ROLLING STONES No 2 UK LP 1ST MONO * MINT-* Unboxed
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THE ROLLING STONES - NO2
THIS LP ON OFFER IS QUITE SIMPLY AS GOOD AS IT GETS!!
NOT ONLY IS IT IN MINT MINUS CONDITION, BUT IT IS ALSO HAS THE WITHDRAWN SLEEVE WITH THE BLIND MAN TEXT. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE BEST COPY OF THIS THAT MONEY CAN BUY THEN LOOK NO FURTHER
- LABEL: DECCA UNBOXED
- CAT: LK 4661
- MATRIX:XARL 6619-1A / XARL 6620-2A
THE SLEEVE
JUST SUPERB WHEN YOU CONSIDER HOW VERY FLIMSY THESE EARLY DECCA SLEEVES WERE, MADE OUT OF THE MOST AWFUL CARD, THAT SUFFERED BADLY FROM SPLITTING AND BROWNING.
A LAMINATED FRONT SURFACE AND NON LAMINATED REAR SURFACE. THE FRONT IS IN STUNNING CONDITION. THE USUAL HEAVY CREASES ARE MISSING, AND THIS CAN BE PROPERLY DESCRIBED AS "CRAEASE FREE" THERE ARE A FEW LIGHT LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE, WHICH YOU WILL FIND ON ANY LP.,
THE WORSE MARK IS ONE CAUSED BY AN ERRANT THUMB WHEN REMOVING THE LP FROM THE SLEEVE. IT HAS LEFT A SMALL SEMI CIRCULAR LAMINATE LINE ABOUT 2 INCHES IN FROM THE OPENING EDGE , IT CAN BE SEEN FROM THE PICTURES.ALSO THERE IS ONE REALLY SMALL SCARTCH ON THE TOP RIGHT.
THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR, AND THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP, AND IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THE LP HAS NOT BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE MANY TIMES, OR POSSIBLY THAT IT WAS KEPT SEPERATE FROM THE SLEEVE. THERE IS SOME BEY MILD BROWNING TO THE VERY EDGES OF THE FRONT SURFACE.
FLIPPING THE SLEEVE OVER IS IS AGAIN CLEAR THAT THIS HAS BEEN VERY WELL PRESERVED. THE EDGES ARE AGAIN SUFFERING FROM SOME LIGHT BRONING BUT THE REST OF THE SLEEVE IS REMARKABLY WHITE. NO PEN MARKS OR STAINS, AND WITHOUT A DOUBT THIS SLEEVE FALLS INTO THE EX CONDITION, PROBABY FOR THIS TYPE OF SLEEVE NM
THE LABELS ARE JUST PRSITINE. DEEP RED AND SLIVER TYPEFACE IN IMMACULATE CONDITION. THERE ARE NO MARKS WHATSOEVER ON EITHER SIDE, AND THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOS NO WEAR AT ALL. THERE IS BUT ONE OR TWO ALMOST INVISIBLE SPIDER LINES SO CLOSE TO THE HOLE, AND THIS MUST MEAN TWO THINGS. FIRSTLY THE ORIGINAL OWNER HANDLED THE LP WHEN IT WAS PLAYED WITH EXTREEM CARE, AND ALSO THAT IT WASN'T PLAYED MORE THAN 2-3 TIMES EVER. OF THIS I HAVE NO DOUBT.
THE VINYL IS IMMACULATE AND HAS RETAINED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL SHEEN. THERE ARE NO MARKS ANYWHERE ON THE VINYL EITHER SIDE, AND EVEN WHEN I OFFERED IT INTO DIRECT SUNLIGHT THERE JUST WAS NOTHING TO SPEAK OF. ONE OR MAYBE TWO WISPS, BUT THAT IS IT. IMMACULATE.
GENTLY AND VERY CAREFULLY LOWERING THE STYLUS ONTO THE RECORD THERE IS A TOTALLY NOISE FREE RUN IN GROOVE, AND THIS STUNNING BACKGRGOUND FREE PERFORMANCE CONTINUES ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDE. LINKING GROOVES THAT ARE AS SILENT AS THE RUN IN.NO DISTORTION AT ALL ANYWHERE AND I AM IN TOTAL AMAZEMENT AT THE FACT THAT A BAND THAT ARE AS POPULAR AS THE STONES WERE IN 1964 HAVE HAD A RECORD SOLD AND IT IS STILL AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED. IF ONLY EVERY ONE WAS THIS GOOD!!!
I HAVE NO QUALMS ABOUT SAYING THIS LP WILL NEVER EVER NEED UPGRADING, AND IS A COLLECTIBLE OF THE HIGHEST CONDITION. THE ONLY REASON I HAVE GRADED IT MINT MINUS IS THAT IS DID HEAR ONE OR TWO LIGHT POPS WHICH CAN ONLY BE DUST IN THE GROOVE. IT REALLY IS MINT.
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