The Rolling Stones "Aftermath" Decca LK 4786 Mono 6A/1B Vinyl 1966 + mono inner
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The Rolling Stones ? "Aftermath" Decca ?LK 4786 Mono Vinyl, LP, released in 1966.
The vinyl does have one or two surface marks which can cause a bit of noise between tracks, but it plays through beautifully on my stereo - no hop, stick or jump. The sleeve has a little ring-wear front and back and is a little grubby to the rear, but it is intact - no rips although Derek has written his name in pink on the back. The spine is intact and completely legible. Matrix / Runout Side 1 : XARL-7209-1B Matrix / Runout Side 2 : XARL-7210-6A
"Aftermath", released in April 1966 by Decca Records, is the Rolling Stones' fourth British studio album. It was issued in the United States in June 1966 by London Records as the group's sixth American album. The album is considered an artistic breakthrough for the band: it is the first to consist entirely of Mick Jagger–Keith Richards compositions, while Brian Jones played a variety of instruments not usually associated with their music, including sitar, Appalachian dulcimer, marimbas and Japanese koto, as well as guitar, harmonica and keyboards, though much of the music is still rooted in Chicago electric blues. It was the first Rolling Stones album to be recorded entirely in the US, at the RCA Studios in California, and their first album released in true stereo. It is also one of the earliest rock albums to eclipse the 50-minute mark, and contains one of the earliest rock songs to eclipse the 10-minute mark ("Goin' Home").
The original British version of "Aftermath" was issued in April 1966 as a fourteen-track LP. Issued between the non-LP single releases of "19th Nervous Breakdown" and "Paint It Black", Aftermath was a major hit in the UK, spending eight weeks at No. 1 on the UK album chart.
At the time of its release, "Aftermath" was well received. Keith Altman of the New Musical Express stated that "those masterminds behind the electric machines – The Rolling Stones – have produced the finest value for money ever on their new LP." In retrospect the album is considered a milestone in the group's career. In his review for AllMusic, Ritchie Unterberger praises the combination of influences, but nevertheless opines that "some of the material is fairly ho-hum, to be honest, as Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were still prone to inconsistent songwriting; 'Goin' Home,' an 11-minute blues jam, was remarkable more for its barrier-crashing length than its content." Writing for MusicHound, Greg Kot highlights Jones' musical contributions while identifying Aftermath as the album that marked "the entry of these erstwhile blues traditionalists into the album-rock pantheon alongside Dylan and the Beatles, with its canny use of sitar, marimba, and dulcimer".
On its top 10 Rolling Stones albums list, NME listed Aftermath at no. 6, while stating that "1966’s ‘Aftermath’ saw the Stones at once rejecting and redefining rock’n’roll lore.
In 2002 the US edition of "Aftermath" was ranked No. 109 on the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
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