Rolling Stones BETWEEN THE BUTTONS UK 1ST STEREO NMINT

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	$		106

THE ROLLING STONES - BETWEEN THE BUTTONS

PLAYS TO A NEAR MINT STATUS

VERY 1ST PRESS UNBOXED DECCA

***STEREO****

• CATALOGUE:DECCA SKL4852
• MATRIX: XZAL-7644-4K / 7645-5K (FIRST PRESS NUMBERS)
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 H / 1G (VERY VERY EARLY FIRST PRESS)

THIS IS THE FIRST PRESS 1967 ROLLING STONES  ALBUM ON THE UNBOXED DECCA LABEL. I WAS ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY BY THE QUALITY OF THIS VINYL. IT SOUNDS AS CLEAN AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED, AND I MAKE NO APOLOGY FOR GRADING THIS PLAYTHOUGH NEAR MINT.

I DON'T USUALLY TAKE STONES ALBUMS AS MOST HAVE BEEN WELL AND TRULY TRASHED, AND MOST COPIES WILL LOOK LIKE A SKATING RINK ON THE VINYL. ADDED TO THE FACT THAT THEY USED THE FLIMSIEST SLEEVES ON THE PLANET, USUALLY ENSURE A BATTERED AND BATTLE SCARRED COPY OF ANY EARLY STONES ALBUM....NOT THIS ONE

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE DARK BLUE UNBOXED LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. NO STAINS OR HANDLING MARKS. THE COLOUR STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SILVER TYPEFACE AND LOGOS ARE ALL UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE 3-4 VISIBLE  SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE.

THE VINYL

THIS HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS IN SUPERB CONDITION, REALLY GLOSSY AND NOT DULL LIKE MOST WORN OUT COPIES. IN DAY LIGHT THE ONLY THING I COULD BARELY MAKE OUT WAS ONE TINY SUPERFICIAL HANDLING LINE  THAT DOESN'T SOUND WHEN PLAYING.(AS YOU WILL HEAR)

UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION I COULD MAKE OUT JUST A FEW LITTLE WISPY HAIRLINES, AND A COUPLE MORE HANDLING LINES AND THATS ALL.

 PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I AM DOING WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WILL LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

I CANNOT BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW AMAZED I WAS WHEN I PLACED THE STYLUS ONTO THE VINYL AND GOT NEAR SILENCE!!!, THEN THE MUSIC STARTED AND THE FIRST THING THAT BECAME OBVIOUS WAS THAT THERE WAS NO DISTORTION TO THIS CRISP, LOUD STEREO REPRODUCTION.

AS TRACK ONE CAME TO AN END I WAS LISTENING INTENTLY FOR ANY VINYL NOISE IN THE LINKING GROOVE. THERE WAS NONE!!!

THIS INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE CONTINUED RIGHT THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES. I HAVE ALSO RECORDED THE ENTIRE RUN OUT GROOVE ON BOTH SIDES WHICH IS ALSO SILENT!

THIS LP PLAYS WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLES, OR CLICKS, AND PERFORMS EVERY BIT AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED

THE ONLY NOISES I HEARD WAS IN TRACK THREE ON SIDE ONE WHERE THERE IS SOME LIGHT STATIC IN A COUPLE OF PLACES, AND ALSO IN A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES

BUT THE BEAUTY IS THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO SIT AND LISTEN TO THE WHOLE ALBUM FOR YOURSELF, AND MAKE A JUDGEMENT CALL ON WHAT YOU HEAR

FOR ME I BELIEVE THE PLAYTHROUGH IS AT A NEAR MINT STATUS

THE SLEEVE

LAMINATED FRONT SURFACE, NON LAMINATED REAR SURFACE

I HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED JUST HOW THIN THESE EARLY STONES ALBUM SLEEVES ARE. WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE QUALITY SLEEVES THAT THE BEATLES ALBUMS CAME IN IT, MAKE YOU WONDER WHY THEY DECIDED TO PUT WHAT WOULD BE VERY POPULAR RECORDS IN SLEEVES THAT COULDN'T HANDLE THE CONSTANT REMOVAL AND INSERTION OF THE VINYL

THE FRONT SURFACE WHICH IS USUALLY CREASED ALL OVER, ON THIS COPY IS REALLY BETTER THAN MOST. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES, JUST A FEW RANDOM AND LIGHT LAMINATE LINES. THREE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, ELEVEN SMALL ONES  DOWN THE SPINE, TWO ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND A VERY LIGHT TRACE OF RECORD SHAPE IF YOU ANGLE THE SLEEVE INTO THE LIGHT. IN ADDITION THE TOP RIGHT CORNER HAS A SMALL LAMINATE LINE RUNNING ACROSS IT, AND THERE ARE TWO THUMB LINES CLOSE TO THE OPENING EDGE.

. SO THATS THE MINOR FLAWS, THE GREAT NEWS IS THAT THIS SLEEVE HAS 100% OF THE LAMINATE FULLY INTACT AND GLEAMING LIKE NEW. THERE ARE NO SERIOUS BENDS OR FOLDS, AND NO RING WEAR, AND IMPORTANTLY NO TEARS TO THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE THE MOST MINIMAL SHELF WEAR.

 THE SPINE IS ONCE AGAIN FULLY LAMINATED, AND HAS A COUPLE OF FEELABLE CHIPS TO THE LAMINATE. THERE HAS BEEN SOME LIGHT FINGER TO THUMB SQUASHING AND MOST OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE WITH JUST THE  WORD 'BETWEEN' HARDER TO MAKE OUT

THE REAR SURFACE IS MAINLY WHITE AND HAS SOME HANDLING GRUBBINESS TO THE PERIMETER EDGES.

THERE IS NO RING WEAR AND NO ONE HAS INSCRIBED ANYTHING WITH PEN OR PENCIL

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IN EXCELLENT UNSPLIT CONDITION, JUSY SOME LIGHT BROWNING TO THE EDGES THROUGH AGE

COMPARED TO MOST SLEEVES OF IT'S TYPE THIS GRADES EXCELLENT PLUS

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY