GROUP 87 (LP-Promotional/Demo) Self-titled, Columbia JC 36338 (Yr 1980) EX/NM

Description: This is a promo copy of Group 87's LP. Back cover upper left says FOR PROMOTION ONLY, Ownership Reserved By CBS. Vinyl label says Demonstration-Not for Sale. Inside sleeve is a white plain one. A 1-page 'technical data' sheet on the Group 87 musicians is included, too. Columbia JC 36338. The three musicians in this group are Mark Isham, Patrick O'Hearn, and Peter Maunu. They had played with earlier with Billy Cobham, Jean-Luc Ponty, Frank Zappa, and even Terry Bozzio (from Missing Persons) even contributed his time on here, besides Peter Wolf (from J. Geils Band), too, but these last two did not end up joining the band in the future. The band only had two albums. The LP is an instrumental. Has a jazz-rock fusion/progressive rock type sound. Side 1: Future of the City; Magnificent Clockworks; Frontiers: 1856; Sublime Feline Side 2: The Bedouin; While the City Sleeps; Moving Sidewalks; Hall of Glass; One Night Away From Day Front cover is in great shape. Minimal ringwear just starting to show up as a whitish fading at the top and bottom, but extremely minimal. Back cover same as front cover with the minimal light white fade spots about one inch long only at the top. The exterior border of the sides of the cover do have light wear as the picture shows. The album itself is in excellent condition. Side 1 has three very light scuffs on it that do not affect any sound quality and you need to look under a bright lamp for this. Side 2 has only a couple light scuffs, too, but you really have to look for them. No scratches except barely some light surface scratches. I played it through and there are no crackling, no skips, no ticks or pops. Vinyl is still shiny. Excellent sound quality! I rate the cover as Very Good Plus (VG+) to Excellent (EX) and the vinyl as Excellent (EX) to Near Mint Minus (NM-)! __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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: 10 USD

Location: Cleveland, Ohio

End Time: 2023-12-16T04:27:01.000Z

Shipping Cost: 4.67 USD