Condition Description: 
Good, pre-owned condition. All used records have some type of flaw(s), whether they are visible inaudible/audible scuffs, scratches, or fingerprints and possibly background noise of varying degrees. Some minor warping may exist that will not affect playback. This record has some surface and non surface scratches and scuffs. The audio quality is pretty good outside some light background noise and the occasional pop/click. The inner sleeve is a rounded corner, holed center paper sleeve. The outer sleeve has plenty of handling/shelf wear. Seams are reinforces with tape and edges show show wear. Please see photos. Thank you

Label & Catalog Number:
Decca – DL 38170
   
Artist: 
Various
   
Title:
Around The Christmas Tree
   
Tracklist:
A1    The Columbus Boy Choir–    We Wish You A Merry Christmas
A2    Axel Stordahl–    Glade Jul
A3    Dick Haymes–    The First Noel
A4    Vincent Lopez (2)–    Cantique De Noel
A5    Four Aces–    Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
        Medley    
A6a    Owen Bradley–    Joy To The World    
A6b    Owen Bradley–    God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen    
A6c    Owen Bradley–    Away In A Manger
A7    Columbus Boy Choir–    Angels We Have Heard On High
B1    Columbus Boy Choir–    Deck The Hall
B2    Dick Haymes–    It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
B3    Shulmerich Carillon Bells–    Oh, Come All Ye Faithful
B4    Four Aces–    Silent Night
B5    Axel Stordahl–    Deilig Er Jorden
B6    Dick Haymes–    Oh, Little Town Of Bethlehem
B7    Four Aces–    Jingle Bells
   
Notes:
The release date range for this label variation is 1960-66.

Inner Sleeve:
Replaced

Outer Slipcover Sleeve:
New

Ultrasonically Cleaned:
Yes

Most records will be ultrasonically cleaned unless they appear to be new, or for whatever reason I chose not to clean them. Please keep in mind that while this is the preferred way to clean vinyl, it's not guaranteed to clean records 100%. There may be occasions where gunk or greasy fingerprints may still remain on the record. I'll let the buyer use their preferred cleaning method to finish cleaning the remaining soil ultrasonic cleaning doesn't get to.
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All records will be shipped with an inside sleeve whether it's new or original and a plastic cover to protect from shipping scuffs.

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I do the best I can in sampling each record for quality of sound. Unfortunately I cannot listen to every
one all the way through but I do select a section of the album that appears to be the worst and make
a judgement from that. That's not to say that it will be the worst quality of sound, but it will physically
look like it should be.

Please note that we are not a grading nor record collecting professionals. We use our best judgement using the grading system shown below. Please refer to the photos of each item to see the condition for yourself and ask questions if you have any.
As an example; if there is an item that somebody might grade with a + or ++, we will give it the same grading, removing the +'s. ie. "VG++" becomes "VG" according to our system.

Here are the general grading rules we use. Again, no + conditions will be applied:

Mint - Sealed, assumingly a perfect record inside the sleeve.

Excellent  (EX) - The record shows some signs of having been played but there is no deterioration of sound quality despite noticeable surface marks and an occasional light scuff and/or scratch.

Very Good (VG) - The record has obviously been played many times and has mild scuffs and/or scratches and displays lessening of sound quality.

Good (G) - The record has been played so much the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated perhaps with some distortion and scratches.

Fair (F) - The record is still just playable but has not been cared for properly and displays considerable surface noise. It may even jump.

Poor (P) - The record will not play properly due to scratches, bad surface noise, etc.

Bad  (B)- The record is unplayable and might even be broken and is only of use as a collection filler.

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