ROLLING STONES Stone Age LP 1971 DECCA 1st + PROMO ONLY BOOKLET WITHDRAWN

	£		182
	$		241

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Rolling Stones called "Stone Age" and is an ORIGINAL 1971 UK 'Earliest' 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Decca label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE ROLLING STONES RAREST LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT LPs ON THE DECCA LABEL - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT COMES WITH ITS ORIGINAL 'PROMOTIONAL ONLY' STONE AGE 'DECCA CATALOGUE' BOOKLET!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED IN 1971 - THESE BOOKLETS WERE AVAILABLE ON THE SHOP COUNTERS TO TAKE WITH THIS LP.  THERE IS A COMPLETELY INVENTED MYTH, THAT THIS BOOKLET (AND THE PREVIOUS 'LET IT BLEED' BOOKLET) WERE INCLUDED WITH ROLLING STONES LPs.  THIS IS BLATANTLY UNTRUE AND NOT THE CASE!!!!  HOWEVER, THE BOOKLET WAS AVAILABLE ON SHOP COUNTERS, AND DESIGNED WITH THIS LP IN MIND - AS IT WAS INDEED, THE CURRENT DECCA RELEASE OF THE BAND!!!!  SO IT IS STILL INCREDIBLY RARE TO FIND ONE WITH THIS LP, AS MOST WERE PICKED UP AND THROWN AWAY VERY QUICKLY!!!!  SO THERE IS NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS ULTRA RARE 'STONE AGE' DECCA CATALOGUE BOOKLET FOUND WITH THIS LP, MAKES IT ONE OF THE RAREST & MOST INTERESTING ROLLING STONES LPs EVER (AS BARELY ANY EXIST TODAY!)!!!!

BUT THERE IS ONE VITALLY IMPORTANT DETAIL ON THE BOOKLET THAT NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE NOTICED!!!!  AND THAT IS THAT THIS BOOKLET IS THE ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD TO SEE THE ORIGINAL COVER DESIGN FOR THIS LP - WITH COMPLETELY MISSING 'BRIAN' TEXT!!!!  WHEN THIS LP WAS DUE FOR RELEASE THE COVER DESIGN WAS APPROVED AND WAS ABOUT TO GO INTO PRODUCTION.  HOWEVER, AT THE LAST MINUTE BEFORE ANY COVERS HAD BEEN MADE - SOMEONE AT DECCA REALISED THAT BRIAN JONES HADN'T BEEN INCLUDED!!!!  THE ORIGINAL DESIGNER HAD ONLY INCLUDED THE CURRENT STONES BANDMEMBERS - AS BRIAN HAD LEFT THE BAND SOME YEARS BEFORE!!!!  BUT OBVIOUSLY BRIAN JONES FEATURED HEAVILY ON THIS LP - AND SO AT THE LAST MOMENT BRIANS NAME WAS HURRIEDLY ADDED TO THE COVER!!!!  NOW NO COVERS WERE EVER MADE WITH THIS 'MISSING BRIAN' TEXT - AS THE CHANGE WAS MADE BEFORE PRODUCTION STARTED!!!!  HOWEVER - THESE 'PROMOTIONAL' BOOKLETS HAD ALREADY BEEN PRINTED AND COULDN'T BE CHANGED!!!!  AND SO IF YOU COMPARE MY PICTURE OF THE COVER (I HAVE RINGED THE MISSING TEXT IN YELLOW) TO THE BOOKLET - YOU CAN SEE THE ORIGINAL COVER DESIGN WAS RADICALLY DIFFERENT!!!!  AND THIS ULTRA RARE 'PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET' IS THE ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD TO SEE THIS ORIGINAL COVER DESIGN (WITH MISSING 'BRIAN' TEXT!)!!!!  ONLY A FEW HUNDRED BOOKLETS WERE EVER MADE - AND MAKES THIS ONE OF THE RAREST ROLLING STONES LP ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD TODAY!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT CONDITION - AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1971 UK 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS DECCA LABEL, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, ULTRA RARE 'PROMOTIONAL ONLY' STONE AGE BOOKLET (WITH ORIGINAL COVER DESIGN!), AND 1ST PRESS 'ROBERT STACE' LAMINATED COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Decca UK 1st Pressing from 1971 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is SKL 5084 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Decca Label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st pressing!!!!  

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO writing, NO wear, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  Most of these 60s/70s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, only 2 or 3 VERY light hairlines, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW!!!!  It is also great to find that the playing of the record is as STUNNING as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  BRILLIANT RECORD!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  THE ULTRA RARE 'PROMOTIONAL ONLY' BOOKLET IS ALSO IN BRILLIANT CONDITION - WITH NO DAMAGE AT ALL!!!!  It has NO rips, NO tears, only 2 or 3 creases, NO damage, PERFECT staples with NO rust, NO annotations, barely ANY foxing AT ALL, and NO writing!!!!  ALL the pages look BRILLIANT and they even feature the WITHDRAWN 'Purple Shadow' Aftermath Cover inside (which they obviously forgot about and never changed!), and the ULTRA RARE 'Missing Brian' ORIGINAL cover design for 'Stone Age'!!!!  A BRILLIANT BOOKLET!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Robert Stace' Laminated Cover is in AWESOME condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, barely ANY corner wear AT ALL, NO splits, barely ANY creases AT ALL (cover is PERFECTLY flat looking!), STUNNING shiny laminate, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in AWESOME condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, NO ringwear, NO rubbing, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Excellent++++ if not MINT(Minus)!!!!  AWESOME COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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