Rolling Stones DEBUT LP UK 1ST PRESS 'MONA' SLEEVE AND VINYL MUSEUM QUALITY

	£		897
	$		1,189

THE ROLLING STONES - 1964 DEBUT LP

IN MAGNIFICENT OH MY GOD!!!! CONDITION

1ST PRESS UNBOXED DECCA vinyl and a mint!!!! sleeve

***MONO****

INCREDIBLE VINYL AND SLEEVE THAT HAS TO BE SEEN TO BE FULLY APPRECIATED

• CATALOGUE:DECCA LK 4605
• MATRIX: XARL-6271-1A / XARL-6272-3A
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 2D CM / 2D CK

ON OFFER HERE IS JUST ABOUT THE BEST EXAMPLE OF ANY ROLLING STONES DEBUT ALBUM I HAVE EVER COME ACROSS. THE SLEEVE IS JUST MINT!!! AND THE VINYL CLOSE TO IT, AND IF YOU END UP WINNING THIS INCREDIBLE RECORD, YOU WILL HAVE ONE OF THE BEST COPIES ON THE PLANET!!!

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE DARK RED UNBOXED LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. NO STAINS OR HANDLING MARKS. THE COLOUR STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SILVER TYPEFACE AND LOGOS ARE ALL UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE 4-5 BARELY VISIBLE SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE. THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS I BELIEVE WHY THE SLEEVE HAS RETAINED ITS CONDITION, THE LP JUST HASN'T BEEN OUT OF IT MORE THAN A FEW TIMES IN 47 YEARS

THE VINYL

THIS HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS IN SUPERB CONDITION, REALLY GLOSSY AND NOT DULL LIKE MOST WORN OUT COPIES. IN DAY LIGHT THE VINYL LOOKS TO BE TOTALLY FLAWLESS, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION ALL I COULD MAKE OUT WAS JUST A FEW LITTLE WISPY HAIRLINES AND THATS ALL.

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 THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I AM DOING WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WILL LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AMDELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

I CANNOT BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW AMAZED I WAS WHEN I PLACED THE STYLUS ONTO THE VINYL AND GOT NEAR SILENCE!!!, THEN THE MUSIC STARTED AND THE FIRST THING THAT BECAME OBVIOUS WAS THAT THERE WAS NO DISTORTION TO THIS CRISP, LOUD MONO REPRODUCTION WHATSOEVER. THE CLARITY AND LOUDNESS OF THIS PRESS IS JUST OUTSTANDING

AS TRACK ONE CAME TO AN END I WAS LISTENING INTENTLY FOR ANY VINYL NOISE IN THE LINKING GROOVE. THERE WAS NONE!!!

THIS LP PLAYS WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLES, OR LOUD CLICKS

THERE IS THE SLIGHTEST BIT OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC HEARD ONLY IN A FEW OF THE LINKING GROOVES

I CAN'T EVEN SAY THAT I HEARD ANY LITTLE DUST POPS THROUGH THE PLAYTHROUGH

A TOUCH OF VINYL NOISE AS THE TRACK RUNS INTO THE DEAD WAX AT THE END

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS INCREDIBLE RECORD MINT MINUS

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN FOR YOURSELF AND YOU BE THE JUDGE

THE SLEEVE

AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE 1ST ISSUE SLEEVE THAT YOU WILL JUST BE ASTOUNDED TO SEE. THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THIS SLEEVE YOU ARE EVER LIKELY TO COME ACROSS, AND IT HAS BEEN IN A COLLECTION WHERE THE ORIGINAL OWNER WORE WHITE GLOVES EVERY TIME HE HANDLED HIS PRECIOUS RECORDS

YOU KNOW HOW IMPOSSIBLE IT IS TO FIND ANY EARLY ORIGINAL STONES SLEEVE IN COLLECTIBLE CONDITION, BUT THIS COPY GOES BEYOND WHAT GOOD LOOKS LIKE.

I HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED JUST HOW THIN THESE EARLY STONES ALBUM SLEEVES ARE. WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE QUALITY SLEEVES THAT THE BEATLES ALBUMS CAME IN IT, MAKE YOU WONDER WHY THEY DECIDED TO PUT WHAT WOULD BE VERY POPULAR RECORDS IN SLEEVES THAT COULDN'T HANDLE THE CONSTANT REMOVAL AND INSERTION OF THE VINYL. VIRTUALLY EVERY COPY YOU WILL COME ACROSS WITH HAVE SERIOUS CREASE LINES, THUMB LINES CLOSE TO THE OPENING EDGE, RING WEAR, NUMEROUS LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE, AND A VERY DIRTY AND OFTEN STAINED REAR SURFACE

HERE IS AN ORIGINAL SLEEVE WITH ABSOLUTELY NONE OF THOSE DEFECTS!!!!!!!!!!!!

SO STARTING WITH THE FRONT SURFACE. THE FIRST THING TO SAY IS THAT THE LAMINATE SPARKLES LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR. IT HAS NOT LOST ONE IOTA OF IT'S ORIGINAL DAY OF RELEASE SHEEN, AND LOOKS AS GOOD TODAY AS IT DID BACK IN 1964

THERE IS NOT ONE CREASE LINE ANYWHERE, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. NO THUMB LINES EITHER AT ANY POINT OR PLACE ON THE COVER

NOW THEN SMALL LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE!! NOT ONE SINGLE LINE ANYWHERE. NOT ONE LINE NEAR THE TOP EDGE, NOT ONE LINE NEAR THE BOTTOM EDGE

FINALLY NOT ONE IOTA OF RINGWEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE. HONESTLY I JUST CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THIS SLEEVE HAS SOMEHOW SURVIVED 47 YEARS AND NOT SUFFERED ANY CREASING.

IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT THE PICTURES OF THE SPINE YOU WILL SEE WHAT APPEARS TO BE A LAMINATE LINE NEAR THE SPINE, BUT IT IS IN FACT A MINUSCULE LITTLE FINGER TIP OF LAMINATE LIFT

TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE BOTH 100% FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR.ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PRISTINE AND STRETCHES FULLY FROM ONE CORNER TIP TO THE OTHER. NO SHELF WEAR OR RUBBING

 THE SPINE IS ONCE AGAIN FULLY LAMINATED, NO PEEL OR FLAKE, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. INCREDIBLY THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO FINGER TO THUMB SQUASHING AT ANY POINT ALONG THE EDGES, AND THE TAPERED ENDS ARE 100% UNRUBBED, EVEN AT THE VERY TIPS

THE REAR SURFACE IS EQUALLY AS AMAZING AS THE FRONT.

THE SURFACE IS PURE WHITE AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THAT THIS SLEEVE WAS SOMEHOW PROTECTED FROM NEW.THE SLEEVE IS THE RARER MONA SLEEVE, AND HONESTLY THERE IS NOT ONE BLEMISH ON IT WHATSOEVER.ALL OF THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS IMMACULATE AND TOTALLY UNRUBBED. THE FLIPBACKS ARE ALSO IN PRISTINE CONDITION, BEING COMPLETELY STUCK DOWN AND NOT HAVING AND NICKS OR DAMAGE TO THEM AT ALL

THERE IS NO RING WEAR TO THIS SURFACE EITHER

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IN EXCEPTIONAL UNSPLIT CONDITION, JUSt SOME LIGHT CREASING TO THE CORNERS

THIS MUSEUM QUALITY PIECE OF STONES HISTORY CAN HAVE NO OTHER GRADE THAN MINT!!!!!!!!

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

GARRY