ROLLING STONES Beggars Banquet MONO UK LP UNBOXED MINT-

	£		243
	$		322

ROLLING STONES - BEGGARS BANQUET

A SIMPLY SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS SOUGHT AFTER STONES ALBUM.

THIS IS THE RARER MONO PRESSING AND MARKED AS AN ORIGINAL DUE TO THE UNBOXED DECCA LOGO ON THE LABEL, UNLIKE REISSUES WHICH HAD A BOX SURROUNDING THE LOGO.

• DECCA RECORDS
• CAT: LK 4955
• MATRIX: XARL 8476-4A / 8477-3A

THE STONES ANSWER TO THE BEATLES WHITE ALBUM. PRESSED IN THE SAME YEAR 1968

HERE WE HAVE ONE IN IMMACULATE CONDITION

THE RECORD

FIRSTLY THE LABELS ARE THE RED AND SILVER MONO DECCA LABELS AND ARE IN IMMACULATE CONDITION. THERE IS NOT ONE MARK ON THEM AT ALL, AND ABSOLUTELY NO SPINDLE HOLE WEAR WHATSOEVER. THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS UNWORN AND IS VERY VERY EASILY READ. THE RED COLOUR IS A DEEP UNWORN UNFADED COLOUR. I HAVE COUNTED ROUGHLY 6 SPIDER LINES EACH SIDE OF THE LABEL. CLOSE AND COMPACT THIS TELLS ME THAT THE RECORD HAS HAD ONLY A HANDFUL OF PLAYS AND THAT THE ORIGINAL OWNER WAS VERY CAREFUL WHEN PLACING THE ALBUM OVER THE SPINDLE.

THE RECORD GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND THERE ARE NO OBVIOUS MARKS OR HANDLING SIGNS TO BE SEEN ANYWHERE. OFFERING THE VINYL UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE A COUPLE OF RIDICULOUSLY LIGHT AND WISPY HAIRLINES WHICH ARE INVISIBLE IN DAYLIGHT. NATURALLY THESE WILL BE NON SOUNDING, BUT AGAIN IT IS A GREAT INDICATOR OF HOW MANY TIMES THE LP HAS ACTUALLY BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE.

GENTLY LOWERING THE STYLUS ONTO SIDE ONE

THE RUN IN GROOVE PRODUCES SILENCE!!!

THE SILENT RUN IN SUGGESTS GREAT THINGS AHEAD. AS THE OPENING TRACK STARTS I AM LISTENING INTENTLY FOR ANY SIGNS OF DISTORTION CAUSED BY A HEAVY OR WORN STYLUS BEING USED ON THE ALBUM, WHICH IN TURN WOULD HAVE CAUSED GROVE WEAR, WHICH MEANS THE STYLUS WOULD MOVE ABOUT IN THE GROOVE, AND CAUSE THE AFORESAID DISTORTION. I AM PLEASED TO SAY THAT THERE IS NO DISTORTION WHATSOEVER. I WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY SURPRISED IF THERE HAD BEEN JUDGING BY THE INFORMATION I HAVE ALREADY GIVEN ON THE LABEL, AND VINYL.

HERE WE HAVE A STUNNING CRYSTAL CLEAR MONO SOUND

EACH OF THE LINKING GROOVES HAVE THE SAME SILENCE BETWEEN THE TRACKS, AND EACH OF THE TRACKS PERFORM MAGNIFICENTLY. AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO LISTEN TO THIS 39 YEAR OLD ALBUM SOUNDING EXACTLY LIKE IT DID THE DAY IT WAS RELEASED.

NO CLICKS, CRACKLES OR ANY BACKGROUND WHATSOEVER, APART FROM THE VERY VERY ODD BIT OF LIGHT STATIC AND ONE OR TWO BARELY AUDIBLE LIGHT POPS IN A COUPLE OF SPOTS.

 A TRULY STUNNING EXAMPLE AND FULLY JUSTIFIES A MINT MINUS GRADE

THE SLEEVE

FULLY LAMINATED WHITE GATEFOLD WHICH IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF THESE SLEEVES WHICH ARE RINGWORN , CREASED AND DIRTY, BUT THIS ONE IS AS GOOD AS YOU WILL FIND

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES ANYWHERE ON THIS HEAVY CARD, AND NO LAMINATE LIFT. THERE ARE A TWO TINY LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE , BUT THAT'S IT.  THE SURFACE IS VERY VERY CLEAN AND HAS RETAINED ALL OF TS ORIGINAL SEEN. UNLIKE THE BEATLES WHITE ALBUM, THE STONES BEGGARS BANQUET WAS A SLIGHTLY OFF WHITE IN COLOUR, AND THIS IS ALSO BEAUTIFULLY RETAINED ON THIS CLASSIC ALBUM. I AM CERTAIN THE SLEEVE HAS BEEN PROTECTED IN A PLASTIC COVER FROM NEW.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE UNWORN, AND THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND AGAIN THIS DEMONSTRATES HOW LITTLE THE RECORD HAS BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE.

THE REAR SURFACE IS AS IMMACULATE AS THE FRONT SURFACE. CLEAN AND NO CREASES. ALL OF THE TRACKLISTING IS PERFECTLY CLEAR AND UNFADED OR WORN OR RUBBED.

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PERFECT INNER PICTURE WITH NOT ONE BLEMISH ANYWHERE

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB ORIGINAL UNBLEMISHED CONDITION

A GREAT LOOKING SLEEVE THAT FULLY WARRANTS AN MINT MINUS GRADE

THIS IS A REALLY EXCEPTIONAL COLLECTIBLE ITEM, AND WOULD GRACE ANY COLLECTION, AND WILL NEVER NED UPGRADING.

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOOSE TO GO FOR IT