ROLLING STONES, BIG HITS (HIGH TIDE..) 1ST PRESS MONO LP EXC+ TOP AUDIO VG+ SLV
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£ 19 Sold For
May 8, 2020 Sold Date
May 1, 2020 Start Date
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WELCOME AGAIN TO MY AUCTION. I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING RECORDS SINCE 1970 AND HAVE ABOUT 3,000 LP'S AND 500 SINGLES OF MOST GENRES AND HAVE BEEN BUYING AND SELLING RECORDS ON EBAY FOR 13 YEARS. PLEASE NOTE MY 100% FEEDBACK. I USUALLY TEND TO LIST RECORDS THAT I NO LONGER PLAY OR HAVE DUPLICATES OF, THIS IS MY FIRST OFFERING SINCE 2018. ALL MY RECORDS ARE CAREFULLY LOOKED AFTER, THEY HAVE BEEN CLEANED ON MY KNOSTI ANTI-STAT CLEANER AND PLACED IN BRAND NEW ANTI-STATIC POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVES. ALL THE COVERS ARE PLACED IN BRAND NEW OUTER PLASTIC SLEEVES.  I ALWAYS PLAY THE RECORDS THAT I AM LISTING, LISTENING THROUGH HEADPHONES ON MY HIGH END SYSTEM. I GRADE MY RECORDS USING THE RECORD COLLECTOR'S GRADING SYSTEM - I NEVER USE MINT CONDITION UNLESS FOR A BRAND NEW SEALED RECORD. ALL MY RECORDS ARE SENT OUT IN BOXED MAILERS WITH THICK CARDBOARD STIFFENERS TO PREVENT ANY DAMAGE IN THE POST. I USUALLY SEND OUT RECORDS TO THE WINNING BIDDERS VIA ROYAL MAIL 2ND CLASS SIGNED FOR. 
MY POSTAGE COSTS INCLUDE THE COST TO MYSELF OF MAILERS, INNER AND OUTER SLEEVES, CLEANING OF THE RECORDS ETC. SO PLEASE BEAR THIS IN MIND.
PLEASE NOTE THAT I WILL NO LONGER SEND TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AS PACKAGES ARE TAKING WELL OVER A MONTH TO ARRIVE IN RUSSIA OR THEY GO 'MISSING'.
ANYWAY, HERE WE HAVE A GREAT AUDIO COPY OF:
THE ROLLING STONES, BIG HITS (HIGH TIDE AND GREEN GRASS) 1966 FIRST PRESS UK MONO VINYL LP WITH LIGHT BLUE LABELS AND SILVER TEXT IN EXCELLENT PLUS TOP AUDIO CONDITION WITH A VERY GOOD PLUS CONDITION LAMINATED SURFACE GATE FOLD SLEEVE WITH THE INNER BOOKLET ATTACHED. JUST A FEW LIGHT SURFACE MARKS WHICH GAVE VIRTUALLY NO CRACKLE AT ALL. NO CLICKS, SKIPS OR JUMPS. A GREAT FIRST MONO PRESS COPY OF THIS CLASSIC FIRST STONES COMPILATION ALBUM, THIS SOUNDS FANTASTIC THROUGH HEADPHONES, 
UK 1978 PRESS STAMPED VARIANT 2 MATRIX NUMBERS AS HIGHLIGHTED BELOW : 
SIDE 1 - XARL-7503-1A  3 U A SIDE 2 - XARL-7504-4A KT U B

FROM DISCOGS :

The Rolling Stones ?– Big Hits (High Tide And Green Grass)

Label:

Decca ?– TXL 101, Decca ?– TXL.101

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono

Country:

UK

Released:

Nov 1966

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Classic Rock

TracklistHide Credits

A1 Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow? Written-By – Jagger, Richard* 2:30 A2 Paint It, Black Written-By – Jagger, Richard* 3:10 A3 It's All Over Now Written By – B & S WomackWritten-By – B Womack*, S Womack* 3:20 A4 The Last Time Written-By – Jagger, Richard* 3:35 A5 Heart Of Stone Written-By – Jagger, Richard* 2:49 A6 Not Fade Away Written-By – Hardin*, Petty* 1:48 A7 Come On Written-By – Berry* 1:40 B1 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction Written-By – Jagger, Richard* 3:45 B2 Get Off Of My Cloud Written-By – Jagger, Richard* 2:52 B3 As Tears Go By Written-By – Oldham*, Jagger, Richard* 2:45 B4 19th. Nervous Breakdown Written-By – Jagger, Richard* 3:50 B5 Lady Jane Written-By – Jagger, Richard* 3:06 B6 Time Is On My Side Written-By – Meade, Norman* 2:50 B7 Little Red Rooster Written-By – Dixon* 2:55

Companies, etc.

  • Record Company – The Decca Record Company Limited
  • Copyright (c) – The Decca Record Company Limited
  • Published By – Essex Music
  • Published By – Forward Music
  • Published By – Jewel Music
  • Published By – Kags Music
  • Published By – Mirage Music
  • Published By – Southern Music
  • Pressed By – Decca Record Co. Ltd., Pressing Plant, UK.
  • Lacquer Cut At – Decca Studios
  • Printed By – Robert Stace

Credits

  • Arranged By – The Rolling Stones
  • Lacquer Cut By – A (26)
  • Producer – Andrew Loog Oldham

Notes

This edition has the large Decca logo without the rectangular box on light blue labels with silver print;
"Long Playing 33rpm" full frequency range recording "ffrr 'ear' logo"; Made in England · The Decca Record Co. Ltd.
Issued in a gatefold sleeve with 6-page picture booklet stapled to the centre.

The early UK pressing is identified by the tax code "KT". It MUST be present on labels and on matrix/runout, otherwise it is a later pressing, as explained here below:
Most of the Decca records has also a tax code around 12 a clock on the vinyl. This tax code is not any specific Decca code but the official code used in UK before 1973 to determinate the sales tax %.
- MT code was the official tax code in UK from January 1st to June 30th 1963.
- KT code was used in between July 1st 1963 and November 22nd 1968.
- JT code was used from November 23rd 1968 and up to April 1st 1973 when UK government took the VAT tax system into use.
If the tax code is missing, then the LP is pressed after April 1st 1973.
The dates mentioned are the official dates when the codes changed. There may be a slight overlap as it is not known how fast Decca did change the stampers to have the correct tax code. Some LP’s do have a double coding, both JT and KT on the same vinyl. These LP’s may have been pressed just about the time when the code change took place, November 1968.

A later mono pressing of The Rolling Stones - Big Hits (High Tide And Green Grass) has the rectangular 'box' logo and reissues have the booklet as an insert.

© 1966, The Decca Record Company Ltd, London

Publishing info:
Essex Music - B6
Forward Music - B3
Jewel Music - A7, B7
Kags Music - A3
Mirage Music - A1, A2, A4, A5, B1, B2, B4, B5
Southern Music - A6

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: N.C.B.
  • Rights Society: B.I.E.M.
  • Rights Society: Gema
  • Other (Tax code on labels (KT on runouts)): K/T
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side A, inverted in parenthesis): XARL.7503
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side B, inverted in parenthesis): XARL.7504
  • Matrix / Runout (Run-out side A, stamped, variant 1): XARL-7503-1A BC KT 2B
  • Matrix / Runout (Run-out side B, stamped, variant 1): XARL-7504-3A UI KT 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Run-out side A, stamped, variant 2): XARL-7503-1A 3U A
  • Matrix / Runout (Run-out side B, stamped, variant 2): XARL-7504-4A KT UB 
  • Matrix / Runout (Run-out side A, stamped, variant 3): XARL-7503-2A UB KT 2C
  • Matrix / Runout (Run-out side B, stamped, variant 3): XARL-7504-4A M KT 1

VINYL : IN LIGHTLY PLAYED EXCELLENT PLUS TOP AUDIO CONDITION. WITH A NICE SHINE, THERE ARE JUST A FEW LIGHT SURFACE NON SOUNDING MARKS VISIBLE ON THE VINYL. AUDIO PLAYBACK IS SUPERB WITH HARDLY ANY NOTICEABLE BACKGROUND CRACKLE AT ALL. THIS SOUNDS FANTASTIC THROUGH HEADPHONES, WITH THE LOUD CUT MONO SOUND RIGHT TO THE FORE. JUST A FEW RANDOM DUST IN THE GROOVE TICS - NO SKIPS, CLICKS OR JUMPS. THEREFORE IN EXCELLENT PLUS TOP AUDIO CONDITION, SUPERB.
LABELS : JUST A FEW SPINDLE MARKS, EXCELLENT CONDITION.
LAMINATED SURFACE GATE FOLD COVER WITH THE ATTACHED INNER PICTURE BOOKLET :  KEPT IN A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE SINCE I PURCHASED THIS SECOND HAND. SOME LIGHT EDGE OR CORNER WEAR, NO CORNER BUMPS AT ALL. THE SPINE IS CRISP AND FULLY LEGIBLE, WITH A FEW LIGHT CREASES. JUST SOME MINIMAL RING WEAR, THE INNER BOOKLET HAS SOME WAVY PAGES WHERE THEY WERE ONCE DAMP. OVERALL VERY GOOD PLUS CONDITION. 
I HAVE ALSO PLACED THE COVER IN A BRAND NEW POLYTHENE OUTER SLEEVE.
PLEASE SEE THE NUMEROUS PICTURES FOR THE GREAT CONDITION.
POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE : NOT ORIGINAL AS IT HAS A DATE 4-68 : A FEW LITTLE CREASES, NO EDGE SPLITS CAUSED BY THE RECORDS EDGE. NO AGE STAINING. EXCELLENT CONDITION.
I HAVE ALSO CLEANED THE RECORD AND PLACED IT IN A BRAND NEW ANTI-STATIC POLY-LINED INNER.
OVERALL :  A SUPERB EXCELLENT PLUS AUDIO COPY OF THIS FIRST PRESS MONO STONES EARLY CLASSIC HITS VINYL COMPILATION.
I WILL SEND RECORDS VIA TRACK ABLE AIRMAIL TO THE EU OR THE REST OF THE WORLD, PLEASE WAIT FOR AN INVOICE BEFORE PAYING.
PLEASE NOTE THAT I WILL NO LONGER SEND TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AS PACKAGES ARE TAKING WELL OVER A MONTH TO ARRIVE IN RUSSIA OR THEY GO 'MISSING'.
GOOD LUCK IF YOU BID!


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