THE ROLLING STONES-BEGGARS BANQUET-1ST PRESS UNBOXED STEREO SKL.4955 1968

	£		25
	$		33

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        THE ROLLING STONES-BEGGARS BANQUET                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           TYPE SINGLE LP -STEREO LABEL/PRESSING INFO

DECCA 1ST PRESS UNBOXED NARROW BAND BLUE LABEL with MATRIX NUMBERS: XZAL-8476-4K & XZAL-8477-2K and stampers 1IG & 1CH

CATALOGUE NUMBER SKL.4955 YEAR OF RELEASE 1968 COUNTRY OF RELEASE U.K. SLEEVE TYPE GATEFOLD - GARROD & LOFTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED GOLD EDGED LAMINATED OUTER BOARDS INSERTS/EXTRAS

DECCA LINED INNER

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        GRADING/CONDITION                   DISC(s) EXCELLENT+                    

NICE CLEAN  RECORD with MINIMAL playwear and VERY LIGHT storage and handling marking, .PLAYS AND SOUNDS GREAT with a crisp and clear STEREO mix and minimal interference.

                 

Put it on the turntable position yourself in front of the speakers, listen to how the intro to Sympathy for the Devil has been mixed and you know you are in for a treat.

                LABELS EXCELLENT                  

(CLEAN   LABELS  with  NO      Writing rips tears  stickers with SOME NOTICABLE PAPER LOSS around the spindlehole and  LIGHT overall handling  storage and ageing marks)

                  SLEEVE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Front board/Inner gatefold EX

CLEAN SLEEVE with  NO writing rips or tears stickers or removal marks.. FRONT laminate is complete and clean with VERY LIGHT rubbing wear and pressure marking, and just a couple of small thumbnail type creases. INNER GATEFOLD is clean with just VERY LIGHT handling ageing and storage wear

Rear Board EX Rear   board is  clean with NO writing rips tears and just LIGHTISH ageing Flipbacks N/A N/A Spine EX- Spine is complete with complete and legible lettering, has been squashed a bit Top   & bottom edges EX Top  and bottom edges have LIGHT wear only Opening VG Opening is a bit ragged with storage wear, it has nothing to do with usage, more to do with the spine being flattened and leaving it exposed. Corners EX- Corners have light wear with some rounding and a little bare card showing.   INNER /EXTRAS N/A                

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The Stones forsook psychedelic experimentation to return to their blues roots on this celebrated album, which was immediately acclaimed as one of their landmark achievements. A strong acoustic Delta blues flavor colors much of the material, particularly "Salt of the Earth" and "No Expectations," which features some beautiful slide guitar work.                                  

Basic rock & roll was not forgotten, however: "Street Fighting Man," a reflection of the political turbulence of 1968, was one of their most innovative singles, and "Sympathy for the Devil," with its fire-dancing guitar licks, leering Jagger vocals, African rhythms, and explicitly satanic lyrics, was an image-defining epic.                                    

On "Stray Cat Blues," Jagger and crew began to explore the kind of decadent sexual sleaze that they would take to the point of self-parody by the mid-'70s. At the time, though, the approach was still fresh, and the lyrical bite of most of the material ensured Beggars Banquet's place as one of the top blues-based rock records of all time.                                                                     

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Postal Shipping & Handling charges Region SINGLE ITEM EXTRAS UK (2ND CLASS) FOR A SINGLE LP/12" SINGLE £4.20 1 EXTRA SINGLE LP FREE - 3 TO 4 SINGLE LP'S ANOTHER £3.00 - 5 UPWARDS PLEASE ASK AS ITS GETTING COMPLICATED. Europe FOR 1 SINGLE LP £8.00 FOR 1 EXTRA SINGLE LP - £1.50 , 3 ITEMS & ABOVE PLEASE EMAIL FOR A POSTAGE PRICE USA Canada and Japan FOR 1  SINGLE LP £12.00 FOR 1 EXTRA SINGLE LP - £2.50, 3 ITEMS & ABOVE PLEASE EMAIL FOR A POSTAGE PRICE Australia and New Zealand FOR 1  SINGLE LP £13.00 FOR 1 EXTRA SINGLE LP £3.50, 3 ITEMS & ABOVE PLEASE ASK FOR A POSTAGE PRICE Recorded Delivery (U.K.) £1.10 N/A International Signed for £5.30 OVER £50 - 7.90 per package PLEASE READ: Unfortunately due to ongoing problems with buyers in certain countries any item or combination of items that exceed £25.00 in total will be invoiced with a charge for trackable shipping (International signed for). There are no exceptions to this rule. Thanks                      

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