ROLLING STONES No. 2 LP ORIGINAL UK MONO PRESSING VG+/NEAR MINT BLIND MAN COVER
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I am selling some of the records I've had for many years in my great collection. The Rolling Stones #2 is an essential LP in any rock collection. It was the beginning of the British Invasion, and shows off a young bunch of Stones showing bravado and the confidence to know they are about to conquer the world. Along with some amazing covers, the LP adds 3 songs by the young songwriting duo Jagger/Richards. Those are WHAT A SHAME, GROWN UP WRONG, and OFF THE HOOK. Brian Jones shows why he's at the forefront of the band's sound with his nuanced guitar riffs, and slide work. Here's a review
The group's second British album actually appeared after their second U.S. LP, mostly owing to the fact that the British rock & roll audience wasn't focused on the long-player as a medium (singles and EPs were the driving force of the business in England then). It uses the same David Bailey cover shot that had graced the U.S.-issued 12 X 5 album two and a half months earlier, but only four songs -- "Under the Boardwalk," "Suzie Q," "Grown Up Wrong," and "Time Is on My Side" -- overlap on the two albums. Rather, Rolling Stones No. 2 offered seven songs that weren't to make it out in America until four months later on The Rolling Stones Now!, and they're all solid numbers: "Off the Hook," "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love," "Down Home Girl," "You Can't Catch Me," "What a Shame," "Pain in My Heart," and "Down the Road Apiece," plus one of the group's best blues covers, their version of Muddy Waters' "I Can't Be Satisfied," which wasn't released in America until 1973 and features some killer slide playing by Brian Jones. The U.K. LP also had the advantage of only being released in mono, so there are no "rechanneled stereo" copies with which to concern oneself.
The flapback cover is by James Upton LTD, and the front shows signs of wear on both front and back. The front cover has a number of bends, as the UK LP's were subject to due to their flimsiness. The front cover also has 3, what looks like dried drips around Keith's head. All corners have small dings, as this was obviously a beloved LP that had some good play. The back cover shows brownish toning, as well as some denting around where one side of the LP was outlined. This is the BLIND BOY cover, which was only released on the earliest pressings. The flapjack is a little loose on top on the LP insert side by about 1". The labels show better than the cover, but do have some spindle marks, and they are the early "MADE IN ENGLAND" on the top. The vinyl is shiny, but shows some wear. Various hairlines on both sides that do not affect play. The sound jumps off the table and there is little to no background noise, no skips or jumps, and pretty remarkable clean sound for an LP of this age with obvious play history. The LP stamper #'s are XARL-6619-1Aon side I, and XARL-6620-A1 on side 2, and so this is an early pressing with A1 stampers on both sides. The sound is beautiful. The sound really pops off the table with this LP from the opening Solomon Burke song Everybody wants someone to love to the final Suzie Q, there's a great raw power, and this mono UK unboxed label pressing is the way this LP needs to be heard.
I love original original pressings because I feel every LP is of it's time and place. The vinyl, and record pressings are all from that moment in time, and no re-pressing or re-mastering will ever make the sound better for me. PLEASE CHECK OUT MY OTHER LPS FOR SALE NOW ON EBAY. I AM POSTING SOME TREASURES. SOME ARE RARE AND COLLECTIBLE, AND OTHERS ARE JUST GREAT ALBUMS LIKE THIS ONE IS.price rating
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