Rolling Stones STICKY FINGERS UK LP 1ST PRESS 1971 A3/B3 EXCELLENT PLUS
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Description
ROLLING STONES - STICKY FINGERS
IN MAGNIFICENT LITTLE PLAYED EXCELLENT PLUS !!!CONDITION
SUPERB ORIGINAL NEAR MINT!!! SLEEVE
- CATALOGUE:ROLLING STONES COC 59100
- MATRIX:COC59100 A3 / B3
- ROLLING STONES RECORDS ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX BOTH SIDES
- TML ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX BOTH SIDES
THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
THE YELLOW STONES LABELS ARE IN NEAR PRISTINE CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLES. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL CLEAR AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE 4-5 SMALL SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE, SHOWING THE LIMITED PLAY THE LP HAS RECEIVED. THERE IS WHAT LOOKS TO BE A STICKER REMOVAL MARK IN THE ROLLING STONES TYPEFACE ON SIDE A
THE VINYL
THE VINYL HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND SHEEN AND LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS IN DAY LIGHT, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN, AND A COUPLE OF VERY FINE HANDLING LINES
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 LP FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS AS I JUST KNOW THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING ABID.
THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS
THE FIRST THING TO SAY ABOUT THIS VINYL IS THAT THE CLARITY OF THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS PURE FIRST PRESS. EACH NOTE IS HEARD VERY CLEARLY AND THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ALL THROUGHOUT ANY PART OF THE PLAY ,
STICKY FINGERS HAS A HISTORIC FLAW WHICH IS THAT IS HAS EMBEDDED STATIC AND SOME LIGHT BACKGROUND. TOTALLY DUE TO THE HOPELESS VINYL THAT WAS USED TO MANUFACTURE THIS ALBUM
THIS ALBUM PLAYS BETTER THAN MOST COPIES
SO THERE IS NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS
THE VINYL USED FOR THIS ALBUM WAS OF SUCH POOR QUALITY THAT VIRTUALLY EVERY COPY YOU WILL EVER HEAR WILL HAVE VARIOUS DEGREES OF STATIC AND TICS PRESSED INTO IT.
HAVING SAID THAT THIS PARTICULAR COPY IS ONE OF THE VERY BEST I HAVE EVER HEARD. EVEN 'WILD HORSES' WHICH IS HISTORICALLY THE MOST PROBLEMATIC TRACK IS FREE FROM ANY OF THE REALLY BAD STUFF
THERE IS SOME OCCASIONAL SPECKS OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN SOME OF THE MORE SILENT PASSAGES AND LINKING GROOVES AND A FEW TINY LITTLE DUST POPS HERE AND THERE,AND THERE ARE TWO ROTATIONAL TICS IN 'SISTER MORPHINE' ON SIDE TWO.
THE FINAL TRACK ALSO HAS SOME LIGHT BACKGROUND TOWARDS THE END
I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH EXCELLENT PLUS
AND IT'S NOT VERY OFTEN I CAN SAY THAT ABOUT STICKY FINGERS
IT IS THAT GOOD
BUT TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF
THE SLEEVE
THIS IS ONE OF THE HARDEST SLEEVES TO COLLECT EVER!!
USUALLY FOUND WITH SERIOUS CREASES TO THE BELT BUCKLE AT THE TOP OF THE FRONT SURFACE, AND A ZIP THAT DOESN'T WORK, PLUS THE USUAL DENTS FROM THE ZIPS PRESSING ONTO THE OTHER COPIES IN THE PACKING BOXES FROM THE FACTORY. THIS COPY IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION!!!
THE FRONT SURFACE IS JUST AMAZING. FIRSTLY LETS START BY SAYING THE THE ZIPPER WORKS PERFECTLY. GOES ALL OF THE WAY UP AND ALL OF THE WAY DOWN, AND IT DOES IT WITHOUT ANY EFFORT WHATSOEVER
THE BELT BUCKLE IS TOTALLY CREASE FREE!! CANNOT BELIEVE IT MYSELF BUT THERE IT IS. ABSOLUTELY MINT!!!!! EVEN THE SMALL TAB ABOVE THE BELT WHICH ALWAYS CREASES IS NEAR PRISTINE ON THIS COPY, WITH JUST ONE FEINT LINE RUNNING ACROSS IT. CLEARLY THE ALBUM HAS BEEN PROTECTED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FOR MOST OF IT'S LIFE
THE WHITE AREA OF THE SLEEVE IS STILL VERY VERY WHITE, ALTHOUGH THE RIGHT HAND EDGE DOES HAVE A COUPLE OF GLUE MARKS.
THERE IS NO LOSS OF COLOUR TO THE BLACK AREAS EITHER. THERE ARE THREE MINUSCULE ZIP DENTS JUST TO THE LEFT OF THE ZIPPER
THE FRONT SURFACE HAS NO CREASES OR BENDS AND AMAZINGLY NO SMALL LINES NEAR EITHER OF THE TWO SPINES. THERE IS ONE LIGHT CREASE LINE ALMOST INVISIBLE BECAUSE IT SITS ON THE BLACKEST PART OF THE LEFT LEG JUST ON THE THIGH
THE BOTTOM EDGE IS FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR. JUST A LITTLE BURRING WHERE THE OUTER CARD OVER HANGS THE INNER A FRACTION
THE SPINES ARE ALSO PRISTINE WITH EVER LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND NO RUBBING OR WEAR TO EITHER OF THEM, APART FROM THE ABSOLUTE TIP ENDS WHICH SHOW JUST THE MOST MINUSCULE SPECK OF RUBBING
THE TOP OPENING EDGE IS AGAIN JUST PRISTINE. IT IS VERY OBVIOUS THAT THE LP HAS HARDLY BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE
ITS ALSO WORTH POINTING OUT THAT THE SLEEVE HAS NO RING WEAR OR EVER RECORD SHAPE
THE REAR SURFACE IS JUST AS CLEAN AND SPECIAL AS THE FRONT . USUALLY THIS HAS MANY DENTS IN IT CAUSED BY THE ZIP WHICH WHEN THE LP'S WERE STACKED IN BOXES FROM THE FACTORY, PRESSED INTO EACH OTHER CAUSING THE DENTS AND SCRATCHES ON THE REAR SURFACE. THIS ONE IS BETTER THAN MOST WITH JUST A FEW SMALL DIMPLES AND ON SWIRLY LINE
THE INSERT WITH THE PICTURE OF THE BAND ON ONE SIDE AND THE RED TONGUE ON THE OTHER. THIS IS ALSO IN MINT CONDITION, AS IS THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE
I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE NEAR MINT!!!!
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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