THE ROLLING STONES Let It Bleed HARDLY PLAYED UK EARLY 1970s EX+ LP SUPERB SOUND

	£		63
	$		83

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Artist or Band: THE ROLLING STONES

Album Title: Let It Bleed

Producer(s): Jimmy Miller

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: Gimme Shelter; Love in Vain; Country Honk; Live with Me; Let It Bleed.

Side 2: Midnight Rambler; You Got the Silver; Monkey Man; You Can’t Always Get What You Want.

Label/Format: Decca, early 1970s boxed format with the smaller size circle label. These have very dark blue, matt and rough textured surfaces.

Label Conditions: Both immaculate and as clean, fresh and attractive as when issued. Any spindle traces ultra fine, few and faint. This record appears hardly played with superb clean sound.

Catalogue Number: SKL 5025

Mode / Speed: Stereo / 33.3 rpm.

Up and Down Movement: A gentle trace. Few vintage records will ever be perfectly flat, any issues with significant movement or tracking will be mentioned in detail if applicable.

Lateral Movement (Side-to-Side): Barely a Trace.

Weight of this Record: 137 grams.

Country of Manufacture: England

Rarity: Moderate in terms of units sold. But condition is always the paramount factor and this copy from the early 1970s is a beauty. No frills in terms of inserts, this simply a fantastic repress, hardly played with a gorgeous cover, superb deeply coloured standard Decca inner and the record plays beautifully. One who simply wants to experience the brilliance of the music without the usual massive cost of an unboxed copy with a poster.

Original Year of Release: 1969 [this boxed label copy from the early 1970s, made when the poster was not included]

Matrix Nos: XZAL-9363-P-2W / XZAL-9364-P-4W

Mothers / Stampers: 1 ??I / 1 ?UI

Musicians: Mick Jagger – lead vocals, backing vocals, harmonica, acoustic guitar; Keith Richards – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals, bass guitar, lead vocals; Brian Jones – congas, autoharp; Bill Wyman – bass guitar, autoharp, vibraphone; Charlie Watts – drums; Mick Taylor – slide guitar, electric guitar. With: Ian Stewart – piano; Nicky Hopkins – piano, organ; Byron Berline – fiddle; Merry Clayton – co-lead vocals; Ry Cooder – mandolin; Bobby Keys – tenor saxophone; Jimmy Miller – percussion, drums, tambourine; Leon Russell – piano and horn arrangements; Jack Nitzsche – choral arrangements; Al Kooper – piano, French horn and organ; Nanette Workman – backing vocals; Doris Troy, Madeline Bell – backing vocals; Rocky Dijon – percussion; The London Bach Choir – vocals.

Brief Info: Album number eight in the UK, and one of their greatest ever. It includes one of the most famous front covers in rock history – the cake made by the future TV chef, but then little-known Delia Smith. It proved to be the last to include contributions by Brian Jones who was replaced by Mick Taylor. Most will know this legendary set well enough, this a superb slightly later copy, hardly played with a beautiful cover. One for those wanting to hear an early copy without the potential huge cost of a first issue. Makes perfect sense to me.

Cover Grade and Format: MINT(–): a single format with front laminate, this covers all folds and ends on the back via the spine. The spine still has the mono/stereo peephole indicator, here filled with the standard Decca blue inner to denote a stereo record inside. The main back panel is matt and fairly smooth. Printed and made in England, uncredited. This early 1970s pressing had no posterm, cover sticker or customised inner sleeve.

Lamination & Front: One of the very finest peephole version covers for this album I have ever seen. Cover-protected from new, this front is fantastic. The laminate retains impressive shine, freshness and clarity with no lifting and barely a trace of dulling. I am struggling to fine any creasing at all, including edge hairlines, this is a stunning example, one to hold and cherish. The only tiny clue for its considerable age is relatively mild darkening on the right edge where the laminate ends.

Cover Back: Again in amazing condition, the matt surface again close as made with just the darkened laminate end line on the right. A cover back so often ruined by ring wear and especially scuffs and gouges by the ‘Sticky Fingers’ album zipper that often was placed next to it in collections as it followed it chronologically. This one has NO such issues. The peephole circle is also crisp, clean and immaculate.

Top & Bottom Edges: Both smoothly laminated, straight and unworn.

Right Edge(s), and Type: Very crisp and sharp with barely a trace thickening. Record enters on this edge.

Spine and Text: Solid, quite straight with minimal compression, any bowing minimal. The text is almost perfect and superbly centred as-seen. Just one fine hairline on the laminate.

Corners: Barely any tip rubs with near mint shape retained with no knocks.

Cover Summary: A beautiful all-round example of this classic cover, one that will prove very difficult to find better. This high attractive item should please many, if not most collectors.

The Inner Sleeve: EXCELLENT: arguably better. A deep blue ‘stereo’ polylined inner with two crisp unworn window circles, the lining still fresh and clear. One corner has a quite mild crease but little else, all edges naturally intact. The paper hardly darkened or aged.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: EXCELLENT(+): a very fine visual copy that is very clean with equally fine shine and very solidly pressed. A copy with minimal plays on all the evidence with any surface marks very light, fine and faint as seen critically under bright light. No penetrating stylus scratches, viewed in average room light, hardly anything even registers. Visually a super record that should please many collectors.

Album Played For Grading: Yes. [I play ALL records I offer before submitting to Ebay, also the record is played in its entirety unless clearly stated otherwise. I do NOT play snippets or joining grooves to check for sound quality and quietness – I play from the beginning to end via clinically revealing equipment, all listed further down.]

Sound Quality and Audio Grading: This quality album plays even above it’s high visual grading with hardly anything to fault. Offering strong, distortion-free sound, all frequencies are sharp and clear – sound quality is very high with a wide dynamic range and very detailed sound. Any surface sounds are minimal indeed, hardly anything, and as most fans will know, this album has some very quiet passages, especially the beginning of the final song. Overall, a very clean pressing as you would expect from Decca with no tracking issues* or inherent pressing noises. Few available copies will outperform this still early pressing I feel sure. Both channels are clean and sharp, I am certain this record has been played very lightly and has been very well stored (the cover protected by a plastic sleeve) and carefully handled. Nothing spoilt my pleasure when play-grading this lovely record. It will prove very difficult to find significantly better and can be strongly recommended.

* As played-graded on a high-end Linn LP12 Sondek turntable with Ittok Mk II arm and Ortofon Quintet Black moving coil cartridge tracking at 2 grams. Records are a ‘contact’ format, and few will avoid the odd minor sound blemish.

I am one of the most established sellers on Ebay, trading since 2001 and offering the finest records I can find. I pride myself on offering a variety of genres to keep my site as interesting as possible. I will rarely offer any record that falls below a true Excellent grading, unless its of a certain rarity which will justify offering a lesser grade. I try, to the best of my ability to describe as accurately and as honesty all elements of the items I offer for sale. You may notice I only submit records quite sparingly on Ebay as I Play-Grade every record I offer in their entirety – also on higher-end equipment – not just bits to guess a grade – visuals alone do not always tell a true story. I will try to mention any defects or flaws no matter how small that I notice to be fair as possible to any interested collector – I am very fussy and my buyers have the right to be too. Every record I offer, whether it be a common or rare item deserves the same respect as far as I am concerned and will be treated the same – just because an item is rare does not always mean it’s good. I get just as much pleasure offering a relatively common record in near mint condition as the real rare items. All the pictures I use for your guidance are the item being offered with no digital enhancements. Room light factors can make things vary sometimes, that is hard to control, especially in winter. I hope the item below is to your liking – any questions can be emailed and I will do my best to answer you. I am enthusiastic, and have a fair degree of knowledge about many genres and I promise quality items. Please assume all records I offer have NO jumps, sticks, major warps or writing on covers or labels unless clearly stated to the contrary. Thanks for your interest and Good luck – MIKE.

Deck: Linn LP12/Hercules/Cirkus with Ittok Mk II arm and Ortofon Quintet Black moving coil cartridge (tracks at 2 grams). Amps: Naim Supernait 2 with Project USB phono stage and Tellerium Black interconnects. Speakers: B&W 805 Nautilus (bi-wired with Tellurium Black terminated cable) with REL subwoofer. All records I offer on Ebay are cleaned on a professional Nessie vacuum machine before play-grading for the cleanest and best possible sound and will include a brand new lined inner and protective cover too. Pictures taken with a Nikon D7500 DSLR Camera.

PACKING – THIS IS WHAT YOU GET.

What You Get: To confirm to the strict Ebay rules on shipping, I must now send ALL my packets ‘Signed-For’ with NO exceptions. Both buyers and sellers want their packets to have a safer journey and this is not a bad thing.

PLEASE NOTE: I now exercise my right to open a dispute after the Ebay rule of TWO days if no payment is received. I will then cancel the dispute to end the bid, again after the mandatory FOUR days and then offer the item to the runner-up or relist. The non-payer will also be blocked from my Ebay site as will any suspicious bids or bid bid retractions. Small businesses need prompt payment to trade and these strict rules WILL be applied.

SHIPPING COSTS & CONDITIONS – THESE comply with EBAY’S RULES - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:

Posting & Packing: UK & CHANNEL ISLANDS all now sent via Recorded Delivery:

1 LP (FIRST-CLASS Recorded Delivery with Standard Royal Mail Insurance) [Signed For] = £4.75

1 LP (Special Delivery with Standard £500 Maximum Insurance) [Signed For, Next Day] = £7.50. (this includes insurance of £500). Add £1 per extra LP.

Posting & Packing: EUROPE & SCANDINAVIA. (Airmail Only):

1 LP (Small Packet ‘Signed For’ with Standard Royal Mail Insurance [£50 maximum]) = £12.50 (enhanced Royal Mail insurance is an optional extra £3). Add £2 per extra LP.

Posting & Packing: ALL OVERSEAS (non-European) e.g. USA (ANY PART OF); South America; New Zealand; Australia; Canada; Japan and other Far East; (Airmail Only: I NEVER use Surface Mail):

1 LP (Small Packet ‘Signed For’ with Standard Royal Mail Insurance [£50 maximum]) = £16.50 (£17.50 for double sets). Add £3 per extra LP. (enhanced Royal Mail insurance is an optional extra £3)

Payment Conditions:

I prefer PayPal or cheque from UK winning bidders. I only accept PayPal from overseas bidders or direct payment into my bank account.

Potential Bidders: I will cancel any bids I feel are time-wasters. A maximum 2 days for communication and 7 days for payment to arrive – if not I will relist the item or offer to the runner-up.

My Guarantee: If any winning bidder is not satisfied with their purchase I will offer a complete refund if the item is returned in the same condition is was sent e.g. as per the listing pictures.

SOME GENERAL GUIDES TO WEAR AND CONDITIONS TO HELP YOU DECIDE

My Use of Description Terminology: Surface Marks = Superficial, usually light marks, hairlines or light scuffs that rarely sound. Scratch = a needle mark that goes below the record’s surface, some will sound, some will not, my play-grade will inform. Original = a record that has been pressed with the first label design which does NOT necessarily mean a very first pressed record. First Pressing = A record that I believe or know to be a genuine very first pressed record. I do not claim to always know for sure, and that’s why I state the stamper and matrix numbers if at all possible, for those who claim to know what they all mean, the information is there for the collector to decide. I prefer to use terms like ‘Early Copy’ rather than ‘First Pressing’ if I am not totally sure. Surface Sound = Mild, light sound, usually light crackle or similar. Distortion = Break up of the actual sound caused by groove wear or damage from a chipped stylus – the most undesirable form of unwanted sound, vintage mono records were the most prone to this happening but not exclusively so. The symptoms of distortion are high frequency clipping, moderate constant crackle or an echo type sound quality. Violin, piano and vocals are most prone to groove-wear distortion. Feathering = Fraying or softening of the entry edge of a cover. Covers with feathered entrance edges are more likely to have had the actual record inserted and removed more than a non-feathered, sharp-edged cover which are always far more attractive. Set Off, a printer’s term for dark ink leaving mild residue on pale or white ink when rested upon. e.g. when a gatefold cover has black ink closed against white, this can leave some black residue on the pale area – this is mostly unavoidable or course.