Important: our grading system is more detailed than most, the letter grade applies to groove condition, and all surface blemishes are described. This takes a lot of time but allows you to almost imagine the record in you own hands. This listing of classical LP's is graded by audition.
| The abbreviations used are as follows: |
| FS= |
Factory sealed, |
| M= |
Mint, never played, |
| NM= |
Used copy, no wear, |
| VG+= |
slightest wear(not in all cases) and/or slight additional surface noise, |
| VG= |
slight wear and additional noise, |
| G, P= |
have increaseing amounts of noise or wear and are used only for important, scarce records |
Condition of the jacket is mentioned only if there is severe damage. Records come to you with clean original, or high quality replacement sleeves.
| Abbreviations used: |
| bj= |
blank jacket |
| ear= |
early pressing |
| EP= |
English pressing |
| es= |
electronic stereo |
| dt= |
digital |
| df= |
dynaflex |
| fot= |
few odd ticks |
| hr= |
harmless rub |
| lgt= |
light |
| scr= |
scratch |
| m= |
mono |
| pb= |
pressing bubble |
| SD= |
Shaded Dog |
| s= |
stereo |
| te= |
thrift edition(usually no notes) |
| WD= |
White Dog |
t=
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tenor |
| sop= |
soprano |
| alt= |
contralto |
| bar= |
baritone |
| bs= |
bass |
| POM= |
pressed from the original masters |
| MLC= |
minor lamination crack |
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