Great sounding new vinyl

are all records numberd how do you no your getting a good copy before the molds a getting wornout

You can't know for sure sure what you have until you clean it and play it but the information on the audio asylum thread can serve as a guide. None of it is a secret but the thread is a nice concise collection of useful information. For example, anything mastered at Sterling or Masterdisc by Robert Ludwig is worth checking out. But there are many others like KP(Ken Perry), LH(Lee Hulko), GK(Gilbert Kong). Discs mastered at Kendun(Mushroom's Dreamboat Annie for example)usually a good bet. I used to think The Eagles Long Run and The Guess Who's Greatest Vol 1 were good sounding discs until I found pristine copies that were flat sounding. Turns out the good ones I have bear the TML(M or S)stamp(The Mastering Lab)Same for James Taylor's JT. No guarantees, just other indicators along with early pressings, no barcodes and good condition. Look up the thread. It details more than I can.

I know about the markings but I bought many records before I found out about them.

Me too. That's the thing about this. You learn more as you go. Now I pass up a lot of the ones I would have bought before.

Just bought Atlantic reissue of John Lewis & Sacha Distel reissue and sounds wonderful. I have been rarely disapointed with any Atlantic originals or reissues.