Rolling Stones OUT OF OUR HEADS UK LP 1ST MONO EX+
  £   57
  $   76

 


£ 57 Sold For
Apr 14, 2009 Sold Date
Apr 7, 2009 Start Date
£   19 Start price
8   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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ROLLING STONES - OUT OF OUR HEADS

CAT; DECCA LK 4733

MATRIX: ARL-6973-8B / ARL-6974-12A

CLASSIC ROLLING STONES 3RD ALBUM FROM 1965

 

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

UNBOXED RED DECCA LABELS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE DEEP RED COLOUR IS UNWORN AND UNFADED, AND EXTENDS FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.

THE SILVER DECCA LOGO AND TYPEFACE IS UNFAED AND UNWORN AS WELL, AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THERE ARE ABOUT 6 SMALL SPIDER LIJES ON EACH SIDE OF THE LABEL INDICATING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED, AND HOW CAREFULLY IT HAS BEEN HANDLED

THE VINYL

THE VINYL HAS RETAINED MOST OF IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN. MOST OF THESE EARLY STONES ALBUMS WILL OF COURSE HAVE BEEN TRASHED, AND MOST YOU SEE WILL BE COVERED IN SCRATCHES AND SCUFFS. NOT SO THIS BEAUTY. YES THERE ARE A COUPLE OF LIGHT HANDLING LINES, BUT THE VINYL LOOKS BRILLIANT. THE PROOF WILL BE IN THE PLAYING

PLAYING THE RECORD

ALL THE WORDS IN THE WORLD IN MY OPINION ARE NOT AS GOOD AS BEING ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE ACTUAL RECORD YOU ARE THINKING OF BIDDING FOR, AND THATS WHY I HAVE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS ME TO DO JUST THAT FOR YOU.

I HAVE RECORDED HALF A DOZEN SEGMENTS FROM THE ALBUM INCLUDING LOUD PASSAGES, QUIETER PASSAGES, AND SILENT PASSAGES SUCH AS THE DEAD WAX RUN IN AND THE LINKING GROOVES BETWEEN THE TRACKS. I HOPE THIS WILL GIVE A SOLID IDEA OF HOW SUPERB THE RECORD SOUNDS OVERALL.

SO PLEASE CLICK ON THE AUDIO BUTTON AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE AND FLICK THROUGH THE SOUNDBITES AVAILABLE TO YOU. I BELIEVE YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT THIS IS INDEED A STUNNING AND INCREDIBLE ALBUM.

SIDE ONE HAS A COUPLE OF TINY AREAS WHERE THERE IS A LITTLE LIGHT STATIC, AND A COUPLE OF BARELY AUDIBLE POPS, AND WOULD GRADE AS EXCELLENT, SIDE TWOHAS NO STATIC AND PERHAPS TWO SMALL DUST POPS AND EASILY GRADES NEAR NMINT MINUS, MAKING AN OVERALL GRADE OF EX+

THE SLEEVE

THESE EARLY STONES SLEEVES ARE SO FLIMSY. MADE FROM RIDICULOUSLY THIN CARD, IT IS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO GET ONE THAT HAS NOT SUFFERED HEAVY CREASING. THIS ONE HOWEVER HAS MANAGED TO WITHSTAND MOST ATTEMPTS TO HARM IT, AND OVERALL LOOKS SUPERB.

THE FRONT LAMINATED SURFACE HAS NO HEAVY CREASES, JUST ONE SMALL CREASE LINE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER, AND A FEW LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE. THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE UNWORN, BUT THE SPINE DOES HAVE A COUPLE OF NICKS IN THE TOP SEGMENT MAKING THE OUT OF OUR HEADS WORDING A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO READ..

THE OPENING EDGE IS VERY VERY SHARP, ALSMOST AS NEW IN FACT

THE REAR SURFACE HAS AGAIN SUSTAINED ONLY THE LIGHTEST SHELF WEAR, AS USUALLY THE POWDERY BLACK SURFACE GETS BADLY RUBBED. THIS ONE HAS JUST RECEIVED A TINY BIT OF WEAR TO THE TOP SECTION OF THE BLACK SQUARE. THE WHITE BOARDER HAS AGED LIGHTLY WITH HANDLING AND THE TOP RIGHT CORNER HAS HAD SOME PEN NUMBERS ADDED.

THE ORIGINAL DECCA POLY LINED INNER IS 100% COMPLETE AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION

THE SLEEVE GRADES VERY GOOD PLUS

 

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

 

GARRY





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