Rolling Stones a rolling stone gathers no moss Japan2LP

$

79

THE ROLLING STONES
"A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS"
Made in 1977 by London Records K.K. Japan
Double record on red vinyl
LP's Mint, partially play tested
Cover Some shelf ware on the bottom, slight ring ware on front cover, minor ware at the center of the fold out spine I think just happened when I took photos for this offer.
No OBI







A VERY NICE AND WELL RESPECTED EBAY MEMBER FROM MONTREAL SOLD ME MOST OF MY BEST JAPANESE ROLLING STONES LP’S ALTHOUGH I ALREADY HAD SEVERAL I BOUGHT IN THE LATE 70’S, MANY WERE VERY RARE AND BEST OF ALL WERE UNPLAYED USED MAINLY FOR DISPLAY. I BECAME A VERY LOYAL CUSTOMER AND WAS REWARDED WITH ADVANCED NOTIFICATIONS!!  MANY ARE STILL UNPLAYED. I WANTED TO CONFIRM THIS DOUBLE LP WAS AS IT LOOKED…..UNPLAYED AND GET A SENSE OF ITS SONIC VALUE, HIGH!!! (in my opinion) 

THESE ARE MOSTLY RARE TRACKS ON BEAUTIFUL RED TRANSLUCENT FIRST RATE VINYL PRESSED IN LOW QUANTITY.
LIKE MANY OUTSTANDING JAPANESE RECORDS THE SOUND HAS A QUALITY LIKE THEY DUMPED A DECENT MASTER TAPE WITHOUT ANY ENHANCEMENTS OR TAMPERING. THE RESULT IS …..ESPECIALLY ON THE LATER RECORDINGS AN AMAZING HIGH END WITH GOBS OF DETAIL. ON SOME TRACKS WHERE THERE REALLY WAS DEEP BASS YOU GET REAL DEEP BASS THAT’S EXTENDED. ON THE TRACKS WHERE THE VOCALS ARE WELL DONE YOU GET A SONIC QUALITY THAT’S VERY PALPABLE (AUDIOPHILE TERM FOR REAL) . I SAW THE STONES LIVE A FEW YEARS AGO< AT ONE POINT IN THE CONCERT (HAVING ROW 6 FROM THE STAGE THEY PLAYED WITH THEIR MONITOR AMPS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLEET CENTER JUST A FEW FEET FROM WHERE WE WERE SITTING, IT WAS LIKE HAVING THE ROLLING STONES AT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL PROM. MY X WIFE (who is blessed)  TOLD ME SHE WAS TEMPTED TO FLASH THEM BECAUSE THEY PLAYED SO WELL AND  I THOUGHT THEY DESERVED A GOOD FLASHING SO I WOULDNT HAVE OBJECTED OR FELT JEALOUS.

 THE FEW CUTS I PLAYED ON THIS PREVIOUSLY UNPLAYED DOUBLE ALBUM HAD A SOUND THAT REMINDED ME OF THE CONCERT WHEN THEY WERE ALMOST AT ARMS REACH. THE WORD IS “PALPABLE”!! THE SELLER MENTIONED WHEN HE BOUGHT THIS YEARS AGO NEW (if my memory serves me) IT HAD NO OBI, ALL THE REST OF THE LP’S I BOUGHT FROM THIS GREAT SELLER HAD PERFECT OBI’S. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL DOUBLE ALBUM OF MOSTLY RARE TRACKS. THE COVER IS JUST SHORT OF BEING NM. THE LP’S REALLY SHOWED AND SOUNDED LIKE THEY WERE REPRESENTED: NO SIGN OF PLAY or MINT, sorry to use that word but all of the LP’s I bought that were sold as unplayed have when I played some sounded, looked and felt like no needle had ever touched the grooves. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND I HAVE THE GOLDEN BOOK AND FOLLOW THE RULES AS BEST AS I CAN SO I REALLY HAVE TO BE CHARGED UP ABOUT A RECORD THAT’S NOT PERFECTLY SEALED BEFORE I USE THE DREADED “M” WORD. MOST IMPORTED ALBUMS ARE NOT SEALED UNLESS THE IMPORTER SEALS THEM; AT LEAST THAT’S HOW MOST OF THEM ARRIVED ON THIS COTENANT.

PLEASE CONSIDER THIS LP AS HAVING BEEN PLAYED 1 TIME AS I WILL LISTEN TO A FEW MORE TRACKS!!!!! THIS IS A DYNAMITE DOUBLE LP FROM JAPAN WHERE SOME OF THE FINEST SOUNDING RECORDS OF ALL TIMES HAVE BEEN PRODUCED FOR MANY YEARS CONSTANTLY, BY THE 80’s THE WORLD BECAME VERY AWARE OF THE VALUE OF JAPANESE MADE LP’S DUE TO THE LOWERED QUALITY OF RECORDS MADE ELSEWHERE AFTER THE PRICE OF OIL WENT HIGH AND QUALITY OF VINYL PRODUCED ELSEWHERE HAD BEEN GOING DOWNHILL ELSEWHERE. NOT TO PUT ANYONE DOWN, THE USA, UK AND GERMANY HAVE THE BEST RECORDING ENGINEERS, WHEN THEY ARE GIVEN THE CHANCE THEY MAKE THE BEST MUSIC AND SOME OF The best SOUNDING RECORDS OF ALL TIME BUT I MUST TAKE THIS MOMENT TO HONOR JAPANESE RECORD MANUFACTURERS WHO HAVE CONSISTENTLY PRODUCE THE BEST SOUNDING VINYL FOR APPRECIATIVE ANALOG  FANATICS AS WELL AS FOR THEIR GENERAL POPULATION. THE RECORDS I BOUGHT IMPORTED FROM JAPAN IN THE 70’s WHEN I HAD TO RETURN 1 OUT OF 4 RECORDS DOMESTIC RECORDS I WOULD PURCHASE THEN HAVE TO HANDLE WITH KID GLOVES SOUND AND LOOK AS NEW AS WHEN I BOUGHT THEM. WHAT REALLY DIFFERENTIATES JAPANESE RECORDS IS THAT THEY WERE ALL MADE SO WELL BEFORE PEOPLE LIKE ME STARTED TO PAY A PREMIUM FOR EXPENSIVE SPECIALLY PRODUCED AUDIOPHILE RECORDINGS. THE ONLY THING THAT EVER IMPAIRED JAPANESE RECORDING COMPANIES WAS WHEN THEY DIDN’T HAVE ACCESS TO GOOD 1ST GENERATION MASTER TAPES. I HAVE A TRIPLE RECORD SET: “VICTORY AT SEA”  MADE BY RVC (now JVC) THAT IS TO MY KNOWLEDGE IS FROM THE EARLY 60’s AND STATES ON THE BOX THEY WERE MADE FROM ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES. THESE LP’S ARE WHAT WE NOW KNOW AS JVC SUPER VINYL: BLACK WITH TRANSLUCENCE BUT THEY WEIGHED A LOT MORE. IN THE 60S. ANYHOW….I WISH TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO HONOR THE OUTSTANDING WORKS OF MUSICAL: MANUFACTURING PERFORMED LOVINGLY BY JAPANESE COMPANY. ALSO; SPECIAL MENTION FOR OVER 30 YEARS OF GREAT SERVICE PERFORMED BY MY DENON 103D THAT COST ME A MONTHS PAY IN THE 70”S ($325) AND FOR THE MONEY MIGHT STILL BE THE BEST AT ITS PRICE POINT?  While I’m at it my gratitude and high regards to the seller in Montreal who sold me some of the best LP’s I bought on eBay.

Oh yea…the lyric sheets are mint!