ROLLING STONES HOT ROCKS INSANELY RARE ORIG WITHDRAWN LP MISPRESSING w/ALT TAKES

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·        THE ROLLING STONES - HOT ROCKS - ORIGINAL 1971 LONDON RECORDS STEREO 2-LP SET (DOUBLE ALBUM) 2PS-606/7

·        ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·        INSANELY RARE MISPRESSING WITH DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT, ALTERNATE TAKES OF TWO SONGS: "BROWN SUGAR" AND "WILD HORSES"

·        DATE STAMP IN THE TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) OR SIDE 4 IS:  11-18-71

·        ORIGINAL DARK-BLUE LONDON STEREO LABEL WITH WITH “BOXED” (FRAMED) LONDON LOGO,  SILVER PRINT AND “STEREOPHONIC” BANNER ACROSS THE LABEL’S CENTER (MID-TO-LATE 60’s STYLE).

·        The record has LEE HULKO’ initials (LH) clearly stamped or hand-etched in the trail-off vinyl (dead wax)

·        The album comes with its original “211 Reasons why The Roling Stones is the world’s greatest Rock’n’Roll band” insert (brochure)

·        THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·        THICK CARDBOARD GATEFOLD COVER (AMERICAN-STYLE)

·        COVER HAS A NIFTY 'HYPE' (ADVERTISEMENT) STICKER STILL AFFIXED TO THE FRONT PANEL

·        CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·        THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·        THE RECORD HAS A 'STERLING' STAMP IN THE TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) AREA, WHICH IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED A PROOF OF AUTHENTICITY OF THE FIRST PRESSING.

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We proudly present one of the rarest Rolling Stones` albums in existence: the massively rare mispressing of the Stones’ 1971 "Hot Rocks (1964-71)" anthology, which includes versions of two songs (Brown Sugar and Wild Horses) TOTALLY different from the known, released, studio versions of the two classics. Except for a few obscure bootlegs, these two versions have NEVER before or after been released to the public.

The versions included here are truly different. It is not just a case of different mixes – these are DIFFERENT TAKES altogether. You will detect a major difference between the official versions and those included here within five seconds from the start of the songs.

This take of "Brown Sugar" has rhythm section pushed all the way into the foreground, to the point where bass and drums are literally in-your-face. Bobby Keyes' famous sax solo in the middle of the song is COMPLETELY MISSING;  Lead guitar solo also appears to be missing; only Keith Richard’s rhythm guitar is there, but Mick Taylor’s fretwork appears to be either missing or is mixed-out beyond detection. Vocal track seems to be the same as the released version.

On "Wild Horses", Mick Taylor’s guitar, notably the intricate soloing by the end of the song, is also  missing; the song appears to be somewhat shorter than the released version; but the single biggest - and most obvious - difference is in Mick Jagger`s vocal track. It is absolutely clear that this is a COMPLETELY different take of the vocal track than the album version; Mick sings in a wonderfully dramatic, passionate, soulful manner – and we feel very strongly that his vocal take on this version is far superior to the one released on regular versions of "Hot Rocks" (the same as the one released on "Sticky Fingers"). His voice here is a cross between Gram Parsons (we initially thought that this was Gram Parsons on vocals!) , Jerry Garcia, and Billie Holiday. The dude really croons his heart out.  Heck, Mick can really belt out with the best of them, when he wants to (which has been less and less in recent years).

Over the years, we`ve heard many apocryphal stories about how this incredible rarity came to being: from this being an attempt by Allen Klein, the then-manager of the Rolling Stones to extract one final bit of studio material before the band established their own label, to the Stones deliberately supplying half-baked takes to Klein,  to the sheer incompetence of the pressing plant.

We asked our good friend, Bruce Eder, a regular contributor to the All Music Guide (www.allmusic.com), about what he thought of this mispressing , and he concurred that this appears to be a simple case of human error: it looks like the pressing plant inadvertently used the test- or demo stamper which should have been discarded. Bruce should know – he was a one-time London/Abkco employee and he worked for Allen Klein for many years.

For its extraordinary contribution to the modern music, superb production, craftsmanship, fine musicianship, revolutionary significance and influence it exerted on numerous generations of musicians, writers and general public, or for some other innate quality, this album was voted one of top-200 albums of all time in one of the largest poll of critics, music reviewers, professionals and producers ever organized: the poll, which was conducted by Paul Gambaccini, legendary BBC Radio A&R man, surveyed more than 50 top music professionals (including Roy Carr, Jonathan Cott, Robert Christgau, Cameron Crowe, Chet Flippo, Ben Fong-Torres, Charlie Gillett, Greil Marcus, Murray the K., Lenny Kaye , Bruce Morrow (a/k/a "Cousin Brucie"), Tim Rice (of "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Evita" fame), Lisa Robinson, Robert Shelton (who wrote liner notes for Bob Dylan's first album), Ed Ward, Joel Whitburn, Pete Wingfield, etc.). For more details, see: "Critics Choice: Top-200 albums" compiled by Paul Gambaccini, Omnibus Press, Library of Congress Catalog No.7855565

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·                                                                                                                                               CONDITION:

·                                                                                                                                               THE RECORDS:

 (IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)           WE GRADE THE VINYL AS STRONG VERY GOOD++ . CAUTION: The vinyl is NOT MINT or NEAR MINT, but is nevertheless in a very nice and clean condition. There are some surface marks and abrasions, mostly light and superficial, although some may be longer than 1.1/4 inches (1 inch = 2.5 centimeters)

(b)           The records are pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(c)            The records come in their original stock inner sleeves

(d)           The album comes with its original “211 Reasons why The Roling Stones is the world’s greatest Rock’n’Roll band” insert (brochure)

(e)            Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          THE COVER

THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT EXCELLENT OR VERY GOOD++ (VG++).

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-          Cover has JUST A HINT of ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 1  (front side) and 2 (back side).

-          Minor shelf wear noted on the seams (nothing significant)

-          Cover has two corners slightly worn / dinged  (nothing significant)

-          Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on back side, apparently from aging.

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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