Description PLEASE NOTE: I WILL ONLY GRADE AN OPENED LP NEAR MINT (NM) IF I CAN GUARANTEE IT HAS NEVER BEEN PLAYED (i.e. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER). OTHERWISE, NEAR MINT MINUS (NM-) IS THE ABSOLUTE HIGHEST GRADE I WILL ASSIGN AN OPENED LP. RARE original Rudy Van Gelder mastered first pressing from 1968 on the blue Bergenfield, NJ Prestige label!!! LP is VG++ with a few barely visible paper scuffs. Cover has a small 1" seam on the tip of the top left hand corner and is still in the original shrink wrap. I USE GOLDMINE GRADING: MINT (SEALED)NEAR MINT: LOOKS UNPLAYEDVG++: VERY VERY MINIMAL SIGNS OF USEVG+: AVERAGE SIGNS OF USE, NOTHING DEEP, SUPERFICIALVG: STILL AN OK RECORD, NOISE BETWEEN SONGSGOOD: WORN BUT PLAYS FINE WITH DISTRACTING NOISEPOOR: FILLER COPY ONLY. LOTS OF SCRATCHES