ROLLING STONES Goats Head Soup LP 1973 R/S 1st Press SUPERB EXAMPLE SAMPLE

	£		148
	$		196

FOR ONCE THERE IS FULL HISTORY WITH THIS ULTRA RARE ‘PROMOTIONAL’ LP:-  It is very VERY rare indeed to have FULL history of any LP today.  And it is even RARER to know a FULL history of a ‘factory sample’ PROMOTIONAL LP.  Many ‘factory samples’ have had stickers put on them at the later date, are fake printed ones, and even more laughably they are often the wrong ones!!!!  Every different company used different factory sample stickers – and some just didn’t use them at all (like Pye for example) so they are not inter-changeable!!!!  So it is very VERY important indeed to have the FULL history of a ‘Factory Sample’ LP to 100% GUARANTEE it is 100% GENUINE (which I am VERY happy to do in this case!).  The 1 previous owner of this LP worked for the UK’s BIGGEST record shop chain in the 1960s and 1970s namely Woolworths.  And for those outside of the UK who don’t know?  Woolworths literally had a shop in almost EVERY town in the UK in the 1960s, and at one point took up 65% of the UK market share in record sales.  The 1 previous owner of this LP worked in Woolworths head office, in the music department – compiling the charts for the record stores each week, monitoring sales (stock control), and deciding (along with others) which LP was going to be stocked in Woolworths stores in any given week.  And this was a very VERY big deal indeed for any band!!!!  If your LP was stocked by Woolworths in the 1960s and 1970s – it was almost GUARANTEED to sell VERY well indeed.  Whereas if Woolworths decided not to stock your LP, you had to rely on the independent record shops only, and sales would undoubtedly be very poor indeed!!!!  And so almost every record company sent copies of their LPs into Woolworths to promote their LPs, along with what were in many cases ‘begging letters’!  Especially with ‘new’ bands – as it was VERY hard to get Woolworths to stock them.  And even the biggest artists who were guaranteed to be stocked in Woolworths, sent in LPs and letters to try and gain a better shelf space than their competitors.   Clearly after the LPs came in, and decisions were taken 99% of them were thrown away.  And of course, whilst ‘Demos’ were sent to Radio Stations, Woolworths didn’t play their LPs on the radio – and so they were sent ‘Factory Samples’ instead.  According to the 1 previous owner, they were free for ANYONE to take home at any time after they had been evaluated.  After all, clearly there was no use for them at Woolworths head office!!!!  This 1 previous owner amassed a collection of over 600 LPs in his time at Woolworths.  Many were classical and some were mainstream Jazz (neither of which has any interest to me).  However he did have a small selection of 1960s pop, beat, rock, and blues (which will be appearing in the coming weeks) – of which this LP is just one from that collection.  IMPORTANTLY all the stickers are 100% GENUINE in EVERY way, and each record company has the CORRECT sticker.  So you can tell immediately that these ‘Factory Sample’ LPs are 100% CORRECT and 100% GENUINE in EVERY respect!!!!  This is just one 1 LP from this AMAZING collection – so please read on below:-

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Rolling Stones called "Goats Head Soup" and is an ORIGINAL 1973 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Rolling Stones label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER ROLLING STONES LPS EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE (LIKE THIS!)!!!!  THIS LP IS ALSO MADE EVEN RARER STILL - AS IT IS 100% COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL 'TWO' INSERTS (USUALLY MISSING!), WHICH ARE BOTH IN FANTASTIC CONDITION!!!! 

THIS LP ALSO HAS AN ULTRA RARE AND 100% GENUINE 'FACTORY SAMPLE' STICKER ON 1 LABEL - WHICH IS COMPLETELY CORRECT IN EVERY WAY FOR ALL ROLLING STONES RECORDS LPs FROM THIS PERIOD, AND CAME FROM THE SAME AMAZING COLLECTION OUTLINED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DESCRIPTION!!!!  EVEN RARER STILL - IT HAS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS A2/B1 MATRIXES (LATER ONES HAVE A3/B1 INSTEAD!), AND INCREDIBLY EARLY 'A/B' MOTHER CODINGS - CLEARLY SHOWING THAT IT WAS MADE WAY BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in SUPERB condition!!!!  Most of these 60s/70s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, only 2 or 3 FEATHER light hairline traces (only visible under the VERY brightest of lights ONLY!), NO scufflines, only 2 or 3 ULTRA light surface traces, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS SUPERB!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some VERY low level background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade Excellent(Minus) if not FULL Excellent!!!!  SUPERB RECORD!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!! I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  THE ULTRA RARE 'PICTURE/CREDITS' INSERT & 'GOATS HEAD' INSERT ARE IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION - AND CLEARLY HAVENT EVER LEFT THE COVER!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press Gatefold Cover is in absolutely SUPERB condition!!!!  It has NO sticker marks, NO sticker tears, barely ANY edge wear AT ALL (virtually ZERO!), NO spinal wear (PERFECT side words & colour!), NO splits, barely ANY corner wear AT ALL, NO rips, NO tears, barely ANY creases AT ALL (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), NO ringwear, NO rubbing, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edges are beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the inside of the cover is in AWESOME condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, NO rubbing, NO ringwear, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Excellent+ if not better!!!!  SUPERB COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS (ESPECIALLY 100% COMPLETE, IN STUNNING CONDITION - AND AS A 100% GENIUNE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS PROMOTIONAL 'SAMPLE' COPY!)- SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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