ROLLING STONES No 2 LP - RARE LABEL - UNBOXED DECCA 1A / 2A + BLIND MAN TEXT

	£		25
	$		33

FOR AUCTION HERE IS THIS RARE 1965 , MONO ,  VINYL LP RECORDING FROM THE ROLLING STONES . IT IS THEIR SECOND RELEASE AND WAS SIMPLY TITLED - THE ROLLING STONES No 2 .  IT IS ON THE UNBOXED DECCA LABEL LK 4661

THE MATRICES / MATRIX ARE XARL - 6619 - 1A AND XARL - 6620 - 2A WHICH, IF MY RESEARCH IS RIGHT, MAKE IT AN ORIGINAL PRESSING .

IT HAS THE RECESSED, RING PRESSING / GROOVED LABEL

AFTER DOING QUITE A BIT OF RESEARCH (MAINLY FROM THE EXCELLENT 'STONES ON DECCA' SITE / BLOG), I'VE CONCLUDED THAT IT IS A MEGA RARE, VERY EARLY PRESSING, AS IT HAS THE SHORT  '' MADE IN ENGLAND '' AT THE TOP OF THE LABEL ON BOTH SIDES AND HAS NOTHING AT ALL PRINTED UNDER THE BAND NAME AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LABEL (FROM AUTUMN 1965 ONWARDS, THE PRODUCTION AND RECORDING INFO WAS BELOW 'THE ROLLING STONES')

DIFFICULT TO SEE IN MY PHOTO, BUT IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER OF THE REAR IT HAS PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY JAMES UPTON LTD. BIRMINGHAM & LONDON .

THE TAX CODE IS K/T

THE COPYRIGHT BOX IS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE LABEL

ACCORDING TO THE STONES ON DECCA SITE MENTIONED ABOVE, THIS IS (AND I QUOTE) ''PROBABLY THE EARLIEST LABEL USED''

ALSO HAS THE BLIND MAN FULL TEXT ON THE SLEEVE REAR (THOUGH THAT ISN'T AS RARE AS SOME BELIEVE. IT WAS INDEED WITHDRAWN, AS IS OFTEN MENTIONED AND SOME ALREADY PRINTED COPIES WERE COVERED OVER, BUT THERE ARE PLENTY STILL AROUND WITH THE SAME TEXT - IT IS MORE THE LABEL THAT DETERMINES AN EARLY PRESSING. SEE THE STONES ON DECCA SITE FOR MORE INFO).
 
THE INNER SLEEVE IS THE ORIGINAL AND HAS THE HANDLING AND PLAYING ADVICE NOTES ON IT. IT IS IN GOOD ORDER TOO, WITH NO SPLITS TO ANY OF THE EDGES. IT'S JUST A BIT YELLOWED WITH AGE (A NATURAL REACTION OF THE PAPER).

I AM NOT A RECORD DEALER AND I'M NEVER TOO SURE HOW TO GRADE ALBUMS ACCURATELY, BUT EVERYONE THAT HAS BOUGHT AN ALBUM OR A  SINGLE/45 FROM ME IN THE PAST ON EBAY, HAS BEEN PLEASED WITH THEIR PURCHASE. NONE HAVE EVER COMPLAINED OR LEFT NEG FEEDBACK. HAVE A LOOK THROUGH MY RECENT FEEDBACK FOR ASSURANCE.

IF I HAD TO GRADE IT ACCORDING TO THE ''RECORD COLLECTORS'' GRADINGS, I WOULD HONESTLY PUT IT BETWEEN GOOD + AND VERY GOOD. THERE IS SURFACE NOISE (AND RANDOM CLICKS), BUT IT IS MAINLY ONLY NOTICEABLE BEFORE AND AFTER TRACKS AND PERHAPS A LITTLE IN QUIETER PASSAGES (OF WHICH THERE ARE VERY FEW, THIS IS THE STONES WE'RE LISTENING TO). IF YOU WANT AURAL PERFECTION, THEN GO FOR THE 'LIFELESS' CD VERSION. MICK, KEITH AND THE BOYS DIDN'T CONCERN THEMSELVES WITH SURFACE NOISE, THEY LEARNED THEIR LICKS LISTENING TO SCRATCHY OLD R & B AND BLUES IMPORTS :-)

HEAR THIS RECORDING AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE HEARD, IN GLORIOUS MONO.
FOLKS OFTEN TALK ABOUT THESE OLD MONO PRESSINGS AS HAVING MORE ''OOMPH'' THAN LATER PRESSINGS OR THE OTHER VARIOUS RECORDED FORMATS. I WAS ALWAYS A BIT SKEPTICAL, THINKING IT WAS JUST A LOAD OF OLD PONY, BUT AFTER PLAYING THIS LP AND OTHERS, I NOW AGREE.   

I CAN'T HEAR ANY DETERIORATION IN SOUND. AUDIBLY / SONICALLY / DYNAMICALLY, THE VOCALS AND BACKING VOCALS ARE CLEAR, THE GUITARS SWEET AT TIMES AND CRUNCHY AT OTHER TIMES (AS THEY SHOULD BE, PLAYED THROUGH OVERDRIVEN VALVE AMPS). WYMAN'S WALKING BASS LINES BOOM AS THEY SHOULD, THE KICK DRUM THUDS AND THE SNARE IS SNAPPY, THE HARMONICAS SOUND AS THEY SHOULD, AS DO THE TAMBOURINES, THE HAND CLAPS, EVEN THE TRIANGLE ON 'BOARDWALK' RINGS FINE.

I HAVE PLAYED THIS ALBUM THROUGH BOTH SIDES AND THE CONDITION IS AS DESCRIBED IN THE BOX UP ABOVE.  AS I RAN OUT OF CHARACTERS UP THERE, I'LL CONTINUE HERE. THE LABELS ARE CLEAN, THOUGH SPINDLE WEAR IS EVIDENT, BUT ONLY TO THE DEGREE YOU CAN EXPECT ON VINYL THIS OLD (SEE PICS FOR CLOSE UP DETAIL). THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE HAS A LITTLE DISCOLOURATION (AGAIN SEE PIC), BUT ONLY DUE TO HANDLING AND AGE. THERE ARE NO TEARS OR RIPS, NO FALLING APART AT THE GLUED FLIP OVERS, THERE'S SOME RING WEAR, AGAIN DUE TO AGE AND STORAGE AND A BIT OF GENTLE BENDING, MAINLY TO THE TOP RIGHT CORNER WHEN VIEWED FROM THE FRONT.

MY NINTH PHOTO WAS AN ATTEMPT TO PHOTOGRAPH THE LIGHT IMPRESSION LEFT BY THE INSCRIPTION (PREVIOUS OWNERS NAME), BUT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND NIGH ON IMPOSSIBLE TO PHOTOGRAPH. JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, IT IS HARDLY VISIBLE. JUST A GHOST MARK.

PLEASE READ MY CONDITION DESCRIPTION UP ABOVE FOR FURTHER DETAILS. PLEASE DO REMEMBER THOUGH, THAT THE PICS ARE ENLARGED AT TIMES AND EXAGGERATE ANY FAULTS AND HIGHLIGHT EVERY LITTLE DETAIL.
  ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER, BUT DON'T GET TOO TECHNICAL, AS I'M NO EXPERT.

GO ON, BUY YOURSELF A PIECE OF HISTORY. LOOKED AFTER, IT WILL ONLY APPRECIATE IN VALUE.

OPENING PRICE ON THIS ITEM, IS £24.99

POSTAGE & PACKING WILL BE £4 (UK ONLY), WHICH IS FOR 1ST CLASS POSTING AND ALSO INCLUDES THE 73p PER UNIT THAT I PAY FOR THE STRONG MAILERS. THE ALBUM WILL BE SENT IN A HEAVY DUTY 'DEFENDA' RECORD MAILER.  I'M HAPPY TO SHIP OVERSEAS, BUT PLEASE ASK FOR THE SHIPPING COSTS BEFORE PLACING A BID, AS IT WILL OBVIOUSLY BE MORE EXPENSIVE AND TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU TAKE OUT FURTHER INSURANCE (AT COST TO YOU THE BUYER) .


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