Purchases and acquisitions

[Theli727]

Took a gamble on a $10 shipped average condition copy of this:




It's in about what you would expect condition wise for 1973, I got it for $10 so I was never expecting good, plenty of visible marks and scratches on the surface, first play was pretty horrid, noisy, hissy clicky poppy and skippy all throughout, ****. Decided to give the record a thorough wet clean, and it came up pretty awesome, it went from a matte finish to a super shiny black again, there are still marks there but they are no longer as pronounced, I just finished a full play of it now, there is still some slight clicks and pops between tracks, but the hissing, and more importantly, the skipping has been totally eliminated, I might give it a second clean and see if that improves it any more, as it was properly dirty! My gamble paid off!

one of my first albums back then. Love suzi