Rolling Stones EXILE ON MAIN ST UK LP 1ST COMPLETE M-

	£		215
	$		285

ROLLING STONES - EXILE ON MAIN ST.

IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

EARLY FIRST PRESS A2/B1/C2/D1

• CATALOGUE:ROLLING STONES COC 69100
• MATRIX:COC69100 A-2 / B-1 / C-2 / D-1
• ROLLING STONES RECORDS ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX ON ALL 4 SIDES
• ST-RS-7225 07 / 08 / 09 / 10

A REAL RARITY. THE FIRST PRESS ISSUE OF EXILE WITH ALL OF THE POSTCARDS , NOW VERY HARD TO FIND IN A COLLECTIBLE CONDITION

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE YELLOW STONES LABELS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLES. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL CLEAR AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE JUST 2-3 REALLY SMALL AND BARELY VISIBLE SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE HOLE TO INDICATE JUST HOW LITTLE THIS SET HAS BEEN PLAYED SINCE 1972.

THE VINYL

BEAUTIFUL PAIR OF ORIGINAL VINYLS. BOTH GLEAM LIKE NEW AND HAVE RETAINED ALL OF THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE. A VERY DETAILED EXAMINATION REVELAS A COUPLE OF VERY TINY HANDLING LINES, AND JUST A FEW MORE WHEN THE DISCS ARE OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION. IT IS VERY CLEAR BY LOOKING AT THE DISCS THAT THEY HAVE BARELY BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE

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 EIGHT THREE MINUTE EXCERPTS  FROM THIS  ALBUM,  I HAVE RECORDED THE FIRST TRACK FROM EACH SIDE WHICH INCLUDES THE DEAD WAX RUN IN, IN ADDITION I HAVE RECORDED ONE RANDOM TRACK FROM EACH SIDE, INCLUDING THE LINKING GROOVE AS I WISH TO DEMONSTRATE NOT ONLY THE ABSOLUTE CLARITY OF THE RECORDING, BUT THE SILENCE IN THE BITS THAT SHOULD BE SILENT. PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE

THE FIRST ALBUM PLAYS MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITH BARELY A DUST POP TO MENTION, THE SECOND DISC HAS A TINY BIT OF VINYL NOISE IN THE QUIETEST OF SPOTS, CERTAINLY NOT WHAT YOU WOULD DESCRIBE AS BACKGROUND CRACKLE, JUST A VERY VERY MILD STATIC LIKE SOUND IN SOME RANDOM PLACES, AND AGAIN A COUPLE OF TINY DUST POPS

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS FOR THE FIRST ALBUM, AND NEAR MINT FOR THE SECOND

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 SUPERB CONDITION. THERE ARE NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE, APART FROM ONE SMALL ONE NEAR THE SPINE. THE TOP RIGHT CORNER WHERE IT MEETS THE SPINE HAS A SMALL DING AND THE BOTTOM TWO CORNERS ARE SLIGHTLY ROUNDED.THERE IS SOME LIGHT BROWNING DOWN THE SPINE EDGE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE THE BAREST TRACE OF SHELF WEAR 

THE SPINE IS ALSO MILDY SHELF WORN WITH A TINY NICK RIGHT AT THE VERY TOP

THE RIGHT HAND EDGE IS ALSO IN GREAT SHAPE, WITH PERFECTLY LEGIBLE TYPEFACE.

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME NICE CONDITION AS THE FRONT WITH THE RIGHT HAND EDGE SHOWING THE LIGHT BROWNING

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 DONT PLAY THEM!!!

THE TWO INNER SLEEVES THEREFORE ARE IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. UNSPLIT, AND UNWORN . 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. THIS SET IS AGAIN IMMACULATE HAVING NOT BEEN OUTSIDE THE SLEEVE. THEY ARE ALL STILL ATTACHED TO EACH OTHER IN ONE LONG STRING OF POSTCARDS, MOST YOU WILL SEE HAVE BEEN PULLED APART, BUT THIS SET IS 100% MINT

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

GARRY