Rolling Stones EXILE ON MAIN ST UK LP 1ST WITH POSTCARDS 2-3 PLAYS NM / M-

	£		114
	$		151

ROLLING STONES - EXILE ON MAIN ST.

IN MAGNIFICENT 2-3 PLAY NEAR MINT / MINT MINUS !!!! CONDITION

FIRST PRESS A-2/B-2/C-2/D-2

PLAYS SUPERBLY!!!!!

COMPLETE WITH ALL 12 OF THE POSTCARDS (ATTACHED)

• CATALOGUE:ROLLING STONES COC 69100
• MATRIX:COC69100 A-1 / B-1 / C-1 / D-2
• ROLLING STONES RECORDS ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX ON ALL 4 SIDES
• ST-RS 722507 / 08 / 09 / 10 ETCHED INTO EACH SIDE IN THE DEAD WAX
• THE TARGET AND ARROWS SYMBOL ARE ALSO ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX ON ALL 4 SIDES

A FIRST PRESS EXILE ON MAIN STREET MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES

THE LABELS MUST HAVE THE CATALOGUE NUMBER COC 69100 (CUN LABELS ARE ALL REISSUES)

THE MATRIX NUMBERS MUST EITHER END IN A 1 OR 2, ANYTHING ELSE AND IT'S A LATER PRESS

ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX ON ALL 4 SIDES MUST BE 'ROLLING STONES RECORDS'

THE MATRIX NUMBER MUST BE STAMPED, BUT THERE IS AN ETCHED REFERENCE NUMBER WHICH IS ST-ST-RS-722507/8/9/10

THERE IS ALSO A SMALL TARGET WITH TWO ARROWS ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX ON ALL 4 SIDES

THE SLEEVE MUST BE A GATEFOLD BOX STYLE HAVING SPINES ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES, AND MUST BE MADE BY SHOREWOOD PACKAGING

THE TWO PICTURE INNER SLEEVES MUST ALSO BE MADE OF STRONG CARD, AND WILL HAVE THE COC69100 CATALOGUE NUMBER IN ONE CORNER (LATER PRESSES WERE FAR FLIMSIER)

ONLY FIRST PRESSES ALSO HAD TWO WHITE PAPER INNER SLEEVES AS WELL AS THE CARD ONES. THESE MUST BE  SLIGHTLY SHAPED ACROSS THE CORNERS, AND HAVE THE PATENT NUMBER 1,125,555 IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER, AND 'MADE IN ENGLAND' IN THE RIGHT CORNER

FINALLY THE VERY FIRST RELEASED WERE COMPLIMENTED WITH A SET OF 12 POSTCARDS. THERE WERE LATER FIRST PRESSES THAT HAD EVERYTHING I HAVE LISTED ABOVE BUT MINUS THE POSTCARDS

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE YELLOW STONES LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLES. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL CLEAR AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE JUST 2-3 MICROSCOPIC SPIDER LINES ON EACH LABEL. CLEARLY THIS VINYL HAS BARELY BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE IN 42 YEARS 

THE VINYL

BEAUTIFUL PAIR OF ORIGINAL VINYLS. BOTH GLEAM LIKE NEW AND HAVE RETAINED ALL OF THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE.IN DAYLIGHT THEY BOTH LOOK ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS, AND TOTALLY MARK FREE, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION ALL THAT IS VISIBLE ARE SOME WISPY HAIRLINES AND SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL LINES

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 DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD 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

WELL THIS SET PLAYS TO ABSOLUTE NEAR PERFECTION ALL THE WAY THROUGH ALL FOUR SIDES. A TRUE FIRST PRESS STEREO REPRODUCTION THAT IS BOTH LOUD AND CRISP.

NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT, MEANING THAT WHAT LITTLE PLAY THESE LP'S HAVE RECEIVED WERE COMPLETED ON A TOP SYSTEM THAT HAD BOTH A CORRECTLY TRACKED AND WEIGHTED STYLUS, BUT ALSO ONE THAT WAS UNDAMAGED OR UNWORN

THE DISCS PLAY WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLES WHATSOEVER, AND ABSOLUTELY NO LOUD CLICKS

A STUNNING REPRODUCTION THAT IS ALSO FREE OF ANY EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AT ALL

DISC ONE PLAYS WITH JUST THE VERY ODD BARELY AUDIBLE SPECK OF STATIC, AND A COUPLE OF TINY DUST POPS

DISC TWO PLAYS EVEN BETTER, VIRTUALLY NO STATIC AND NO MORE THAN ONE STATIC LITTLE TIC

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL NEAR MINT FOR DISC ONE AND MINT MINUS FOR DISC TWO !!!!

DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AGAINST THE STANDARDS YOU PERSONALLY SET

THE SLEEVE

A VERY STURDY SLEEVE, AND MOST YOU WILL FIND WILL BE IN REASONABLE CONDITION AT WORST. MADE FROM VERY STRONG CARD,THIS UNLAMINATED GATEFOLD HAS JUST A COUPLE OF WEAK AREAS. THEY ARE THE SPINE, AND THE ENTRY POINT FOR THE LP WHICH IS ON THE INSIDE EDGE NEAR THE SPINE.

THE FRONT SURFACE OF THIS SLEEVE IS IN WELL ABOVE AVERAGE CONDITION. THERE ARE NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE, NOT EVEN NEAR THE SPINE LIKE YOU MIGHT EXPECT.AS IT IS UNLAMINATED IT IS ALSO WORTH POINTING OUT THAT THE SLEEVE ALSO SUFFERS HISTORICALLY FROM BROWNING TO THE PERIMETER EDGES. THIS SET DOES HAVE SOME LIGHT BROWNING ABOUT ONE INCH IN FROM THE SPINE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE ALL OF THE VERY EASILY RUBBED COLOUR FULLY INTACT WITH JUST A TINY SPECK OF WHITE SHOWING ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT TIP

THE LEFT SPINE IS IN FLAT CONDITION, AND HAS SOME LIGHT SHELF RUB TO THE TOP LEADING EDGE AND THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS

THE RIGHT HAND EDGE IS NOT RUBBED AT THE ENDS, AND ALL OF THE DELICATE RED TYPEFACE IS LIKEWISE UNRUBBED THE TIPS HAVE TINY DINGS

THE REAR SURFACE IS  AS FREE FROM ANY LINES AS THE FRONT .AGAIN THERE IS LIGHT BROWNING TO THE PERIMETER EDGES.

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A NEAR PRISTINE INNER PAIR IF SURFACES,WITH JUST A FEW LIGHT WRINKLE LINES ON THE RIGHT PANEL,  WHICH LEADS ME ON TO THE VERY VULNERABLE ENTRY POINT FOR THE LP.

THIS IS SO HARD TO FIND UNTORN, BECAUSE NOT ONE BUT TWO LP'S IN THEIR THICK CARD INNER SLEEVES HAD TO BE SLID INTO THE OPENING, AND ANY CLUMSINESS WHATSOEVER RESULTED IN TEARS TO THIS THIN PAPER AREA. I AM DELIGHTED TO SAY THAT THIS IS TOTALLY UNDAMAGED ON THIS COPY

THE TWO CARD INNER SLEEVES THEREFORE ARE IN IMMACULATE UNSPLIT, AND UNWORN CONDITION. THEY WERE ORIGINALLY PROTECTED BY TWO PAPER INNER SLEEVES WHICH HELD THE LP'S AND THEN THESE WERE SLID INTO THE CARD INNER SLEEVES, AND FINALLY INTO THE OUTER SLEEVE. EVERY BIT OF THIS PACKAGE IS AS GOOD AS YOU COULD POSSIBLE WANT IT TO BE. ONE OF THE PAPER INNERS HAS A DIRTY MARK ON IT

FINALLY THE VERY RARE POSTCARD SET. THIS WAS ONLY EVER ISSUED WITH THE VERY FIRST BATCH OF THE FIRST PRESSES AND IS THEREFORE VERY HARD TO LOCATE.ALL 12 ARE HERE AND STILL FULLY ATTACHED TO EACH OTHER, AND IN PRISTINE CONDITION

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE NEAR MINT!!!

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

GARRY