ROLLING STONES BETWEEN THE BUTTONS 1st PRESS MINT VINYL

	£		182
	$		241

ROLLING STONES ''BETWEEN THE BUTTONS'' 1967 ALBUM VERY RARE AND SCARCE EARLY (UNBOXED DECCA) 1st UK PRESSING STEREO CAT NO SLK 4852 NEAR PRISTINE VINYL (TOP AUDIO) SUPERBE COVER! UNBELIEVABLY RARE LIKE THIS!!! AWESOME TOP AUDIO THROUGHOUT!!!! (NO) SCRATCHES!!!!!! 

Between the Buttons is the fifth UK and seventh US studio album by The Rolling Stones and was released in 1967 as the follow-up to the ambitious Aftermath.

Recorded in two spurts in Los Angeles in August 1966 and London that November, Between the Buttons caught The Rolling Stones at a period where they were moving more into arty territory and away from their R&B roots. With the release of The Beatles' Revolver, The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds and Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde during 1966, the parameters of rock music had been expanded considerably and The Rolling Stones - in particular Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, as the main songwriters - were forced to keep up. Conscious that they had to progress beyond Aftermath, the Stones follow-up - betraying influences drawn from the British pop of contemporaries like The Kinks - was Between the Buttons. Although Jagger has publicly denounced the album over the years, it is still highly prized by most contemporary critics and considered somewhat of a curio for most Rolling Stones fans.

Much like Aftermath, Between the Buttons saw some differences in its UK and US versions. The UK edition (how producer Andrew Loog Oldham and The Rolling Stones intended it) was issued in January 1967 on Decca Records, concurrently with a separate single, "Let's Spend the Night Together" b/w "Ruby Tuesday". Because of common practice in the British record industry at the time, the single did not appear on the album. Generally well-received (although the critics took note of their influences), Between the Buttons reached #3 in the UK.

In the US, "Let's Spend the Night Together" and "Ruby Tuesday" were slotted onto the album, with "Back Street Girl" and "Please Go Home" getting the boot. With "Ruby Tuesday" reaching #1, Between the Buttons shot to #2 in the US, going gold.

Brian Jones continues his experiments in exotic instruments on this album, playing electric and acoustic guitars, harmonica, recorder, piano, trumpet, trombone, and banjo-ukulele.

Additionally, Between the Buttons would prove to be the last album produced by Andrew Loog Oldham, with whom The Rolling Stones would have a creative falling-out in mid-1967.

In the years following its release, Between the Buttons somehow became overlooked. Today, however, many critics and fans have come to appreciate the album's eclectic qualities and a wealth of obscure gems, making it a unique album in The Rolling Stones' released catalogue, one that more or less abandoned the Stones blues based and featured more consistent songwriting than their previous efforts!!!!!!

Another from my personal collection!!! Virtually unplayed original Unboxed Decca 1ST UK press released in 1967 UNBELEIVABLY 40 YEARS OLD! very scarce pressing in stereo rarely seen and in this condition is highly collectable indeed!!!!!! .

THE MATRIX

 side 1. ''XZAL-7644-4K''     side 2. ''XZAL-5645-5K''

 MOTHER STAMPERS:(RARE)

 SIDE 1. ''1'' ;''U..'' SIDE 2. ''1'' ''OK.''!!!!!!

THE VINYL 

 VPLEASE NOTE! THIS IS THE ORIGINAL HEAVY THICK AND DEEPER GROOVED TYPE OF VINYL ONLY FOUND ON VERY EARLY PRESSINGS AND THESE ARE MORE ROBUST THAN LATER PRESS WHICH ARE MUCH MORE FLIMSIER!!! VISUAL INSPECTION THIS LOOKS LIKE NEW AND LAYS PERFECTLY FLAT ON THE TURNTABLE (NO) SCRATCHES THAT I CAN SEE.ANY MARKS THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE SEEN WHEN HELD IN STRONG LIGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE RECORD BEEN SLID IN AND OUT OF ITS SLEEVE !!!!  I HAVE PLAYED THIS THROUGH AND THE AUDIO IS TRULY AWESOME\SUPERBE!!!I FOUND THE AUDIO EXTREEMELY CLEAR AND VIBRANT AND THIS IS NICE AND DEEP BASE FEEL TO THE AUDIO. PLEASE NOTE EVEN BETWEEN TRACKS OR THE RUN INS  BACKGROUND NOISE, I NEVER HEARD ANY AT ALL . (NO) SIGNS OF GROOVEWARE AND (NO) DISTORTION THIS VINYL HAS ONLY BEEN PLAYED A HANDFULL OF TIMES  THE AUDIO SOUNDED AWESOME THERE WERE (NO) SKIPS OR JUMPS I NEVER HEARD ANY  CLICKS OR POPS OR THAT THIS HAS BEEN OVER PLAYED AT ALL. I WOULD CLASS MYSELF AS HIGHLY CRITICAL AND THIS IS LOVELY!!!! THIS AUDIO IS AWESOME GRADED AT THE VERY TOP!!!!! VERY RARE FOR A VINYL THAT IS MORE THAN 36 YEARS OLD!!! YOU WILL NOT NEED TO UPGRADE FROM THIS VINYL IT WILL BE HARD TO SURPASS!!!! HARDLY PLAYED AT ALL!!!!! 

.HAS NO JUMPS NOR SKIPS OR POPS OR SKIPS!!!! .THE VINYL STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL SHEEN AND INDEED LOOKS AS NEW!!!!. THE RECORD IS EXTREEMLY ENJOYABLE WITH VIBRANT AND CLEAR AUDIO (STEREO).!!!!!!!!  

THE LABELS

 FEATURE THE UNBOXED DECCA LOGO (ONLY 1ST PRESS) ALSO FEATURE THE FAMILIER DECCA GROOVE THESE ARE SUPERBE HAS NO SCUFFING (SEE PHOTO) !! THERE IS  (NO) SPINDLE WARE !!!!!!. ANY SPIDERING SEEN IN STRONG LIGHT CAN BE COUNTED!  (SEE PHOTOS) THIS LOOKS LIKE IT HAS HARDLY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL IN MY OPINION!!!! (VERY RARE TO FIND LIKE THIS) MADE IN ENGLAND. IS FEATURED AND ''ALL RIGHTS....''.......AROUND THE LABEL RIM.(ONLY ON EARLY 70S PRESS)!!! THIS CARRIES THE BOXED DECCA LOGO SUPERBE EXAMPLE!!!!! RARELY SEEN LIKE THIS!!!!!

THE ORIGINAL  LAMINATED COVER

 THIS COVER IS THE ORIGINAL  LAMINATED WITH CLARIFOLL AND PRINTED BY JAMES UPTON (BIRMINGHAM & LONDON)  (ONLY EARLY PRESS) .(SEE PHOTO) THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE VERY (VERY) VERY VERY  LIMITED AMOUNT OF CREASES TO THE LAMINATE .(SEE PHOTO) HAS NO SPLITS OR TARES.ON THE EDGES WHICH IS NORMALLY COMMON FOR AN ALBUM OF 40 YEARS OLD!!!!!  THE CORNERS ARE LOVELY AND SQUARE WITH THE LIGHTEST OF CREASES AT THE SPINE VERY CLEAR WRITING AND HARDLY ANY STORAGEWARE TO TALK OF !!!!(SEE PHOTO)  CORNERS CRISP AND SHARP I HAVE TRIED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS IN PHOTOS (VERY RARELY EVER SEEN LIKE THIS) THE WRITING ''THE ROLLING STONES '' CAN CLEARLY BE SEEN ON  THE SPINE!! THE REAR IS EXCEPTIONALY CLEAN!! PLEASE NOTE! SOMEONE HAS CARELESSLY REMOVED A  STICKER AT SOME STAGE (HIGHLIGHTED IN THER PHOTOS) APART FROM THIS THIS COVER IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION!!!!! (NORMALLY SEEN VERY GRUBBY) THIS IS SUPERBE (SEE PHOTO) (NO) NASTY NAMES WRITTEN !!!!! IN MY OPINION IT IS HARD TO FIND MUCH BETTER!!!!  THESE COVERS ARE VERY VERY SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS AWESOME CONDITION RARELY SEEN!!!!!THIS IS THE SHINNYEST\GLOSSYEST COVER THAT I HAVE SEEN!!!! SUPERBE!!!!!!!!

THE RECORD SLEEVE

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL  DECCA SLEEVE (SEE PHOTOS) SUPERBE WITH (NO) SPLITS OR TARES JUST LIGHT CREASING THIS IS THE ORIGINAL!!!!! PLEASE NOTE THE VINYL IS NOW STORED SEPERATELY FROM THE VINYL!!!!!!

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 LISTING SOON FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION!!!!! ROLLING STONES ''BEGGARS BANQUET'' IS UK PRESSING MINT!!!! AND ''ROLLING STONES NO.2'' PRISTINE VINYL  LOOK!!!!!