ROLLING STONES " LET IT BLEED "IMPOSSIBLE UK BOXED MONO

	£		62
	$		82

     THIS HAS TO BE A CONTENDER FOR THE STONES RAREST STANDARD UK RELEASE VARIANT  - NOT ONLY AN INCREDIBLY RARE MONO ISSUE BUT A COPY OF THE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE  B O X E D  MONO ISSUE. HARDLY ANY OF THESE EXSIST SO WHAT A FIND....AND WHATS MORE A VERY NICE EXAMPLE TOO!

SO WHY ARE THESE SO RARE? WELL MOST STONES COLLECTOR WILL KNOW THAT LATE IN 1969 THE UK DECCA LABELS CHANGED TO THE SMALLER " BOXED " DECCA DESIGN. HOWEVER ALMOST AT THE SAME TIME DECCA DELETED ALL THEIR MONO ISSUES WHERE A STEREO ISSUE FOR THAT SAME LP ALSO EXSISTED.

 MONO ISSUES REMAINED ON THE CATALOGUE ONLY  WHERE THAT ISSUE HAD NO STEREO ISSUE, SUCH AS THE STONES FIRST TWO LP'S WHICH ARE COMMON AS BOXED MONO'S

THIS MEANT THAT ONLY A TINY HANDFUL OF THESE LET IT BLEED MONO ISSUES MADE THE TRANSITION TO THE " BOXED " LOGO LABEL BEFORE BEING DELETED COMPLETLY

ALL MONO'S ARE RARE ANYWAY FOR THIS LP SINCE BY LATE 1969 PEOPLE HAD BEEN FINALLY CONVINCED ( OR PERSUADED.. ) THIS IS WAS USUALLY SAFE TO MAKE THE SWITCH FROM MONO TO STEREO. SO A " BOXED " MONO AS SUCH IS ONE OF THE RAREST STANDARD OFFICAL UK STONES ISSUES, UP THERE AND IF NOT RARER THAN SOME VARIANTS OF  THE STONES 1 ST LP ( TELL ME, MONA ETC ETC ) L@@K.....

NON UK BUYERS PLEASE NOTE MY COMMENTS REGARDING INTERNATIONAL MAIL BELOW...RETURNS POLICY ONLY APPLICABLE TO UK..RETURNS OUTSIDE UK BUYER WILL HAVE TO COVER ALL POSTAGE COSTSFurthermore international bidders please also note that due to ebays new "buyer protection " policy many sellers now refuse to sell internationally anymore. I am not one of those sellers yer but please note I do now reserve the right to refuse to complete a sale to any international bidder that may have low or bad feedback or for any other reason and this is especially so if the item sells for over GBP 100, like I say this is purely a result of ebay/paypals new policy that make it now even harder for sellers to  trade safely internationally. Please bare this in mind if you win an item but find that it has been offered first instead to a domestic UK Bidder.

FOR BIDDERS WITH ZERO FEEDBACK THIS IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT...   I have recently been the victim of serveral spurious bids from several different members (usually based in the Russian Federation). Please note that if you win any of my items and have zero feedback I will ask you for immediate payment or for you to email and immediately confirm that you were a genuine bidder. Failiure to meet either of those critiera will result in the item being  offered to the next highest bidder without further delay. thank you. 

ALL MY RECORDS ARE USUALLY SOLD ON VISUAL GRADINGS ONLY, THEREFORE, WITH THE SINGULAR EXCEPT ION OF THOSE RARE OCCASSIONS WHERE I DO STATE THEY HAVE BEEN PLAY GRADED, AS ALL DISCS ARE 2ND HAND ANY PLAYING DEFECTS ARE THEREFORE CAVIAT EMPTOR AND SO NON REFUNDABLE. I ONLY REFUND  WHERE AN ACTUAL GRADING OF MINE IS DISPUTED 

DOMESTIC RECORDED DELIVERY COSTS FOR UK FOR A SINGLE LP GBP 3.99 AND FOR A DOUBLE GBP 4.99, INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE SEE MY NOTES BELOW FOR POSTAGE INDICATORS OUTSIDE UK

THIS LP IS INCREDIBLY RARE IN ANY CONDITION BUT TO FIND A NICE COPY LIKE THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE, GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS!

FOR AUCTION IS THE UK LP  " LET IT BLEED "

ARTIST: THE ROLLING STONES

COUNTRY: UK

CAT NO:  LK 5025  

MONO/STEREO : MONO  

LABEL:  BOXED DECCA

DATE : 1969

WEIGHT: 140g

MATRIX: 2A 1A

CONDITION......

VINYL  : SOME MARKS VISABLE, MOSTLY ONLY LIGHT UNDER A BRIGHT HALOGEN LIGHT, STILL RETAINS IT'S LOVELY SHEEN VISUALLY GRADED  AS VG+ 

SLEEVE: FIRST PRESS PEEPHOLE SLEEVE WITH NO MAJOR FAULTS WHATSOVER ALTHOUGH THERE IS AN " M ( FOR MONO ) " WRITTEN IN THE PEEPHOLE BUT THIS IS TOTALLY OBSCURED WHEN THE INNER IS IN THE SLEEVE GRADES EXCELLENT- AT WORST

INNER: NICE CORRECT PERIOD MONO EXAMPLE BUT NOT THE BACH CHOIR EXAMPLE.

LOVELY EXAMPLE OF AN INCREDIBLY RARE BOXED MONO COPY - GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS!!

(Please note that whilst I try to endeavour to adhere to strict RC gradings I will never describe ANYTHING AS MINT even when I think it to be so. As far as I am concerned any secondhand item by definition cannot be mint. However if I believe an item to be Mint  I will instead either use the terms Near Mint, mint minus, or in archive or vault condition. When I use these terms you know that in my opinion this is in effect a de-facto Mint grade )

Dont forget to take a look at my other items. Please feel free to contact me with any queries you may have.

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I ONLY DO A COUPLE OF RUNS A WEEK TO THE POST OFFICE BUT MY ITEMS ARE ALWAYS DISPATCHED WELL WITHIN ONE CALENDAR WEEK OF PAYMENT BEING RECEIVED. I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE TO THOSE BUYERS WHO SEEM TO EXPECT THEIR ITEM TO ARRIVE THE NEXT DAY, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK WHEN AN ITEM WAS SENT JUST PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU!! (SOME PEOPLE DO MAKE YOU LAUGH, FOR ITEMS I BUY I ONLY NORMALLY GET CONCERNED AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND EVEN AFTER THAT THEN ONLY POLIETELY ENQUIRE IF AND WHEN THE ITEM WAS SENT).

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PAYMENTS BY PAYPAL ARE PREFERRED BUT I ALSO ACCEPT OTHER METHODS. I ALSO POST WORLDWIDE (PLS APPLY FOR RATES) BUT DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH A DISREPUTABLE BUYER IN JAPAN (PIGGIESSS - I AM HAPPY TO NAME THEM) , FOR ALL PAYMENTS MADE VIA PAYPAL THE ITEM WILL ONLY BE SENT BOTH TO THE UK AND WORLDWIDE BY RECORDED OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY. THIS IS TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY ATTEMPT TO CLAIM BACK THE PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL EVEN AFTER ACTUALLY HAVING RECEIVED THE ITEM.

THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS HAD THE RESULT OF INCREASING MY COSTS FOR POSTING AND PACKING AND I AM VERY SORRY FOR THIS BUT PAYPAL OFFER NO PROTECTION FOR SELLERS UNLESS THERE IS PROOF OF DELIVERY!! PROOF OF POSTING WOULD SEEM INSUFFICIENT TO THEM AND I HAVE FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY..

DUE TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THIS SAME BUYER PAYPAL PAYMENTS WILL ALSO NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM BUYERS WHO DO NOT ALLOW THEIR FEEDBACK TO READ, SO IF YOU FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY PLEASE DO NOT BID ON MY ITEMS UNLESS YOU CAN PAY BY ANOTHER METHOD…….EUROPE INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR MAIL COSTS ARE USUALLY GBP 8.99 FOR A SINGLE LP AND FOR USA/REST OF WORLD IT IS USUALLY GBP 12.99 FOR A SINGLE AND GBP 15.99 FOR A DOUBLE LP 

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