HOME MY GRADING

Hello, and welcome to my website. I am Kevin Kiley, a 57 year old going on 17, and I've collected records ever since I can remember. My personal collection consists primarily of Soul, R&B, 50s-60s Rock'n'Roll, REAL Country, Jazz, and Black Gospel LPs. About 10 years ago I began an intensive quest for rare & hard-to-find items in these genres. As an antique dealer, my business took me all over the country, so I always shopped for records in various cities in my travels. When out and about, I always buy duplicates of records that I feel are difficult to find or desireable in a particular genre. Which brings me to the creation of this site...

My main purpose in doing this(BESIDES making money), is to help to "share the wealth". I want others to be able to appreciate the music that has given ME such great pleasure. So HOPEFULLY, if you are reading this, you will find SOMETHING that floats your boat. If you are unfamiliar with a record, email or call, and I will be more than happy to try to describe the "bag" that it is in. If needs be, I can drop the needle on it for you. I know that when I'M out, I only need a few seconds of each track to tell me if the record is one that I NEED. :-)

Shopping: Click on the grey Music Type icon to the left. At the present time I have only four categories. The majority of my Gospel records are in either a deep soul or funk vein. If you are a Soul fan and have never heard any of these 70's gospel records, give me a call, and I'll drop the needle a bit for you. You WON'T be disappointed. The CDs are used, but in perfect condition, UNLESS noted as new. I am beginning to pull a lot of CDs from my collection, so check back from time to time. A lot of Out of Print items.

Ordering: Nothing real fancy here. While scrolling, if you see something that you would like, copy it, then click on the order button to the left. This will pop up an email. Then paste your order in and send it on in. Not TOO hard, right?

All items are 100% satisfaction guaranteed. If you are not happy with your order, please inform me. The return must be made within 10 days of your receipt of the item. All money EXCEPT postage will be refunded.

Shipping is extra. I ship via US Post Office. $7.00 per LP, $5.00 per 45 Priority Mail in the U.S., 1.00 additional per record. Overseas customers will pay actual cost. Insurance to be paid by the buyer at their request.

Payment Methods. Paypal, Personal Checks, Money Orders. Send cash at your own risk. 

Payments and Correspondence to:

Kevin Kiley
23 Harvard Terrace
West Orange, NJ 
07052

973 736 2997
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Grading 

I grade realistically. You will LOVE my VG+. Grading is Cover/Record 

SS : Still Sealed-top rating.

NM : no marks on vinyl or cover.

VG+ : vinyl may have some marks, but play is unaffected. A NM cover with a cutout or cut corner becomes a VG+.

VG : vinyl may have slight surface noise.

G : vinyl has marks, noise, but still playable.

P : buy this as a filler until you can upgrade.

Abbreviations used:

dsb-demo stamp on back                            sf-some flaking 

osw-original shrink wrap                             w-wrinkle 

bb-hole drilled the size of a bb                    rlt-removed label tear 

hp-hole punch, larger than a bb                 spl-small promo label 

sm-saw mark in cover                                  st-small tear

wob-writing on back                                     bc-bent corner 

wof-writing on front                                      lm-label mark 

wol-writing on label                                       ps-promo sticker 

WLP-white label promo                                tob-tape on bottom 

djs-disc jockey stamp                                   ts-taped seam 

rw-very noticeable ring wear on cover    s-scuff 

srw-very slight ring wear on cover            cc-cut corner 

ldjlf- large dj label on front                          spsm-split seam 

sts-slight tear in shrinkwrap                       wlp-white label promo