The Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street LP + Postcards COC-2-2900 First Pressing

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The Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street Double Vinyl LP with Postcards and Inner Sleeves Rolling Stones Records - COC-2-2900 VG/VG+ First Pressing (1972)
Condition: VG Vinyl and VG+ Cover. Includes original set of 12 postcards and original inner sleeves. Vinyl plays well with good fidelity, has some light surface scratches and occasional background noise, with no skips. Postcards have no writing, and are perforated, with one set of 8 and a set of 4. There are blemishes on 2 of the postcards, light tears. You can see it in the last picture on the left border. No writing or stains on the postcards, sleeves, cover, or labels.
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Label): ST-RS-722507 CCC +-1 Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Label): ST-RS-722508 DDD +-1 Matrix / Runout (Side 3 Label): ST-RS-722509 BBB-1-1111 Matrix / Runout (Side 4 Label): ST-RS-722510 AAA-1-11
Exile on Main St. is a studio album by the the Rolling Stones. Released on 12 May 1972 by Rolling Stones Records, it was the band's first double album, tenth studio album in the United Kingdom, and twelfth American album. Recording began in 1969 in England during sessions for Sticky Fingers and continued in mid-1971 at a rented villa in the South of France named Nellcôte while the band lived abroad as tax exiles. A collage of various images, the album's artwork, according to frontman Mick Jagger, reflects the Rolling Stones as "runaway outlaws using the blues as its weapon against the world", showcasing "feeling of joyful isolation, grinning in the face of a scary and unknown future".
Exile on Main St. contains frequently performed concert staples and was a number one charting album in six countries, including the UK, US, and Canada. It spawned the hit songs "Happy", a rare song that featured Keith Richards on lead vocals, country music ballad "Sweet Virginia", and world-wide top-ten hit "Tumbling Dice". It has since been viewed by many critics as the Rolling Stones' best work and a culmination of a string of the band's highly critically successful albums, following the releases of Beggars Banquet (1968), Let It Bleed (1969) and Sticky Fingers (1971). Rolling Stone has ranked Exile on Main St. number 7 on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2003 and 2012.
Track listing
Side one 1. "Rocks Off" 4:31 2. "Rip This Joint" 2:22 3. "Shake Your Hips" Slim Harpo 2:59 4. "Casino Boogie" 3:33 5. "Tumbling Dice" 3:45
Side two 1. "Sweet Virginia" 4:27 2. "Torn and Frayed" 4:17 3. "Sweet Black Angel" 2:54 4. "Loving Cup" 4:25
Side three 1. "Happy" 3:04 2. "Turd on the Run" 2:36 3. "Ventilator Blues" Jagger, Richards, Mick Taylor 3:24 4. "I Just Want to See His Face" 2:52 5. "Let It Loose" 5:16
Side four 1. "All Down the Line" 3:49 2. "Stop Breaking Down" Robert Johnson 4:34 3. "Shine a Light" 4:14 4. "Soul Survivor" 3:49
The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger – lead vocals, backing vocals; harmonica (on "Shake Your Hips", "Sweet Virginia," "Sweet Black Angel," "Turd on the Run" and "Stop Breaking Down"); electric guitar (on "Tumbling Dice" and "Stop Breaking Down") Keith Richards – guitars, backing vocals; bass guitar (on "Casino Boogie," "Happy" and "Soul Survivor"); electric piano (on "I Just Want to See His Face"); lead vocals (on "Happy") Mick Taylor – guitars (on all but “Tumbling Dice”, “Torn and Frayed” and “Happy”); bass guitar (on "Tumbling Dice," "Torn and Frayed," "I Just Want to See His Face" and "Shine a Light") Bill Wyman – bass guitar (on "Rocks Off," "Shake Your Hips," "Sweet Virginia," "Sweet Black Angel," "Loving Cup," "Ventilator Blues," "Let It Loose" and "Stop Breaking Down") Charlie Watts – drums (on all tracks except "Happy" and "Shine a Light")
Additional personnel Nicky Hopkins – keyboards Bobby Keys – tenor saxophone; percussion (on "Happy") Jim Price – trumpet; organ (on "Torn and Frayed") Ian Stewart – piano (on "Shake Your Hips," "Sweet Virginia" and "Stop Breaking Down") Jimmy Miller – percussion (on "Sweet Black Angel," "Loving Cup," "I Just Want to See His Face" and "All Down the Line"), drums (on "Happy" and "Shine a Light") Bill Plummer – double bass (on "Rip This Joint," "Turd on the Run," "I Just Want to See His Face" and "All Down the Line") Billy Preston – piano, organ (on "Shine a Light") Al Perkins – pedal steel guitar (on "Torn and Frayed") Richard Washington – marimba (on "Sweet Black Angel") Venetta Fields, Clydie King – backing vocals (on "Tumbling Dice," "I Just Want to See His Face," "Let It Loose" and "Shine a Light") Joe Greene – backing vocals (on "Let It Loose" and "Shine a Light") Jerry Kirkland – backing vocals (on "I Just Want to See His Face" and "Shine a Light") Shirley Goodman, Tami Lynn, Mac Rebennack — backing vocals (on "Let It Loose") Kathi McDonald – backing vocals (on "All Down the Line")

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