ROLLING STONES "COLLECTOR'S ONLY" RARITIES & '65 LIVE 1ST PRESSING GERMAN DECCA

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ROLLING STONES "COLLECTOR'S ONLY" RARITIES & '65 LIVE 1ST PRESSING GERMAN DECCA
THE ROLLING STONES  "COLLECTOR'S ONLY" RARE GERMAN LIVE & STUDIO COMPILATION COMPILED & RESEARCHED BY JACQUES LEBLANC LABEL: DECCA TELDEC (TELEFUNKEN/DECCA) 6.24321-01 (LC 0171) RELEASED: JUNE 4, 1980 FIRST PRESSING ~ ORIGINAL GERMAN MONO PRESSING GERMAN MONO PRESSING ON THE TELEFUNKEN/DECCA LABEL  ORIGINAL MONO MIXING & MASTERING  MANUFACTURED BY TELDEC (TELEFUNKEN/DECCA) SCHALLPLATTEN GmbH  MASTERING & LACQUERS: TELDEC STUDIOS ~ HAMBURG, GERMANY PRESSED AT TELDEC PRESSING PLANT GmbH ~ HAMBURG, GERMANY COMES WITH ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATED 2-SIDED INNER SLEEVE (IN GERMAN) PRODUCER: ANDREW LOOG OLDHAM ~ (TRACKS A6/A7) JIMMY MILLER MATRIX (SIDE A): (Stamped) 6.24 321-01-1 'Manufactured In Germany' (Script Etched 'H1') MATRIX (SIDE B): (Stamped) 6.24 321-01-2 'Manufactured In Germany' (Script Etched 'H1')
CONDITION:  VINYL: EX   JACKET: EX   SLEEVE: EX
I've been going thru my massive vinyl record collection over the past few weeks and pulling out some LPs that I thought that someone else would enjoy and want for their collection. I've been collecting records for nearly 50 years now, and it's time to pass some of them on to the next generation of collectors.
After all, we are just temporary 'caretakers' of these musical gems until the next owner and next collection takes them in.
This week on EBay I am offering up this rare, nice clean copy of the fantastic Rolling Stones album "Collector's Only"
'Collector's Only' is just what the title claims; a great German/European only Rolling Stones 'Collector' record featuring rare, obscure studio recordings from the Stones classic early to mid sixties period, and some some live material from the Stones 1965 UK tour.
This is my original clean First Pressing copy that I purchased back when it was a 'new' release, around 1980, nearly 45 years ago when I lived in NYC, during one of my regular vinyl digs in the many cool record shops along St Mark's Place in Greenwich Village.
I've taken great care of this record ever since and it's still in excellent clean condition. It's been poly-line sleeved, inside and out, since I purchased it, stored properly in my collection, and is in fantastic condition.
Please see the full description of this album's history, content and details on the record's condition below. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This album was researched and compiled by Jacques Leblanc, a well-known French Rolling Stones collector.
This album of mostly Brian-era rarities shows the band at the peak of their early powers. Overall, a fantastic LP full of rare, hard to find, mid 60's tracks. All of the songs on this album are rare songs or rare versions. 
At the time, 1980, many of these were not available on American pressings, and, as far as I know, some of these tracks are still unique and not available on any other record of this type. 
A rare, excellent condition, excellent sounding, German original First Pressing from 1980.
Most of the material on this German Decca pressing is in crisp, clear, bold, punchy, glorious Mono.  The 2 newer songs are in full stereo. These songs are all soundboard quality recordings and they  sound amazing and outstanding.
This terrific album has been repressed several times in Germany and Europe over the years, but never released in America. As I said, this is an original First Pressing.
Defiantly well worth a listen and worth adding to your collection. ~~~
The glossy album cover art is a fantastic image of the band from late 1965 or early 1966, around the time of the 'Aftermath' album and the song Satisfaction, which would break open their career.
This pressing still has it's original heavy paper inner sleeve with a brief comment by Leblanc (in German) discussing the songs on the album. The 2-sided inner sleeve contains rare photos from Jacques' personal collection.
This copy still has the original red hype sticker, which is affixed directly to the album jacket. ~~~~~~~
When this was first released in 1980, it was a really well done retrospective of the Stones early to mid 60's period, the Brian Jones era, with lots of rarities that were otherwise hard to find on record in those days.
I initially purchased this record back in the day because the great cover art caught my eye, but I was also a Stones collector and completist, and purchased every odd Rolling Stones album I could find.
Back then, so many rare early Rolling Stones 'collector' records were constantly being repackaged,  re-titled and re-released, and many of them contained the same old 'common' material. It was nice to run across this album which was truly something 'new' and rare, that sounded fantastic, had a great cover, and actually contained some rarities, at least at the time, for a change.
The songs on this great album include:
I Want To Be Loved Fortune Teller Poison Ivy I’ve Been Loving You Too Long Con Le Mie Lacrime (As Tears Go By - Italian Version) Memo From Turner You Can’t Always Get What You Want We Want The Stones Everybody Needs Somebody To Love Pain In My Heart (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 I’m Moving On I’m Alright Get Off Of My Cloud Everybody Needs Somebody To Love ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The album starts off with 'I Want to be Loved', the rare B-Side to their very first single 'Come On' with a great chugging rhythm and terrific harmonica work by Brian.
'Fortune Teller', recorded in 1963 was supposed to be their 2nd single, but Decca UK changed their mind and cancelled it for unknown reasons. The song was overdubbed with fake audience noise and released as a 'live' track on 1966's 'Got Live if You Want It', and then it finally appeared in the 70's, tucked away on the obscure 'More Hot Rocks' compilation.  ~~~~~~~
'Poison Ivy' This is the rare November 1963 version recorded at De Lane Lea Studios in Kingsway. This was also considered as the Stones 2nd single but, although it sounds fine, Decca UK felt that the sound quality was 'poor' and cancelled it. The real reason they nixed it is that they thought it was about a girl that spread a sexually transmitted disease. Too controversial for 1963, even for the Stones. Years later, the song's writer Jerry Lieber confirmed Decca's suspicions were true. 
An alternate, better sounding version of 'Poison Ivy' was recorded, remained unreleased in America, but was finally included on 'More Hot Rocks' in the 70's. This 'Kingsway' version remained unreleased until this album came out in 1980.
Both versions were finally released on the 2002 Abkco expanded 'More Hot Rocks'. ~~~~~~~~~
The live version of 'Get Off of My Cloud' is the original version from Newcastle October 1, 1966, found on early UK pressings of the "Got Live If You Want It!" LP released in 1966. A different live version of the song was used on later pressings of the album. ~~
You Can't Always Get What You Want' is the rare 'clean' version mixed by Jimmy Miller. My personal favorite version of this classic Stones tune, without the chorus and without Jim Price and Bobby Key's horns. Although the longer 'expanded' version we all know and love is fantastic, this 'clean' version has much more focus on Keith's piercing, perfectly toned, guitar work and the song's great percussion. ~~~
There is an odd version of 'As Tears Go By' called 'Con Le Mie Lacrime' and sung by Mick in Italian. This is the first early version, recorded in October 1965 at IBC Studios.
The basic backing track is the work of Italian composer Dante “Danpa” Panzuti, who wrote soft, pretty versions of 60's pop songs for Italian Pop artists to cover.
The song has Mick out front singing and crooning in a soft beautiful voice backed by Acoustic guitar (Keith?) and strings. No other musicians and the arrangement sounds pretty sparse.
Andrew Oldham and Decca felt this version was 'thin' and it was re-recorded in March 1966 at Regent IBC Studios in London, adding some baroque Harpsichord which had a sound similar to what was used on 'Lady Jane' at the time.
The version with the clunky harpsichord is the one most Stones collectors are familiar with. This is the rare earlier version.
The mid 60's were a time when artists like the Stones were pushing boundaries and experimenting with different styles and genres. This song showcases Mick Jagger's versatility as a vocalist, his willingness to engage in cross-cultural collaborations, and explore new territories. 
Jagger's emotive delivery, coupled with the linguistic elegance and flow of Italian actually 'works' and adds some sophistication to this song.
This early version was never released (I think) until this album in 1980, but the later harpsichord version was released as an Italian single in 1966 with 'Heart of Stone' (in English) as the B-side.
The Stones have done this song live, in Italian, at some of their shows in Italy. San Siro in 2006, and Lucca, in 2017. ~~~
'Memo From Turner' This is officially a Jagger/Richards composition, but the song was written solely by Mick.
There are at least 3 different versions of this song that have been released, plus a few more on bootlegs, all recorded in November 1968, at Olympic Sound Studios, London, during the 'Beggars/Let it Bleed' sessions.
A version of this song was used in the Film 'Performance', in which Jagger plays Turner, a rock musician who lives in Notting Hill with 2 women, one of which was Brian's, then Keith's, girlfriend Anita Pallenberg. Turner lets a friend Chas, a murderer on the run, stay with him and things get weird.
The Stones were supposed to write the entire soundtrack for the film, but when Mick hooked up with Anita, on and off the set, Keith quit the project and the rest of the soundtrack never happened. 
This version is a softer, cleaner version than the heavier rocking version later released on 'Metamorphosis'. Also, that version has Al Kooper on guitar, where this version has Ry Cooder.
The 'Band' is made up of Stones regular Nicky Hopkins on piano, Traffic's Steve Winwood on various instruments, & Jim Capaldi on drums, and Ry Cooder on excellent lead guitar, sounding very Keith-like. If you didn't know this was Ry playing, you would swear it was Keith playing fantastic bottleneck slide. 
The film version was created by Jack Nitzsche, with Los Angeles musicians Ry Cooder, Randy Newman (piano), Jerry Scheff (bass), Russ Titelman (guitar), and Gene Parsons (drums) layered on over Jagger's vocals.
That version was released as a Mick Jagger solo single in 1970.
This early version of the song is excellent, but somewhat out of place on this album of mostly earlier material. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Most of the material on side B is a very clean Mono version of the original  'Got Live If You Want It" EP recorded live in London, Manchester, and Liverpool on the UK British tour, March 5-18, 1965. The EP was released in June 1965.
The EP took it's title from the 1957 Slim Harpo recording "I've Got Love If You Want It" and is the only commercially released live record from the band during the Brian Jones era.
What makes this outstanding is that this is a crisp clean version of the original 1965 Mono version of the record, without all the fake crowd noise and 'rechanneled' stereo effects that are on the common US pressing. 
This German pressing contains a crisp clean version of those live songs and sounds fantastic, better than my UK first pressing of the EP.
This captures the raw energy of the Rolling Stones live on the 1965 UK tour. The recording quality is what you'd expect from 1965. A raw recording with no real mixing or equalization, but the Rolling Stones were known for their rebellious spirit and gritty sound, and this group of live tracks reveals just how great, raw and intense the Stones were in concert back then.
This was pretty wild, rebellious, and edgy music for its day and the Stones had more attitude than pretty much anybody else from the era!
If you like the sound of the Rolling Stones live circa 1965-66, the best pressing of their "Got Live If You Want It!" album is the May 2024 Stereo remix/remaster done by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering with Lacquers cut by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios. This 'modern' pressing has a different live version of "Under my Thumb", and some of the annoying intros, outros and crowd noise have also been cleaned up and tweaked.
The best version of the Rolling Stones "Got Live If You Want It!" EP is the 2013 Black Friday Record Store Day release which can still be found for a reasonable price. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The last song on side 2 is a rare long Stereo demo version of Solomon Burke's 'Everybody Needs Somebody To Love' recorded in 1965. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In the early days, the Rolling Stones were mostly known as a Rhythm & Blues cover band. They established themselves in the London club scene with a passion for R&B, the blues, and blues-inspired rock, popularized in the late 1950s by American acts like Muddy Waters, Bo Didley and Chuck Berry. 
In those early days, the songwriting capabilities of Jagger and Richards hadn’t yet been fully established, so the band looked to black American music, Blues and R&B, for their inspiration.   There are several great covers on this album showing their appreciation of Chess blues, Motown, and Soul.
They do fantastic versions of Solomon Burke's 'Everybody Needs Somebody To Love', Allen Toussaint's 'Pain In My Heart', by way of their re-interpretation of Otis Redding's cover, Bobby Troup's (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 and Hank Snow's I'm Moving On.
No British invasion band repackaged and reintroduced American R&B and blues back to American audiences better than the Rolling Stones. ~~~
It was clear that the band's normal preference of covering other people's songs wasn't paying the bills, so Andrew encouraged the band to start writing their own songs, like the Beatles did.
By the end of 1965, they had released such gems as 'Satisfaction', 'Get Off of My Cloud', and “As Tears Go By,” taking their music in a new direction.
The Rolling Stones, fueled by Brian Jones and Keith Richards love of American R&B and Blues, were bringing something far darker and far more dangerous to fans than the Merseybeat Pop the Beatles were selling. ~~
Brian Jones, with his keen passion for the blues and his unparalleled musical talent, was the dominant driving force in the group when most of the songs on this album were made. 
Brian’s playing was in the tradition of the Blues masters, while Keith was obsessed with Chuck Berry, R&B, and had a firm grasp on the Bo Diddley riff. Between them, they gave the Stones a unique sound. Even in those earliest days, the Stones had a fantastic twin guitar sound.
This album is full of amazing blues and R&B covers that are played perfectly and tightly, with a menacing, raucous quality to them, thanks to the furious stinging guitar performances of Brian & Keith and Brian's great Harp playing.
Brian and Keith had a great sound playing together. They developed what Keith has called the "ancient art of weaving" where they both simultaneously play lead and rhythm guitar at the same time, without clear boundaries between the two roles, often punctuating each other's work. It made the 2 guitars sound like four or five. 
On this record you can really hear Brian shine. The drugs hadn't taken over yet and he was still the master of his voice and instruments. 
Jones’ musicianship, Keith's guitar and Jagger’s unique vocals make this a fantastic album.
Mick Jagger's vocals are excellent: They are energetic and have an edge to them. He knew exactly how to sing this style of music and he sings every song with confidence. He creates a variety of moods and textures; soulful, sexy, sensuous, and his slurs and sneering are already present on these early songs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This was the Brian Jones era, and Jones was at his musical peak around this time. Brian was the original leader of the Stones, a talented musician, gave the band their name, and a bluesman at heart.
On some of these tracks you can really hear Brian shine. Brian Jones was clearly one of rock and roll’s most unique and dynamic guitarists. 
The drugs and hedonism hadn't taken over yet and he was still the master of his voice and instruments. 
Unfortunately, Brian would slowly self-implode and was famously an early member of the '27 club' by the summer of 1969. Mick and Keith then took the band in a very different, but very successful direction. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is a great Stones 'Collector' record due to it's excellent cover art, fantastic studio, soundboard  audio quality, and great packaging.
The songs on this album include a collection of studio rarities and live cuts from the 1963-1968 era. Excellent, exceptional sounding studio soundboard recordings. Some of the best, cleanest and clear versions of these rare songs that I've ever heard, and I've heard a Lot.
Some rare non-LP songs, alternate versions, rarities, and a few gems that the Glimmer Twins were toying with and considering for early singles, but never made the cut. Many are quite rare and it's nice to have them all together on one LP.
A fantastic 'Collectors' album that any fan of early, mid-60's Rolling Stones would be pleased to add to their collection.
This would look great in any Rolling Stones collection.
Add this rare. classic, Rolling Stones record to your collection. It's a rare, excellent condition, excellent sounding, German Mono first pressing of the Rolling Stones' "Collector's Only", a record that belongs in every classic rock vinyl collection. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CONDITION: I tried to show good hi-resolution photos of the cover, labels and vinyl in my pictures.
VINYL: The vinyl is still fantastic. Clean and bright, with a nice glossy sheen. No obvious hairlines, scratches, flaws, dings or damage. It looks perfect.
This record is beautifully pressed on thick heavy high quality vinyl with fantastic sound to match. You can see from my photos how terrific it looks. 
LABELS. The red Decca/Telefunken labels are clean and bright and the spindle holes are clean and sharp, suggesting infrequent playing and my careful handling over the years.
There is one small 'flaw' with the labels that you can see in my pictures. Some of the songs have a very light pencil mark around the song number. It's light and can be easily erased, but I didn't want to damage the labels. It's something I stupidly did back in the 70's when I used my own records on my radio show, marking the best tracks. It's not a big deal, but should be pointed out. You don't play the labels! It's also why I'm calling the vinyl VG+; the vinyl is perfect, but the labels have faint marks.
I haven't messed with this disc or cleaned it, other than my trusty 'DiscWasher' brush, in 45 years, so it's a little 'dusty' and would likely benefit from a good deep cleaning to make it even better looking and better sounding than it already is. I'll leave that up to the winning bidder.
JACKET: The glossy European style jacket is in excellent condition. Clean and bright. The 'gloss' is still bright. No marks, names, writing or damage. The whites are bright, not yellowed with age.   The corners are sharp, the artwork is fantastic, the spine is straight, and there are no seam splits or other issues. No signs of prior ownership. 
These European jackets were made from thinner cardboard and there are some very very mild, age-related 'bumps' to corners and some very mild wear from being stored in my collection for 40+ years, but as you can see it still looks fantastic.
I've owned this record since it was new, circa 1980, and it has been sleeved, inside and out, and stored properly for decades now. It's still quite nice for an original early first  pressing.
It's a beauty and an amazing rare survivor. You just don't see these anymore. It's about as good a copy of this classic rare release as you're ever likely to find these days.
Very nice, all original, and a real gem. I'm sure you'll be very happy to add it to your collection.
Overall, a terrific Rolling Stones 'Collector' record featuring a fantastic collection of great sounding live and studio rarities from the band's classic 60's era, what many consider their first great, classic period.
Add this rare. classic, Rolling Stones record to your vinyl collection today. It has some great, rare songs and it would make a great addition to any Classic Rock or Stones vinyl record collection.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
** NOTE: I'm selling this rare 'Collector' record "AS IS" and "NO RETURN". It's rare and as described and I'm sure you'll be very happy with it. A great, clean, excellent sounding copy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I’m recently retired and downsizing and letting go some gems and rarities from nearly 50 years of vinyl record collecting. 
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THANK YOU for looking and reading if you got this far. I know I rambled on a bit, but can't help it.  I have a passion for records, especially the Rolling Stones. I hope this listing was entertaining and informative.  -- JOHN