What Would You Do with a Sealed, 1st Press Miles Davis "Kind of Blue"?

paulgardner, bdp24,

"Yes they were sealed in plastic back then."

Thanks!

If this is a truly sealed album and you do

If this is a truly sealed album then you need to ask yourself if you want to sell it to make the money. If it does not sell for what you want then open it and have it cleaned and play it. I do not like that it is already has mold and it will be left there because of the monetary value. I also agree with others that if the outside cover is not sealed it is not of a NM grade. Also I have read that albums get warped due to staying in the shrink wrap too long. 

My mono "Kind of Blue" has that limp plastic inner liner as you described.  What you have is an original release.  If the side 2 track listing had been incorrectly inverted, that would make it an early pressing in the run before they corrected the jacket (mine is that way).  

I have no idea of the collector value of a record with an unbroken inner seal, but, if you are concerned with mold, it might make sense to open the record and clean it thoroughly.  Columbia was a big label that put out a large number of records for each release, so the original "Kind of Blue" is not extremely rare.

4th lacquer from 1st master tape according to discogs.