ROLLING STONES Aftermath VG++ 1966 London PS 476 BRIAN JONES JAGGER RICHARDS
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Vinyl: VG++ Play Graded. Sounds Great! The vinyl has some minor vertical wobble that doesn't affect the sound quality at all. London Labels are Clean and Bright, with a name written on side 1. The name does not obscure any of the print on the label. This is the 1966 London PS 476 Release! This is the audiophile acclaimed pressing, Pressed at Monarch Records Mfg. Corp., Los Angeles, CA! Listen for the signature sound of Monarch records: fat bottom end, consistent mid-ranges and silkier and smooth highs. It sounds like you're in the room with the band!
A definitive release, with some of the Stones' most acclaimed songs: Under My Thumb, Paint It, Black, Lady Jane...This record was released around the time of The Beatles' Revolver and epitomizes how the two bands were keenly aware of each other, making advances based on each others' previous efforts. Particularly listen to how the Stones manage to invent Baroque Rock here with Lady Jane, which The Beatles would then develop further on For No One and Here, There and Everywhere. This is founding member Brian Jones' final consistent contributon to the Stones' sound: playing a dizzying array of instruments, he makes this the Stones' most diverse album to date. Paint It, Black is the obvious example but also listen to Lady Jane, I Am Waiting, Under My Thumb... One of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time!! allmusic gives it 5 stars!!
See Review Below!
In The Dead Wax: Matrices, stamped. Also, both sides have the MR glyph ((Pressed at Monarhc Records Mfg. Corp., Los Angeles, CA)). Complete Dead Wax information cheerfully given upon request.
Cover: VG+ (see photos) Includes Company Sleeve. Front and back of cover artwork and text are rich, clear and bright, with some ring wear. Seams, corners and spine are solid and clean, with some wear. No splits. No writing. Spine print is mostly readable.
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First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl. Why experience the worse elements of both formats? These are just High Maintenance CDs, with mid-ranges so cloaked with a veil as to sound smeared. They are nearly always compressed with murky transients and a general lifelessness in the overall sound. There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm. First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider. Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive. Inner details are clearer. On first and early pressings, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant. The physics of sound energy is hard to clarify and write about from a listening perspective, but the best we can describe it is to say that you can 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.
Aftermath Review
by Richie Unterberger
The Rolling Stones finally delivered a set of all-original material with this LP, which also did much to define the group as the bad boys of rock & roll with their sneering attitude toward the world in general and the female sex in particular. The borderline misogyny could get a bit juvenile in tunes like "Stupid Girl." But on the other hand the group began incorporating the influences of psychedelia and Dylan into their material with classics like "Paint It Black," an eerily insistent number one hit graced by some of the best use of sitar (played by Brian Jones) on a rock record. Other classics included the jazzy "Under My Thumb," where Jones added exotic accents with his vibes, and the delicate Elizabethan ballad "Lady Jane," where dulcimer can be heard. 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. Look out for an obscure gem, however, in the brooding, meditative "I Am Waiting."
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