Rolling Stones ROLLED GOLD UK 2LP SET JUST 1-2 PLAYS EVER NEAR MINT/MINT MINUS

	£		24
	$		32

THE ROLLING STONES - ROLLED GOLD

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

NEAR MINT SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:DECCA ROST 1/2
• MATRIX: ZARL-14077.P-1W / 78.P-1W / 79.P-1W / 80.P-2W
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:4 MG / ? GH / 2 MK / 1 MH

I HAVE COME ACROSS A LARGE COLLECTION OF VINYL ALBUMS THAT BELONGED TO A COLLECTOR WHO TOOK CARE OF HIS ALBUMS IN A MOST MAGNIFICENT WAY. VIRTUALLY EVERY ALBUM IN THIS COLLECTION WAS REMOVED FROM THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE AND PLACED INTO A HIGH GRADE ANTI-STATIC INNER. THIS HAS MEANT THAT THE ALBUMS HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPLIT THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE FOR ONE, AND SECONDLY HAVE REMAINED IN THE MOST PRISTINE CONDITION. THE COLLECTOR ALSO TOLD ME THAT HE NEVER PLACED A FINGER ON THE VINYL AND ALWAYS HELD THEM BY THE EDGES. THEY WERE ALL PLAYED ON A LINN TURNTABLE

HERE THEN IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GRAB A 30 YEARS OLD PLUS ALBUM IN 'AS NEW' CONDITION. EVERY RECORD THAT I LIST FROM THIS LOT WILL BE RECORDED ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES AND AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO HEAR FROM THE LINK AT THE TOP OF THE AUCTION PAGE.

PLEASE NOTE I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO HEAR THE SOUNDS ON A SMARTPHONE OR TABLET, SO PLEASE USE A PC TO HEAR THE AUDIO!

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 DISCS LOOK FLAWLESS AND EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST A FEW TINY WISPY HAIRLINES VISIBLE

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 ROBERT STACE MADE IN ENGLAND GATEFOLD SLEEVE

A HARD SLEEVE TO FIND IN GREAT COLLECTIBLE CONDITION BECAUSE OF THE  PRESSURE OF THE HEAVY ALBUMS PRESSING ONTO THE THIN SURFACE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND VERY CLEAN.. MOST OF THE COLOUR HAS BEEN RETAINED WITH JUST A VERY LIGHT SHADOW OF RECORD WEAR MAINLY VISIBLE JUST ABOVE THE BOTTOM EDGE.

NO CREASES AND NO CREASE LINES, JUST TWO TINY LINES NEAR THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE BOTH FREE FROM ANY MAJOR SHELF WEAR, WITH ALL OF THE BLACK COLOUR FULLY RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER, JUST THE BOTTOM RIGHT AND LEFT CORNERS SHOW A LITTLE RUBBING, AND ONE WHITE SPECK ON THE TOP EDGE

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 ONLY THE TOP TIP HAS A TINY SPECK OF RUB THERE

THE OPENING EDGES ARE STILL VERY SHARP WITH A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE SAME  CONDITION AS THE FRONT. A LITTLE MORE RING RUB AT THE BOTTOM THAN ON THE FRONT

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO PRISTINE INNER PANELS

THE ORIGINAL BLUE AND WHITE POLY LINED INNER SLEEVES ARE 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