Rolling Stones METAMORPHOSIS UK LP 1ST PRESS 1-2 PLAYS PLAYS 100% NEAR MINT

	£		59
	$		78

THE ROLLING STONES - METAMORPHOSIS

IN MAGNIFICENT 1-2 PLAY NEAR MINT !!!! CONDITION

NEAR MINT SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:DECCA SKL 5212
• MATRIX: XZALl-13897.P-1W / XZAL-13898.P-2W
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:2 UU / 2 UH

IN 1970 THE ROLLING STONES MOVED FROM DECCA TO THEIR OWN LABEL. STICKY FINGERS BEING THE RESULT OF THEIR DEBUT ON THE NEW LABEL.

NOT TO MISS A TRICK DECCA DECIDED TO RELEASE A BATCH OF ALBUMS  OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS THAT WERE CRAMMED FULL OF PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED OR LIVE RECORDINGS, PLUS A FEW STANDARDS

THE COMPLETE LIST INCLUDES

• GET YER YA YA'S OUT
• ROCK 'N' ROLLING STONES
• NO STONE UNTURNED
• GIMME SHELTER
• MILESTONES
• METAMORPHOSIS
• STONE AGE

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE DARK BLUE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB 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 ABOUT TWO MINUSCULE SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE HANDLING MARKS OR LINES, AND IN DAYLIGHT THIS HEAVYWEIGHT DISC LOOKS FLAWLESS AND EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST A FEW TINY WISPY HAIRLINES AND ONE NON SOUNDING ANGEL HAIRLINE HANDLING LINE ACROSS THE FIRST TWO TRACKS OF EACH SIDE

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, AND I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING ANY BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THIS VINYL PLAYS EVERY BIT AS SUPERBLY AS IT LOOKS. FROM THE SECOND THE STYLUS IS LOWERED ONTO THE RUN IN GROOVE THE CLARITY OF REPRODUCTION COMES THROUGH CRISPLY AND CLEARLY. THIS IS A FIRST PRESS SOUND IN EVERY WAY.

NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT AND THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS POWERFUL AND CLEAR AS A BELL

THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE, OR LOUD CLICKS

CERTAINLY NO VINYL NOISE AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD AS WAS INTENDED

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND NOISE WHATSOEVER, AND ONLY A FEW RANDOM SPECKS OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN A FEW OF THE LINKING GROOVES

I HEARD NO MORE THAN 2-3 MINUSCULE DUST POPS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH.

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL NEAR MINT!!!

TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS ALBUM AND BE THE JUDGE YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

UNLAMINATED MADE IN ENGLAND SINGLE SLEEVE

A HARD SLEEVE TO FIND IN GREAT COLLECTIBLE CONDITION BECAUSE OF THE  WHITE/CREAM SURFACE THAT SHOWS EVERY LAST BLEMISH OR FINGERMARK.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND VERY CLEAN.NO MAJOR BLEMISHES TO THE DELICATE SURFACE JUST SOME VERY LIGHT TRACES OF HANDLING AROUND THE PERIMETER EDGES

NO CREASES AND NO CREASE LINES, JUST FOUR TINY LINES NEAR THE SPINE. FOUR ALONG THE TOP EDGE, ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE BOTH FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR, WITH ALL OF THE WHITE COLOUR FULLY RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER, AND EVEN THE TIPS ARE UNRUBBED.

THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND ALL OF THE COLOUR IS INTACT AND PRISTINE, AND EVEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS OF THE  ENDS ARE UNRUBBED

THE OPENING EDGE IS ABSOLUTELY RAZOR SHARP AND CLEARLY SHOWS WHY THIS ALBUM IS IN THE INCREDIBLE STATE THAT IT IS, BECAUSE IT JUST HASN'T BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME STUNNING CONDITION AS THE FRONT.

THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE. THE SLEEVE IS JUST SUPERB!!

THE ORIGINAL BLUE AND WHITE POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN EXCEPTIONAL UNSPLIT CONDITION WITH NO CREASES OR MARKS. JUST SOME LIGHT AGEING TO THE SEAMS

THIS AGAIN SHOWS JUST HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN HANDLED.

HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE NEAR MINT

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

GARRY