MINT 1972 EXILE ON MAIN Rolling Stones + CARDS 2-LP

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1972 first pressing 2-LP vinyl + 12 large POST CARDS = COMPLETE!

                The Rolling Stones

              Exile On Main Street

...USA - Rolling Stones Records - 722510

Original first pressing 2 vinyl set in unipac gatefold sleeve with printed/photo hard cardboard inner sleeves and 12 large photo post cards, unattached!

COMPLETE just as released in first additions some 36 years ago...all in minty condition (see below song listings)

A dirty whirl of blues and boogie, the Rolling Stones' 1972 double LP "was the first grunge record," guitarist Keith Richards crowed proudly last year. But inside the deliberately dense squall -- Richards' and Mick Taylor's dogfight riffing, the lusty jump of the Bill Wyman/Charlie Watts rhythm engine, Mick Jagger's caged-animal bark and burned-soul croon -- is the Stones' greatest album and Jagger and Richards' definitive songwriting statement of outlaw pride and dedication to grit. In the existential shuffle "Tumbling Dice," the exhausted country beauty "Torn and Frayed" and the whiskey-soaked church of "Shine a Light," you literally hear the Stones in exile: working at Richards' villa in the south of France, on the run from media censure, British drug police (Jagger and Richards already knew the view from behind bars) and the country's onerous tax code. The music rattles like battle but also swings with clear purpose -- unconditional survival -- in "Rocks Off" and "All Down the Line." As Richards explained, "The Stones don't have a home anymore -- hence the Exile -- but they can still keep it together. Whatever people throw at us, we can still duck, improvise, overcome." Great example: Richards recorded his jubilant romp "Happy" with just producer Jimmy Miller on drums and windsman Bobby Keys -- while waiting for the other Stones to turn up for work. Exile on Main Street is the Stones at their fighting best, armed with the blues, playing to win.

Recording began in earnest sometime near the middle of June of 1971. Bassist Bill Wyman recalls the band working all night, every night, from eight in the evening until three the following morning for the rest of the month. Wyman said of the times, "...not everyone turned up every night. This was, for me, one of the major frustrations of this whole period. For our previous two albums we had worked well and listened to producer Jimmy Miller. At Nellcôte (France, in the basement of an old mansion) things were very different and it took me a while to understand why..." By this time Richards had begun a daily habit of taking heroin. Thousands of dollars of heroin flowed through the mansion each week in addition to a contingent of visitors that included the likes of William S. Burroughs, Terry Southern and Gram Parsons. Contrary to popular belief, Parsons does not appear on the album and was asked to leave Nellcôte in early July 1971, the result of both his obnoxious behaviour and an attempt by Richards to clean the house of drug users as the result of pressure from the French police.

Richards' steadily growing addiction began to inhibit his ability to perform, often leading the band having to record in altered forms without every member present.

At the time of Exile's release, Jagger said, "This new album is fu*king mad. There's so many different tracks. It's very rock & roll, you know. I didn't want it to be like that. I'm the more experimental person in the group, you see I like to experiment. Not go over the same thing over and over. Since I've left England, I've had this thing I've wanted to do. I'm not against rock & roll, but I really want to experiment... The new album's very rock & roll and it's good. I think rock & roll is getting a bit... I mean, I'm very bored with rock & roll. The revival. Everyone knows what their roots are, but you've got to explore everywhere. You've got to explore the sky too".

                                                 Side one

1. "Rocks Off" – 4:32
2. "Rip This Joint" – 2:23
3. "Shake Your Hips"  – 2:59
4. "Casino Boogie" – 3:33
5. "Tumbling Dice" – 3:45

 Side two

1. "Sweet Virginia" – 4:25
2. "Torn and Frayed" – 4:17
3. "Sweet Black Angel" – 2:54
4. "Loving Cup" – 4:23

 Side three

1. "Happy" – 3:04
2. "Turd on the Run" – 2:37
3. "Ventilator Blues"  – 3:24
4. "I Just Want to See His Face" – 2:52
5. "Let It Loose" – 5:17

 Side four

1. "All Down the Line" – 3:49
2. "Stop Breaking Down"  – 4:34
3. "Shine a Light" – 4:14
4. "Soul Survivor" – 3:49

CONDITION: The gatefold cover is clean and sharp, M- 

The vinyl records are both very glossy smooth shiny  M-

the two seperate cardboard photo sleeves are stiff, clean, MINT

The 12 large photo cards are clean, unattached, mint!

A nice collectible 1972 ROLLING STONES "EXILE ON MAIN STREET" in top condition!

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record