ROLLING STONES 'GATHER NO MOSS' JAPANESE ONLY 2-LP 60's RARITIES w/ OBI STRIP

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ROLLING STONES 'GATHER NO MOSS' JAPANESE ONLY  2-LP RARITIES w/ OBI STRIP

THE ROLLING STONES "A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS" 2-LP JAPANESE ONLY ~ COMPILATION OF 60's RARITIES, EPs. B-SIDES, DEEP CUTS RARE 2-LP - JAPANESE ONLY - STUDIO RARITIES COMPILATION ORIGINAL JAPANESE FIRST PRESSING w/ OBI-STRIP  GATEFOLD JACKET w/ 6 PAGE LYRICS & INFO  BOOKLET LABEL: LONDON / KING – GXF 2025-6 (JAPAN) RELEASED: FEBRUARY 22, 1977  MANUFACTURED BY KING RECORD COMPANY LTD. ~ TOKYO, JAPAN PRODUCER: ANDREW LOOG OLDHAM ~ JIMMY MILLER MATRIX (SIDE A): O  SDLBT 0 4681-4 00000 MATRIX (SIDE B,C,D): SDLBT 0 4682-5, 4683-6. 4684-7
CONDITION:  VINYL: EX   JACKET: EX   BOOKLET: EX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I've been going thru my massive vinyl record collection over the past few months and pulling out some LPs that I thought that someone else would enjoy and want for their collection. I've been collecting records for nearly 50 years now, and it's time to pass some of them on to the next generation of collectors.
After all, we are just temporary 'caretakers' of these musical gems until the next owner and next collection takes them in.
This week on EBay I am offering up this rather rare, nice clean copy of the fantastic Rolling Stones album "A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss".
This is a great 1977 original First Pressing, released in Japan only, and is a 2-LP compilation featuring 26 rare, obscure and deep studio recordings from the Stones classic early to mid sixties period, 1963 to 1968.
This great record was issued in a beautiful brown gatefold jacket with an Obi strip & a 6-page b&w insert featuring liner notes and lyrics printed in both English & Japanese.
This was pressed by King Records Corporation Ltd. in Tokyo, under authority of London records in the UK. King was the manufacturer and distributor of Decca, London and several other labels in Japan.
This 1977 First pressing comes with its original Obi strip that has the ¥3,600 price printed at the top and the price is also printed on the back of the jacket. ¥3,600 was about $25 Dollars, a lot of money for a record in 1977, but this 2-LP collection of obscure songs was worth it at the time. ~~~
This Japanese-Only 2-LP compilation was initially conceived to allow Japanese fans and listeners to catch up on some of the Stones' great 60's songs that were hard to find in Japan at the time.
It contains 26 songs. Rarities, Non-album tracks, B-Sides, EP-only tracks, Alternate mixes, Alternate edits, 45 Single edits, and Deep cuts from early albums, that sort of thing.
As mentioned, this fantastic compilation album was, and remains, unique to Japan and is a relatively rare Rolling Stones record to find here in America.
The tracks included on this album were not just rare and hard to find in Japan in 1977, they were hard to find for collectors here in the States as well.
The only thing on this album that was totally new and unavailable to seasoned Stones collectors like myself back in 1977 was an alternate mix of 'We Love You 'from 'Satanic Majesties' that has a longer and different intro than the single release. To my knowledge, this is still the only Rolling Stones album that version exists on, not even showing up on the most recent deluxe re-issues. ~~~~~~
This is my original clean First Pressing copy that I purchased back when it was a 'new' current release, around 1979, over 45 years ago, when I lived in NYC, during one of my regular vinyl digs in the many cool record shops along St Mark's Place in Greenwich Village, where cool, rare records like this could be found.
I've taken great care of this record ever since and it's still in excellent clean condition. It's been poly-line sleeved, inside and out, since I purchased it, stored properly in my collection, and is in fantastic condition.
Please see the full description of this album's history, content and details on the record's condition below. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A rare, excellent condition, excellent sounding, Japanese original First Pressing of "A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss" from 1977.
This album of mostly Brian Jones-era mid-60's rarities shows the band at the peak of their early powers. Overall, a fantastic 2-LP set, full of 26 rare, relatively hard to find, tracks. At the time, the late 70's, many of these were not available on other Japanese pressings.
Most of the material on this Japanese London/King pressing is in crisp, clear, bold, punchy, glorious Mono. A few of the 'newer' songs are in full stereo. These songs are all remastered from early high quality tapes and they sound amazing.
Japanese pressings in the late 70's and early 80's were some of the best sounding pressings available to Stones collectors like myself.
This terrific album was repressed once in Japan in 1980, but it was unique to Japan and never released in America, or anywhere else.
A unique, fantastic, beautifully packaged and amazing sounding record, filled with 26 amazing, mid-60's, Brian Jones era obscurities in excellent sound quality. Definitly worth adding to your Rolling Stones vinyl collection. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When this record was first released in 1977, it was a really well done, well curated retrospective of the Stones early to mid 60's period, the Brian Jones era, with lots of obscure songs and rarities that were otherwise hard to find on record in those days.
Back then, due to the ongoing 'battle' between Decca, the Stones and Alan Klein, there were many supposedly "rare" early Rolling Stones 'collector' records constantly being made; repackaged, re-titled and re-released, but many of them contained the same old 'common' material. 
As a collector, it was refreshing and wonderful to run across this Japanese album which was truly something 'new' and rare, that sounded fantastic, had a great cover, and actually contained some rarities for a change.
The glossy album cover art is a fantastic image of the band in a back alley, circa 1966, around the time of their 3rd album 'Out of Our Heads', which contained the song 'Satisfaction', a top hit that would break their career wide open.
This pressing still has it's original heavy stock Obi strip and the original 6 page booklet, with lyrics and other information in Japanese and English.
This copy still has the original red 'Jems' import sticker, which is affixed directly to the album jacket. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 26 fantastic songs on this great album include:
I Want To Be Loved I Wanna Be Your Man Stoned Poison Ivy Poison Ivy (The Other Take) Bye Bye Johnny Money Time Is On My Side I Can't Be Satisfied Fortune Teller Medley: We Want The Stones, Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, Pain Is In My Heart I'm Movin On Route 66 She Said Yeah Talkin' 'Bout You Look What You've Done The Singer Not The Song I'm Free Gotta Get Away Blue Turns To Grey Sad Day Long Long While Who's Driving Your Plane We Love You Child Of The Moon Memo From Turner ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The album starts off with 'I Want to be Loved', the rare B-Side to their very first single 'Come On' with a great chugging rhythm and terrific harmonica work by Brian.
'I Wanna Be Your Man' was written by The Beatles and offered to the Stones as kind gesture to help them get a foothold. Written mostly by Paul, it was finished off by John & Paul in a Richmond pub, while Mick and Keith watched in amazement. It was the Stones 2nd single. The Stones released it before the Beatles did.
This version has that classic early Stones R&B sound with Brian Jones's distinctive slide guitar.  'Stoned' is another rare early B-Side. The flip side to 'I Wanna Be Your Man'.
This album contains both early versions of 'Poison Ivy'. 
The first is the rare November 1963 version recorded at De Lane Lea Studios in Kingsway. This was considered for the Stones 2nd single but, although it sounds fine, Decca UK felt that the sound quality was 'poor' and cancelled it. The Beatles offered up 'I Wanna Be Your Man' instead.
The real reason Decca nixed it is that they thought it was about a girl that spread a sexually transmitted disease. Too risque for 1963, even for the Stones. Years later, the song's writer Jerry Lieber confirmed Decca's suspicions were true. 
An alternate, better sounding version of 'Poison Ivy' was then recorded, remained unreleased in America, but was finally included on 'More Hot Rocks' in the 70's. The earlier 'Kingsway' version remained unreleased until this album came out in 1977.
Both versions were finally released in America on the 2002 Abkco expanded 'More Hot Rocks'.
'Fortune Teller', recorded in 1963 was also considered for their 2nd single, but Decca UK changed their mind and cancelled it for unknown reasons. The song was then overdubbed with fake audience noise and released as a 'live' track on 1966's 'Got Live if You Want It', and then the original version finally appeared in the 70's, tucked away on the obscure 'More Hot Rocks' compilation. 
The live Medley recording is the original version, taken from Newcastle October 1, 1966, found on early UK pressings of the "Got Live If You Want It!" LP released in 1966. 
What makes this outstanding is that this is a crisp clean version of the original 1966 Mono version of the song, without all the fake crowd noise and 'rechanneled' stereo effects that are on the common US pressing. 
This short medley captures the raw energy of the Rolling Stones live on the 1965/66 UK tour. A raw recording with no real mixing or equalization, but the Rolling Stones were known for their rebellious spirit and gritty sound, and this medley of songs reveals just how great, spontaneous, raw and intense the Stones were in concert back then. ~~
The mid 60's were a time when artists like the Stones were pushing boundaries and experimenting with different styles and genres. They were also masters at covering other artists and this album is full of their re-interpretations of other artist's hits. 
This was pretty wild, rebellious, and edgy music for its day and the Stones had more rock and blues attitude than pretty much anybody else from the era. ~~
At the end of side 4 there are some rarities and B-sides from the 1968-70 period, but most of this 2-LP set covers the 1963-1967 period.
I mentioned the unique mix of 'We Love You' and there is also a rare version of 'Memo From Turner'.  This is officially a Jagger/Richards composition, but the song was written solely by Mick.
There are at least 3 different versions of this song that have been released, plus a few more on bøøtlegs, all recorded in November 1968, at Olympic Sound Studios, during the 'Beggars/Let it Bleed' sessions.
A version of this song was used in the Film 'Performance', in which Jagger plays Turner, a rock musician who lives in Notting Hill with 2 women, one of which was played by Brian's, then Keith's, girlfriend Anita Pallenberg. In the film, Turner lets a freind Chas, a murderer on the run, stay with him and things get weird.
The Stones were supposed to write the entire soundtrack for the film, but when Mick hooked up with Anita, on and off the set, Keith quit the project and the rest of the soundtrack never happened. 
This version is a cleaner version than the heavier rocking version later released on 'Metamorphosis'. Also, that version has Al Kooper on guitar, where this version has Ry Cooder.
The 'Band' is made up of Stones regular Nicky Hopkins on piano, Traffic's Steve Winwood on various instruments, & Jim Capaldi on drums, and Ry Cooder on excellent lead guitar, sounding very Keith-like. If you didn't know this was Ry playing, you would swear it was Keith playing some fantastic bottleneck slide. 
The film version was created with Los Angeles musicians; Ry Cooder, Randy Newman (piano), Jerry Scheff (bass), Russ Titelman (guitar), and Gene Parsons (drums) layered on over Jagger's vocals. The film version was released as a rare Mick Jagger solo single in 1970.
This early version of the song is excellent, but seems somewhat 'out of place' on this album of mostly earlier 60's material.
I could go on and on, discussing these great songs, but you get the idea. 2-LP's containing 26 rare and obscure songs. A great album, and a 'must-have' for any Rolling Stones collection.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE ROLLING STONES IN THE 60'S 
In the early days, the Rolling Stones were mostly known as a Rhythm & Blues cover band. They established themselves in the London club scene with a passion for R&B, the blues, and blues-inspired rock, popularized in the late 1950s by American acts like Muddy Waters, Bo Didley and Chuck Berry. 
In those early days, the songwriting capabilities of Jagger and Richards hadn’t yet been fully established, so the band looked to black American music, Blues and R&B, for their inspiration. There are several great covers on this album showing their appreciation of Chess blues, Motown, and Soul.
They do fantastic versions of Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Bobby Troup's '(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66' and Hank Snow's 'I'm Moving On', just to name a few.
No British invasion band repackaged and reintroduced American R&B and blues back to American audiences better than the Rolling Stones. ~~~
Pretty early on, it was clear that the band's normal preference of covering other people's songs wasn't paying the bills, so their manager Andrew Oldham, encouraged the band to start writing their own songs, just like the Beatles did.
But the Rolling Stones, fueled by Brian Jones and Keith Richards love of American R&B and Blues, were bringing something far darker and far more dangerous to fans than the Merseybeat Pop the Beatles were selling.
By the end of 1965, they had released such gems as 'Satisfaction', 'Get Off of My Cloud', and “As Tears Go By,” taking their music in a new direction. ~~
This music is almost all from the Brian Jones era. Brian Jones was the original leader of the Stones;, a talented musician and bluesman at heart, who gave the band their name.
Brian, with his keen passion for the blues and his unparalleled musical talent, was the dominant driving force in the group when most of the songs on this album were made. He was clearly one of rock and roll’s most unique and dynamic guitarists and was at his musical peak around this time. 
Brian’s playing was in the tradition of the Blues masters, while Keith was obsessed with Chuck Berry, R&B, and had a firm grasp on the Bo Diddley riff. Between them, they gave the Stones a unique sound. Even in those earliest days, the Stones had a fantastic twin guitar sound.
This album is full of amazing blues and R&B covers that are played perfectly and tightly, with a menacing, raucous quality to them, thanks to the furious stinging guitar performances of Brian & Keith, plus Brian and Mick's great Harmonica skills.
Brian and Keith had a great guitar sound playing together. They developed what Keith has called the "ancient art of weaving" where they both simultaneously play lead and rhythm guitar at the same time, without clear boundaries between the two roles, often punctuating each other's work. It made the 2 guitars sound like four or five. 
On this record you can really hear Brian shine. The drugs and hedonism hadn't taken over yet, and he was still the master of his voice and instruments. 
Jones’ musicianship, Keith's guitar and Jagger’s unique vocals make this a fantastic album.
Mick Jagger's vocals are excellent: They are energetic and have an edge to them. He knew exactly how to sing this style of music and he sings every song with confidence. He creates a variety of moods and textures; soulful, sexy, sensuous, and his slurs and sneering are already present on a few of these early songs. ~~~
The impact of the Rolling Stones music in the mid 60's cannot be overstated. They had an enormous effect on the morality, sexuality, social attitudes and adolescent behavior of American youth. From the very start, the Rolling Stones were about youthful rebellion. 
With their defiant stance, attitude and ideas about sex, drugs, social order and the establishment, their hedonistic, reckless lifestyle, along with their long hair and style of dress, their music helped shape and define the 60's. It made kids love them and parents hate them. I my opinion, other than the Beatles, they were the most influential and important rock band of the 1960s. ~~
Unfortunately, Brian would slowly self-implode and was famously an early member of the '27 Club' by the summer of 1969. Mick and Keith then took the band in a very different, but also very successful direction. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is a great Rolling Stones 'Collector' record due to it's excellent cover art, fantastic studio, soundboard audio quality, and great packaging.
The songs on this album include a collection of studio rarities and deep album cuts from the 1963-1968 era. Excellent, exceptional sounding studio soundboard recordings. This high quality Japanese pressing contains some of the best, cleanest and clear versions of these rare songs that I've ever heard, and I've heard a Lot.
Some rare non-LP songs, alternate versions, rarities, and a few gems that the Glimmer Twins were toying with and considering for early singles, but never made the cut. Many are quite rare and it's nice to have them all together on this 2-LP collection.
A fantastic album, with great packaging, that any fan of early, mid-60's Rolling Stones would be pleased to add to their collection.
Add this rare. classic, Rolling Stones record to your collection. It's a rare, excellent condition, excellent sounding, Japanese first pressing of the Rolling Stones' "A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss", a record that belongs in every classic rock vinyl collection. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CONDITION:
This rare 1977 album is still in excellent condition. I tried to show good hi-resolution photos of the cover, booklet, gatefold, labels and vinyl in my pictures.
VINYL: The vinyl is still fantastic. Clean and bright, with a nice glossy sheen. No obvious hairlines, scratches, flaws, dings or damage. It looks perfect and still has that 'un-played' shimmer to it. This record is beautifully pressed on thick, heavy, high quality vinyl with fantastic sound to match. You can see from my photos how terrific it looks. 
OBI SLIP: This Japanese pressing still has its rare original Obi strip. The Obi is clean, bright, undamaged and still fully intact. The back side of the Obi shows other Rolling Stones records on the King/Decca label. The fact that this record still has it's 45 year old Obi is very cool and very unusual. They are almost always missing. A rare survivor and a nice added touch.
LABELS. The dark blue Decca/King labels are clean and bright. The labels are very similar to mid 60's UK Decca labels, but have the King Records Ltd Tokyo information at the bottom. 
The spindle holes are clean and sharp, suggesting infrequent playing and my careful handling over the years.
There is one small 'flaw' with the labels that you can see in my pictures. Some of the songs have a very light pencil mark around the song number. It's light and can be easily erased, but I didn't want to try, and potentially damage the labels. It's something I stupidly did back in the late 70's when I used my own records to play on my radio show, marking the best tracks. It's not a big deal, but should be pointed out. Fortunately, you don't play the labels! It's also why I'm calling the vinyl VG+; the vinyl is nearly perfect, flawless, but the labels have faint pencil marks.
I haven't messed with this disc or cleaned it, other than my trusty 'DiscWasher' brush, in 45 years, so the vinyl has acquired some very light 'dust' and paper 'specks' and would likely benefit from a good deep cleaning to make it even better looking and better sounding than it already is. I'll leave that up to the winning bidder.
JACKET: The packaging on this Japanese pressing is fantastic.
A deluxe cardboard gatefold jacket with great cover art, a fantastic collage in the gatefold, the 6-page insert, a clean intact Obi slip, and the song titles listed on the back.
The semi-glossy jacket is in excellent condition and the brown color  looks terrific and 'works' well with the cover art and the whole design.
The cardboard is thinner than typical American jackets, but thicker than the European style of jacket. There's no ringwear, since this has been sleeved since new, but there are slight rim 'bulges' from the edges of the 2 thick records pressing into the thin cover while being stored in my collection for 40+ years, but as you can see it still looks fantastic.
Clean and bright. No marks, names, writing or damage. The corners are sharp, the artwork is fantastic, the spine is straight, and there are no seam splits or other issues. No signs of prior ownership, except my dumb pencil marks on the labels. 
I've owned this record since it was purchased 'new', and it has been sleeved, inside and out, and stored properly for decades now. It's still quite nice for an original early Japanese first pressing. 
It's a real beauty and an amazing rare survivor. You just don't see these anymore. It's about as good a copy of this classic rare Japanese release as you're ever likely to find these days.
Overall, a terrific 2-LP Rolling Stones record featuring a fantastic selection of great sounding deep cuts and studio rarities from the band's mid 60's era, what many consider their first, great, classic era.
Very nice, all original, complete, super clean, and a real gem. I'm sure you'll be very happy to add it to your collection.
Add this rare. classic, Rolling Stones record to your vinyl collection today. It has some great, rare songs and it would make a great addition to any Classic Rock or Stones vinyl record collection.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
** NOTE: I'm selling this fantastic Japanese Rolling Stones record "AS IS" and "NO RETURN". It's rare and as described and I'm sure you'll be very happy with it. A great, clean, excellent sounding copy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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THANK YOU for looking and reading if you got this far. I know I rambled on a bit, but can't help it. I have a passion for vinyl records, especially the Rolling Stones.  I hope this listing was entertaining and informative.   -- JOHN