Rare Vinyl ROLLING STONES Sticky Fingers LP 1st Press + Insert, Rarest Zip Ever

	£		99
	$		131

The Rolling Stones

Sticky Fingers

A3 / B3

First Press

Rarest Zip, Half round

THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!! IT IS ONE OF THE RAREST & MOST SOUGHT AFTER ROLLING STONES LPS EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!! JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!

IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT LPs ON THE ROLLING STONES LABEL - AND IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!! IT IS ALSO THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - WITH NO EXTRA LABEL CREDITS (LATER ONES DO!), AND 3/3 MATRIX ENDINGS (LATER ONES HAVE HIGHER NUMBERS INSTEAD!)!!!!

AND ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT RECENTLY CAME TO LIGHT (MOST ROLLING STONES COLLECTORS WILL KNOW THIS ALREADY!) IS THAT THE 'LARGE ZIP' MYTH HAS FINALLY BEEN EXPOSED!!!! UP UNTIL RECENTLY SOME PEOPLE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE 'LARGE ZIP' STAMPED 'PAN' WAS THE EARLIEST. HOWEVER, SOME EXTREMELY CLEVER PERSON DID SOME VERY IMPORTANT RESEARCH AND EXPOSED THE MYTH!!!! FIRSTLY - ON ALL 'LARGE ZIP' COVERS - AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SPINE IT WILL SAY 'WEST GERMANY'. OR MORE COMMONLY THERE IS SOME LIGHT WEAR THERE INSTEAD - WHERE SELLERS HAVE REMOVED IT. OFTEN YOU WILL SEE A COVER WITH A PERFECT SPINE - AND YET ON THE VERY BOTTOM PINCH OF THE SPINE, WILL BE SOME FRACTIONAL WEAR - GIVING THIS AWAY!!!! HOWEVER, FURTHER PROOF WAS FOUND - WHEN THE 'PAN' ZIP MANUFACTURER WAS EVENTUALLY LOCATED IN GERMANY!!!! SO ALL 'LARGE ZIP' COVERS ARE LATER IMPORTED GERMAN COVERS (AND NOT UK!) WITHOUT EXCEPTION!!!! ANOTHER ZIP THAT CAN ALSO BE EXPOSED AS LATER, ARE ZIPS WITH THE 'YKK' STAMPINGS!!!! 'YKK' WERE A JAPANESE MANUFACTURER OF ZIPS WHO EVENTUALLY BECAME THE LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF ZIPS IN THE WORLD IN THE 1980s. SO THOSE WITH 'YKK' STAMPINGS WILL BE FROM THE MID 1970s (AT BEST) - AND MOST WILL BE A LOT LATER STILL!!!! THE 'TRUE' ZIP THAT CAME FIRST ON THIS COVER (AS MOST ROLLING STONES COLLECTORS WILL ALREADY KNOW) - IS THIS ONE, WITH A COMPLETELY 'BLANK' ZIP WITH 2 'INDENTED' LINES. IT IS MADE OF FAR HIGHER QUALITY OF METAL, AND IS EASY TO SPOT & DATE - WHEN COMPARED TO SIMILAR CLOTHING ZIPS MADE IN THE LATE 1960s AND EARLY 1970s!!!! HOWEVER - THIS PARTICULAR 1ST PRESSING HAS THE ALL TIME RAREST ZIP EVER MADE!!!! IF YOU LOOK AT MY PICTURES - YOU CAN SEE IT IS VERY CLOSE TO THE DESIGN OF THE NORMAL 'SQUARE ENDED' ZIPS - AND MY CLOSE UP PICTURE WILL ALSO SHOW THAT IT HAS THE SAME AGE AND QUALITY. AND THE REASON WHY THIS ZIP IS SO RARE, IS THAT IT ONLY HAPPENED ON AROUND 2 OR 3 BATCHES OF 'PRE-RELEASE' COPIES ONLY!!!! SUCH WAS THE DEMAND FOR THIS LP IN ADVANCE ORDERS PRIOR TO RELEASE, THAT ANOTHER UK COMPANY WAS DRAFTED IN TO USE. OFTEN WRONGLY CALLED A 'TYPE 2' ZIP - WHEN THIS IS A COMPLETE MYTH. BECAUSE THIS ZIP TRULY IS 'THE RAREST OF THE RARE'!!!! YOU WILL ONLY EVER FIND IT ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE (WITH 'NO CREDIT' LABELS!) AND YOU WILL ONLY EVER FIND IT ON THE 'THICKEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESS COVERS!!!! IT IS ESTIMATED THAT ONLY 2 OR 3 COVER BATCHES WERE EVER MADE LIKE THIS - AND IT COULD EVEN HAVE 'PRE-DATED' THE 'SQUARE' ZIP, AND CHANGED WHEN THE COMPANY COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH DEMAND. ONE THING IS CERTAIN HOWEVER - AND THAT IT ONLY EXISTED ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS COVERS ONLY, WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DISCONTINUED, AND IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE 'RAREST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESS ZIP YOU CAN EVER FIND ON THIS COVER!!!! SO NOT ONLY DOES THIS LP HAVE THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESS 'NO CREDITS' LABELS - BUT IT ALSO HAS THE 'EARLIEST' & 'RAREST' 1ST PRESS ZIP COVER ASWELL!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION - AND IS 100% COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL 1ST PRESS INSERT (SO OFTEN MISSING!)!!!! JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!! THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1971 UK 'RAREST EVER' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS ROLLING STONES LABEL, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS LABEL TYPE, 'RAREST EVER' 1ST PRESS 'ROUNDED' ZIP, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 3/3 MATRIX ENDINGS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'PICTURE/CREDITS' INSERT, AND 'EARLIEST' & 'RAREST' 1ST PRESS 'ZIP' COVER!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!! This is the ORIGINAL Rolling Stones UK 1st Pressing from 1971 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!! The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is COC 59100 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Rolling Stones Label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st pressing (there were NO Monos)!!!! All the tracks are pure quality Rolling Stones at their best!!!! Any fan of The Rolling Stones, or 60s/70s music in general, will want to have this in their collection!!!!

Please note I sourced and copied this information from another eBay seller who seems to have done a lot of homework on the same record

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and only a few light spindle marks!! Some small marks to the rear of the cover please see photos

Price is for U.K. Post all other countries please get a quote for postage before completing purchase

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