ROLLING STONES 'NECROPHILIA' RARE LATE 1960'S OLYMPIC STUDIOS OUTTAKES & DEMOS

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ROLLING STONES 'NECROPHILIA' RARE LATE 60'S OLYMPIC STUDIOS OUTTAKES
THE ROLLING STONES "NECROPHILIA" 1968-1970 OLYMPIC STUDIOS OUTTAKES/ACETATES LABEL: MORE LICKS RECORDS ARF-110P2 (ARF-11082) RELEASED: CIRCA 1982/1983 MATRIX (SIDE A): (Etched) ARF 11082 - A
CONDITION: VINYL EX  JACKET VG+
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've been going thru my massive vinyl record collection this winter and pulling out some LPs that I thought that someone else would want for their collection. I've been collecting records for over 40 years and it's time to pass some of them on to the next generation of collectors.
This week on EBay I am offering up this fantastic, clean copy of the classic Rolling Stones 'Collector' album "Necrophilia".
This is my original copy from the early 80's that I purchased back in the great record shops of Greenwich Village when I was living in the city as a young man. It was a 'new' release back then and I've taken great care of for many years. 
See the full description of the jacket and vinyl condition below. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is a great 'Collector' record featuring some outtakes and unreleased material from the Stones classic late sixties period, around the time of the 'Beggars Banquet' and 'Let it Bleed' albums.
All of the songs on this album are outtakes and demos from Olympic Sound Studios in London. They are all studio quality soundboard recordings and they sound outstanding. ~~~~~~~
This release, from the early 1980s, is on the original 'More Licks' label and has the cool, early custom printed labels. This is the first edition, first pressing release of this album. It was repressed a few times throughout the mid 80's before CD's started taking over the 'collector' record market.
This is a great 'Collector' record due to it's excellent studio, soundboard audio quality, deluxe color cover, and custom labels.
The colorful artwork for the front cover is taken from a very cool 1981 caricature drawing of the Stones. It really has little to do with the time period of the music contained on the record, but it looks fantastic.
The back cover art is a cool 'parody' or spin, based on the original controversial 'toilet' artwork for their "Sticky Fingers" album. ~~~
The record labels themselves are pretty cool. One side is made to appear like a hand-written mock-up of a label design, with instructions for what the final label should look like.
The other side replicates William Stout's classic iconic artwork for the original cover of 'Welcome to New York', a famous, popular, and fantastic Rolling Stones record. ~~
The artist listed on the front cover is 'Nanker Phelge'.
As any serious Rolling Stone fan knows 'Nanker Phelge' was a fictional collective pseudonym used in the early 60s for several Rolling Stones group compositions. 
A 'Nanker' was a funny facial expression that Brian Jones used to use to amuse the band, and Jimmy Phelge was the name of an early flatmate, back when the Stones all lived together in Edith Grove. 
The fictitious name 'Nanker Phelge' was suggested by guitarist Brian Jones to be used for any songs credited to the whole band, so that the entire band, including early pianist Nicky Hopkins and manager Andrew Loog Oldham, would share writing royalties and earn money.
'Nanker Phelge' was commonly used in the very early 60s for the band's loose jam and blues numbers, but resurfaced in the late 60's on the credits of the 'Beggars Banquet' and 'Let it Bleed' albums.
Therefore, 'Nanker Phelge' is a cool, appropriate Band name for this collection of late 60s outtakes and demos. ~~~~~~~~~
The Title of this album is 'Necrophilia', meaning Love of the Dead, which seems like a rather odd name, but the title 'Necrophilia' has a long history with the Stones. 
'Necrophilia' was originally the working title of a 1972 album of the band's 'rarities'. 
In 1972, following the huge success of 'Hot Rocks', released just before Christmas in 1971, Allen Klein, who owned the rights to all of the Stones earlier material, wanted to release a follow up album consisting of rarities and unissued material from the Decca Vaults. 
Klein asked Andrew Loog Oldham, the band's old manager, to help him select the best material from the vaults. Oldham then assigned Bill Wyman, the band's unofficial 'historian', to put together some selections.
Oldham made his list of rarities, and called it 'Necrophilia'. Bill, with help from Charlie, put together their own list of great rare, unreleased Stones songs from the Decca vaults.
The various lists and selections of songs they came up with were fantastic, but contained lots of cover songs. Remember, the Stones essentially started out as a cover band, re-interpreting the hits of American Blues and early Rock masters.
Allen Klein wasn't interested in making a great album of Stones rarities for collectors, he was interested in making money, and wanted to release an album full of songs that he owned the royalty rights to.
Since most of the songs chosen by Oldham and Wyman were fantastic choices, but mostly 'covers' and not written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Klein gave up the idea of a 'rarities' album and shelved the 'Necrophilia' project.
What emerged instead was 'More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies)', which was made up of one side of the better songs left off of 'Hot Rocks', some U.K. only songs, and only one side of rarities, most all Jagger/Richards compositions. A decent album, but it could have been so much better.
Wyman and Oldham's lists of excellent choices for a rarities album took on a life of their own and gave collectors a peek at what was still in the Decca vaults. 'Necrophilia' became a Holy Grail for Stones collectors.
In late 1974, to coincide with the band's upcoming 1975 American tour, the idea of releasing a rarities album came up again.
New lists were compiled, tapes and acetates were assembled. Andrew Loog Oldham's 'Necrophilia' list was re-evaluated, updated, and given a new life. 'Necrophilia' transitioned into 'Metamorphosis' and was eventually released in 1975.
A few of the songs on this 'collector' album are similar to what can be found on Side Two of the original British version of 'Metamorphosis'.
In 1975, not happy with either 'More Hot Rocks' or 'Metamorphosis', Bill Wyman compiled the ultimate rarities collection of BBC tracks, live tracks, unreleased songs, and unissued cover tunes from the early years and created a multi-disc album to be called 'The Black Box'. 
Unfortunately 'The Black Box' was never released, but has found it's way into fan's collections and is essential listening if you're an early Rolling Stones fan. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The songs titles on this album, duration, and recording date include: 
FAMILY (4:12)  June 28th 1968  I CAN SEE IT (aka 'GET YOURSELF TOGETHER') (3:22) November 8th 1966  JIVING SISTER FANNY (3:24) April 17th 1969 I'M GOING DOWN (3:02) June 16th 1970 I DON'T KNOW WHY (2:09) April 17th 1969  STUCK OUT ALL ALONE (aka 'GIMMIE A HAMBURGER') (3:20) May 13th 1968 TRAVELIN' MAN (6:03) October 17th 1970 DEAR DOCTOR (TAKE 1) (3:37) May 13th 1968 YOU GOT THE SILVER (2:56) February 10th 1969 DOWNTOWN SUZIE (3:48) May 13th 1968 BLOOD RED WINE(5:19) May 13th 1968 TWO TRAIN BLUES (aka 'STILL A FOOL') (9:57) May 13th 1968
As I mentioned, all these tracks are studio sessions and outtakes from Olympic Sound Studios in London. Excellent Studio Soundboard recordings.
Some of these songs are great early rockers from when the band was jamming at Olympic Studios, working out new material and trying to break in their new guitarist Mick Taylor. There's some fantastic, stunning, slick guitar work from Mick Taylor on a few of these tracks.
'Downtown Susie' is a great rocking tune, and one of the few Stones songs written by bassist Bill Wyman.
ROLLING STONES 'NECROPHILIA' RARE LATE 60'S OLYMPIC STUDIOS
THE ROLLING STONES "NECROPHILIA" 1968-1970 OLYMPIC STUDIOS OUTTAKES/ACETATES LABEL: MORE LICKS RECORDS ARF-110P2 (ARF-11082) RELEASED: CIRCA 1982/1983 MATRIX (SIDE A): (Etched) ARF 11082 - A CONDITION: VINYL EX  JACKET VG+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've been going thru my massive vinyl record collection this winter and pulling out some LPs that I thought that someone else would want for their collection. I've been collecting records for over 40 years and it's time to pass some of them on to the next generation of collectors. This week on EBay I am offering up this fantastic, clean copy of the classic Rolling Stones 'Collector' album "Necrophilia". This is my original copy from the early 80's that I purchased back when it was 'new' and that I've taken great care of for many years.  See the full description of the jacket and vinyl condition below. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is a great 'Collector' record featuring some outtakes and unreleased mateial from the Stones classic late sixties period, around the time of the 'Beggars Banquet' and 'Let it Bleed' albums. All of the songs on this album are outtakes and demos from Olympic Sound Studios in London. They are all studio quality soundboard recordings and they sound outstanding. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX This release, from the early 1980s, is on the original 'More Licks' label and has the cool, early custom printed labels. This is the first edition, first pressing release of this album. It was repressed a few times throughout the mid 80's before CD's started taking over the 'collector' record market. ~~ This is a great 'Collector' record due to it's excellent studio, soundboard audio quality, deluxe color cover, and custom labels. The colorful artwork for the front cover is taken from a very cool 1981 characature drawing of the Stones. It really has little to do with the time period of the music contained on the record, but it looks fantastic. The back cover art is a cool 'parody' or spin, based on the original controversial 'toilet' artwork for their "Sticky Fingers" album. ~~~ The record labels themselves are pretty cool. One side is made to appear like a hand-written mock-up of a label design, with instructions for what the final label should look like. The other side replicates William Stout's classic iconic artwork for the original cover of 'Welcome to New York', a famous, popular, and fantastic Rolling Stones record. ~~ The artist listed on the front cover is 'Nanker Phelge'. As any serious Rolling Stone fan knows 'Nanker Phelge' was a fictional collective pseudonym used in the early 60s for several Rolling Stones group compositions.  A 'Nanker' was a funny facial expression that Brian Jones used to use to amuse the band, and Jimmy Phelge was the name of an early flatmate, back when the Stones all lived together in Edith Grove.  The fictitious name 'Nanker Phelge' was suggested by guitarist Brian Jones to be used for any songs credited to the whole band, so that the entire band, including early pianist Nicky Hopkins and manager Andrew Loog Oldham, would share writing royalties and earn money. 'Nanker Phelge' was commonly used in the very early 60s for the band's loose jam and blues numbers, but resurfaced in the late 60's on the credits of the 'Beggars Banquet' and 'Let it Bleed' albums. Therefore, 'Nanker Phelge' is a cool, appropriate Band name for this collection of late 60s outtakes and demos. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Title of this album is 'Necrophilia', meaning Love of the Dead, which seems like a rather odd name, but the title 'Necrophilia' has a long history with the Stones.  'Necrophilia' was originally the working title of a 1972 album of the band's 'rarities'  In 1972, following the huge success of 'Hot Rocks', released just before Christmas in 1971, Allen Klein, who owned the rights to all of the Stones earlier material, wanted to release a follow up album consisting of rarities and unissued material from the Decca Vaults.  Klein asked Andrew Loog Oldham, the band's old manager, to help him select the best material from the vaults. Oldham then assigned Bill Wyman, the band's unofficial 'historian', to put together some selections. Oldham made his list of rarities, and called it 'Necrophilia'. Bill, with help from Charlie, put together their own list of great rare, unreleased Stones songs from the Decca vaults. The various lists and selections of songs they came up with were fantastic, but contained lots of cover songs. Remember, the Stones essentially started out as a cover band, re-interpreting the hits of American Blues and early Rock masters. Allen Klein wasn't interested in making a great album of Stones rarities for collectors, he was interested in making money, and wanted to release an album full of songs that he owned the royalty rights to. Since most of the songs chosen by Oldham and Wyman were fantastic choices, but mostly 'covers' and not written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Klein gave up the idea of a 'rarities' album and shelved the 'Necrophilia' project. What emerged instead was 'More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies)', which was made up of one side of the better songs left off of 'Hot Rocks', some U.K. only songs, and only one side of rarities, most all Jagger/Richards compositions. A decent album, but it could have been so much better. Wyman and Oldham's lists of excellent choices for a rarities album took on a life of their own and gave collectors a peek at what was still in the Decca vaults. 'Necrophilia' became a Holy Grail for Stones collectors. In late 1974, to coincide with the band's upcoming 1975 American tour, the idea of releasing a rarities album came up again. New lists were compiled, tapes and acetates were assembled. Andrew Loog Oldham's 'Necrophilia' list was re-evaluated, updated, and given a new life. 'Necrophilia' transitioned into 'Metamorphosis' and was eventually released in 1975. A few of the songs on this 'collector' album are similar to what can be found on Side Two of the original British version of 'Metamorphosis'. In 1975, not happy with either 'More Hot Rocks' or 'Metamorphosis', Bill Wyman compiled the ultimate rarities collection of BBC tracks, live tracks, unreleased songs, and unissued cover tunes from the early years and created a multi-disc album to be called 'The Black Box'.  Unfortunately 'The Black Box' was never released, but has found it's way into fan's collections and is essential listening if you're an early Rolling Stons fan. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The songs titles on this album, duration, and recording date include:  FAMILY (4:12)  June 28th 1968  I CAN SEE IT (aka 'GET YOURSELF TOGETHER') (3:22) November 8th 1966  JIVING SISTER FANNY (3:24) April 17th 1969 I'M GOING DOWN (3:02) June 16th 1970 I DON'T KNOW WHY (2:09) April 17th 1969  STUCK OUT ALL ALONE (aka 'GIMMIE A HAMBURGER') (3:20) May 13th 1968 TRAVELIN' MAN (6:03) October 17th 1970 DEAR DOCTOR (TAKE 1) (3:37) May 13th 1968 YOU GOT THE SILVER (2:56) February 10th 1969 DOWNTOWN SUZIE (3:48) May 13th 1968 BLOOD RED WINE(5:19) May 13th 1968 TWO TRAIN BLUES (aka 'STILL A FOOL') (9:57) May 13th 1968 As I mentioned, all these tracks are studio sessions and outtakes from Olympic Sound Studios in London. Excellent Studio Soundboard recordings. Some of these songs are great early rockers from when the band was jamming at Olympic Studios, working out new material and trying to break in their new guitarist Mick Taylor. There's some fantastic, stunning, slick guitar work from Mick Taylor on a few of these tracks. 'Downtown Susie' is a great rocking tune, and one of the few Stones songs written by bassits Bill Wyman. There’s a couple songs, like 'Family' and 'Blood Red Wine' that feature Mick's great vocals, and a couple of songs where Keith gets his spotlight with some fantastic Acoustic guitar work and his first ever solo lead vocals on a great early version of "You Got the Silver". "I Don't Know Why" ("Don't Know Why I Love You") is a cover of a Stevie Wonder song from 1968. It was the B-side to the hit "My Cherie Amour", which is likely where the boys heard it and fell in love with it.  Overall, a fantastic collection of great soundingnouttakes and studio rarities from the 1968-1970 era. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CONDITION: I tried to show good hi-resolution photos of the cover, labels and vinyl in my pictures. VINYL: The vinyl is still fantastic. Clean and bright. No obvious flaws, hairlines, scratches or damage. Fantastic. I'll call it a conservative VG+, to keep everyone happy, but you can see from my photos how terrific it looks.  LABELS. The very cool custom labels are clean and bright. No marks or defects. The spindle holes are clean, suggesting infrequent or very careful play. JACKET: The jacket is excellent. Clean and bright, but these were made from cheaper, thin cardboard and there is some very mild, age-related wear to the leading corners from being in my collection for 40+ years. Not bad, but should be noted. Other than that, a fantastic, clean, bold cover. An amazing survivor. Overall, this is a very clean, fantastic LP of rare tracks from the late 60's period of the Stones, what many consider their great, classic era. I've owned this record since buying it new in the early 80's and it has been sleeved and kept in great condition for over 40 years now. It's about as good a copy of this rare release as you're likely to find these days. Add this rare. classic, Rolling Stones record to your vinyl collection today. It has some amazing, great, rare songs and the story behind this record holds a special place in the history of collectible Rolling Stones records. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** NOTE: I'm selling this rare 'Collector' 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 copy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I’m recently retired and downsizing and letting go some gems and rarities from nearly 45 years of vinyl record collecting. Check out the many other fantastic 45s and 33s coming soon to my page! All records have been carefully evaluated and graded by me. I visually inspect all records under bright light, personally gently clean them with a soft cloth and then, if unsure, play them on a modern high-end turntable to get a true picture of condition.  Please look at all the high-resolution pictures I added. They are all my own and are of the actual record being sold. The pictures are part of the description and can show small details, label variations, and condition better than I can put into words.  My grading is fair and honest. I have had over 3,600 happy and satisfied EBay customers over the years, with 100% positive feedback, and I have been buying/selling on EBay for nearly 30 years, so please bid with confidence! I'm a One-man operation, this is a hobby, not my job. I do this for fun. I do this because I love music, love collecting vinyl and want others to share in that same experience. I take my time listening, researching, grading, listing and packaging. I will NOT sell any record that I personally would not want in my collection. As you well know, packing and shipping rare records requires special care and attention, therefore, shipping cost within the lower 48 states is $5.00 on this item. If you would like insurance, or anything faster than Media/Economy Mail, please let me know and I can arrange it for you. I’ll work with you to make sure you’re happy! I will gladly combine multiple records, or other items on my page, and make the shipping much less for you. I don’t inflate the shipping costs; they are what they are. I strive to keep them as low as possible. See my feedback for comments on my quality packing and shipping. All items are packaged with sturdy cardboard mailers and appropriate padding. I take pride in my packaging and shipping and package all my records as if I were sending them to myself. I refuse to use cheap flimsy packaging material when sending my vinyl. I treat them as if they were my own and mail them the same way.  All orders are processed and shipped within 2 business days of receipt. We package and ship our vinyl records with the greatest care, using proper packaging to ensure that your rare and collectible vinyl records arrive in pristine condition. Payments can be made by any of the multiple options that Ebay offers. I will be happy to exchange feedback with anyone I complete a transaction with. THANK YOU for looking and reading if you got this far.  -- JOHN There’s a couple songs, like 'Family' and 'Blood Red Wine' that feature Mick's great vocals, and a couple of songs where Keith gets his spotlight with some fantastic Acoustic guitar work and his first ever solo lead vocals on a great early version of "You Got the Silver".
"I Don't Know Why" ("Don't Know Why I Love You") is a cover of a Stevie Wonder song from 1968. It was the B-side to the hit "My Cherie Amour", which is likely where the boys heard it and fell in love with it.  Overall, a fantastic collection of great sounding outtakes and studio rarities from the 1968-1970 era. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CONDITION: I tried to show good hi-resolution photos of the cover, labels and vinyl in my pictures.
VINYL: The vinyl is still fantastic. Clean and bright. No obvious flaws, hairlines, scratches or damage. Fantastic. I'll call it a conservative VG+, to keep everyone happy, but you can see from my photos how terrific it looks. 
LABELS. The very cool custom labels are clean and bright. No marks or defects. The spindle holes are clean, suggesting infrequent or very careful play.
JACKET: The jacket is excellent. Clean and bright, but these were made from cheaper, thin cardboard and there is some very mild, age-related wear to the leading corners from being in my collection for 40+ years. Not bad, but should be noted. Other than that, a fantastic, clean, bold cover. An amazing survivor.
Overall, this is a very clean, fantastic LP of rare tracks from the late 60's period of the Stones, what many consider their great, classic era.
I've owned this record since buying it new in the early 80's and it has been sleeved and kept in great condition for over 40 years now. It's about as good a copy of this rare release as you're likely to find these days.
Add this rare. classic, Rolling Stones record to your vinyl collection today.
It has some amazing, great, rare songs and the story behind this record holds a special place in the history of collectible Rolling Stones records. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
** NOTE: I'm selling this rare 'Collector' 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 copy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I’m recently retired and downsizing and letting go some gems and rarities from nearly 45 years of vinyl record collecting. Check out the many other fantastic 45s and 33s coming soon to my page!
All records have been carefully evaluated and graded by me. I visually inspect all records under bright light, personally gently clean them with a soft cloth and then, if unsure, play them on a modern high-end turntable to get a true picture of condition. 
Please look at all the high-resolution pictures I added. They are all my own and are of the actual record being sold. The pictures are part of the description and can show small details, label variations, and condition better than I can put into words. 
My grading is fair and honest. I have had over 3,600 happy and satisfied EBay customers over the years, with 100% positive feedback, and I have been buying/selling on EBay for nearly 30 years, so please bid with confidence!
I'm a One-man operation, this is a hobby, not my job. I do this for fun. I do this because I love music, love collecting vinyl and want others to share in that same experience. I take my time listening, researching, grading, listing and packaging. I will NOT sell any record that I personally would not want in my collection.
As you well know, packing and shipping rare records requires special care and attention, therefore, shipping cost within the lower 48 states is $5.00 on this item. If you would like insurance, or anything faster than Media/Economy Mail, please let me know and I can arrange it for you. I’ll work with you to make sure you’re happy!
I will gladly combine multiple records, or other items on my page, and make the shipping much less for you. I don’t inflate the shipping costs; they are what they are. I strive to keep them as low as possible. See my feedback for comments on my quality packing and shipping.
All items are packaged with sturdy cardboard mailers and appropriate padding. I take pride in my packaging and shipping and package all my records as if I were sending them to myself. I refuse to use cheap flimsy packaging material when sending my vinyl. I treat them as if they were my own and mail them the same way. 
All orders are processed and shipped within 2 business days of receipt. We package and ship our vinyl records with the greatest care, using proper packaging to ensure that your rare and collectible vinyl records arrive in pristine condition.
Payments can be made by any of the multiple options that Ebay offers.
I will be happy to exchange feedback with anyone I complete a transaction with.
THANK YOU for looking and reading if you got this far.  -- JOHN