MITCH MILLER & THE GANG (Reissue) Christmas Sing-Along.'63. Columbia CS8027. VG+

Description: Here is a holiday album for Christmas time by Mitch Miller & The Gang called Christmas Sing-Along With Mitch. Originally it came out around 1958, but was on Columbia 6-eye labels. This is on a 2-eye label which came out in 1962 and others in 1963. So I think this must be a 1963 LP (as a reissue) as it has the 360 SOUND on the bottom rim of the red label, too. This is more of a religious Christmas sound of songs, not a pop jingle type holiday record. The gatefold cover is in great condition. Inside has the lyrics of the 13 songs. Back cover has only minor ringwear at the top and bottom mid-sections. Side seam is in good shape. I will have to include a plain white inner sleeve. This gatefold cover has the record in one gatefold sleeve and the other gatefold sleeve has 4 copies of the 13 song lyrics pages, 3 purple pamphlets (the same) with Christmas Carols lyrics, and one Cherished Christmas Carols pamphlet with 16 songs with lyrics and music notes in it. Side 1 of the album has many small light surface scratches (photo here). Side 2 has only 1 obvious surface scratch in the last song area and a few light surface scratches. But no skips or pops. Listen to the 1 minute 50-second audio/video here from my Technics system to hear the sound quality. Some crackles, but very light. I rate the cover sleeve as Very Good (VG) to Very Good Plus (VG+). The vinyl is Very Good Plus (VG+) as the crackles aren't too much or too loud. ___________________________________________________________________________ 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: 6 USD

Location: Cleveland, Ohio

End Time: 2025-01-20T23:03:17.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.38 USD