ROLLING STONES BIG HITS ORIG UNIQUE GERMAN FONORING LP

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·       THE ROLLING STONES – BIG HITS (HIGH TIDE AND GREEN GRASS) -  ULTRA-RARE ORIGINAL GERMAN-ONLY RECORD-CLUB ONLY RELEASE WITH A TOTALLY UNIQUE COVER (SHOWING A BUNCH OF ROCK BOULDERS ROLLING DOWNHILL), NEVER RELEASED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WITH THIS FORMAT – RARE ORIGINAL DECCA RECORDS (GERMANY)  STEREO LP SFGLP 78299

·       [NOTE: ORIGINAL GERMAN PRESSING OF THIS TITLE CAME OUT IN 1967; HOWEVER, THE RARE RECORD CLUB-ONLY RELEASE WITH A DIFFERENT COVER – SUCH AS THE SPECIMEN WE HAVE HERE – DID NOT COME OUT UNTIL AROUND 1971, AS THE STICKY FINGERS-ERA PHOTO OF THE BAND ON THE BACK PANEL AMPLY ILLUSTRATES)

·       ORIGINAL GERMAN-ONLY. PRESSING

·       ORIGINAL RED DECCA RECORDS (GERMANY) LABEL WITH BLACK PRINT  (LATE 60’s TO MID 70’s STYLE)

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST GERMAN PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       Note about track listing: This German pressing is the British version of the album (except for the cover artwork, of course) which is longer than American version – 14 tracks instead of 12 -  and plays Come On, Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?, Lady Jane , Little Red Rooster  and Paint It Black  INSTEAD OF  Good Times, Bad Times , Play with Fire and Tell Me which are found on American version. The remaining tracks ((I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, 19th Nervous Breakdown , As Tears Go By, Get off of My Cloud, Heart of Stone, It's All Over Now ,Not Fade Away, The Last Time  and Time Is on My Side are shared and can be found on BOTH versions)

·       ORIGINAL, THIN CARDBOARD COVER (NO THICK CARDBOARD COVERS WERE EVER PRODUCED FOR THIS TITLE)

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       As far as we know, this album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other way, manner or format.

 (►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you’ll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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Appearing as it did in the fall of 1966, six months after its American namesake, the British version of Big Hits: High Tide and Green Grass is a very different album from its U.S. equivalent. Issued to coincide with their first British tour in more than a year, the album reflected the fact that the Stones had moved into psychedelic music that year, albeit with a hard punk edge. Part of the change is captured by the cover photo, the American shot of the quintet of a rock-strewn embankment replaced by a fish-eyed view of the band in the latest Carnaby Street fashions, including Brian Jones' vertical striped suit and Keith Richards' military-style jacket. The disc also encompasses their U.K. singles (though not all of them, for "I Wanna Be Your Man," among others, is absent), which differed somewhat from their U.S. releases. The account of the group's development and evolution is startling, from the Chuck Berry cover "Come On" through the frenetic punk blowout "Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" This version of Big Hits also has a bit less R&B and slightly more blues than its U.S. equivalent, principally in the form of "Little Red Rooster" (which was a hit in England) and also encompasses the group's excursion into folk-rock on "Lady Jane," scattered around the obvious classics like "The Last Time," "Satisfaction," "Get Off of My Cloud," and "19th Nervous Breakdown," which were hits on both sides of the Atlantic. The main virtue to the album, apart from some very good music, however, is the portrait it gives of Mick Jagger's voice and the ever-tightening cohesiveness of the band. By the time of "Paint It Black," he's an almost larger-than-life presence, while the group is generating enough wattage in concentrated enough fashion to punch a signal through a wash of overload on "Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing in the Shadow?"

 (REVIEW REPRINTED COURTESY OF BRUCE EDER, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL  AS  NEAR MINT. Some VERY LIGHT AND SUPERFICIAL abrasions – mostly sleeve scuffs -  are (barely) visible, but are probably inaudible,  and do not affect visual integrity or beauty of the vinyl. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(c)           The record comes in a poly-lined stock inner sleeve, which has - apparently with success - shielded the vinyl from the harmful impact of elements over many years!

(d)          Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·       COVER

THE COVER IS NEAR MINT !

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine

-         Cover shows some light yellowing on back side, apparently from aging (nothing significant)

-         Minor shelf wear noted on the spine (nothing significant)

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-        No split seams

-        No ring wear

-        No cut-out (drill) holes.

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No dirt/dust rubbing stains (friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers)

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        No tearing: no chips, dents or nicks on the seams

-        No peel-off marks

-        No stains

-        No mold or mildew spots

-        No stickers or labels

-        No water damage

-        No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or  cuts.

-        No warping

-        No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover

-        No glue traces or wax residue.

-        No bar codes

-        No RIAA stamps or stickers. 

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