Every second-hand record is played through before it is listed and graded on the Goldmine scale for both the disc and the sleeve. New pressings say the weight and the mastering source.
On reissues
180 gram vinyl says nothing about the master. A reissue cut from a CD file on thick vinyl sounds worse than a decent original on thin. We list the mastering source when we can confirm it.
Pressings graded before they ship.
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Reading the grades
180 gram vinyl says nothing about the master. A reissue cut from a CD file on thick vinyl sounds worse than a decent original on thin. We list the mas