| S (Sealed) | Record is still sealed and has never been played. |
| M- (Mint minus) | Like new. The record does not have any visible light scratches or cracks. |
| E+ (Excellent Plus) | The record has hardly visible small scratches etc. The label may have some * In effect E+ means almost faultless. We think you can find records graded E+ quite satisfactory, unless you are a collector who is determined to own a brand new record. |
| EX (Excellent) | There are some light scratches and cracks on the record (which can be felt by touch). Sometimes these slight defects may influence sound. *Although some noise is audible in quieter sections of the record, such as fade-outs, and it is especially conspicuous between tracks, it does not have a profound influence on the whole record. The label may have discolorations or ring wear. |
| EX- (Excellent Minus) | It is worse than the above, but there are no needle jumps. There is some noise. The label may have discolorations or ring wear. |
| VG+ (Very Good Plus) | It is worse than the above. But,No Needle jumping. There is some noise. The label has discolorations or ring wear. |
| VG (Very Good ) | It is worse than the above. |
| S (Sealed) | Record is still sealed and has never been played. |
| M- (Mint minus) | Like new.The Cover does not have any lines, folds, scratches, cracks, spots, or other similar folds. |
| E+ (Excellent Plus) | The Cover has small lines / folds / scratches / cracks / spots / ring wear, or other similar faults. |
| E (Excellent) | The Cover may have light lines, folds, scratches, cracks, spots, some writing, some tape or sticker (or traces of such) and ring wear. It may be slightly dirty. |
| E- (Excellent minus) | It is worse than the above, The Cover may have light lines, folds, scratches, cracks, spots, some writing, some tape or sticker (or traces of such) and ring wear. The Cover may be dirty. |
| VG+ (Very Good Plus) | It is worse than the above,The Cover has striking folds, scratches, cracks, spots, ring wear, some writing, scotch tape, or stickers. |
| VG (Very Good) | It is worse than the above. |
| S | (Sealed) |
| M- | (Mint minus) |
| E+ | (Excellent Plus) |
| E | (Excellent) |
| E- | (Excellent minus) |
| VG+ | (Very Good Plus) |
| VG | (Very Good) |
| - | |
| - | |
| - | |
| - |
| W | Writing |
| ST | Stickers, tape |
| WD | Water Damage |
| S | Stain |
| M | Mold |
| C | Corner cut |
| P | Punch hole |
| D | Drill hole |
| SP | Cover Split |
| DJ | promotion copy |
| SF | Same Flip |
| OW | OBI Writing |
| OST | OBI Stickers, tape |
| OWD | OBI Water Damage |
| OS | OBI Stain |
| OM | OBI Mold |
| OP | OBI Split |
| - | - |
| - | - |
| - | - |
| - | - |
| - | - |
All gradings are visual. Please note that we only perform lightly cleaning.