The Rolling Stones EXILE ON MAIN STREET 1972 UK Double LP With 12 Postcards

	£		162
	$		215

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ROLLING STONES - EXILE ON MAIN ST.

SUPERB EX++ AUDIO THROUGHOUT

FIRST PRESS A-2/B-2/C-2/D-2

COMPLETE WITH ALL 12 OF THE POSTCARDS (ATTACHED)

• CATALOGUE:ROLLING STONES COC 69100
• MATRIX:COC69100 A-1 / B-1 / C-1 / D-2
• ROLLING STONES RECORDS ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX ON ALL 4 SIDES
• ST-RS 722507 / 08 / 09 / 10 ETCHED INTO EACH SIDE IN THE DEAD WAX
• THE TARGET AND ARROWS SYMBOL ARE ALSO ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX ON ALL 4 SIDES

A FIRST PRESS EXILE ON MAIN STREET MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES

THE LABELS MUST HAVE THE CATALOGUE NUMBER COC 69100 (CUN LABELS ARE ALL REISSUES)

THE MATRIX NUMBERS MUST EITHER END IN A 1 OR 2, ANYTHING ELSE AND IT'S A LATER PRESS

ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX ON ALL 4 SIDES MUST BE 'ROLLING STONES RECORDS'

THE MATRIX NUMBER MUST BE STAMPED, BUT THERE IS AN ETCHED REFERENCE NUMBER WHICH IS ST-ST-RS-722507/8/9/10

THERE IS ALSO A SMALL TARGET WITH TWO ARROWS ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX ON ALL 4 SIDES

THE SLEEVE MUST BE A GATEFOLD BOX STYLE HAVING SPINES ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES, AND MUST BE MADE BY SHOREWOOD PACKAGING

THE TWO PICTURE INNER SLEEVES MUST ALSO BE MADE OF STRONG CARD, AND WILL HAVE THE COC69100 CATALOGUE NUMBER IN ONE CORNER (LATER PRESSES WERE FAR FLIMSIER)

FINALLY THE VERY FIRST RELEASED WERE COMPLIMENTED WITH A SET OF 12 POSTCARDS. THERE WERE LATER FIRST PRESSES THAT HAD EVERYTHING I HAVE LISTED ABOVE BUT MINUS THE POSTCARDS

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE YELLOW STONES LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION.

 THE BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLES. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL CLEAR AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. 

THERE ARE 2-3 MICROSCOPIC SPIDER LINES ON EACH LABEL. 

CLEARLY THIS VINYL HAS BARELY BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE IN 52 YEARS 

THE VINYL

BEAUTIFUL PAIR OF ORIGINAL VINYLS. BOTH GLEAM LIKE NEW AND HAVE RETAINED ALL OF THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE.

IN DAYLIGHT THEY BOTH LOOK ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS, AND TOTALLY MARK FREE, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN ON EACH DISC

THE TEST PLAY

WELL THIS SET PLAYS TO NEAR PERFECTION ALL THE WAY THROUGH ALL FOUR SIDES. A TRUE FIRST PRESS STEREO REPRODUCTION THAT IS BOTH LOUD AND CRISP.

NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT, MEANING THAT WHAT LITTLE PLAY THESE LP'S HAVE RECEIVED WERE COMPLETED ON A TOP SYSTEM THAT HAD BOTH A CORRECTLY TRACKED AND WEIGHTED STYLUS, BUT ALSO ONE THAT WAS UNDAMAGED OR UNWORN

THE DISCS PLAY WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLES WHATSOEVER, AND ABSOLUTELY NO LOUD CLICKS

A STUNNING REPRODUCTION THAT IS ALSO FREE OF ANY VINYL NOISE AT ALL

ALL I HEARD WAS SOME OCCASIONAL STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN SOME OF THE LINKING GROOVES

ONE OR TWO SMALL PATCHES OF VINYL NOISE

AND 3-4 LITTLE DUST POPS . STATIC TICS

THE SET EASILY GRADES AROUNF THE EX+ / NM MARK

THE SLEEVE

A VERY STURDY SLEEVE, AND NOT OFTEN THAT I GET THE CHANCE TO SAY THAT MOST YOU WILL FIND WILL BE IN REASONABLE CONDITION AT WORST. MADE FROM VERY STRONG CARD,THIS UNLAMINATED GATEFOLD HAS JUST A COUPLE OF WEAK AREAS. THEY ARE THE SPINE, AND THE ENTRY POINT FOR THE LP WHICH IS ON THE INSIDE EDGE NEAR THE SPINE.

THE FRONT SURFACE OF THIS SLEEVE IS IN SUPER CONDITION. 

THERE ARE NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE

DIT IS ALSO WORTH POINTING OUT THAT THE SLEEVE ALSO SUFFERS HISTORICALLY FROM BROWNING TO THE PERIMETER EDGES. THIS SET HAS NONE OF IT AT ALL WHICH IS RARE

THE TOP EDGE IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION

THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS A LITTLE LIGHT RUB BY THE RIGHT CORNER

THE LEFT SPINE IS IN FLAT CONDITION, AND ONLY HAS LIGHT RUBBING TO THE TIP ENDS

THE RIGHT HAND EDGE IS SIMILAR AND ALL OF THE DELICATE RED TYPEFACE IS LIKEWISE UNRUBBED AND ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE REAR SURFACE IS  ALSO IN REALLY GREAT CONDITION

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE INNER PAIR IF SURFACES,  WHICH LEADS ME ON TO THE VERY VULNERABLE ENTRY POINT FOR THE LP.

THIS IS SO HARD TO FIND UNTORN, BECAUSE NOT ONE BUT TWO LP'S IN THEIR THICK CARD INNER SLEEVES HAD TO BE SLID INTO THE OPENING, AND ANY CLUMSINESS WHATSOEVER RESULTED IN TEARS TO THIS THIN PAPER AREA. THE ONLY WAY TO AVOID THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN TO NOT PLACE THE RECORDS BACK INSIDE THE SLEEVE, OR LIKE THIS SET, JUST LEAVE THEM IN THERE AND DON'T PLAY THEM!!!

THE TWO INNER SLEEVES THEREFORE ARE IN IMMACULATE UNSPLIT, AND UNWORN CONDITION. 

FINALLY THE VERY RARE POSTCARD SET. THIS WAS ONLY EVER ISSUED WITH THE VERY FIRST BATCH OF THE FIRST PRESSES AND IS THEREFORE VERY HARD TO LOCATE.ALL 12 ARE HERE AND STILL FULLY ATTACHED TO EACH OTHER, AND IN PRISTINE CONDITION

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE NEAR MINT

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