Rolling Stones EXILE ON MAIN ST UK LP 1ST COC69100 PLAYS 100% MINT MINUS

	£		155
	$		205

ROLLING STONES - EXILE ON MAIN ST.

IN MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS CONDITION

FIRST PRESS A-2/B-1/C-2/D-2

BARELY PLAYED SET

ONLY HAS HALF THE POSTCARD SET

• CATALOGUE:ROLLING STONES COC 69100
• MATRIX:COC69100 A-2 / B-1 / C-2 / D-2
• ROLLING STONES RECORDS ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX ON ALL 4 SIDES
• ST-RS 722507 / 08 / 09 / 10 ETCHED INTO EACH SIDE IN THE DEAD WAX
• THE TARGET AND ARROWS SYMBOL ARE ALSO ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX ON ALL 4 SIDES

A FIRST PRESS EXILE ON MAIN STREET MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES

THE LABELS MUST HAVE THE CATALOGUE NUMBER COC 69100 (CUN LABELS ARE ALL REISSUES)

THE MATRIX NUMBERS MUST EITHER END IN A 1 OR 2, ANYTHING ELSE AND IT'S A LATER PRESS

ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX ON ALL 4 SIDES MUST BE 'ROLLING STONES RECORDS'

THE MATRIX NUMBER MUST BE STAMPED, BUT THERE IS AN ETCHED REFERENCE NUMBER WHICH IS ST-ST-RS-722507/8/9/10

THERE IS ALSO A SMALL TARGET WITH TWO ARROWS ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX ON ALL 4 SIDES

THE SLEEVE MUST BE A GATEFOLD BOX STYLE HAVING SPINES ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES, AND MUST BE MADE BY SHOREWOOD PACKAGING

THE TWO PICTURE INNER SLEEVES MUST ALSO BE MADE OF STRONG CARD, AND WILL HAVE THE COC69100 CATALOGUE NUMBER IN ONE CORNER (LATER PRESSES WERE FAR FLIMSIER)

ONLY FIRST PRESSES ALSO HAD TWO WHITE DIE CUT INNER SLEEVES AS WELL AS THE CARD ONES. THESE MUST BE  SLIGHTLY SHAPED ACROSS THE CORNERS, AND HAVE THE PATENT NUMBER 1,125,555 IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER, AND 'MADE IN ENGLAND' IN THE RIGHT CORNER

FINALLY THE VERY FIRST RELEASED WERE COMPLIMENTED WITH A SET OF 12 POSTCARDS. THERE WERE LATER FIRST PRESSES THAT HAD EVERYTHING I HAVE LISTED ABOVE BUT MINUS THE POSTCARDS

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE YELLOW STONES LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLES. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL CLEAR AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE IS JUST ONE MINUSCULE SPIDER LINE ON DISC ONE, AND ABSOLUTELY NONE ON THE SECOND DISC. CLEARLY THIS VINYL HAS BARELY BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE IN 39 YEARS 

THE VINYL

BEAUTIFUL PAIR OF ORIGINAL VINYLS. BOTH GLEAM LIKE NEW AND HAVE RETAINED ALL OF THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE.IN DAYLIGHT THEY BOTH LOOK ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS, AND TOTALLY MARK FREE, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF NEAR INVISIBLE WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN.

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID.

THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

WELL THIS SET PLAYS TO ABSOLUTE NEAR PERFECTION ALL THE WAY THROUGH ALL FOUR SIDES. A TRUE FIRST PRESS STEREO REPRODUCTION THAT IS BOTH LOUD AND CRISP.

NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT, MEANING THAT WHAT LITTLE PLAY THESE LP'S HAVE RECEIVED WERE COMPLETED ON A TOP SYSTEM THAT HAD BOTH A CORRECTLY TRACKED AND WEIGHTED STYLUS, BUT ALSO ONE THAT WAS UNDAMAGED OR UNWORN

THE DISCS PLAY WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLES WHATSOEVER, AND ABSOLUTELY NO LOUD CLICKS

A STUNNING REPRODUCTION THAT IS ALSO FREE OF ANY VINYL NOISE AT ALL

THERE ARE TWO MINUSCULE LITTLE BARE;LY AUDIBLE TICKS IN THE LINKING GROOVE TO TRACK 2 ON SIDE ONE, AND I HEARD ABOUT 3 MORE TINY LITTLE DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE 4 SIDES. SIMPLY OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE

THE VERY ODD SEMI SECOND OF STATIC IN ONE OR TWO RANDOM SPOTS, AND THATS IT. JUST ABOUT THE  BEST EXAMPLE OF THIS ALBUM I HAVE EVER HEARD!!!

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS

DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

A VERY STURDY SLEEVE, AND NOT OFTEN THAT I GET THE CHANCE TO SAY THAT MOST YOU WILL FIND WILL BE IN REASONABLE CONDITION AT WORST. MADE FROM VERY STRONG CARD,THIS UNLAMINATED GATEFOLD HAS JUST A COUPLE OF WEAK AREAS. THEY ARE THE SPINE, AND THE ENTRY POINT FOR THE LP WHICH IS ON THE INSIDE EDGE NEAR THE SPINE.

THE FRONT SURFACE OF THIS SLEEVE IS IN WELL ABOVE AVERAGE CONDITION. THERE ARE NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE, NOT EVEN NEAR THE SPINE LIKE YOU MIGHT EXPECT.AS IT IS UNLAMINATED IT IS ALSO WORTH POINTING OUT THAT APART FROM A VERY FINE BROWN LINE RIGHT AT THE VERY TOP LEFT OF THE SURFACE, IT IS VERY VERY CLEAN AND NO SIGNS OF HANDLING. THE FOUR CORNERS DO HOWEVER HAVE LIGHT RUBBING TO THEM

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE VERY LIGHT RUBBING TO THEM AND SHOW A FEW WHITE PATCHES HERE AND THERE

THE LEFT SPINE IS THE ONE SHOWN IN THE PICTURES AND HAS LIGHT WEAR TO THE TOP EDGE, AND THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS. HAVING SAID THAT IT IS STILL FLAT AND UNSQUASHED

THE RIGHT HAND EDGE IS ALSO LIGHTLY RUBBED AT THE ENDS, BUT ALL OF THE DELICATE RED TYPEFACE IS UNRUBBED AND ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE REAR SURFACE IS VIRTUALLY AS FREE FROM ANY LINES AS THE FRONT WITH JUST A LIGHT ONE RUNNING ACROSS THE TOP LEFT CORNER, AND AN EVEN SMALLER ONE SUNNING UP FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE BOTTOM EDGE FOR ABOUT ONE INCH

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE INNER PAIR IF SURFACES, WHICH LEADS ME ON TO THE VERY VULNERABLE ENTRY POINT FOR THE LP.

THIS IS SO HARD TO FIND UNTORN, BECAUSE NOT ONE BUT TWO LP'S IN THEIR THICK CARD INNER SLEEVES HAD TO BE SLID INTO THE OPENING, AND ANY CLUMSINESS WHATSOEVER RESULTED IN TEARS TO THIS THIN PAPER AREA. THE ONLY WAY TO AVOID THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN TO NOT PLACE THE RECORDS BACK INSIDE THE SLEEVE, OR LIKE THIS SET, JUST LEAVE THEM IN THERE AND DON'T PLAY THEM!!!

THE TWO INNER SLEEVES THEREFORE ARE IN IMMACULATE UNSPLIT, AND UNWORN CONDITION. THEY WERE ORIGINALLY PROTECTED BY TWO PAPER INNER SLEEVES WHICH HELD THE LP'S AND THEN THESE WERE SLID INTO THE CARD INNER SLEEVES, AND FINALLY INTO THE OUTER SLEEVE. EVERY BIT OF THIS PACKAGE IS AS GOOD AS YOU COULD POSSIBLE WANT IT TO BE

FINALLY THE VERY RARE POSTCARD SET. THIS WAS ONLY EVER ISSUED WITH THE VERY FIRST BATCH OF THE FIRST PRESSES AND IS THEREFORE VERY HARD TO LOCATE. UNFORTUNATELY I ONLY HAVE HALF THE SET FROM NUMBER 7-12, 1-6 ARE MISSING

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE EXCELLENT PLUS

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

GARRY