The Rolling Stones "Through The Past Darkly" Decca SKL 5019 oct. + inner 1969
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The Rolling Stones ? "Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)" Decca ?SKL 5019 UK 1st press
Compilation Vinyl, Stereo, LP, housed in an octagonal gate-fold sleeve, and released in 1969.
The vinyl has a couple of surface marks which don't interfere with the music. The LP played through beautifully on my elderly stereo - no hop, stick or jump. It is housed in its original blue, stereo inner sleeve, which has a split along one seam, but no writing. The octagonal gate-fold sleeve shows signs of wear, but has no rips or writing. The spine is worn and only partially legible. Matrix / Runout Side 1 : XZAL-9067.P-1W Matrix / Runout Side 2 : XZAL-9068.P-2W
"Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)" is The Rolling Stones' second official compilation album, released in 1969 shortly following Brian Jones's departure from the group and subsequent death. The album was released by Decca Records in the UK and London Records/ABKCO Records in the US.
In September, "Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)", dedicated to Jones, appeared with an octagonal-shaped album cover. Because their first "Big Hits" compilation had been released in separate formats, with the "Aftermath"-era material appearing only on its UK edition, the American edition of "Big Hits Vol. 2" included hit singles from the "Aftermath" period.
The British track listing included the more obscure "You Better Move On", from The Rolling Stones' self-titled 1964 debut EP and "Sittin' on a Fence", an "Aftermath" outtake originally released in 1967 on the US-compiled "Flowers" album. In addition to those songs, many tracks, notably single-only releases, were collected for the first time on a UK Rolling Stones album: "Let's Spend the Night Together", "Ruby Tuesday", "We Love You", "Dandelion", and "Honky Tonk Women".
Both versions of "Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)" proved to be popular releases, reaching #2 in the UK and US with enduring sales.
The name of the album is a play on a line from the KJV translation of 1 Corinthians 13: "For now we see through a glass, darkly, but then face to face...", but it is more likely the Stones intended a homage to Ingmar Bergman and his 1961 film Through a Glass Darkly.
In the inside flap of the album, there is an anonymous poem chosen by Jones, which reads: "When this you see, remember me, and bear me in your mind. Let all the world say what they may, speak of me as you find."
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