Rolling Stones -Their Satanic Majesties Request 3D 1967 UK 1st Press Red inner

	£		85
	$		113

ROLLING STONES -

Their Satanic Majesties Request

DECCA

1st UK press 1967

TXL 103

-P1  -1P  first  press matrices

""MONSTER RARE ONLY A FEW THOUSAND WERE EVER PRINTED WITH THIS SLEEVE-1967  PSYCH/ROCK- THE STONES ANSWER  (FAR LESS SUCCESSFUL) TO SGT> PEPPERS BY THE BEATLES""

Their Satanic Majesties Request caps off one of the most controversial years in the history of the band; the album itself a considerable source of controversy. It proved the Stones were ill-suited to go full psychedelic, but it doesn't mean this album isn't worthwhile. 

"2000 Light Years From Home" is easily the best track on the album, and one of the better tunes they did in their early years; derived from 12-bar blues while turning it inside out, written mostly by Mick Jagger while he was in jail on drug charges. The song also features some of the best and creepiest mellotron effects ever recorded, something that King Crimson would build on with the instrument in a couple of years. "She's a Rainbow" is another outstanding track with gorgeous piano and tasteful orchestration. "Citadel" is one of the toughest rockers they'd done up to this point, and bassist Bill Wyman takes a turn at songwriting and singing with the sardonic "In Another Land". The majority of the remainder of the album proves that the band never really fit in with the psychedelic movement; jams like "Sing This All Together (See What Happens)" and "Gomper" simply meander, while the other material doesn't even measure up to the weaker material they'd written on prior albums.

In spite of everything working against it, the album still stands as a fascinating listen, mainly because of its derivative nature. The Stones would indeed return to their roots in the next year. This album also marks the final full effort by the original 5 members, as Brian Jones's role would be reduced more and more until his departure (and subsequent death) in a couple of years. (Allmusic.com)

COVER-UK ORIG LAMINATED FRONT and BACK SLEEVE-PRINTED BY ROBERT STACE LTD.ENGLAND.  MONO!!!!!!!!.

BRILLIANT PSYCH LP AND SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THAN THE USUAL STONES BLUESY FAIR -THIS COPY IS THE REALLY HARD TO FIND ORIGINAL LENTICULAR FRONT IMAGE PSYCHEDELIC SLEEVE. THIS ALBUM HAS REALLY GONE UP IN THE APPRECIATION OF STONES FANS IN LATER DECADES.

Vinyl:  VG++.  Just  light spindle traces. A few hairlines, none of which is deep or feelable. Audio is A+  and this vinyl sounds out of this world. The audio has beautiful separation and there is not very much background noise, just a tiny amount between tracks. This vinyl looks and sounds great with a beautiful deep sheen.  I played this in full and thoroughly enjoyed it. Just perfect clean and loud audio. I was even tempted to keep this as it will be very hard to find this ever again, it is indeed mega rare these days. Needless to say NO jumps or clicks. 

Gatefold Sleeve: EX.  Wow!! Fantastic looked after front and back laminated sleeve without any issues. Beautiful deep unfaded colours. Just a small crease to the rear top left.  A  completely legible spine with bold print.  No stickers, no tears, no writing. The album has been kept in a protective sleeve!!  No writing, no marks , no splits or tears!!  The 3D lenticular image is fantastic without any chips. The maze has not been filled in. A crisp opening.  A phenomenally rare album as a first press and rumoured to only have been pressed in a quantity of just a few thousand. How many would have survived over the last 51 years??

The "red smoke" inner is still present and in great shape bar a tiny tear near the edge. NO seam splits. This inner sleeve is usually missing and as such a nice extra to have. I will send the vinyl in a separate custom inner sleeve.

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This an excellent investment opportunity!!! Any questions please ask me and I will try to answer soon.

Though there are rarely ever any problems with my items, I always try my very best to describe everything exactly!  PLEASE REMEMBER to contact me FIRST,  if you have any problems at all, before you leave feedback and star ratings, so I get a chance to turn any negative experience into a positive one!  I can always happily sort anything out for you, if you let me know you have a problem!  This way no one has to leave Negative/Neutral feedback - and we both walk away happy! Similarly with the amount of stars, anything less than a full 5 * rating is effectively detrimental to a seller's rating as lower ratings will incur higher Final Value Fees  and lower priority in the bidlists eventually making it unattractive to list items on Ebay at all. I know of at least one major previous Ebay seller who has decided not to list via Ebay again. Please do NOT bid if you cannot give me at least 1 chance to sort everything out to your FULL satisfaction in the unlikely event of a problem.  Thanks again!!

This an excellent investment opportunity!!! Any questions please ask me and I will try to answer soon.