THE ROLLING STONES ENGLAND'S NEWEST HIT MAKERS '64 ORIG MONO LONDON LP LL 3375

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• THE ROLLING STONES - England's Newest Hitmakers: The Rolling Stones (London ffrr LL 3375)

• Original U.S. Mono Pressing

• Machine stamped matrix numbers in the deadwax area of each side

• Original maroon London Mono Label with boxed (framed) London logo, silver text.

• Clean labels.

• I GRADE THE VINYL AS EXC, just a notch below NEAR MINT.  The LP has a few light superficial abrasions (mainly sleeve marks) ARE VISIBLE, but they appear fairly insignificant relative to the overall condition of the vinyl, and are not visually distracting. For the most part, the vinyl looks impeccable, without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. The original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

• (The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!)

• The cover is in VG++ condition. Original thick cardboard cover (American style). Extremely minor shelf ware is slightly visible upon close inspection but DOES NOT compromise the overall integrity of the cover. One corner is slightly bumped (see pics). The spine is in great condition. There are:

• NO seam-splits

• NO clipped corners

• NO saw-marks

• NO promo holes

• NO writing

• NO peel offs

• NO water damage

• NO discoloring 

• NO mold or mildew

• NO stickers or labels

•   The graphics and extremely sharp and vivid. 

• DO NOT let this opportunity pass you by.

• The British version of the Stones' first album has a nearly identical cover to its American equivalent, issued six weeks later, but a slightly different song lineup. Among these 12 songs, absent is "Not Fade Away," which was a hit single in England (where singles and LPs were usually kept separate), and in its place is the Stones' cover of Bo Diddley's "Mona (I Need You Baby)" (credited here as "I Need You Baby"), which had to wait until Rolling Stones Now!, a year later, for its U.S. release. It's not a big switch, a Bo Diddley-style cover of a Buddy Holly song bumping an actual Bo Diddley cover on the U.S. version. Otherwise, the main difference lies in the version of "Tell Me" included here, which sounds about two generations hotter than any edition of the song ever released in the U.S. -- it's the long version, with the break that was cut from the single, but the British LP and the original late-'80s Decca U.K. compact disc (820 047-2) both contain a version without any fade, running the better part of a minute longer than the U.S. release of the song, until the band literally stops playing.