About to buy this record how does it sound?

[r_electronic]

Hello,
I am looking for a very good condition copy of abacab and I sent an offer to a seller on ebay, he said that there are pops and crackle on this one but judging by the recording he sent me it seems very quiet. There was another seller who sent me one and they rated it near mint and it sound much noisier than this other one.

This is the one I offered:
http://www.joshanddadmusic.com/samples/GenesisNoReply.wav

This is another one the seller claims sounds mint:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11405326/soundbytes/genesis abacab Side A 256k-mp3 soundbyte.mp3

Just looking for some opinions thanks.

 

[olson_jr]

Looks like there are many considered MINT by good sellers in the US on DISCOGS.

https://www.discogs.com/sell/list?currency=USD&master_id=28767&ev=mb

There are even new copies.

https://www.discogs.com/sell/item/384960881?ev=bp_det

 

[r_electronic]

Neat thanks. I ended up going with the one on the first link, the seller was honest and was nice enough to provide the recording. Thanks!

 

[4-2-7]

Get a clean copy that has RL in the dead wax, Robert Ludwig