The Rolling Stones AFTERMATH 1966 UK LP 1st Press Unboxed MONO MINT MINUS HEAR

	£		144
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FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED PRIOR TO LISTING SO YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING

THE ROLLING STONES - AFTERMATH

IN MAGNIFICENT BARELY PLAYED MINT MINUS !! PLAYTHROUGH CONDITION

 UNBOXED MONO DECCA 1ST PRESS 1965

 MINT MINUS SLEEVE

VERY FIRST PRESS 1B/1B MATRIX NUMBERS

• CATALOGUE:DECCA LK 4786
• MATRIX: XARL-7209-1B / XARL-7210-5A 
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 2 BHG / 3 BKA

A TRULY FINAL UPGRADE EXAMPLE OF THIS EARLY STONES RECORDING

OUR LONG STANDING SERIOUS COLLECTOR CUSTOMERS WILL APPRECIATE THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A PRISTINE MUSEUM GRADE STONES ALBUM. NEW CUSTOMERS AS WELL IF YOU ARE SERIOUSLY INTO COLLECTING THEN THIS MUST NOT BE PASSED UP

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE DARK RED AND SILVER UNBOXED LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. NO STAINS OR HANDLING MARKS. THE DEEP RICH COLOUR STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SILVER TYPEFACE AND LOGOS ARE ALL UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE 4-5 SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE.

THE VINYL

THIS HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS IN SUPERB CONDITION, REALLY GLOSSY AND NOT DULL LIKE MOST WORN OUT COPIES. IN DAY LIGHT THE DISC LOOKS FLAWLESS

EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE OTHER THAN A COUPLE OF MINUSCULE WISPY HAIRLINES. 

PLAYING THE RECORD

THE RECORD PLAYS AS NEW ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES WITHOUT DISTORTION WHATSOEVER, MEANING THAT THE FEW PLAYS THE LP HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED STYLUS AND ALSO UNWORN .

PLEASE PLAY THE SOUNDBITES AND THEN YOU WILL TRULY APPRECIATE JUST HOW MAGNIFICENT THIS 1966 RECORDING TRULY IS

FIRSTLY THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND THE LINKING GROOVES ARE MAINLY DEATHLY SILENT WITH JUST THE VERY ODD TINY SPECK OF STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND HEARD IN A COUPLE OF THEM 

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE WHATSOEVER

A CRYSTAL CLEAN AND CLEAR AUDIO FROM START TO FINISH

I HEARD NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF THE TINIEST AND ALMOST INAUDUBLE STATIC TICS DURING THE PLAYTHROUGH

WITH ALL THINGS CONSIDERED AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE STUNNING CONDITION OF THIS ALBUM AND THE INCREDIBLE PLAYTHROUGH THIS HAS TO GRADE MINT MINUS

HERE YOU HAVE A GENUINE STONES 1ST PRESS IN THE MOST UNIMAGINABLE CONDITION POSSIBLE. DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH, PLAY ALL OF THE SOUNDBITES AND JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR OWN PERSONAL STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

LAMINATED FRONT SURFACE, NON LAMINATED REAR SURFACE ROBERT STACE SINGLE SLEEVE

I HAVE OFTEN 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

HERE HOWEVER WE HAVE A BARELY PLAYED VINYL AND THEREFORE A BARELY HANDLED SLEEVE WHICH IS IN THE MOST MAGNIFICENT CONDITION POSSIBLE

IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THESE STONES SLEEVE YOU ALMOST ALWAYS EXPECT MANY EDGE PRESSURE LINES AND LOADS OF THUMB LINES

NOT THIS AMAZING EXAMPLE THOUGH

THE FRONT SURFACE WHICH IS USUALLY CREASED ALL OVER, ON THIS COPY IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. THE FRONT SURFACE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR, AND THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES WHATSOEVER. NO FOLDS OR BENDS

 AMAZINGLY THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE SPINE. ONE MINUSCULE AND BARELY VISIBLE ONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND ZERO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE. NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE

ALSO ANOTHER RARITY IS THAT ON THIS COPY THERE OS NO LAMINATE LIFT, PEEL OR FLAKE AT ALL

THE TOP EDGE IS FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR WHATSOEVER,WITH THE LAMINATE PERFECT ALL THE WAY FROM CORNER TO CORNER, AND THE BOTTOM EDGE IS IDENTICAL. BOTH HAVE ULTRA SMOOTH SURFACES TO THE TOUCH AND NO RUB TO THE CORNER TIPS

THE SPINE IS ONCE AGAIN FULLY LAMINATED, NO PEEL OR FLAKE,  THE TAPERED ENDS ARE PERFECT AND UNRUBBED. THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND UNBLEMISHED

THE OPENING EDGE IS SHARP WITH JUST THE TINIEST BIT OF FEATHERING

THE REAR SURFACE HAS RETAINED ALL OF THE POROUS WHITE SURFACE IN TOP WHITE CONDITION  THERE IS THE BAREST SHADOW OF LIGHT HANDLING/AGEING AROUND PARTS OF THE EDGES. THERE IS NO RING WEAR

THE ORIGINAL BLUE TEXT POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IN EXCEPTIONAL UNSPLIT CONDITION, NO CREASES, AND ALMOST NO NATURAL AGEING TO THE SURFACE 

I AM HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS

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