ROLLING STONES "EXILE ON MAIN ST" COC 69100 1ST PRESS
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ROLLING STONES "EXILE ON MAIN ST"
ORIGINAL UK FIRST PRESS COC 69100
A1/B1/C1/D2 MATRICES
SLEEVE EX++ INNERS NM VINYL NM
Exile on Main St. is the tenth studio album by The Rolling Stones. Released as a double LP in May 1972, it draws on many genres including rock & roll, blues, country and soul and calypso. Exile on Main St. was initially greeted by reviewers with condemnation or high praise, but it has since become almost universally regarded as a masterpiece.
FOR AUCTION IS AN ORIGINAL UK 1972 RELEASE OF THE ROLLING STONES ICONIC ALBUM "EXILE ON MAIN ST" COC 69100. THIS ALBUM IS CURRENTLY THE FOCUS OF A RE-EXAMINATION OF ITS RECORDING AND SUBSEQUENT RECEPTION UPON RELEASE AND IS THE SUBJECT OF ONE OR TWO DOCUMENATRIES ON T.V. AT THE MOMENT. TO CO-INCIDE WITH THIS, THE ALBUM HAS BEEN RE-MASTERED AND RE-ISSUED.
BUT WHY WOULD YOU BUY A BRAND NEW COPY, WITH EXTRA SONGS AND CLEANED UP RECORDINGS, WHEN YOU CAN GET YOUR HANDS ON AN ORIGINAL RELEASE FROM MAY 1972, THE RECORD AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE, THE RECORD THAT THE STONES WANTED RELEASED, THE REAL VERSION! THIS IS IT RIGHT HERE, AND IT IS IN QUITE SUPERB CONDITION!
SLEEVE
THE MAIN SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE CORNERS ARE SHARP, THE SURFACES ARE CLEAN AND THERE ARE NO PEN MARKS OR STICKERS. THE ONLY BLEMISHES I CAN FIND ARE SOME SLIGHT WEAR TO THE TOP OF THE SPINE, SOME SLIGHT YELLOWING TO THE SPINE AREA, PERHAPS WHERE THE RECORD EDGE WAS EXPOSED TO SUNLIGHT IN AMONGST A STACK OF RECORDS, AND SOME MINOR SURFACE CREASING TO THE INSIDE ENVELOPE FACE. THIS SLEEVE IS IN INCREDIBLE CONDITION CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT IT IS NEARLY 40 YEARS OLD, SEE THE PICS!
INNERS
BOTH CARD INNERS ARE IN NEAR MINT CONDITION, I CANNOT FIND A SINGLE FAULT ON EITHER OF THEM, THEY WOULD BE GRADED AS MINT BUT REALLY TO ME THAT CAN ONLY BE ATTRIBUTED TO A RECORD THAT IS PURCHASED ON THE DAY OF RELEASE.
VINYL
BOTH RECORDS ARE IN NEAR MINT CONDITION, I CANT FIND A SINGLE MARK ON THE VINYL SURFACES, EVEN UNDER A STRONG LIGHT. ALL LABELS ARE CLEAN AND HAVE NO PEN MARKINGS OR STICKERS. I CAN FIND ONLY A COUPLE OF "SPIDER" MARKS AND THERE IS NO SPINDLE WEAR. THE VINYL IS AS GLOSSY AND LUSTROUS AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED, WOULD BE MINT BUT FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED REASONS ABOVE.
PLAYBACK
AUDIO PLAYBACK IS FAULTLESS, A BEAUTIFUL, RICH, STEREO SOUND.
MATRICES
SIDE ONE COC 69100 A1
SIDE TWO COC 69100 B1
SIDE THREE COC 69100 C1
SIDE FOUR COC 69100 D2
BOTH RECORDS HAVE "ROLLING STONES RECORDS" HAND ETCHED IN THE DEAD WAX, AS WELL AS THAT FUNNY LITTLE SYMBOL WHICH LOOKS EITHER LIKE AN ALIEN HEAD WITH ANTENNA, OR A ARCHERY TARGET WITH A COUPLE OF ARROWS IN IT. ALSO EACH SIDE IS ETCHED "ST-RS-7225-07/08/09/10" PROGRESSIVELY.
THERE YOU HAVE IT THEN. A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS ICONIC RECORD WHICH IS ENJOYING A RESURGENCE IN POPULARITY RIGHT NOW. DONT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET YOUR HANDS ON THE ORIGINAL RECORD THAT CAUSED ALL THE FUSS, NOT THE NEW, REMASTERED AND CLEANED UP VERSION. IN MY OPINION THIS IS A REAL KEEPER FOR THE COLLECTOR, IN EXCELLENT ALL ROUND CONDITION.
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