Rolling Stones STONE AGE UK LP 1ST PLAYS 100% MINT

	£		70
	$		93

THE ROLLING STONES - STONE AGE

IN MAGNIFICENT 1 PLAY MINT!!!! CONDITION

GENUINE VERY 1ST PRESS WITH THE FRONT LAMINATED SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:DECCA SKL 5084
• MATRIX: EAL-10432.P-1D / EAL-10433.P-2L

IN 1970 THE ROLLING STONES MOVED FROM DECCA TO THEIR OWN LABEL. STICKY FINGERS BEING THE RESULT OF THEIR DEBUT ON THE NEW LABEL.

NOT TO MISS A TRICK DECCA DECIDED TO RELEASE A BATCH OF ALBUMS  OVER THE NEXT 4 YEARS THAT WERE CRAMMED FULL OF PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED OR LIVE RECORDINGS, PLUS A FEW STANDARDS

THE COMPLETE LIST INCLUDES

• GET YER YA YA'S OUT
• ROCK 'N' ROLLING STONES
• NO STONE UNTURNED
• GIMME SHELTER
• MILESTONES
• METAMORPHOSIS

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE DARK BLUE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB 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 IS JUST ONE MICROSCOPIC  SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE HANDLING MARKS OR LINES, AND IN DAYLIGHT THIS HEAVYWEIGHT DISC LOOKS FLAWLESS AND EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION I CAN ONLY MAKE OUT A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES

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 NOW DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AND I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING ANY BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THIS VINYL PLAYS EVERY BIT AS SUPERBLY AS IT LOOKS. FROM THE SECOND THE STYLUS IS LOWERED ONTO THE RUN IN GROOVE THE CLARITY OF REPRODUCTION COMES THROUGH CRISPLY AND CLEARLY. THIS IS A FIRST PRESS SOUND IN EVERY WAY.

THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE, OR LOUD CLICKS

CERTAINLY NO VINYL NOISE AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD AS WAS INTENDED

THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF STATIC STATIC, AND I HEARD NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TINY AND BARELY AUDIBLE DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT !!!!

TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS ALBUM AND BE THE JUDGE YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

LAMINATED FRONT SURFACE, AND UNLAMINATED REAR SURFACE SHOWING A FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND PERFECTLY CLEAN.THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR. I CAN'T SAY I HAVE EVER SEEN THIS SLEEVE LOOKING SO GOOD, AS MOST HAVE UNSIGHTLY CREASES ALL OVER THEM.

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR BENDS, AND  THERE ARE JUST FIVE MINUSCULE LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE.  ONE MICROSCOPIC  ONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, AND NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE. ALSO NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE LAMINATE STILL GLEAMS LIKE NEW.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE BOTH FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR, AND THE LAMINATE FULLY RUNS FROM CORNER TIP TO TIP

THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS INTACT AND PRISTINE, AND EVEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS OF THE TAPERED ENDS ARE UNRUBBED

THE OPENING EDGE IS ABSOLUTELY RAZOR SHARP AND CLEARLY SHOWS WHY THIS ALBUM IS IN THE INCREDIBLE STATE THAT IT IS, BECAUSE IT JUST HASN'T BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. NO COLOUR LOSS WHATSOEVER WHICH IS QUITE RARE ON THIS TYPE OF SLEEVE, THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE. THE SLEEVE IS JUST SUPERB!!

THE  BLUE AND WHITE POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN EXCEPTIONAL UNSPLIT CONDITION WITH BARELY A CREASE LINE ON IT. THIS AGAIN SHOWS JUST HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN HANDLED.

HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE NEAR MINT!!!!

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

GARRY