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The vinyl in this case is sold as-is or not graded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eNM (Near Mint)\u003c\/span\u003e:\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eNo visible defects. No writing, stickers, spindle marks, or any other imperfections on label. Appears unplayed and unhandled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVG++\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e: May have some light wear including sleeve scuffs or other superficial marks that will not affect play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVG+\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e: Will have some light wear that may include sleeve scuffs, very light scratches, or other superficial marks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVG\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e: Similar imperfections to a VG+ record, but they're either more pronounced, or there is a higher number of imperfections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVG-\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e: Many light scratches or scuffs. 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The vinyl in this case is sold as-is or not graded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eNM (Near Mint)\u003c\/span\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eNo visible defects. No writing, stickers, spindle marks, or any other imperfections on label. 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The vinyl in this case is sold as-is or not graded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eNM (Near Mint)\u003c\/span\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eNo visible defects. No writing, stickers, spindle marks, or any other imperfections on label. 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On one, he had written\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e'DETH, SWET DETH,' and everything clicked in my head.\" Swet Deth,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBachmann's first album under his Crooked Fingers moniker after a 15-year\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehiatus, organized itself around the image: it's songs are about death, yes, but\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethere's a sweetness to them, a wry sensibility to his lyrics that comes from\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehaving experienced many kinds of death and the life that follows in it's wake.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\"Crooked Fingers\" is a historically slippery concept - no two albums\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esound alike or feature the same lineup in studio or on tour. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHearing parts in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethese songs that called for instruments he didn't play or vocals that weren't\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein his register, he found himself expanding the roster of guest musicians\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efurther than he had on any album in his catalog, including Sharon Van Etten\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\"Haunted\"), The National's Matt Berninger (\"From All Ways\"), and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSuperchunk's Mac McCaughan (\"Cold Waves\"). 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