Rolling Stones DEBUT LP UK VERY 1ST 2.52 TELL ME 1A/1A MATRIX MINT MINUS HEAR

	£		1,397
	$		1,851

FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED PRIOR TO LISTING SO YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING

THE ROLLING STONES -  DEBUT LP

THE INCREDIBLY RARE VERY 1ST PRESS

2.52 VERSION OF TELL ME

AND THE LOWEST POSSIBLE 1A/1A MATRIX

PLAYS TO A MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS CONDITION

WITH A STUNNING MINT MINUS SLEEVE (B2 VARIANT)

• CATALOGUE:DECCA LK 4605
• MATRIX: XARL-6271-1A / XARL-6272-1A
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 2B UB / 1 K

THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER ROLLING STONES ALBUM

IT WAS VERY QUICKLY WITHDRAWN BECAUSE THE 2.52 VERSION OF TELL ME WAS THE WRONG MIX ADDED TO THE ALBUM. THE CORRECT VERSION PLAYED FOR OVER 4 MINUTES, AND IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

NOT ONLY IS THIS A RARE VINYL, BUT THE PLAYTHROUGH CONDITION IS JUST MAGNIFICENT. TAKE A LISTEN TO THE SOUND BITES AND YOU WILL HEAR EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN. SOME ONE IS GOING TO BE A VERY PROUD OWNER OF THIS INCREDIBLE DISC!!

ALSO WORTH MENTIONING THE MATRIX NUMBERS ARE USUALLY 2A/1A ON THIS ALBUM IF YOU CAN FIND A COPY, SO TO HAVE THE VERY LOWEST SET MAKES THIS EVEN MORE SPECIAL

AND IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH THE SLEEVE ON THIS ALBUM IS AS SPECIAL AS THE RECORD

PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY A GENTLEMAN WHO MAINLY COLLECTED STEREO RECORDINGS AND CLASSICAL VOLUMES. FOUND AMONGST THESE OTHER ALBUMS

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

THE DARK RED UNBOXED AND GROOVED LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. NO STAINS OR HANDLING MARKS. THE COLOUR STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SILVER TYPEFACE AND LOGOS ARE ALL UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE A SMALL CLUSTER OF TINY SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE. BEAR IN MIND THIS ALBUM IS 59 YEARS OLD!!!!!!!!!

THE VINYL

THIS HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS IN GLEAMING ORIGINAL CONDITION, IN DAYLIGHT  THE RECORD LOOKS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS

EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER SPOTLIGHTS IT STILL LOOKS PERFECT

NO MORE THAN 2-3 OF THE SMALLEST WISPIEST HAIRLINES

NO MARKS OR DULLING

THE TEST PLAY

THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION TO THE SOUND, MEANING THAT THE FEW PLAYS THE LP HAS RECEIVED WERE COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY TRACKED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THE MONO REPRODUCTION IS CRISP AND CLEAR AS A BELL WITH EVERY NOTE HEARD AS WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED

THIS LP PLAYS WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLES, OR LOUD CLICKS

EVEN THE LINKING GROOVES ARE AS SILENT AS POSSIBLE

THERE IS THE ODD SPLIT SECOND OF STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND AND I DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY MORE THAN 1-2 OF THE TINIEST DUST POPS IF THAT THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I HAVE GREAT PLEASURE IN GRADING THIS MINT  MINUS FOR THE AUDIO

DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN FOR YOURSELF AND YOU BE THE JUDGE

THE SLEEVE

THE B2 VARIANT MCNEILL NON FLIPBACK SLEEVE

YOU KNOW HOW IMPOSSIBLE IT IS TO FIND ANY EARLY ORIGINAL STONES SLEEVE IN COLLECTIBLE CONDITION, BUT THIS NEAR PERFECT

I HAVE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED JUST HOW THIN THESE EARLY STONES ALBUM SLEEVES ARE. WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE QUALITY SLEEVES THAT THE BEATLES ALBUMS CAME IN IT, MAKE YOU WONDER WHY THEY DECIDED TO PUT WHAT WOULD BE VERY POPULAR RECORDS IN SLEEVES THAT COULDN'T HANDLE THE CONSTANT REMOVAL AND INSERTION OF THE VINYL. VIRTUALLY EVERY COPY YOU WILL COME ACROSS WITH HAVE SERIOUS CREASE LINES, THUMB LINES CLOSE TO THE OPENING EDGE, RING WEAR, NUMEROUS LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE, AND A VERY DIRTY AND OFTEN STAINED REAR SURFACE

SO STARTING WITH THE FRONT SURFACE. THE FIRST THING TO SAY IS THAT THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR. IT HAS NOT LOST ONE IOTA OF IT'S ORIGINAL DAY OF RELEASE SHEEN, AND LOOKS AS GOOD TODAY AS IT DID BACK IN 1964

THERE IS NOT ONE HEAVY CREASE ANYWHERE, AND ONLY FOUR TINY LAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, AND JUST ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE. ONE TINY THUMB LINE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE  

FINALLY NOT ONE IOTA OF RINGWEAR OR EVEN SERIOUS RECORD SHAPE, AND THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE

TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE BOTH  FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR.

ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PRISTINE AND STRETCHES FULLY FROM ONE CORNER TIP TO THE OTHER. WITH JTHE CORNER TIPS UNBLEMISHED

THE SPINE IS ONCE AGAIN FULLY LAMINATED, NO PEEL OR FLAKE, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. IT IS STILL VERY FLAT , AND THE TAPERED ENDS ARE 100% UNRUBBED, AND UNBLEMISHED

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP

THE REAR SURFACE ONLY SHOWS MILD HANDLING TO THE PERIMETER EDGES. SOME COPIES YOU WILL SEE ARE VERY AGED WHERE THE WHITE SURFACE IS BROWN, BUT THIS COPY IS STILL VERY WHITE WITH JUST THAT LIGHT HANDLING SHOWING A SLIGHT GRUBBINESS.

ALL OF THE TYPEFACE AND PICTURES ARE CLEAN AND UNRUBBED, AND THE STRIP OF LAMINATE IS UNDAMAGED

THE ORIGINAL DECCA POLYLINED INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IN UNSPLIT CONDITION, TOTALLY FLAT WITH BARELY A WRINKLE . THERE IS LIGHT AGEING AND HANDLING TO THE EDGES. 

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT