ROLLING STONES LET IT BLEED UK LP 1ST MONO UNBOXED NM

	£		511
	$		677

ROLLING STONES - LET IT BLEED

IN SUPERB CONDITION

ORIGINAL UK MONO FIRST PRESS - UNBOXED LOGO COMPLETE WITH POSTER AND STICKER

• CATALOGUE:DECCA LK 5025
• MATRIX:XARL 9363P A-1 / XARL 9364P 2-1
• CORRECT INSERTS FOR A FIRST PRESS (SEE BELOW)
• 1 BK / 1 K

IN 1969 MONO ALBUMS WERE ONLY PRODUCED IN SMALL QUANTITIES FOR THOSE DIEHARD AUDIOPHILES WHO WANTED SUCH PRESSINGS. STEREO WAS THE CHOSEN FORMAT, AND THUS MONO ALBUMS WERE ONLY PRODUCED IN VERY SMALL QUANTIITIES IF AT ALL. THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST OFFICIAL MONO PRESSES AND RELEASED IN SUCH LIMITED QUANTITY THAT IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT IT IS ONE OF THE MOST COLLECTIBLE AF ALL STONES ALBUMS. THIS FANTASTIC COPY COMES COMPLETE IN ITS ORIGINAL FORM WITH THE SLEEVE STICKER AND THE POSTER. IT IS A FABULOUS COLLECTIBLE

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

THE DEEP RED BASE COLOUR IS IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. IT IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE TOTALLY UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SILVER TYPEFACE AND LOGOS ARE UNRUBBED AND UNWORN AND CLEAR TO READ. THERE ARE HALF A DOZEN MINISCULE SPIDER LINES VERY CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE, INDICATING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS RECORD HAD BEEN PLAYED IN THE LAST 40 YEARS

THE VINYL

SUPERB GLEAMING ORIGINAL HEAVYWEIGHT DISC IN VERY CLEAN CONDITION. ONLY UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION ARE YOU ABLE TO MAKE OUT A FEW LIGHT WISPY HAIRLINES CAUSED BY THE REMOVAL FROM THE PAPER INNER SLEEVE. IN DAYLIGHT THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A COUPLE OF BARELY VISIBLE TINY HANDLING LINES, THIS IS A BRILLIANT EXAMPLE OF THIS SOUGHT AFTER ALBUM

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED FIVE THREE MINUTE EXCERPTS  FROM THIS  ALBUM,  I HAVE RECORDED THE FIRST TRACK FROM EACH SIDE WHICH INCLUDES THE DEAD WAX RUN IN, AND ONE OTHER RANDOM TRACK FROM EACH SIDE WHICH INCLUDES THE LINKING GROOVE. MY AIM IS TO DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW CRISP THE SOUND IS WHILST ALLOWING YOU TO HEAR THE SILENT PASSAGES TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE IS ANY BACKGROUND NOISES.

I HAVE IN PARTICULAR RECORDED ALL OF SIDE 2 TRACK 2 "YOU GOT THE SILVER" AS THIS TRACK HAS A COUPLE OF MINOR BLEMISHES. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF TINY AND LIGHT LITTLE POPS AT THE START OF THE TRACK, AND THREE SMALL CLICKS RIGHT AT THE END . YOU ARE THEREFORE ABLE TO HEAR EVERYTHING TO ALLOW YOU TO JUDGE FOR YOURSELF.

OTHER THAN THIS THE LP PLAYS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITH NOTHING MORE THAN A LITTLE BIT OF STATIC IN A FEW RANDOM PLACES, AND THE ODD LITTLE DUST POP HERE AND THERE.

AN OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MONO PRESS

THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND, AT ALL ANYWHERE, MEANING THE LP WHEN IT WAS PLAYED WAS PLAYED ON A GOOD DECK WITH AN UNWORN STYLUS. THE CLARITY OF THE SOUND IS MIAGNIFICENT. CLEAR AS A BELL, EVERY NOTE HEARD EXACTLY HOW IT WAS PRODUCED TO BE HEARD.

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL NEAR MINT-

THE SLEEVE

LAMINATED FRONT SURFACE AND NON LAMINATED REAR SURFACE. THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND HAS NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES. THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE NEW. THERE IS ONE SMALL LAMINATE LINE ACCROSS THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER, AND A COUPLE OF MINISCULE ONES CLOSE TO THE SPINE. THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE FULLY LAMINATED AND FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR, AND THE SPINE IS IN THE SAME TOP STATE WITH THE BLACK TYPEFACE BEING PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND CLEARLY SHOWS JUST HOW LITTLE THE LP HAS BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE. FINALLY THE STICKER IS IN MINT CONDITION , PROPERLY AFFIXED. THE REAR SURFACE HAS THE PORTHOLE IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER. THERE IS THE NAME GOY NEATLY WRITTEN UNDERNEATH THE HOLE. I SUSPECT THIS WAS THE SURNAME OF THE ORIGINAL OWNER. THE NON LAMINATED SURFACE IS VERY CLEAN WITH JUST THE BAREST TRACE OF HANDLING AND ONE SMALL DENT CLOSE TO THE OPENING EDGE.

THE INNER SLEEVE

THE ORIGINAL RED AND WHITE MONO INNER SLEEVE IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. FLAT AND CLEAN AND FREE FROM CREASES APART FROM ONE ACCROSS THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER. MOST IMPORTANTLY THE THREE SEALED EDGES ARE UNSPLIT WHICH IS SOMEWHAT OF A RARITY AS THIS INNER WAS MADE FROM VERY FLIMSY PAPER. I HAVE PLACED THE LP IN A NEW POLY LINED INNER TO ENSURE THE ORIGINAL IS KEPT PERFECT. THE TOP OPENING EDGE IS ALSO FREE FROM ANY WEAR AND TEAR

THE POSTER

THE POSTER IS THE ORIGINAL 1969 ISSUE NOT SOME REPLACEMENT, AND THUS THE SET IS COMPLETELY ORIGINAL AS IT WAS MADE IN 1969. YOU WILL SEE FROM THE PICTURES THAT THE FOLD LINES ARE VERY SHARP AND I DECIDED UPON OPENING IT OUT NOT TO FULLY FLATTEN IT, SO THE FOLDS WILL REMAIN AS NEW. I GUARANTEE THE POSTER HAS NEVER BEEN ANYWHERE NEAR A WALL, AND HAS IN FACT SAT SNUGLY INSIDE THE SLEEVE FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS

ONE FINAL THOUGHT IS THAT THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT A VERY HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE ALBUM AND WOULD GRACE ANY COLLECTION 

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY