THE TEARDROP EXPLODES (LP) Wilder. 1981. Mercury SRM-1-4035. VG+/EX

Description: This is an album by The Teardrop Explodes called Wilder. Came out inn 1981 on Mercury label but also manufactured and marketed by Polygram Records Inc. in NY as it says on the back cover bottom center area. This is their second album. They are sometimes called an English post-punk band. The cover is in okay shape. I see very light ringwear marks against the black sides and some light/white tear marks against all the seams. The bottom left side to middle has some marks on it as if someone engraved some marks and numbers in it. Maybe you can see this if you can zoom into the front cover picture. At certain angles you can see it. There are a couple of wrinkles at the left side seam. Back cover you can see whitish ringwear all around. Comes with a plain white inner sleeve. Side A only has a couple of surface scratches and two photos of that is here. Side 2 has some surface scratches and a photo of that is here. None of the scratches caused any skips or pops or crackles. Here is a minute and 50-second audio/video of song sections of Side 1 so you can hear the excellent sound quality. No skips, pops, crackles or tics. So I grade the cover as Very Good (VG) due to some ringwear and white tear marks on the side seams. The album gets a Very Good Plus (VG+) for a few scratches, but I give it an Excellent (EX) for sound quality. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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: 12 USD

Location: Cleveland, Ohio

End Time: 2025-01-03T20:32:55.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.38 USD