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Term for an LP that is about the quality you'd expect to pull out of a dollar bin?

Is there a general term in record buying & selling for an LP that is in sort of rough shape - you know what I mean - vinyl is pretty 'well-loved' and the cover is musty and shows its age. Sort of like dollar-bin quality. Looking for a simple catchall term for a record that would be acceptable for someone not paying too much, who is fine with playing an album with some crackles, etc.
sealrock
trytone
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Been buying and selling since the early 80's and the term I know is "starter copy". Obviously not mint but will do till an upgrade is found. I find that in a time where the internet offers so many choices that claim to be quite nice that my starter copies now feel like Goodwill donations.
reubent
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Serviceable
ronco
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'Frisbee'...YES!
rodman99999
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Skeet!
elizabeth
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Depends what YEAR you were talking about.Back in the later 1990s. Early 2000s records in the ten cent bin could be mint and worth a lot.Now? they are all worthless, even the ones asking $20 a pop at some used stores.All the good (cheap) records have vanished.Sadly even my favorite used record store now is full of mediocre and overpriced LPs.Where anything they had in stock ten years ago was like near mint, and cheap too.
Timing is everything.
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