ROLLING STONES LIVE EUROPEAN TOUR 1970 ESSEN GERMANY NOT TMOQ RARE CLEAN

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ROLLING STONES ~ LIVE EUROPEAN TOUR 1970   "THE ROLLING STONES EUROPEAN TOUR ~ 1970 ~ LIVE" LIVE OCTOBER 7, 1970 ESSEN GERMANY LABEL: WCF 32/33 (WHITE COVER FOLKS) MATRIX: 32 A/B  33 A/B RELEASED: CIRCA 1971
VINYL: EX- to EX   JACKET: EX- to EX
I've been going thru my massive vinyl record collection this summer and pulling out some LPs that I thought that someone else would want for their collection. I've been collecting records for over 40 years and it's time to pass some of them on to the next generation of collectors.
This week on EBay I am offering up this fantastic, clean copy of the Rolling Stones live in Essen on the 1970 European Tour.
~~~~~~~~~~~ This album was recorded Live on October, 7 1970, at the Grughalle in Essen, Germany.
The 1970 Tour was the Stones' first tour of Europe since 1967. They were a very different band by then.
The Rolling Stones 1970 European Tour was fantastic. It gets overlooked by critics and fans as there aren't a lot of high quality recordings or videos of the shows.
The Stones were hot in 1970. This was right in their classic period, just after 'Beggars Banquet' and 'Let it Bleed' and just before 'Sticky Fingers.' The Live 'Ya-Ya's' was just released as well. A great period to see and hear the Stones live.
The shows were similar to the 1969 US Tour but they added a Horn section and switched up their setlists for European tastes.
In Europe, they dropped the 'older' songs "Carol", "I'm Free/Under My Thumb" and "Satisfaction", and added the rockers 'Roll Over Beethoven' and 'Let It Rock', which gave Mick Taylor more room to show off and play.
Some songs were brand new to the audience, yet to be released, like "Brown Sugar", "Dead Flowers", and "You Gotta Move."
By the fall of 1970, 'Let it Bleed' had been out for awhile and the European audiences were more familiar with the songs, enjoying the shows better.
The great "Ya-Ya's" live album had also been released in September and European fans knew the sound and what to expect.
~~~~~~~~~~~~ This Tour had Mick Taylor on Lead guitar and he was on fire. By 1970, after doing many shows, he knew the songs well, where he fit in, and his playing was fantastic.
Keith by this time was completely strung out and frail. His drug use was legendary and many were wondering whether he was going to survive the tour. Mick Taylor had to pick up some of the slack from Keith. 
Jimi Hendrix had died on September 18, in the middle of the Stones tour and I'm sure it affected both Mick Taylor and Keith. Suddenly, Mick Taylor was considered by many to be the best living rock guitar player. Meanwhile, everybody was wondering if Keith was gonna follow Jimi to the grave.
Mick Jagger was in fine form. His attitude and vigor was lit by meeting Bianca at a party on September 23, 1970 in Paris. They were quickly inseparable and her presence helped focus Jagger.
This European tour was also the first use of live horns. Bobby Keys on saxophone and Jim Price on trombone rounded out the band.
During the 1969 US tour, the band often did 2 shows a night, but in Europe they only did one show and could stretch them out and not be rushed, or tired.
The Europeans loved early American Rock'n'Roll, so the Stones played more Chuck Berry on the Tour. This show has 3 different Chuck Berry covers in it.
The 1970 Tour was one of the very best, maybe the best tour ever and many Stones fans feel that this Essen show is one of the best shows of the tour. 
~~~~~~~~~ This Essen show is famous as the show where a girl in the audience stole Mick Jagger's famous thick belt, with the big oval belt buckle. He wore that belt thru most of the 1969 US tour and the '70 European tour. You see it in many photos and film clips from those tours.
He took his belt off to use it in his 'whipping' act he performed during 'Midnight Rambler', laid it on the stage afterwards, and forgot about it. An audience member grabbed it and it's never been seen since.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE HISTORY OF THIS 'COLLECTOR' RECORD
In the Rolling Stones world, there are relatively few 'Collector' albums from the 1970 European Tour. All of them are audience, and almost all have average sound quality. This record is an audience recording, pretty decent, but still has that 'Collector Record' feel to it. 
This album is a early version on the WCF (White Cover Folks) label.
The original version of this record was released on Scott Johnson's 'Rubber Dubber' label, but there were 3 early versions which basically all came out at the same time in the early 70's. In those early days, labels often took things from their competition, especially the good things.
Rubber Dubber did their version (70-008) and then it was also quickly released by the White Cover Folks (WCF 32/33) label as a 2-LP record.
Shortly after that, the folks at TMOQ, Ken and Dub, remastered the album using Dub's equalizer. Equalizers were very rare and unusual outside of a recording studio back then, and somehow they 'tweaked' it to cram it all onto one LP. Many early TMOQ albums benefited from Dub's equalization. The first TMOQ release (TMQ 71020) was on cool Green and Black 'fried eggs' splatter wax with the, now iconic, Rubber stamped cover.
Ken and Dub figured that their single LP version would kill off sales of the earlier 2-LP versions. It did, and the early Rubber Dubber and WCF versions, like this one, have become quite rare.
~~~~~~~~~~~ Since there were several competing versions of this record at the time; WCF, Rubber Dubber and TMOQ, they were all looking for something to make them unique to the buyer.
Rubber Dubber had their famous stamped price on their covers ($3/$6), good value back then. TMOQ records cost more, but often had colored vinyl, and WCF had cool, original artwork inserts.
The WCF label was one of the first to use uniquely designed slip sheet covers. Most other 'Collector' records of this era had Rubber Stamped covers that could be done at home. TMOQ would soon start adding artwork of their own with the famous William Stout covers. 
WCF started out with hand-stamped covers, like their competition, but by 1971, their double albums were released in 'twin' white gatefold covers with blank white inner panels and a unique, typically one color, paper insert. This record is a great example of that Old-School style with a double, plain white gatefold cover and insert.
~~~ This record also contained the first WCF insert to have "Stereo" on it.
Almost all of these records were Mono back then. For WCF to put 'Stereo' on their insert made it seem like it was something different and better sounding. It wasn't. It was Mono, audience and sounded just like the others.
Eventually, there were versions of this album made by 'Rope & Roll', 'Dittolino' and many others.
~~~~ The White Cover Folks (WCF) label started around 1970, back near the beginning of this style of records, and were very active up until about 1974. 
The WCF label was more into variety than quantity. They had low pressing numbers and many multiple titles, making early WCF records, like this one, hard to find, rare and collectible.
Around 1975, the WCF folks pooled resources and formed Berkely Records, a famous early 'first generation' label in the field.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CONDITION: I tried to show good hi-resolution photos of the cover, labels and vinyl in my pictures.
I found 2 identical still sealed copies of this rare record at an Estate sale back in the early 1980s. They were in some boxes of Disco, Pop, 'bad' Elvis, and some pretty beat up Classic Rock LPs. They were totally out of place, and my jaw just dropped. 
I opened this one up, played it once or twice to transfer it to tape, then stuck it away in my collection. I still have the other sealed copy in my extensive Stones collection. I don't need 2 copies, so I'm letting this one go to a new home.
It's in fantastic, clean, almost 'store fresh' condition.
The double, thick cardboard, white, gatefold jacket is about as clean as 50-year old records of this type can be. They were made cheaply back in the day, so there are a few signs of tan 'foxing' from age, but it sill looks great. The corners are sharp. No names, writing or signs of prior ownership.
The gatefold cover is an odd, early style. 2-LP 'Collector' records were rare in the early days. Usually the 2 LPs would be side-by-side in a single jacket, or in a thinner 'file-folder' style jacket with cheap folded slots. This early record basically has 2 individual sturdy white cardboard sleeves bound together with thick white tape to create a 'double' jacket.
There is a tiny 'seam split' or hole in the white tape binding that holds the LPs together. Probably from the record edge 'rubbing' in a box over many years as this was sealed when I found it.
There are some mild ring 'impressions' on the jacket, mostly because of sitting around sealed for so long. The records are NOT bowed or warped which can happen with older sealed records.
VINYL: The vinyl looks terrific. As I mentioned, only 1 or 2 playings, then put away. Shiny and bright. 
These 'Collector' records weren't pressed on the highest quality vinyl and there are 1 or 2 tiny pressing 'dings' and some mild color variation to the black, but the grooves look fine, essentially unplayed. I wiped these down with a soft cloth, but I would deep clean them before playing.
I tried to show some views of the vinyl surface in my photos. It looks nice, factory fresh.
The spindle holes are flawless. also factory fresh.
The Matrix information is minimal. Just a '32' and '33' with 'A/B'. No other marks or stamping.
The Labels are plain Charcoal grey. No band name, or any other identification. This record is from the days before elaborate labels started being used for these type of records. Early 'Collector' records often had plain white or plain colored labels, sometimes with a '1/2' or 'A/B' printed on them, but no other identifying information. As time went on, they became more elaborate.
The insert sleeve is nearly perfect. Corners sharp, no creases or damage. There is one small 'dot' of foxing from age, but very nice.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The songs on this LP include:
Jumping Jack Flash Roll Over Beethoven Sympathy For The Devil Stray Cat Blues Love In Vain Dead Flowers Midnight Rambler Live With Me Let It Rock Little Queenie Brown Sugar
~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE: This 'Collector' record is being sold "As Is" and with "No Returns"
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