ROLLING STONES LET IT BLEED UK STEREO LP EARLY PRESSING WITH POSTER & BOOKLET
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THIS IS AN EARLY STEREO PRESSING OF LET IT BLEED RELEASED IN THE UK IN 1969 ON THE DECCA LABEL WITH FOLDED POSTER INSERT AND BOOKLET DETAILING ALL THE STONES PREVIOUS LP RELEASES.
COMES WITH ORIGINAL "STEREO" INNER SLEEVE.
THE MATRIX NOS. ON THE RECORD ARE AS FOLLOWS:-
Side A - XZAL-9363-P-4W
Side B - XZAL-9364-P-4W
I HAVE HAD THIS RECORD FROM NEW BOUGHT SOON AFTER ITS INITIAL RELEASE IN THE UK AND HAVE KEPT IT STORED VERY CAREFULLY AS WITH ALL MY COLLECTION.
THE PLAYING SURFACES LOOK CLEAN, BRIGHT AND SHINY AS NEW. THERE IS NO WARPING OF THE RECORD AND THE SOUND QUALITY IS EX (SIDE 1) AND EX- (SIDE 2) (APART FROM A SLIGHT CLICK FOR ABOUT 40 SECONDS ON 1st TRACK AND SOME LOW LEVEL CRACKLE ON QUITE FIRST SECTION OF LAST TRACK). THE SOUND IS CLEAR AND BRIGHT THROUGHOUT WITH NO DISTORTION.
VERY RARE TO FIND THIS RECORD IN THIS CONDITION ESPECIALLY WITH THE POSTER AND THE VERY RARE BOOKLET!
THE LABELS ARE IN A CLEAN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO MARKS APART FROM SOME SPINDLE MARKS.
THE SLEEVE IS LAMINATED ON THE FRONT AND WAS PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY UPTON PRINTING GROUP. IT HAS THE MONO/STEREO HOLE IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF THE BACK OF THE SLEEVE.
AS CAN BE SEEN FROM THE PHOTOS THE SLEEVE IS CLEAN AND TIDY WITH VERY MINOR WEAR. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF VERY SMALL AREAS OF CRACKING IN THE LAMINATE (ONLY REALLY NOTICEABLE UNDER A STRONG LIGHT OR DAYLIGHT) WITH NO PEELING OR BUBBLING. THE OPENING EDGES OF THE SLEEVE SHOW A SIGN OF MINOR WEAR IN ONE PLACE WHICH IS HARDLY NOTICEABLE. ALL THE CORNERS OF THE SLEEVE ARE UNDAMAGED.
THE INNER SLEEVE IS THE ORIGINAL BLUE SLEEVE WHICH CAME WITH THE STEREO EDITION AND IT HAS THE REFERENCE TO THE LONDON BACH CHOIR COMPLETELY UNEDITED WHICH IS NOT THE CASE WITH LATER ISSUES. AS CAN BE SEEN FROM THE PHOTOS THE INNER SLEEVE HAS SOME FOLDS AND CREASES AND BUT IT IS INTACT WITH NO SPLITS OR TEARS!
THE PACKAGE COMES WITH THE ORIGINAL FOLDED POSTER INSERT WHICH IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH JUST ONE OR TWO VERY SMALL AREAS OF CREASING BUT NO ACTUAL FOLDS (APART FROM THE FACTORY FOLDS) AND A COUPLE OF AREAS OF DIMPLING ALL OF WHICH IS ONLY NOTICEABLE UNDER A STRONG LIGHT OR DAYLIGHT.
THE MOST RARE ITEM IN THIS PACKAGE IS THE 12 PAGE BOOKLET DETAILING THE ROLLING STONES COMPLETE CATALOGUE TO THE DATE OF THIS RELEASE. IT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH TWO CREASES TO THE CORNERS OF THE OPENING PAGE BUT OTHERWISE THE CORNERS OF THE BOOKLET ARE UNDAMAGED. THERE IS SOME VERY MINOR DIMPLING TO SOME OF THE PAGES AND A SLIGHT INDICATION OF A BEND TO THE BOOKLET DOWN THE CENTRE BUT NOT AN ACTUAL FOLD. ALL IN ALL YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE IT TO BE NEARLY 45 YEARS OLD!
IF YOU REQUIRE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON ANY ASPECT OF THIS RECORD PLEASE GET IN TOUCH.
THE ITEM IS LOCATED IN THE UK BUT I WILL POST WORLDWIDE.
UK POSTAGE WILL BE £7.00 INCLUDING INSURANCE.
FOR OTHER COUNTRIES PLEASE ASK ME FOR A QUOTE.