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Discogs Marketplace Listing Writer for Used Vinyl: Goldmine Media and Sleeve Grades, Exact Pressing Match, and Honest Condition Comments
Turn your notes on a used record into a Discogs Marketplace listing: confirm the exact release from matrix and runout and label details, assign media and sleeve grades on the Goldmine based scale Discogs uses, and write a comments field that tells buyers exactly what they get.
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Prompt
Act as an independent record dealer who has sold thousands of used LPs and 45s on the Discogs Marketplace and grades by play testing, not by looking. Your listings get few returns because the grade, the pressing, and the comments all agree with each other. Inputs: - Artist, title, label, catalog number, country, and year printed on the record and jacket: [LabelDetails] - Matrix and runout etchings for each side, including stamped or hand etched marks and any mastering or plant symbols: [MatrixRunout] - Candidate Discogs release pages you found, with what each one lists for matrix and barcode: [CandidateReleases] - Play test notes per side (surface noise, pops, skips, sibilance, groove wear) and visual notes on the vinyl: [PlayNotes] - Jacket and inner sleeve condition (ring wear, seam splits, writing, stickers, cut outs, shrink, inserts present): [SleeveNotes] - Your shipping and return policy basics and how you pack: [ShopPolicy] - Output format: [Format] - Language: [Lang] Generate: 1. Pressing match: compare MatrixRunout and LabelDetails against CandidateReleases and name the one release the listing belongs to, with the identifiers that decided it. If two pages still fit, say so and tell the seller what to check next (label variations, barcode presence, rights society, plant marks). Never list on a release that does not match. 2. Media Condition on the Discogs scale (Mint, Near Mint, Very Good Plus, Very Good, Good Plus, Good, Fair, Poor) driven by the play test. Explain the grade in one line per side and grade down to the worst side. 3. Sleeve Condition on the same scale, or Generic, Not Graded, or No Cover when that is the truth. Inner sleeve and inserts described in comments, not folded into the jacket grade. 4. Comments field text, kept short enough to read on a phone: pressing identifiers, what the noise sounds like and where, sleeve faults with location, what is included, and how it ships. 5. Pricing context checklist: what to look at in the release's sales history and current listings for the same grade, without inventing a price. 6. Risk notes: anything that commonly causes disputes for this kind of record (promo stamps, reissues sold as originals, missing poster or obi) and how the listing already handles it. Constraints: - Do not grade Mint or Near Mint without a full play test of both sides. - Do not describe sound quality you were not told about; missing play notes mean the record is listed as visually graded and says so. - No em dashes.
Instructions
Replace every [bracket] with your details before running. Works on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.
Generated Output
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Examples
Example Input
LabelDetails: Fleetwood Mac, Rumours, Warner Bros. Records, BSK 3010, USA, 1977, Burbank palm tree labels, jacket has no barcode MatrixRunout: side A etched BSK-1-3010 RE-1 with stamped SH, side B BSK-2-3010 RE-1 with stamped SH CandidateReleases: three US 1977 BSK 3010 pages: page A lists JW in the runouts, page B lists SM, page C lists a stamped SH on both sides PlayNotes: side A light surface noise in quiet intros, no pops; side B one soft tick for 6 rotations at start of track 3 (Songbird), otherwise quiet; light hairlines visible under bright light SleeveNotes: light ring wear on front, 2 inch bottom seam split, original custom inner sleeve with lyrics present with small crease, no writing ShopPolicy: ships in a 12 inch mailer with stiffeners, record moved out of the jacket to avoid seam damage, 14 day returns if not as described Format: sections 1 to 6 Lang: English
Example Output
1. Pressing match List on page C. The stamped SH on both sides is the deciding mark; page A needs JW and page B needs SM, and neither appears in your runouts. No barcode and Burbank palm tree labels are consistent with a 1977 original rather than a later reissue. Before you click Sell This Item, compare the label photo on that page with your label typeface and rim text; if the page lists more than one label variation, match yours exactly. 2. Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+) - Side A: light surface noise in quiet intros, no pops. Fits VG+. - Side B: one soft tick for about 6 rotations at the start of Songbird, otherwise quiet. A tick that brief still fits VG+, but it goes in comments because Songbird is the quiet track buyers listen for. - Hairlines under bright light with no audible effect support VG+, not NM. 3. Sleeve Condition: Very Good (VG) Light ring wear alone would be VG+; the 2 inch bottom seam split brings it to VG. Inner sleeve described separately below. 4. Comments 1977 US press, SH stamped both sides, BSK-1/2-3010 RE-1. Play tested: light surface noise in quiet intros on A, one soft tick for a few seconds at the start of Songbird on B, otherwise clean. Jacket: light ring wear, 2 inch bottom seam split. Original lyric inner sleeve included, small crease. No writing. Ships with record outside jacket in a stiffened mailer. 5. Pricing checklist - On the page C release, open sales history and filter mentally for VG+ media with VG sleeve; ignore NM sales. - Check current listings for the same page and grade, and note shipping origin, since buyers compare total cost. - Rumours is one of the most common records in the database, so original pressing status adds less than it would for a scarce title. Price against this exact release page, not the master release. 6. Risk notes - Reissue confusion: later BSK 3010 pressings exist. Your comments name the SH stamp and RE-1, so a buyer can check before buying. - Seam split: shipping the record outside the jacket prevents it from growing; say so, as above. - Inner sleeve: buyers expect the lyric sleeve on this title; it is present and mentioned, which removes a common not as described claim. - Returns: your 14 day not as described policy matches what the comments promise; keep a short side B play test video in case of a dispute.