So having a libation or two I've been thinking how we could please all the people all the time & I've come up with this......SO I'm Good..........my conclusion is we should change the grading system altogether,I hope this is better for you GUYS.
Old grade.....new grade
Mint...........fukcing hell it's never seen a needle in 40 odd years!!!!!!
Mint Minus..............oh shit shouldn't have played that MINTY when I was pissed because I was amazed it's never been played.
Excellent............Played this sober because I just couldn't resist been the first one who actually dropped a needle on it for the first time in 40 years.
VG+............One that's is starting to look as if it's 40 years old but aging with grace & has had some sort of divine intervention to protect it for all those years & plays with only an amazingly small amount of atmosphere(the slightest of background noise to you & me).Let's be honest this is all you'll ever afford to own because if your lass finds out what a MINTY costs the divorce is going to cost you a lot more then a pristine bit of plastic........fukc her I want a mint one.
VG-..........(Not sure which order the next two should be in but I think this is right??)
Fukced!! but learn to live with it because this is all your pocket-money/paper round stretches to.Smell the bacon because when you play this it sounds like some is been fried out of one if not both of the channels on your sound system. At least you can say to your mates "look I've got one of these" & hope they don't ask you to play it to them.There is a chance if it's a USA VG- it might be half descent & the low grade is to do with label more then the vinyl but if it's UK VG- look for a frame to put it in & decorate your wall.
OK for djing...........Have a few stiff whiskey's,turn your hearing-aid down & it will sound great out.Hope the punters are pissed or off there tits & they won't notice that it really should never see a needle again & certainly not in public.If someone does question it go on the offensive straight away with "when was the last time you saw a real one of these..........div"
Poor/Fair.........I'll ask our lass which one of the re-cycling bins this should go in.
Hope this helps
Back to the libations.
Cheers
Martyn