û¾²±â°¡ ÀÖÀ» ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. (¸ÅÁ÷¸¶Ä¿·Î Å« ±ÛÀÚ´Â ÀÌ°ÍÀ» ±ï¾Æ³»¸®Áö ¾ÊÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ´«¿¡ º¸±â ½ÈÀºµ¥ °úÀ×µî±ÞºÎ¿©¿¡ ´ëÇØ ¹æ½ÉÇÏÁö ¾Êµµ·Ï Ç϶ó). ÀμâµÈ ±×¸²Àº Á¶±Ý ´õ °æ³âº¯È­(aging)¿Í ÇÔ²² ±ú²ýÇÏ°Ô º¸¿©¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. Ä¿¹öÀÇ µÞ¸éÀº º¸Åë Ä¿¹öÀÇ ¿¬·û¿¡ µû¸¥´Ù. ÆòÆòÇÑ ÈòÁ¾ÀÌ´Â ¾ÆÁ÷ ¹°¸ÔÀ½À¸·Î ÀÎÇÑ ¾ó·èÀ̳ª °õÆÎÀÌ´Â ¾øÁö¸¸ ¾à°£ÀÇ ³ë¶õ»öÀÌ µÉ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. ÀÌÀ½»õ³ª µî¿¡ ¾à°£ÀÇ »ç¼ÒÇÑ ´â°Å³ª, ±×·¯³ª ÅÍÁö°Å³ª Æ¢¾î³ª¿Ã ±¸¸ÛÀÌ ¾øÀ½. ±ÍÅüÀÌ´Â °¡º­¿î Á¢Èù ÈçÀûÀº ÀÖÀ¸³ª ÀμâµÈ ±×¸²À» ¼Õ»ó½ÃÅ°´Â Ǫ¼®Çª¼®ÇÑ ±¸ºÎ¸²Àº ¾ø´Ù. º»ÁúÀûÀ¸·Î, VG+ Ä¿¹ö´Â ¾ð±ÞÇÑ 3°³ ÀÌ»óÀÇ ÇÏÀÚ´Â ¾ø¾î¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. ¸ðµÎ Àû¿ëµÈ´Ù¸é, VG+±Þ (¾Æ·¡ÀÇ ´ÙÀ½ µî±ÞÀ» º¸¶ó) º¸´Ù ¾Æ·¡ÀÌ´Ù.

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VERY GOOD or VG


VERY GOOD±Þ ¶Ç´Â VG±Þ

This grade has become the much lesser demanded item. A lot of people feel that a VG record is a record that is good enough. They are not really going to look very good, but they should STILL play very good. there will almost always be some surface noise when they are played. The Dynamics should still be excellent, overpowering the surface noise. A VG record will appear to have been well played but still have some luster. The vinyl may be faded, slightly grayish, because of surface scuffs, which often happens to records that are played and left out of jackets. Still they should appear to have been handled as carefully as they could have been. Records that get continuous playing time will always start to deteriorate. Records that get less play are easily evident since they almost always look as though they were played only a few times and then packed away for decades. More and more surface scuffs and scratches, and audible sound defects WILL be heard. They should not overpower the dynamics of the music. With VG records, the surface noise will be minor crackle or a slight hiss, but should only be heard in between tracks or in low musical passages. ÀÌ µî±ÞÀº ´õ¿í ¼ö¿ä°¡ ¾ø´Â ¹°°ÇÀÌ µÈ´Ù. ¸¹Àº »ç¶÷µéÀÌ VG±Þ ·¹ÄÚµå´Â ÃæºÐÇÑ ·¹ÄÚµå¶ó°í ¿©±ä´Ù. ½ÇÁ¦ÀûÀ¸·Î ¾ÆÁÖ ÁÁ°Ô º¸ÀÌÁö´Â ¾Ê´Âµ¥, ±×·¯³ª ¡°¿©ÀüÈ÷¡± ¾ÆÁÖ ÈǸ¢ÇÏ°Ô Àç»ýµÇ³ª, Àç»ýµÉ ¶§´Â °ÅÀÇ ´ëºÎºÐ ¾ðÁ¦³ª ¾à°£ÀÇ Ç¥¸é ÀâÀ½ÀÌ ÀÖÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù. °­¾àÀº ¿©ÀüÈ÷ ¶Ù¾î³ª¾ß ÇÏ°í, Ç¥¸é ÀâÀ½À» ´­·¯¹ö¸°´Ù. VG±Þ ·¹ÄÚµå´Â Àß Àç»ýµÇ¾úÀ» °ÍÀ¸·Î º¸À̳ª ¿©ÀüÈ÷ ¾à°£ÀÇ ±¤ÅÃÀÌ ÀÖ´Ù. ·¹ÄÚµåÆÇÀº Ç¥¸é ½ºÄ£ÀÚ±¹À¸·Î, Àç»ýµÇ°í ÀÚÄÏÀ¸·ÎºÎÅÍ ¹æÄ¡µÈ ·¹Äڵ忡 ÀÚÁÖ »ý±â´Â, °¡º­¿î ȸ»öÀ¸·Î ¹Ù·¨À» ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. ¿©ÀüÈ÷ ÁÙ°ð Á¶½É½º·´°Ô ´Ù·ç¾îÁ³À» °ÍÀ¸·Î º¸¿©¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. Áö¼ÓÀûÀÎ Àç»ý±â°£ÀÌ ÀÖÀº ·¹ÄÚµå´Â Ç×»ó ¿­È­°¡ ½ÃÀÛµÉ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. Àû°Ô Àç»ýµÈ ·¹ÄÚµå´Â ¸î ¹ø¸¸ Àç»ýµÇ¾ú°í ±×¸®°í ¼ö½Ê³âµ¿¾È Æ÷ÀåµÅ ÀÖ¾ú´ø °Íó·³ º¸À̱⠶§¹®¿¡ ½±°Ô ºÐ¸íÇØÁø´Ù. Ç¥¸é ½ºÄ£ÀÚ±¹°ú ±ÜÈûÀÌ ¸¹À¸¸é ¸¹À»¼ö·Ï û°¢ÀûÀÎ ¼Ò¸® ¼Õ»óÀº µé¸± °ÍÀÌ´Ù. À½¾ÇÀÇ °­¾àÀ» ´©¸£Áö ¸øÇÒ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. VG±Þ ·¹Äڵ忡¼­´Â, Ç¥¸é ÀâÀ½Àº »ç¼ÒÇÑ µüµü¼Ò¸®³ª °¡º­¿î ¼Ý¼Ò¸®, ±×·¯³ª Æ®·¢ »çÀ̳ª ³·Àº À½¾Ç ¾ÇÀý¿¡¼­¸¸ µé·Á¾ß ÇÑ´Ù.

IMPORTANT NOTE: With Jazz and Classical recordings, the music can become very low to the point where no music is even heard. If any crackle, tics, clicks or pops are heard, these records will have very little value to a serious collector! Classical and Jazz is seldom wanted if they are in less than VG+ condition. It is wise to play these records (as you should all records) when evaluating grades. Some classical records may look VG+ or even NM, however play less than perfect. Beware of overgrading these. They are difficult to grade and conservative grading is a must with them. and equally as important. Most dealers truly will not have a lot of time to play every single LP they sell. It is just impossible. However when records have questionable flaws, the record should be tested at least where the flaw occurs in the playing surface. Visually noting the flaw may not be good enough. If the record skips, you will have made a mistake and the value would thus be much less. A Classical LP in VG condition often will only be worth 10% of the NM book value. If they are even wanted at all.

Áß¿äÇÑ Âü°í: ÀçÁî¿Í Ŭ·¡½Ä ³ìÀ½¿¡¼­´Â, À½¾ÇÀº ¾ÆÁÖ ³·Àº, ½ÉÁö¾î ¾Æ¹« ¼Ò¸®µµ ¾Èµé¸± Á¤µµ·Î, ¼ø°£ÀÌ µÉ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. ¾î¶² µüµü¼Ò¸®, ƽ, µþ±ï ¶Ç´Â »½¼Ò¸®°¡ µé¸®¸é, ÀÌ·¯ÇÑ ·¹ÄÚµå´Â ÁøÁöÇÑ ¼öÁý°¡µé¿¡°Ô´Â ¾ÆÁÖ ÀÛÀº °¡Ä¡¸¸ °¡Áú °ÍÀÌ´Ù! Ŭ·¡½Ä°ú ÀçÁî´Â VG+±Þ »óź¸´Ù ³·´Ù¸é µå¹°°Ô Èñ¸ÁµÈ´Ù. ÀÌ·¯ÇÑ ·¹ÄÚµåµéÀº (Àüü ·¹Äڵ忡 ÇÏ´Â) µî±Þ Æò°¡½Ã¿¡ Àç»ýÇÏ´Â °ÍÀÌ Çö¸íÇÏ´Ù. ¾à°£ÀÇ Å¬·¡½Är ·¹ÄÚµå´Â ¿Ïº®º¸´Ù´Â ³·°Ô Àç»ýµÇÁö¸¸, VG+±Þ ¶Ç´Â ½ÉÁö¾î NM±ÞÀ¸·Î º¸ÀδÙ. À̰͵éÀÇ °úÀ× µî±Þ ºÎ¿©¿¡ À¯ÀÇÇ϶ó. µî±Þ ºÎ¿©°¡ ¾î·Á¿ì¸ç ½ÅÁßÇÑ µî±Þ ºÎ¿©°¡ ÇʼöÀ̸ç, µ¿ÀÏÇÏ°Ô Áß¿äÇÏ´Ù. ´ëºÎºÐÀÇ ÆǸŻóµéÀº ±×µéÀÌ ÆǸÅÇÏ´Â °¢°¢ÀÇ ´ÜÀ§ LP¸¦ Àç»ýÇÒ ÁߺÐÇÑ ½Ã°£ÀÌ »ç½Ç»ó ¾øÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ¾Æ¸¶µµ ºÒ°¡´ÉÇÏ´Ù. ±×·³¿¡µµ ·¹Äڵ忡 Àǹ®½º·± ÇÏÀÚ°¡ ÀÖ´Ù¸é, ·¹ÄÚµå´Â Àû¾îµµ Àç»ýµÇ´Â Ç¥¸é¿¡ ¹ß»ýÇÑ ÇÏÀÚ ºÎÀ§¿¡ ´ëÇؼ­ ½ÃÇèµÇ¾î¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. À°¾È¿¡ ÀÇÇÑ ÇÏÀÚ ÀνÄÀº ÃæºÐÇÏÁö ¾Ê´Ù. ·¹Äڵ尡 °Ç³Ê¶Ù¸é ´ç½ÅÀº ½Ç¼ö¸¦ ÇÑ °ÍÀÌ°í °¡Ä¡´Â ´õ¿í ³·¾ÆÁú °ÍÀÌ´Ù. VG±Þ »óÅÂÀÇ Å¬·¡½Ä LP´Â º¸Åë NM±Þ Ã¥ÀÚ °¡°ÝÀÇ 10%ÀÇ °ª¾îÄ¡¸¸ ÀÖÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ½ÉÁö¾î Á¶±Ýµµ ¿øÄ¡ ¾ÊÀ»Áöµµ.

VG COVERS


VG±Þ Ä¿¹ö

VG covers will look worn, used. There may be some seam splitting (but not completely separated!). There will be some ring wear, where the ink has begun to wear off, giving the cover a look of snow falling. If the artwork looks snowy all over, it is less than VG condition. There may be some writing on the cover (still, no Large letters in magic marker). It will look aged and more yellowish due to contaminants in the air (sometimes looking like cigarette smoke). Still it should be decent. If damaged beyond any formidable beauty, it will not make this grade. VG should at least still have some attractive life to it, and not have taped seams or water damage to it. If you decide to tape repair a cover, to prevent further damage, use clear acid free, scotch tape and place it on so that it is not obtrusive to the eye. If only a small split, only tape the split. Don't run tape across the entire spine or seams. Too much tape means too little interest. Use as little as possible. If the split is minor, it is best to just leave it alone. Note the flaw and go from there with the grade. Place the record in a polyvinyl jacket and then behind the cover (outside of jacket but behind it). VG±Þ Ä¿¹ö´Â ´â°í, ³°°Ô º¸ÀδÙ. ¾à°£ÀÇ ÀÌÀ½»õ (±×·¯³ª ¿ÏÀüÈ÷ ºÐ¸®µÈ °ÍÀÌ ¾Æ´Ñ!) °¥¶óÁüÀÌ ÀÖÀ» ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. À×Å©°¡ ´â±â ½ÃÀÛÇÏ¿´°í, Ä¿¹ö¿¡ ´«ÀÌ ³»¸° °Í°°ÀÌ º¸ÀÌ´Â ¾à°£ÀÇ µÕ±Ù ´âÀ½ÀÌ ÀÖÀ» ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. ÀμâµÈ ±×¸²ÀÌ ÀüüÀûÀ¸·Î ´«µ¤ÀÎ °Íó·³ º¸À̸é, VG±Þ Á¶°Ç¿¡ ¹Ì´ÞÀÌ´Ù. Ä¿¹ö¿¡ (¿©ÀüÈ÷, ¸ÅÁ÷¸¶Ä¿·Î ¾´ Ŭ ±ÛÀÚ°¡ ¾Æ´Ñ) ¾à°£ÀÇ ±Û¾²±â°¡ ÀÖÀ» ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. °æ³âº¯È­¿Í °ø±â ÁßÀÇ ¿À¿°¹°Áú ¶§¹®¿¡ (¶§¶§·Î ´ã¹è ¿¬±âó·³ º¸ÀÌ´Â) ´õ¿í ´©¸£½º¸§ÇÏ°Ô º¸ÀÏ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ¿©ÀüÈ÷ ¾µ¸¸ÇÏ¿©¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. ¸¸¸¸Ä¡ ¾Ê°Ô ¹Ì¸¦ ³ÑÀº ¼Õ»óÀ̶ó¸é ÀÌ µî±ÞÀÌ µÉ ¼ö ¾ø´Ù. VG±ÞÀº ÀÌ°Í¿¡ ´ëÇÑ ¾î´À Á¤µµÀÇ Èï¹ÌÀÖ´Â °ÍÀÌ ¿©ÀüÈ÷ Àû¾îµµ ÀÖ¾î¾ß ÇÏ°í, Å×ÀÌÇÁ ºÙÀÎ ÀÌÀ½»õ³ª ¹°¼Õ»óÀÌ ¾ø¾î¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. ´ç½ÅÀÌ Ä¿¹ö ¼ö¸®¸¦ À§ÇØ Å×ÀÌÇÁ¸¦ ºÙÀ̱â·Î °áÁ¤ÇÏ¸é ´õ ÀÌ»ó ¼Õ»óÀ» ¸·µµ·Ï, È®½ÇÈ÷ »êÀÌ ¾ø´Â, ½ºÄ«Ä¡ Å×ÀÌÇÁ¸¦ »ç¿ëÇÏ°í ´«¿¡ °Å½½¸®Áö ¾Êµµ·Ï À§Ä¡¸¦ Ç϶ó. ÀÛÀº °¥¶óÁü »ÓÀ̶ó¸é ±× °¥¶óÁø µ¥¸¸ Å×ÀÌÇÁ¸¦ ºÙ¿©¶ó. Àüü ÀÌÀ½»õ³ª µî¿¡ °ÉÃÄ Å×ÀÌÇÁ¸¦ ºÙÀÌÁö ¸»¶ó. ³Ê¹« ¸¹Àº Å×ÀÌÇÁ´Â ³Ê¹« ÀûÀº °ü½ÉÀ» ÀǹÌÇÑ´Ù. °¡±ÞÀû Àû°Ô »ç¿ëÇ϶ó. °¥¶óÁüÀÌ »ç¼ÒÇÏ´Ù¸é ±×³É ±×´ë·Î µÎ´Â °ÍÀÌ ÃÖ¼±ÀÌ´Ù. ÇÏÀÚ¸¦ ±â¼úÇÏ°í µî±Þ°ú °°ÀÌ ÆȾƶó. polyvinyl ÀÚÄÏ¿¡ ·¹Äڵ带 ³Ö°í Ä¿¹ö µÚ¿¡ ³õ¾Æ¶ó (ÀÚÄÏÀÇ ¹Ù±ù¿¡ ±×·¯³ª ±× µÚ¿¡).

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GOOD or G (including the G+ and VG- grades)


GOOD±Þ ¶Ç´Â G±Þ (G+±Þ°ú VG-±Þ µî±Þµµ Æ÷ÇÔ)

A good record will look very well played, dull, grayish and possibly abused. However a Good record should still play. It will have distracting surface noise, such as crackle that is continuous or some hiss. Will also have some loss of dynamics caused from grooves being worn. It should play without any skips or any obtrusively loud pops or repeated clicks caused by deep scratches. If you can't enjoy the record, it is no longer even good. Good means that it will play with some form of decency, so one can still enjoy the music even though you can still hear noise caused from the wear. NOTE: Rock and Roll records generally play loud. G condition records for them will be the most likely thing that will still sell well. Jazz and Classical and easy listening in G condition are almost worthless to a collector, since the musical passages often get very low and surface noise is too distracting to the listener. Also check on 45 singles for the length of time. Records that play longer than 3 minutes, may not be as dynamic and thus any wear will be heard more than the music (overpower the dynamics). Use conservative judgment when grading these types of singles. good±Þ ·¹ÄÚµå´Â »öÀÌ Èñ¹ÌÇÏ°í(dull), ȸ»öºûÀÌ ³ª°í °ú¿ëÇßÀ» °¡´É¼ºÀÌ ÀÖ°í ¾ÆÁÖ Àß Àç»ýµÇ°Ô º¸ÀÏ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ¾î·µç Good±Þ ·¹ÄÚµå´Â ¿©ÀüÈ÷ Àç»ýµÇ¾î¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. Áö¼ÓÀûÀÎ µüµü¼Ò¸®³ª ¾à°£ÀÇ ¼Ý¼Ò¸® °°Àº ±«·ÓÈ÷´Â Ç¥¸é ÀâÀ½ÀÌ ÀÖÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù. À½±¸ÀÇ ´âÀ½À¸·Î ÀÎÇÑ ¾î´À Á¤µµÀÇ °­¾àÀÇ ¼Õ½Çµµ ¶ÇÇÑ ÀÖÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ¾î¶² °Ç³Ê¶Ù±â³ª °Å½½¸®´Â Å« »½¼Ò¸®³ª ±íÀº ±ÜÈûÀ¸·Î ÀÎÇÑ ¹Ýº¹µÇ´Â µþ±ï¼Ò¸®µéµµ ¾øÀÌ Àç»ýµÇ¾î¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. ´ç½ÅÀÌ ·¹Äڵ带 Áñ±æ ¼ö ¾ø´Ù¸é, ´õ ÀÌ»ó ½ÉÁö¾î good±ÞÀÌ ¾Æ´Ï´Ù. Good±ÞÀº ¾î´À Á¤µµ ¼öÁØÀÇ Ç°À§·Î Àç»ýµÇ¾î, ´âÀ½À¸·Î ÀÎÇÑ ÀâÀ½À» ¿©ÀüÈ÷ µéÀ» ¼ö À־ À½¾ÇÀ» Áñ±æ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù´Â °ÍÀ» ÀǹÌÇÑ´Ù. Âü°í: Rock and Roll ·¹ÄÚµå´Â ÀϹÝÀûÀ¸·Î Å« ¼Ò¸®·Î Àç»ýÇÑ´Ù. ±×°ÍµéÀÇ G±Þ »óÅ ·¹ÄÚµå´Â ¿©ÀüÈ÷ Àß Æȸ± ´ëºÎºÐÀÇ À¯¸ÁÇÒ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. G±Þ »óÅÂÀÇ Jazz¿Í Classic°ú Easy ListeningÀº À½¾Ç ¾ÇÀýÀÌ Á¾Á¾ ¾ÆÁÖ ³·°í Ç¥¸é ÀâÀ½ÀÌ Ã»ÃëÀÚ¸¦ ±«·ÓÈ÷±â ¶§¹®¿¡ ¼öÁý°¡¿¡°Ô´Â °ÅÀÇ °¡Ä¡°¡ ¾ø´Ù. ¶ÇÇÑ 45ȸÀü singleÀÇ ¿¬Áֽð£ÀÇ ±æÀ̸¦ Á¡°ËÇ϶ó. 3ºÐ ÀÌ»ó Àç»ýµÇ´Â ·¹ÄÚµå´Â °­¾àÀÌ ÃæºÐÄ¡ ¾ÊÀ» ¼ö ÀÖ°í µû¶ó¼­ ¾î¶² ´âÀ½µµ (°­¾àÀ» ´­·¯¼­) À½¾Çº¸´Ù Å©°Ô µé¸± ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. ÀÌ·¯ÇÑ ÇüÅÂÀÇ single¸¦ µî±Þ ºÎ¿©ÇÒ ¶§ Á¶½É½º·¯¿î ÆÇÁ¤À» Ç϶ó.

GOOD COVER


GOOD±Þ Ä¿¹ö

A Good cover will have just about everything wrong with it. It will have seam splits (possibly taped and repaired, but only with scotch tape. No duct tape or masking tape repairs). These are big turn offs. May have magic marker writing on the cover but still if they are in huge letters, it is a big turn off. In essence, the cover will look virtually trashed, but some artwork will still be noticed. If the artwork is worn, it is POOR and the cover is worthless. Huge tears or gouges in the cover will also make the cover POOR. Be careful about sealed records that have been water damaged. Mildew still can get inside and cause great damage to the cover and the disc. Use common sense and you will save yourself from an overgrade. Good±Þ Ä¿¹ö´Â ¹«¾ùÀ̵ç Å» ³­ °ÍÀÌ ÀÖÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ÀÌÀ½»õ ÅÍÁø (Å×ÀÌÇÁ¸¦ ºÙÀÌ°í ¼ö¼±µÇ¾úÀ» °¡´É¼ºµµ, ±×·¯³ª scotch tape·Î¸¸. ¹è°ü¿ë Å×ÀÌÇÁ³ª ¸¶½ºÅ·¿ë Å×ÀÌÇÁ·Î ÇÑ ¼ö¼±ÀÌ ¾Æ´Ñ) °ÍÀÌ ÀÖÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù. À̰͵éÀÌ °ü½ÉÀ» ¸¹ÀÌ ÀÒ°Ô ÇÑ´Ù.Ä¿¹ö À§¿¡ ¸ÅÁ÷ ¸¶Ä¿·Î ›§À» ¼ö ÀÖÁö¸¸ ±×·¡µµ Å« ±ÛÀÚµéÀ̶ó¸é °ü½ÉÀ» ¸¹ÀÌ ÀҴ´Ù. º»ÁúÀûÀ¸·Î, Ä¿¹ö´Â »ç½Ç»ó ¾²·¹±â °°ÀÌ º¸ÀÏ °ÍÀÌÁö¸¸, ¾î´À Á¤µµÀÇ ÀμâµÈ ±×¸²Àº ¿©ÀüÈ÷ ÀνÄÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ÀμâµÈ ±×¸²ÀÌ ´â¾Ò´Ù¸é ÀÌ°ÍÀº POOR±ÞÀÌ°í Ä¿¹ö´Â °¡Ä¡°¡ ¾ø´Ù. Ä¿¹ö¿¡ ÀÖ´Â Å« Âõ¾îÁüÀ̳ª ±¸¸ÛÀº ¿ª½Ã Ä¿¹ö¸¦ POOR±ÞÀ¸·Î ¸¸µé °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ¼öºÐ ¼Õ»óµÈ ÀûÀÌ ÀÖ´Â Æ÷ÀåµÈ »óÅÂÀÇ ·¹Äڵ忡 ´ëÇØ ÁÖÀǸ¦ Ç϶ó. °õÆÎÀÌ°¡ ¾È¿¡ ÀÖÀ» °ÍÀÌ°í Ä¿¹ö¿Í µð½ºÅ©¿¡ Ä¿´Ù¶õ ¼Õ»óÀ» ¾ß±âÇÑ´Ù. ÀÏ¹Ý »ó½ÄÀ» »ç¿ëÇÏ°í ´ç½ÅÀ» °úÀ× µî±Þ ºÎ¿©·ÎºÎÅÍ ±¸ÇÒ °ÍÀÌ´Ù.

***NOTE Sealed records that have water damage should be opened. Otherwise you will be in trouble later on when the cardboard starts to deteriorate inside the shrink-wrap. Attempt to dry the covers using a hair dryer (be sure to remove the record first!)

+++Âü°í ¼öºÐ ¼Õ»óµÈ Æ÷ÀåµÈ »óÅÂÀÇ ·¹ÄÚµå´Â °³ºÀÀÌ µÇ¾î¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. ±×·¸Áö ¾ÊÀ¸¸é ¼öÃàÆ÷Àå ¾È¿¡¼­ º¸µåÁö°¡ ³ªºüÁö±â ½ÃÀÛÇÒ ¶§ ³ªÁß¿¡ °ï¶õÇØ Áú °ÍÀÌ´Ù. hair dryer¸¦ »ç¿ëÇؼ­ (·¹Äڵ带 ¸ÕÀú »©³½ °ÍÀ» È®ÀÎÇÏ°í!) Ä¿¹ö ¸»¸®±â¸¦ ½ÃµµÇ϶ó.

G+ and VG-


G+±Þ°ú VG-±Þ

This is separate from the above. Many records that appear in VG condition often play less than very good. Goldmine defines them as better than Good, but less than Very Good. The value should not increase more than the value of a Good record. Meaning they all should be priced somewhere within the same guideline (most often it is 10 to 15% for Good, and only 15% for Good Plus (G+) and Very Good Minus (VG-). With a G+ record, it will look just as the described condition for Good, yet may play better than it looks. Dynamics are usually good enough to overpower the surface noise. Same for VG-. However VG- and G+ are of the same value. It is more of a visually and audibly combined grade. There should be no large price increase for these records. Price them like G records and you should not have a problem. ÀÌ°ÍÀº À§ÀÇ °Í°ú ´Ù¸£´Ù. VG±Þ »óÅ·Πº¸ÀÌ´Â ¸¹Àº ·¹ÄÚµå´Â Á¾Á¾ Very Good±Þ º¸´Ù´Â ¾Æ·¡·Î Àç»ýµÈ´Ù. Goldmine¿¡¼­´Â Good±Þ º¸´Ù´Â ÁÁÁö¸¸, Very Good±Þ º¸´Ù´Â ³·Àº °ÍÀ¸·Î Á¤ÀÇÇÑ´Ù. °¡Ä¡´Â Good±Þ ·¹ÄÚµåÀÇ °¡Ä¡º¸´Ù´Â ÃÊ°úÇÏÁö ¾Ê°Ô Áõ°¡ÇÏ¸é ¾ÈµÈ´Ù. °°Àº Áöħ (´ëºÎºÐ Good±ÞÀÇ 10¿¡¼­ 15%, Good Plus (G+)±Þ°ú Very Good Minus (VG-)±ÞÀÇ 15%¸¸ ) ³»ÀÇ ¾î´À Á¤µµ·Î °¡°ÝÃ¥Á¤ÀÌ µÇ¾î¾ß ÇÑ´Ù´Â ¶æÀÌ´Ù. G+±ÞÀÇ ·¹ÄÚµå´Â, ²À Good±Þ¿¡ ±â¼úµÈ »óÅ·Πº¸À̳ª, º¸ÀÌ´Â °Íº¸´Ù´Â ÁÁ°Ô Àç»ýµÉ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. °­¾àÀº Ç¥¸é ÀâÀ½À» ´©¸£±â¿¡ Åë»ó ¾ÆÁÖ ÃæºÐÇÏ´Ù. VG-±Þµµ °°´Ù. ¾î·µç VG-±Þ°ú G+±ÞÀº °°Àº °¡°ÝÀÌ´Ù. ÀÌ°ÍÀº ¿ÀÈ÷·Á ½Ã°¢ ¹× û°¢ÀûÀ¸·Î °áÇÕµÈ µî±ÞÀÌ´Ù. ±×·¯ÇÑ ·¹ÄÚµåµé¿¡ ´ëÆøÀÇ °¡°Ý »ó½ÂÀÌ À־´Â ¾ÈµÈ´Ù. G±Þ ·¹ÄÚµåó·³ °¡°ÝÀ» Ã¥Á¤Ç϶ó ±×¸®°í ´ç½ÅÀº ¾Æ¹« ¹®Á¦µµ ¾øÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù.

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FAIR, POOR


FAIR±Þ, POOR±Þ

The easiest way to define this is if it does not meet the lowest grade above (GOOD), it is trash. It is worthless. Unless it is so rare, it won't be sellable at all. It is OK to throw them away or give them to someone who just wants to have them. It won't be playable for the most part, and so they are not much good hanging onto them. Very few poor records are collectable. Some rare colored vinyl or picture discs are OK, and can still be nice to have, but they won't be good enough to play again. ÀÌ°ÍÀ» Á¤ÀÇÇϱâ Á¦ÀÏ ½¬¿î ¹æ¹ýÀº À§ÀÇ Á¦ÀÏ ¾Æ·¡ µî±Þ(GOOD±Þ)À» ¸¸Á·Çϱ⠾ʴ ¹°°ÇÀ̶ó¸é ¾²·¹±âÀÌ´Ù. ¾ÆÁÖ ÈÖ±ÍÇÑ °ÍÀÌ ¾Æ´Ñ ÀÌ»ó, ÀüÇô Æȸ®Áö ¾ÊÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ±×°ÍÀº ¹ö¸®°Å³ª ¶Ç´Â °¡Áö°í ½Í¾îÇÏ´Â ´©±º°¡¿¡°Ô Á־ ÁÁÀº °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ´ëºÎºÐÀÇ ºÎºÐÀÌ Àç»ýÇÒ ¼ö ¾øÀ» °ÍÀÌ°í µû¶ó¼­ ±×°ÍµéÀ» ¾ÆÁÖ ¸¹ÀÌ ³ô°Ô À§Ä¡µÇÁö ¾Ê´Â´Ù. ¾ÆÁÖ ÀûÀº poor±Þ ·¹ÄÚµå´Â ¼öÁýµÈ´Ù. ¾î¶² ÈÖ±ÍÇÑ »ö±òÀÖ´Â ÆÇÀ̳ª ±×¸² µð½ºÅ©(picture disc)´Â ÁÁ°í, ¿©ÀüÈ÷ ¼ÒÀåÇϱâ ÁÁÁö¸¸, ±×·¯³ª ´Ù½Ã Àç»ýÇϱ⿡´Â ¾ÆÁÖ ÃæºÐÇÏÁö ¾ÊÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù.

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SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT VINYL QUALITY:


·¹ÄÚµåÆÇÀÇ Ç°Áú¿¡ ´ëÇÑ Æ¯º° ±â·Ï

Many people will buy reissues of past oldies. The era in which the vinyl is pressed makes a big difference to the way it will last and how it will sound for years to come. Original 50's and early 60's used quality materials to produce LP's. Smaller labels used less than great vinyl. A good pressing is often identified by it's thickness. Also the depth of the grooves. These will generally be better for the person who seeks quality originals. There is still the question as to the use of styrene. These are more brittle and damaged easily when played on poor equipment. Finding good playing styrene can only be found by playing them. Some styrene will play better than others. Styrene was used in all decades (late 50's up to the late 80's). Recycled vinyl was used in the mid 70's up to the late 80's as well. Poor vinyl meant less playing time for these items. Finding them NM is a problem. Many issues can be found, brand new, with hairline cracks and grayish discoloring. They may play nice but are unless you find them flawless and play perfect, don't overgrade them! Beware of imports from countries such as Taiwan and Korea. Although the vinyl appears thick (almost too thick), the sound mastering and plate mastering are inferior. They sound as bad as bootlegs, since they were mass produced using less than superior technology. They also were placed in paper sleeves that looked cheesy. Some may sound better than others, but beyond that, they are not very collectable. They are more of a conversation piece rather than a valid piece of sound recording. Collectors often just pick them up for the novelty factor, not because they expect them to play good. ¸¹Àº »ç¶÷µéÀÌ °ú°ÅÀÇ ¿¾°ÍµéÀÇ Àç¹ß¸ÅÇ°À» »ì °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ·¹ÄÚµåÆÇÀÌ ¸¸µé¾î Áø ½Ã´ë´Â ±×°ÍÀÌ Á¸¼ÓÇÏ´Â ¹æ¹ý°ú ¾î¶»°Ô ¼ö³â µ¿¾È ¾î¶»°Ô ¼Ò¸®°¡ ³ª´ÂÁö¿¡ Å« Â÷À̸¦ ¸¸µé´Ù. ¿ø·¡ÀÇ 50³â´ë¿Í Ãʱâ 60³â´ë´Â LP¸¦ ¸¸µå´Âµ¥ »óÁúÀÇ Àç·á¸¦ »ç¿ëÇß´Ù. ÀÛÀº ·¹À̺íµéÀº ÈǸ¢ÇÑ vinylº¸´Ù ³·Àº °ÍÀ» »ç¿ëÇß´Ù. ÁÁÀº ·¹ÄÚµåÆÇÀº ÈçÈ÷ ±×°ÍÀÇ µÎ²²·Î ½Äº°µÈ´Ù. ¶ÇÇÑ À½±¸ÀÇ ±íÀÌ·Î. À̰͵éÀº »óÁúÀÇ Ã¢ÀÛ¹°À» ã´Â »ç¶÷¿¡°Ô´Â ÀϹÝÀûÀ¸·Î ÃæºÐÇÏ´Ù. styleneÀÇ »ç¿ë¿¡ ´ëÇØ Àǹ®ÀÌ ¿©ÀüÇÏ´Ù. À̰͵éÀº ´õ¿í ºÎ¼­Áö±â ½±°í Á¶ÀâÇÑ Àåºñ·Î Àç»ýÇÒ ¶§ ½±°Ô ¼Õ»óÀÌ µÈ´Ù. ÁÁ°Ô Àç»ýµÈ styleneÆÇÀ» ãÀ¸·Á¸é ±×°ÍµéÀ» Àç»ýÇÔÀ¸·Î¸¸ ãÀ» ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. ¾î¶² styleneÆÇÀº ´Ù¸¥ °Íµéº¸´Ù ´õ ÁÁ°Ô Àç»ýµÉ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. styleneÆÇÀº (50³â´ë ÈĹݿ¡¼­ 80³â´ë ÈĹݱîÁö) ¸ðµç ³â´ë¿¡ »ç¿ëµÇ¾ú´Ù. Àç»ý vinylµµ ¿ª½Ã 70³â´ë Á߹ݿ¡¼­ 80³â´ë ÈĹݱîÁö »ç¿ëµÇ¾ú´Ù. ÁúÀÌ ³ª»Û vinylÀº ÀÌ ¹°°ÇµéÀÇ ÂªÀº Àç»ý ½Ã°£À» ¶æÇÑ´Ù. ±× Áß¿¡¼­ NM±Þ ã±â´Â °ñÄ©°Å¸®ÀÌ´Ù. ¸¹Àº ¹ß¸ÅÇ°À» ¸Ó¸®ÅÐ °°Àº Èì°ú Èñ²ýÇÑ Å»»ö Á¤µµÀÇ ¾ÆÁÖ »õ°ÍÀ¸·Î ãÀ» ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. Àß Àç»ýµÉ ¼ö ÀÖÁö¸¸ ÇÏÀÚ°¡ ¾ø°í ¿Ïº®ÇÏ°Ô Àç»ýµÊÀ» È®ÀÎ Àü¿¡´Â °úÀ× µî±Þ ºÎ¿©¸¦ ÇÏÁö ¸»¶ó! ´ë¸¸À̳ª Çѱ¹ °°Àº ³ª¶ó¿¡¼­ ¼öÀÔÇ°À» Á¶½ÉÇ϶ó. ·¹ÄÚµåÆÇÀÌ µÎ²®°Ô (°ÅÀÇ ³Ê¹« µÎ²¨¿î) º¸ÀÏÁö¶óµµ, À½Çâ mastering°ú ¸ð¹Ý masteringÀÌ Àú±ÞÀÌ´Ù. ¿ì¼öÇÑ ±â¼úº¸´Ù´Â Àú±ÞÀ» »ç¿ëÇÏ¿© ´ë·® »ý»êµÇ¾ú±â¿¡ ÇØÀûÆÇ°°ÀÌ ³ª»Ú°Ô ¼Ò¸®°¡ ³­´Ù. ¶ÇÇÑ °ª½Î°Ô º¸ÀÌ´Â Á¾ÀÌ ½½¸®ºê¿¡ ³Ö¾îÁ³´Ù. ¾î¶² °ÍµéÀº ´Ù¸¥ °Íµé º¸´Ù ÁÁ°Ô ¼Ò¸®°¡ ³ªÁö¸¸, ±×·¯³ª ±×°Í ¿Ü¿¡´Â, ¸Å¿ì ¼öÁýÀûÀÌÁö ¾Ê´Ù. À½¾Ç ±â·Ï¿¡ À¯È¿ÇÑ ºÎÇ°À̶ó±â º¸´Ù´Â Â÷¤¿¸® ´ëÈ­¿ë ºÎÇ°ÀÌ´Ù. ¼öÁý°¡µéÀº ÈçÈ÷ Áø±âÇÔ ¿äÀÎÀ¸·Î °ñ¶óÀâÁö, Àß Àç»ýµÉ °Í ±â´ëÇÔÀÌ ¾Æ´Ï´Ù.

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Quick rundown in abbreviated Grading System


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MINT (PERFECT)
NM
EX or VG++
VG+
VG
G (with minor exceptions to G+ and VG-)
F and P (Trash)
MINT (PERFECT)
NM
EX or VG++
VG+
VG
G (»ç¼ÒÇÑ ¿¹¿Ü·Î G+¿Í VG-)
F and P (¾²·¹±â)

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GRADES THAT DON'T EXIST: Be wary of these grades!


Á¸ÀçÇÏÁö ¾Ê´Â µî±Þµé: ÀÌ·¯ÇÑ µî±Þ¿¡ Á¶½ÉÇ϶ó!


M+


M+±Þ

They are trying to say the record is better than MINT! No such animal. If you see this grade, avoid the record like the plague. Mint is the highest grade anything can ever be. And 99 out of 100 times the record won't even be mint! Man is not perfect! So how can a man-made product be better than perfect? Answer: Impossible. ·¹Äڵ尡 MINT±Þ º¸´Ù ´õ ÁÁ´Ù¶ó°í ¸»ÇÏ°í ½Í´Ù! ±×·¯ÇÑ ¹°°ÇÀº ¾ø´Ù. ÀÌ µî±ÞÀ» º»´Ù¸é Àü¿°º´Ã³·³ ·¹Äڵ带 ÇÇÇ϶ó. Mint±ÞÀÌ ±× ¾î¶² °ÍÀÌµç µÉ ¼ö ÀÖ´Â ÃÖ°í µî±ÞÀÌ´Ù. ±×¸®°í ·¹ÄÚµå´Â 100¹ß 99Áß mint±ÞÀÌ µÉ ¼ö ¾ø´Ù! »ç¶÷Àº ¿Ïº®ÇÏÁö ¾Ê´Ù! µû¶ó¼­ ¾î¶»°Ô ÀΰøÀÇ »ê¹°ÀÌ ¿Ïº®º¸´Ù ´õ ÁÁÀ» ¼ö ÀÖ³ª? ´ä: ºÒ°¡´É.

NM-


NM-±Þ

Near Mint Minus. Just another way of trying to get top book value for a record that is less than NM. If a seller uses this grade, ask what it means (thoroughly) as opposed to the NM or M- grade. It's your dollars and if they are selling it as less than NM yet for top dollar, you may be out of luck trying to convince them that it was an overgrade on their part. If a record is slightly less than NM, then use EX or VG++. Near Mint Minus. NM±Þ º¸´Ù ³·Àº ·¹Äڵ带 Ã¥ÀÚ °¡°ÝÀÇ °í°¡¸¦ ¹ÞÀ¸·Á°í ÇÏ´Â ´Ù¸¥ ¹æ¹ýÀÌ´Ù. ÆǸÅÀÚ°¡ ÀÌ µî±ÞÀ» »ç¿ëÇÑ´Ù¸é NM±ÞÀÌ M-±Þ µî±Þ°ú ºñ±³ÇÏ¿© ±×°ÍÀÌ ¹«½¼ ÀǹÌÀÎÁö (öÀúÈ÷) ¹°¾îº¸¶ó. ´ç½ÅÀÇ µ·ÀÌ°í, ±×µéÀÌ NM±Þº¸´Ù´Â ³·Áö¸¸ ±×·³¿¡µµ °í°¡ °¡°ÝÀ¸·Î ±×°ÍÀ» ÆÈ·Á°í ÇÏ¸é ±×µéÀÇ ¹°°ÇÀ» °úÀ× µî±Þ ºÎ¿©µÈ °ÍÀÎÁö ±×µéÀ» È®½ÅÇÒ Çà¿îÀ» ÀÒ¾î¹ö¸± ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. ·¹Äڵ尡 NM±Þ º¸´Ù Á¶±Ý ¾Æ·¡¶ó¸é, EX±ÞÀ̳ª VG++±ÞÀ» »ç¿ëÇ϶ó.

EX+


EX+±Þ

If you read the above the same rule holds true here. No such thing as EX+. It is just another confusing grade that does not have any defined level of agreement among collectors. People who use this grade don't want to lose money on their collectibles. By upping the grade, means upping the price. Just be fair. Use conservative grades. When you grade a record, put yourself in the shoes of the potential buyer. Would you want to get a record with this grade and discover some overlooked flaws? If you sell a record for big $$$ be prepared for criticism. People will examine the record with more than just a quick glance once they receive it. Overgrading will only make you look bad. And too many unhappy customers means very few repeats (or perhaps no customers in the long run). À§¸¦ Àоú´Ù¸é °°Àº ±ÔÄ¢ÀÌ ¿©±â¼­µµ Àû¿ëµÈ´Ù. EX+±ÞÀ¸·Î´Â ±×·±°Ô ¾ø´Ù. ¼öÁý°¡µé °£¿¡ Á¤ÀÇµÈ ¼öÁØÀÇ ÇÕÀÇ°¡ ¾Æ´Ñ ¿ÀÁ÷ ¶Ç ´Ù¸¥ È¥µ¿½ÃÅ°´Â µî±ÞÀÌ´Ù. ÀÌ µî±ÞÀ» ¾²´Â »ç¶÷µéÀº ±×µéÀÇ ¼öÁýÇ°¿¡ ±ÝÀüÀû ¼Õ½ÇÀ» ¿øÇÏÁö ¾Ê´Â´Ù. µî±ÞÀ» ¿Ã¸²Àº, °¡°ÝÀ» ¿Ã¸°´Ù´Â ¶æÀÌ´Ù. ²À °øÁ¤ÇØÁ®¶ó. Á¶½É½º·± µî±ÞÀ» ½á¶ó. ·¹Äڵ带 µî±Þ ºÎ¿©ÇÒ ¶§, ÀáÀç ±¸¸ÅÀÚÀÇ ÀÔÀåÀÌ µÇ¾îº¸¶ó. ÀÌ µî±ÞÀÇ ·¹Äڵ带 °¡Áö±â¸¦ ¿øÇÏ¿´°í ¾à°£ÀÇ °£°úµÈ ÇÏÀÚ¸¦ ¹ß°ßÇÏ´Ù¸é? ·¹Äڵ带 Å« µ·¿¡ ÆÈ·Á¸é ÈìÀâ±â¿¡ ´ëºñ¸¦ Ç϶ó. »ç¶÷µéÀº ·¹Äڵ带 ÀÏ´Ü ¹ÞÀ¸¸é ´Ù¸¸ ªÀº Èê±ß º½ º¸´Ù´Â ´õ¿í °Ë»çÇÒ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. °úÀ× µî±Þ ºÎ¿©´Â ¿ÀÁ÷ ´ç½ÅÀ» ³ª»Ú°Ô º¸ÀÌ°Ô ÇÒ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ±×¸®°í ³Ê¹«³ª ¸¹Àº ºÒÇàÇÑ °í°´µéÀº ¾ÆÁÖ ÀûÀº (¶Ç´Â ¾Æ¸¶µµ °á±¹Àº °í°´ÀÌ ÀüÇô ¾ø´Â) ÀçÁÖ¹®À» ³º°Ô µÈ´Ù.

VG+++


VG+++±Þ

Come on, 2 plus marks are enough! No such animal! ÀÚ, 2°³ÀÇ plus Ç¥½Ã·Î ÃæºÐÇÏ´Ù! ÀÌ·± ¹°°ÇÀº ¾ø´Ù!

G++


G++±Þ

Ok so I use it once in a blue moon. But at least I describe the way the record plays, to a tee! The price does not go up. The grade is just a good selling point. Realistically though it does not exist. Use it seldomly, if ever ±×·¡ ³ª´Â ¾ÆÁÖ µå¹°°Ô »ç¿ëÇÑ´Ù. ±×·¯³ª Àû¾îµµ ³ª´Â ·¹Äڵ尡 Àç»ýµÇ´Â »óȲÀ», Á¤È®È÷ ±â¼úÇÑ´Ù! °¡°ÝÀº ¿Ã¶ó°¡Áö ¾Ê´À´Ù. µî±ÞÀº ´Ù¸¸ ÆǸÅÀÇ ÁÖ¿ä ÇÙ½ÉÀÌ´Ù. ½ÇÁúÀûÀ¸·Î ±×°ÍÀº Á¸ÀçÇÏÁö ¾Ê´Â´Ù. °£È¤, ¸Å¿ï µå¹°°Ô »ç¿ëÇ϶ó.

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