ROLLING STONES Sticky Fingers 1971 UK 1st PRESS Nr MINT AUDIO
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Apr 23, 2012
Sold Date
Apr 13, 2012
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ROLLING STONES Sticky Fingers 1971 UK 1st PRESS BARELY (if ever) PLAYED Nr MINT
ZIP SLEEVE, UK INSERT, A4/B4 TML ROLLING STONES RECORDS
THE ROLLING STONESSticky Fingers
UK ROLLING STONES RECORDS (COC 59100) FIRST PRESSING (April 1971) OF THE STONES CLASSIC "Sticky Fingers"
BEAUTIFUL COPY - SEEN LITTLE (if any) PLAY DELIVERING PRACTICALLY FLAWLESS SOUND THROUGHOUT
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL ANDY WARHOL ZIP COVER (that opens to reveal a man in cotton briefs, stamped "THIS PHOTOGRAPH MAY NOT BE-ETC.")
AND THE ORIGINAL PHOTO/INFO INSERT WITH THE 'LIPS' LOGO (this was the first appearance of the "Tongue and Lip Logo" designed by John Pasche)
FIRST UK MATRIX NUMBERS & ETCHINGS:
SIDE ONE: COC - 59100 - A4 (stamped), T.M.L. ROLLING STONES RECORDS (etched)
SIDE TWO: COC 59100 B4 (stamped), T.M.L. ROLLING STONES RECORDS (etched)
Pieced together from outtakes and much-laboured-over songs, Sticky Fingers manages to have a loose, ramshackle ambience that belies both its origins and the dark undercurrents of the songs.
It's a weary, drug-laden album -- well over half the songs explicitly mention drug use, while the others merely allude to it -- that never fades away, but it barely keeps afloat.
Apart from the classic opener, "Brown Sugar", the long workout "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" and the mean-spirited "Bitch," Sticky Fingers is a slow, bluesy affair, with a few country touches thrown in for good measure.
The laid-back tone of the album gives ample room for new lead guitarist Mick Taylor to stretch out, particularly on the extended coda of "Can't You Hear Me Knocking." But the key to the album isn't the instrumental interplay -- although that is terrific -- it's the utter weariness of the songs.
"Wild Horses" is their first non-ironic stab at a country song, and it is a beautiful, heart-tugging masterpiece.
Similarly, "I Got the Blues" is a ravished, late-night classic that ranks among their very best blues.
"Sister Morphine" is a horrifying overdose tale, and "Moonlight Mile," with Paul Buckmaster's grandiose strings, is a perfect closure: sad, yearning, drug-addled, and beautiful.
With its offhand mixture of decadence, roots music, and outright malevolence, Sticky Fingers not only set the tone for the rest of the decade for the Stones but in hindsight reveals itself as one of their finest records.
Side 1:
Brown Sugar (3:50)
Sway (3:45)
Wild Horses (5:41)
Can't You Hear Me Knocking (7:17)
You Gotta Move (2:32)
Side 2:
Bitch (3:42)
I Got The Blues (4:00)
Sister Morphine (5:34)
Dead Flowers (4:05)
Moonlight Mile (5:56)
LABELS: MINT
Clean, bright, factory-fresh labels (with the first issue "A PROMOTONE N.V. RECORD' credit).
No spindle traces at all that I can see and the spindle hole is still quite tight
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Apart from a slight mark on Side One which corresponds to the zip on the sleeve (this is purely cosmetic and has no audio consequence), the surfaces are unmarked and shine like new
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT+/MINT
Outstanding sound throughout - crystal clear, rich, deep and finely detailed and my play-check at loud volume revealed very little to fault.
There are a couple of clicks at the very end of 'Sway' and again at the very end of 'Wild Horses' - nothing which bothered me at all otherwise, the playback to Side One is pristine (the run-ins are silent) and there are no other audio distractions of any kind (Side Two is flawless) - all told, a great copy which sounds superb
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
The original zip cover is fully functional and is clean, sharp and fresh with practically no wear to the edges or spine - all spine text is clear and bold
INSERT: NEAR MINT
The insert (printed in England by Richard Davis Ltd) is unmarked with no creasing
INNER SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
The original plain white inner is clean and unmarked with no seam splits.
The UK patent number and "Made in England" text is printed in blue
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A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
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