Rolling Stones GOATS HEAD SOUP 1973 UK LP 1st Press ONE PLAY MINT MINUS AUDIO

	£		104
	$		138

ROLLING STONES - GOATS HEAD SOUP

IN MAGNIFICENT  ONE PLAY MINT / MINT MINUS CONDITION

FIRST PRESS WITH A NEAR MINT SLEEVE WITH BOTH INSERTS

• CATALOGUE:ROLLING STONES COC 59101
• MATRIX:COC59101 A2 / B1
• 1ST PRESS NUMBERS
• ROLLING STONES RECORDS ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX ON BOTH SIDES

A REAL RARITY. THE FIRST PRESS ISSUE OF GOATS HEAD SOUP  THAT HAS HAD AT THE MOST JUST ONE CARFUL PLAY

COMPLETE WITH BOTH INSERT SHEETS, AND IN STUNNING CONDITION THROUGHOUT

TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY

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 IS JUST ONE MINISCULE SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE HOLE ON EACH SIDE, VISIBLE ONLY UNDER STRONG ILLUMINATION,  TO INDICATE THAT THIS SUPERB STONES ALBUM HAS ONLY EVER BEEN ON A TURNTABLE ONCE SINCE IT'S RELEASE IN 1972 

THE VINYL

THE VINYL HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND SHEEN AND LOOKS SUPERB. THIS IS A STAGGERRING VINYL AND IT IS VERY CLEAR AS SOON AS YOU HOLD IT THAT IT JUST HASN'T BEEN HANDLED OR PLAYED. IT IS 43 YEARS OLD AND AMAZING TO THINK THAT A POPULAR ALBUM SUCH AS THIS JUST HAS SAT AROUND UNPLAYED FOR ALL THESE YEARS.

EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES. A SUPERB GLEAMING MINT EXAMPLE

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 WHOLE LP FROM START TO FINISH, AND I DO THIS BECAUSE I PERSONALLY 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 OFFER MY CUSTOMERS.

THE FIRST THING TO SAY ABOUT THIS VINYL IS THAT THE CLARITY OF THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS PURE FIRST PRESS. EACH NOTE IS HEARD VERY CLEARLY AND THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ALL THROUGHOUT ANY PART OF THE PLAY THROUGH. NOR IS THERE ANY HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE

THIS DISC PLAYS TO VIRTUAL PERFECTION ALL THE WAY THROUGH. EVERY TRACK APART FROM ONE HAS PERFECT CLEAR NOISE FREE AUDIO, NO CLICKS OR TICS AND NO STATIC EITHER

THE VERY LAST TRACK ON SIDE TWO HAS SOME LIGHT SPORADIC STATIC LIKE EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE . I HAVE RECORDED THIS TRACK SPEPARATELY SO THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO HEAR IT WITHOUT THE REST OF THE ALBUM

THIS ALBUM EASILY PLAYS TO A MINT GRADE FOR SIDE ONE, AND JUST THE LAST TRACK ON SIDE TWO BRINGS THAT GRADE DOWN TO MINT MINUS

SO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO SOUNDBITES AND JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

MAGNIFICENT ORIGINAL HEAVY CARDED GATEFOLD SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS JUST SUPERB. FLAT AND CLEAN AND THE UNLAMINATED SURFACE HAS LOST NONE OF THE ORIGINAL COLOUR WHICH IS STILL RICH AND VIBRANT.

THERE ARE NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE ON THE SURFACE , AND JUST TWO TINY PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE SPINE

NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE FOUR CORNERS ARE STILL EXTREMELY SHARP AND SQUARE.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE RETAINED VIRTUALLY EVERY BIT OF THE COLOURS, WITH JUST A FEW PIN PRICKS OF WHITE VISIBLE WHEN CLOSELY EXAMINED

THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY FLAT AND AGAIN FREE FROM ANY COLOUR LOSS WHATSOEVER, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS CLEAR AND LEGIBLE. A TINY SPECK OF WHITE VISIBLE ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS

THE REAR SURFACE HAS A SCRATCH LINE RUNNING FROM THE TOP EDGE DOWNWARDS FOR TWO INCHES AND A FEW TINY PRESSURE DIMPLES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LINE. THE REST OF THE REAR IS PERFECT

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP 

 THE TWO INSERTS SHEETS ARE BOTH IN MINT CONDITION AND NEEDLESS TO SAY ORIGINAL FIRST ISSUES THAT CAME WITH THIS ALBUM.

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO PRISTINE INNER PANELS.

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS GREAT COVER NEAR MINT  WOULD HAVE BEEN MINT WITHOUT THE SCRATCH

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

GARRY