Rolling Stones LET IT BLEED UK LP 1ST *MONO* W/ PROMO BOOK POSTER & STICKER

	£		788
	$		1,044

ROLLING STONES - LET IT BLEED

IN MAGNIFICENT NEAR MINT MINUS  !!!! CONDITION

1ST MONO PRESS ON THE UNBOXED DECCA LABEL

COMPLETE WITH THE POSTER & STICKER & THE RARE PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET

BACH CHOIR CREDITS ON INNER UNCENSORED!!!

COMPLETED WITH A NEAR MINT MINUS SLEEVE!!!!

• CATALOGUE:DECCA LK5025
• MATRIX:XARL 9363-P-2A / XARL 9364-P-1A (USUALLY ON MOST COPIES IT'S 1A/2A
• MOTHERS / STAMPERS: 1 BA / 1 UI

THE RARE PROMO BOOKLET!!

IT HAS BEEN STATED MANY TIMES IN AUCTION DESCRIPTIONS (INCLUDING MINE) THAT THE RARE PROMO BOOK WAS INCLUDED IN THE FIRST 100-200 COPIES FROM THE FACTORY.

A FEW MONTHS AGO I MET A DECCA REP FROM THE ERA THAT LET IT BLEED WAS ISSUED, AND HE TOLD ME THAT THE THE PROMO BOOKS WERE FOR THE REPS TO USE WHEN DISCUSSING ORDERS FOR THE SHOPS THEY VISITED. SOME WERE CLEARLY GIVEN TO THE SHOPS AND SOME SHOP KEEPERS OBVIOUSLY DECIDED TO PLACE THE BOOKLET IN WITH A COPY OF LET IT BLEED.

SO EXACTLY HOW MANY COPIES WERE ADDED TO RECORDS IS DEBATABLE, BUT WHAT IS NOT IN QUESTION THE ABSOLUTE RARITY OF THE ITEM

THIS ONE IS IN MINT MINUS CONDITION. THE STAPLES HOLDING THE PAGES IN PLACE ARE PERFECT AND NOT RUSTY. THE PAGES ARE ALL SOUND AND PROPERLY IN PLACE. NO TEARS OR NICKS TO ANY OF THEM, AND NO WRITING. 

INTERESTINGLY THE PICTURE OF THE LP AFTERMATH IN THE BOOK SHOWS THE RARE 'SHADOW' SLEEVE

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SMALL BROWN FLECKS TO THE RIGHT OF THE FRONT COVER WHICH STOPS ME FROM GRADING IT A FULL MINT, BUT OTHER THAN THIS IT IS IN SUPERB CONDITION 

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE RED AND SILVER LABELS ARE IN JUST MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THE DEEP RED COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND HAS NO MARKS OR STAINS ON IT ANYWHERE. IT ALSO STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SILVER TYPEFACE AND LOGO'S ARE ALSO IN PRISTINE UNRUBBED CONDITION, WITH EACH LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

A CLOSE STUDY OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST 1-2 MICROSCOPIC AND BARELY VISIBLE SPIDER LINES,REALLY TIGHT TO THE SPINDLE HOLE, SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS INCREDIBLE VINYL HAS BEEN PLAYED IN THE PAST 43 YEARS

THE VINYL

THIS ORIGINAL HEAVY WEIGHT DISC IS IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THE SURFACE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO SEE IN DAYLIGHT WHERE IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST SOME ULTRA FINE WISPY HAIRLINES AND A COUPLE OF ANGEL HAIRLINE AND SMALL HANDLING LINES TO BE SEEN. THERE IS ONE LIGHT SCRATCH ON THE FINAL TRACK WHICH CAUSES APPROX 8-9 LIGHT ROTATIONAL TICS DURING THE INTRO

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 LP FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS AS I KNOW 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

THE RICH AND POWERFUL MONO SOUND IS JUST MAGNIFICENT AND PURE FIRST PRESS.

THE REPRODUCTION IS JUST SECOND TO NONE, AND EVERY NOTE IS CLEAR AND CRISP, AND THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT SHOWING THAT THE FEW PLAYS THE LP HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND THE LINKING GROOVES ARE SILENT WITH JUST THE ODD SPECK OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC LIKE STUFF HERE AND THERE

I  ONLY HEARD A FEW RANDOM AND BARELY AUDIBLE DUST POPS/ TICS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH, APART FROM THE LIGHT ROTATIONL TICS ON THE INTRO TO THE FINAL TRACK (LISTEN TO THE FINAL SOUNDBITE)

I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH AS NEAR MINT MINUS!!! 

PLEASE DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, TAKE A LONG LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

FIRSTLY THIS IS THE FIRST PRESS JAMES UPTON SINGLE SLEEVE

LAMINATED FRONT AND NON LAMINATE REAR SURFACE

ALSO ONLY FIRST PRESS SLEEVES HAD THE PORTHOLE ON THE REAR SURFACE SHOWING THE INNER SLEEVE'S COLOUR THROUGH IT.

THE FRONT SURFACE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR AND LOOKS BETTER THAN MANY COPIES OF THIS YOU WILL SEE. A TOTALLY CREASE FREE SURFACE. NO HEAVY LINES FOLD BENDS .

THERE ARE NINE REALLY MINUSCULE LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE. ONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE AND FOUR TINY ONES ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND TWO BARELY VISIBLE THUMB LINES NEAR THE PENNING EDGE.

THE STICKER IS FIRMLY ADHERED TO THE SLEEVE IN THE USUAL POSITION

THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE TO THIS SLEEVE , JUST A TINY WHAT I CAN ONLY DESCRIBE AS A THUMB DENT ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP END

 THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR AT ALL, AND ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PERFECTLY INTACT AND RUN FULLY FROM TIP TO TIP

THE  WAFER THIN SPINE IS ALSO IN NEAR PRISTINE CONDITION. ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS INTACT, WITH JUST A COUPLE OF MINUSCULE LINES WHERE TWO OF THE SMALL ONES BY THE SPINE HAVE CREPT ROUND.

THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND THE SPINE IS VERY FLAT WITH JUST A COUPLE OF FINGER TO THUMB IMPRESSIONS

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP WITH JUST A COUPLE OF REALLY TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS.

THE REAR SURFACE IS AGAIN FREE FROM ANY HEAVY CREASING AND BENDS. DUE TO IT BEING UNLAMINATED ,

THERE ARE NO HEAVY MARKS OR STAINS JUST A SMALL SPECK OF HANDLING VISIBLE NEAR THE PERIMETER EDGES

THE ORIGINAL  'UNCENSORED' RED RIMMED INNER SLEEVE INDICATING A MONO PRESSING IS IN MINT MINUS CONDITION. TOTALLY FREE FROM ANY SPLITS TO THE SEAMS. STILL PERFECTLY WHITE AND UNBLEMISHED. TOTALLY FLAT WITH JUST ONE CORNER SLIGHTLY WRINKLED 

THE BACH CHOIR IS CREDITED ON THIS INNER SLEEVE BUT WAS BLOCKED OUT ON LATER  RELEASES BECAUSE THEY OBJECTED TO BE ING CREDITED.

THIS IS MADE FROM REALLY THIN PAPER  AND MOST COPIES HAVE BEEN SPLIT ON THE SEAMS BUT HERE WE HAVE ONE WITH ALL THREE SEAMS TOTALLY MINT. THIS IS THE FLATTEST EXAMPLE I HAVE EVER COME ACROSS WITH JUST THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER SLIGHTLY WRINKLED

THE POSTER IS IN MINT CONDITION, HAVING NEVER BEEN NEAR A WALL. ALL OF THE FOLD LINES ARE RAZOR SHARP AND IS IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS HAS JUST HARDLY BEEN OPENED LET ALONE TAKEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE.

A MAGNIFICENT AND RARE COLLECTIBLE COPY

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

GARRY