Rolling Stones - No. 2 - 1st issue Mono LP - Excellent audio. Paste-over. Rare

	£		22
	$		29

Selling-up my extensive record collection. Lots of interesting records in the collection - do have a look at my other items, and there are new listings every week. I may have obscure things that you didn't even know you wanted!
Here's an excellent-sounding copy of the Stones second album. Oldest copies have sans-serif lettering on labels - like this one. 
Pictures are my own photos of the items for sale. Photos are part of the description, have a good look. 
Cover - front laminated - front is nice, big creases on a couple of corners, light ring-wear, just taking the shine off the lamination in a big circle. Edges and opening very good, a bit of wear on the corners. Back is a bit grubby round the edges from age and handling, and has a big second-hand price on it in pen. What we see on the back, is a stuck-on sheet of paper, rather than being printed onto the card sleeve, and there's no manufacturer mentioned. It is the UK "paste-over" cover, which is rare. Red-edged Decca inner sleeve, which may or may not go with the record, but looks good. This cover is described on Discogs, release No. r6712242 - you can search on Discogs using that number.
Record - Visual inspection first, then a play-test. Side one has a scratch across tracks 4, 5 and 6, and scratches along the grooves on track 3. On side two there are surface marks and light scratches. On the other hand, most copies of this that I've seen are covered in scratches, beaten-to-death, so this is an unusually good example. I have played it - loud on my high-end equipment - to see what new owner should expect audio-wise.  No skips or sticking - never sounds like it wants to! No persistent background crackling. I did the test while doing listings, so my attention was divided, but on side one, I noticed light crackles at the start of the side, and at the end of track 3. On side two, a few light crackles on track 1, and some background crackling occasionally on later tracks. General sound is just excellent - all the original sound is still on it, just waiting to be listened-to.
Rare Record Price Guide suggests a price of £250 for this rare "paste-over" variant.
When I'm checking for damage on records, I look at them carefully with my reading glasses on, in good daylight. This method detects any bits of damage that will affect what you hear when listening to it - and lots that are not audible. Using a spotlight or direct sunlight shows more surfacey marks sometimes, but I don't do that - records are for listening to, not trying to see your face in.
Postage at cost within UK - £3.00 plus 50p for a proper record mailer with two stiffener sheets of cardboard (or whatever's appropriate). Happy to do combined postage wherever practical. I'll charge you what it costs me - so anything up to six (or so) LPs would still be the same charge, £3.50. I'm happy to send this overseas. See below for details, if bidding from outside UK - YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS STUFF.
Dispatch will usually be "next day".
Collection in person is welcome.
I don't mail things personally, to countries outside the UK - ( I mean it, don't ask) - but I am happy to use E-Bay UK's Global Shipping Program, for sending things abroad. Under this scheme, I send the parcel to an e-bay depot in UK, and they forward it to the overseas buyer.
They have a tracked courier service, for the journey from their UK depot, to the buyer.
This means that I can ONLY accept payments through e-bay (Pay Now button), and I can't send invoices. 
E-Bay UK tells me, they do NOT do combined postage in the Global Shipping Programme. Charges to the customer for delivery and customs charges are whatever you're told they are - if you don't want to pay the postal / courier charges individually for the items, then do not bid. HOWEVER, if you win several items, and pay for them all in the same payment, their system may well spot this and do combined postage. If this happens, pay what you're told, and I will refund the excess postage paid to me - if you buy three LPs, I would be getting three lots of £3.50, but I can send all in one parcel, so I only need one lot of £3.50, usually. The exception is, if the items you buy weigh more than 2 kilos altogether, I need to make two parcels - there is a special cheap postage rate in UK, for parcels under 2 kilos. Overseas customers - please DON'T request an invoice - I can't make one, and it screws-up the e-bay system.
International buyers should be able to see a postage cost to their country, you may have to input your location, if your country is included in the scheme.
If your country is not mentioned, please do not bid.
International postage to the following countries will be shown (this is the latest list that I've seen - lotta countries!)
Australia Austria Belgium Bulgaria Canada Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Israel Italy Japan Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands New Zealand Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand Turkey Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden, United States, Antigua & Barbuda Aruba Bangladesh Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brunei Darussalam Cambodia Cayman Islands Dominica Ecuador Egypt French Guiana Gibraltar Grenada Guadeloupe Guernsey Iceland Jersey Jordan Liechtenstein Macau Maldives Martinique Monaco Montserrat Nicaragua Oman Pakistan Paraguay Peru Reunion Saint Kitts & Nevis Saint Lucia Sri Lanka and Turks & Caicos Islands
Applicable customs charges will probably be shown to buyers in non-EU countries - E-Bay collects customs duty for the receiving country, wherever import duty is appropriate. If you don't want to pay the customs charges, do not bid.
I don't send to China (because I prefer not to), and I also don't send to Japan, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru, as importation of vinyl records is not permitted in their customs regulations.