Rolling Stones EXILE ON MAIN ST US LP 1st 100% MINT-

	£		72
	$		95

ROLLING STONES - EXILE ON MAIN ST.

IN MAGNIFICENT UNPLAYED??? CONDITION

THIS IS THE US FIRST PRESS, FULLY COMPLETE WITH ALL POSTCARDS STILL ATTACHED

• CATALOGUE:ROLLING STONES COC 2-2900
• MATRIX:ST-RS-722507-BB-2 / 722508-BB-2 / 725509-CC-1 / 725510-DD-1
• ROLLING STONES RECORDS ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX ON ALL 4 SIDES

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE YELLOW ROLLING STONES LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLES. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL CLEAR AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. I CANNOT EVEN SEE ANY SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLES, AND THATS EVEN USING A MAGNIFYING GLASS UNDER A STRONG LIGHT. THE SECOND ALBUM EVEN HAS RESIDUAL VINYL SHARDS INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

BEAUTIFUL PAIR OF ORIGINAL VINYLS. BOTH GLEAM LIKE NEW AND HAVE RETAINED ALL OF THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE. A VERY DETAILED EXAMINATION UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION REVEALS A VERY LIGHT PATCHY DULLING OF SMALL PARTS OF THE VINYL, PROBABLY FROM SITTING UNDISTIRBED FOR ALL THESE YEARS. ALSO JUST A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES , IT IS VERY CLEAR BY LOOKING AT THE DISCS THAT THEY HAVE BARELY BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE IF AT ALL. THE FIRST DISC HAS A VERY VERY SLIGHT LIP WHEN ROTATING, BUT DOESN'T IMPACT THE PERFORMANCE

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I NOW DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS AS I HAVE BECOME CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEOFRE LAYING ABID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

BOTH OF THESE DISCS PLAY TO ABSOLUTE PERFECTION. THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT ON ANY OF THE FOUR SIDES, NOR IS THERE ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER. THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS PURE , CLEAR AND CRISP, AND A REAL JOY TO LISTEN TO.

NO BACGROUND STATIC AND I CAN'T EVEN SAY THAT I HEARD ANY POPS OR TICS ANYWHERE. ALL THERE IS A A VERY LIGHT BARELY AUDIBLE BIT OF VINYL NOISE ON SIDE ONE, WHICH IS ONLY AUDIBLE BETWEEN THE TRACKS

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS IT IS THAT GOOD

PLEASE THOUGH, TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

A VERY STURDY SLEEVE, AND NOT OFTEN THAT I GET THE CHANCE TO SAY THAT!

MOST YOU WILL FIND WILL BE IN REASONABLE CONDITION AT WORST.

MADE FROM VERY STRONG CARD,THIS UNLAMINATED GATEFOLD HAS JUST A COUPLE OF WEAK AREAS. THEY ARE THE SPINE, AND THE ENTRY POINT FOR THE LP WHICH IS ON THE INSIDE EDGE NEAR THE SPINE.

THE FRONT SURFACE OF THIS SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. THERE ARE NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE, NOT EVEN ANY OF THE SMALL ONES THAT GATHER NEAR THE SPINE. NOT ONE IOTA OF COLOUR LOSS AT ALL, AND IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT THE SLEEVE HAS BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE FROM NEW

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR

THE SPINE IS ALSO MILDY SHELF WORN ONLY ON THE VERY BOTTOM TIP, THE REST IS IMMACULATE. NO COLOUR LOSS AND UNSQUASHED

THE RIGHT HAND EDGE IS ALSO IN GREAT SHAPE, WITH PERFECTLY LEGIBLE TYPEFACE.JUST A COUPLE OF PIN PRICKS OF WHITE SHOWING THROUGH

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME SUPERB CONDITION AS THE FRONT WITH ONLY TWO SMALL LINES CLOSE TO THE LEFT HAND SPINE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE  PAIR OF INNER SURFACES. NO CREASE LINES AND NO LOSS OF COLOUR AT ALL.WHICH LEADS ME ON TO THE VERY VULNERABLE ENTRY POINT FOR THE LP.

THIS IS SO HARD TO FIND UNTORN, BECAUSE NOT ONE BUT TWO LP'S IN THEIR THICK CARD INNER SLEEVES HAD TO BE SLID INTO THE OPENING, AND ANY CLUMSINESS WHATSOEVER RESULTED IN TEARS TO THIS  AREA. THE ONLY WAY TO AVOID THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN TO NOT PLACE THE RECORDS BACK INSIDE THE SLEEVE, OR LIKE THIS SET, JUST LEAVE THEM IN THERE AND DONT PLAY THEM!!!

THE TWO INNER SLEEVES THEREFORE ARE IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. UNSPLIT, AND UNWORN . THEY WERE ORIGINALLY PROTECTED BY TWO PAPER INNER SLEEVES WHICH HELD THE LP'S AND THEN THESE WERE SLID INTO THE CARD INNER SLEEVES, AND FINALLY INTO THE OUTER SLEEVE. EVERY BIT OF THIS PACKAGE IS AS GOOD AS YOU COULD POSSIBLE WANT IT TO BE. AMZINGLY NO RECORD SHAPE EITHER

FINALLY THE VERY RARE POSTCARD SET. THIS WAS ONLY EVER ISSUED WITH THE VERY FIRST BATCH OF THE FIRST PRESSES AND IS THEREFORE VERY HARD TO LOCATE. THIS SET IS AGAIN IMMACULATE HAVING NOT BEEN OUTSIDE THE SLEEVE. THEY ARE ALL STILL ATTACHED TO EACH OTHER IN ONE LONG STRING OF POSTCARDS, MOST YOU WILL SEE HAVE BEEN PULLED APART, BUT THIS SET IS 100% MINT

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE MINT MINUS

AN ABSOLUTELY MUSUEM QUALITY 1ST PRESS THAT WILL NEVER NEED TO BE UPGRADED

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

GARRY