ROLLING STONES:THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST DECCA LP

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"THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST"

12" LONG PLAYER BY THE ROLLING STONES

U.K. DECCA RECORDS (TXL 103) MONO 1st PRESS

YEAR: 1967

MATRIX No: ARL-8126-1P/ARL-8127-P1

VINYL WEIGHT: 150g

VISUAL GRADING SIDE ONE:

ALTHOUGH IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE RECORD HAS HAD A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF USE, IT SHOWS NO MAJOR DEFECTS OR FLAWS. THERE ARE SEVERAL HAIRLINES/SURFACE LINES ON THE SURFACE OF THE VINYL ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT NEEDLE LINES AND THE ODD LIGHT SCRATCH. HOWEVER, MOST OF THIS IS PURELY SUPERFICIAL AND HAS NOT PENETRATED THE GROOVES TO ANY GREAT DEPTH THEREFORE MAKING MOST OF THE MARKS INAUDIBLE. THERE IS, OF COURSE, THE ODD SCRATCH WHICH PRODUCES A LITTLE CLICK OCCASIONALLY, AS I WILL DETAIL BELOW, BUT THESE ARE ONLY ISOLATED MARKS AND NOT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SOUNDTRACK. OBVIOUSLY NOT A MINT COPY, BUT I HAVE SEEN FAR WORSE. 

VISUAL GRADING SIDE TWO:

VERY SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE TO SIDE ONE SHOWING QUITE A FEW HAIRLINES/SURFACE LINES AND SOME LIGHT NEEDLE TYPE SCRATCHES, BUT NOTHING THAT I WOULD DESCRIBE AS A SERIOUS SCRATCH. AS BEFORE, VIRTUALLY ALL OF THESE MARKS ARE PURELY SUPERFICIAL WITH NO OBVIOUS DEPTH AND, AS SUCH, HAVE NO EFFECT ON PLAYBACK.

LABELS:

THIS RECORD IS AN ORIGINAL 1st PRESS ISSUED ON THE BLUE UNBOXED DECCA LABEL WITH SILVER LETTERING AND GROOVE. BOTH LABELS ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH NO WRITING, TEARS OR STICKERS. THERE ARE A FEW LIGHT SPINDLE LINES ON EITHER SIDE AND JUST A LITTLE VERY LIGHT WEAR AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE. THERE IS NO FADING TO THE LABEL AND THE SILVER PRINT IS CLEAR, ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T PHOTOGRAPH TOO WELL.

COVER GRADING:

FRONT:  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1st PRESS LIMITED EDITION SLEEVE HAVING THE STUCK ON 'HOLOGRAM' PICTURE ON THE FRONT OF THE COVER. THE FRONT OF THE COVER IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION FOR IT'S AGE SHOWING JUST SOME VERY LIGHT WEAR, MAINLY IN THE FORM OF TINY CREASES AROUND THE EDGES AND ONE BARELY VISIBLE CREASE ACROSS THE RIGHT HAND CORNER. THE 'HOLOGRAM' IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH JUST THE ODD VERY LIGHT SURFACE LINE AND IS STILL FIRMLY ATTACHED ALL ROUND. THERE IS NO OBVIOUS RINGWEAR AND NO PRESSURE LINES OR MARKS. THE LAMINATE IS PERFECTLY INTACT WITH NO DAMAGE OR PEELING. NO STICKERS, TEARS OR WRITING.

BACK:  SIMILAR TO THE FRONT WITH JUST THE ODD TINY EDGE CREASE AND ONE LIGHT CREASE ACROSS THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER. THERE IS A LITTLE DAMAGE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOP EDGE, POSSIBLY WHERE THE SLEEVE WAS SQUASHED, BUT THIS IS NOT GLARINGLY OBVIOUS. NO OTHER OBVIOUS CREASES AND NO RINGWEAR. THERE ARE NO STICKERS OR WRITING. LAMINATE IS INTACT WITH NO SPLITS OR PEELING AND JUST A LITTLE LIFTING ALONG THE SPINE EDGE.

EDGES:  LOWER EDGES SHOW A LITTLE VERY LIGHT SHELF WEAR BUT NO SPLITS OR OTHER DAMAGE. REAR TOP EDGE HAS LIGHT DAMAGE AS MENTIONED ABOVE BUT NO OTHER SPLITS OR WEAR.

SPINE:  THE SPINE IS INTACT AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO SPLITS AND JUST A COUPLE OF TINY CREASES. THERE IS A LITTLE VERY VERY LIGHT WEAR AT THE EXTREME ENDS BUT NO COMPRESSION AT ALL. THE WRITING IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

INNER SLEEVE:  THIS RECORD COMES WITH IT'S ORIGINAL RED AND WHITE INNER SLEEVE (SEE PHOTO). THERE IS A SMALL SPLIT ON EACH EDGE, ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS.

AUDIO GRADING:

SIDE ONE:  WHILE THE VINYL DOES SHOWS MARKS AS MENTIONED ABOVE, MOST OF THESE ARE PURELY SUPERFICIAL AND THE AUDIO QUALITY IS ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD. THERE IS A LITTLE VERY LIGHT BACKGROUND NOISE ON THE RUN IN, BUT THIS HAS VIRTUALLY GONE ONCE THE SOUNDTRACK BEGINS. THE SOUND QUALITY IS EXCELLENT WITH NO OBVIOUS DISTORTION OR CLIPPING. THE MONO REPRODUCTION COMES ACROSS LOUD AND STRONG AS YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM A VINTAGE DECCA PRESSING. THERE IS THE OCCASIONAL SOLITARY TICK AS THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BUT NO REPETITIVE CLICKS EXCEPT ON THE LAST TRACK (SING THIS ALL TOGETHER) WHICH HAS AN AUDIBLE CLICK FOR THE FIRST FEW REVOLUTIONS. HOWEVER, THIS QUICKLY DISAPPEARS AND THE REST OF THE TRACK IS FINE. THE GAPS BETWEEN THE TRACKS HAVE THE ODD LITTLE TICK, BUT NOTHING THAT COULD BE DESCRIBED AS SERIOUS SURFACE NOISE. IN ALL, THIS SIDE PLAYS WELL WITH JUST A LIGHT HINT OF USE OCCASIONALLY, BUT A GOOD STRONG SOUND WITH NO DISTORTION. 

SIDE TWO:  THE AUDIO QUALITY OF THE SECOND SIDE IS VERY SIMILAR TO SIDE ONE. THE RUN IN IS QUIET WITH VERY LITTLE BACKGROUND NOISE AND THE SOUNDTRACK IS CLEAR AND DISTORTION FREE. ONCE AGAIN, A STRONG POWERFUL SOUND FROM THIS ORIGINAL DECCA PRESSING. THERE ARE NO REPETITIVE CLICKS THROUGHOUT THE SOUNDTRACK, JUST THE OCCASIONAL SOLITARY TICK, USUALLY BETWEEN TRACKS. AS WITH SIDE ONE, THIS SIDE PLAYS THROUGH WELL WITH VERY FEW SIGNS OF PLAYING. VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE VISIBLE MARKS ARE SUPERFICIAL ONLY WITH NO EFFECT ON PLAYBACK.   

SUMMARY:

  A TIDY COPY OF A RECORD THAT IS NOW 41 YEARS OLD AND VERY HARD TO COME BY IN GOOD CONDITION OWING TO THE FACT THAT MOST 1960s/1970s RECORDS SUFFERED VERY HEAVY PLAYING DUE TO THE POPULARITY OF THE BANDS, ESPECIALLY THE STONES. THE SLEEVE IS SHOWING SOME VERY LIGHT WEAR BUT, OVERALL, IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE RECORD HAS OBVIOUSLY HAD USE AND SHOWS VISUAL MARKS, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THESE ARE PURELY SUPERFICIAL AND THE AUDIO QUALITY IS EXCELLENT, WITH JUST ONE TINY AUDIBLE FLAW ON SIDE ONE AS MENTIONED ABOVE. WHILE OBVIOUSLY NOT A MINT COPY, THE SOUND REPRODUCTION IS EXCELLENT, SHOWING VERY FEW SIGNS OF HAVING BEEN PLAYED. 

GRADING:

SLEEVE:  EX

SIDE ONE (visual):  VG

SIDE TWO (visual):  VG+

SIDE ONE (audio):  EX-

SIDE TWO (audio):  EX-

GUIDE TO GRADINGS

    MINT: As new condition/unplayed

    NEAR MINT: No obvious marks or imperfections. May have very light paper lines/hairlines visible under strong light. Sound quality will be virtually perfect.

    EXCELLENT +: Record will display just the odd very light surface line/mark. No needle lines or scratches. Background/surface noise will be virtually non existent with the possibility of the occasional solitary tick. There will be nothing on the record to cause any audible flaws or distortion.

    EXCELLENT: Record will display one or two surface lines and/or light scuff marks. No needle lines or scratches. There may be a little very light background noise only audible on the run in/out. No obvious audible flaws or distortion and will only have had light use. Records graded as Excellent will still be very acceptable copies.

    EXCELLENT -: Record will show slightly more marks than an Excellent but not sufficient to drop it into the Very Good Plus catagory. Any marks will be purely superficial and will not be audible. a record that would otherwise be Excellent but has, perhaps, one light needle line will fall into this catagory. There may be very light audible noise on the run in/out but no scratches. The sound quality will still be perfectly acceptable although it will be obvious that the record has had a few plays.

    VERY GOOD +: Record will display light surface lines/scuffs, light needle lines and hairlines although there will not be any heavy or obvious scratches. Sound quality will still be perfectly acceptable although there will probably be a little light background noise, most obvious on the run in/out and a little minor distortion occasionally. Records graded VG+ will have had moderate use but have not been overplayed.

    VERY GOOD: Record will display several surface lines/marks, light needle lines and light scratches, some of which may be audible. The record has obviously been played many times but will still produce a good sound, albeit with some mild distortion occasionally. There will be no sticks or jumps and the record will play through fine.

I WILL NOT NORMALLY ADVERTISE ANY RECORD THAT FALLS BELOW A VERY GOOD GRADE UNLESS IT IS EXCEPTIONALLY RARE. I ALWAYS DO MY BEST TO GRADE RECORDS AS ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE. HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE NOT 100% HAPPY WITH YOUR PURCHASE PLEASE CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY SO THAT THE PROBLEM CAN BE SORTED. ALL ITEMS CARRY A FULL MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. 

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