Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers COC 1st UK zip sleeve EX
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Description
Rolling Stones
Sticky Fingers
COC59100 Released 1971 Matrix A3/B3 Earliest first issue!!
Probably the sexiest album sleeve ever produced apart from Hendrix’ Electric Ladyland. The pun on sticky fingers was considered outrageous and caused much outcry when released. The crotch photograph on front face was shocking in that era of production but caused a huge increase in the records sales world wide and is probably one of the Stones greatest selling discs. The media are still trying to find out whose crotch it was..still debatable to this day…. The entire album was permeated by images of sex and death, yet the tone of the work was neither self-indulgent nor maudlin. The group's playful fascination with sex was further demonstrated on the elaborately designed Andy Warhol sleeve which featured a waist-view shot of a figure clad in denim, with a real zip fastener which opened to display the lips and tongue motif that was shortly to become their corporate image. Very historic album release and very significant to the Rolling Stones’ image and group development.
Album cover description
Andy Warhol sleeve with fully operational zip fly gracing the front of this album cover. Spine clearly legible . Slight creasing on top of belt . Slight corner scuffing . Ultra clean with no rips/tears or graffiti . An absolute delight for all vinyl enthusiasts . Excellent condition .
Audio
Kicks off with Brown Sugar and launches the listener into a fantastic trip of mind blowing R&B.The aural delivery is at least a very good. Some extremely light static/surface between tracks and during the quieter parts of the music but tones rise above any surface disturbance and the audio will not disappoint. Phenomenal loud cut engineering. Play this record loud and I guarantee a mind blowing experience! No distortion, each guitar string conveyed with a definitive edge. Sax keys are quite sensational. A very good delivery and considerably better for the most part of this very collectable album release .
Poster insert Excellent + with sharp corners and no creasing.
Vinyl
Visually excellent with hardly any surface marks visible. Thick cut pressing with Rolling Stones records etched on run offs. This confirms a genuine first UK pressing.
Labels
Ex++ with the lightest of spindle traces. Magnificent examples with no damage to report .
An excellent example of this huge Stones’ classic . Not to be missed as this album presentation is becoming harder and harder to locate especially in this superb condition.
Shipping
UK-£4.00
Europe-£5.00
USA/Japan-£8.00
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