The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St - 1973 1st Press UK Double Vinyl LP

	£		37
	$		49

The Rolling Stones - 'Exile On Main St' 

Rolling Stones Records - COC 69100 - 1972 UK

Vinyl/Sleeve: VG+/G+

Matrix: (a) COC 69100 A2  ST-RS-722507  ROLLING STONES RECORDS  (Artisan Log)

             (b) COC 69100 B2  ST-RS-722508  ROLLING STONES RECORDS  (Artisan Log)

             (b) COC 69100 C1  ST-RS-722509  ROLLING STONES RECORDS  (Artisan Log)

             (b) COC 69100 D1  ST-RS-722510  ROLLING STONES RECORDS  (Artisan Log) 

Vinyl: Very Good +  

Both records have been cleaned and play checked. Audio on this double album is pretty much excellent - there is momentary surface noise on Tumbling Dice (where there is a mark), and there are some very faint tics on side three, track one. The paying surface has faint sleeve removal lines, and there's a scuff on side one track four and into the beginning of track five. Side two has a faint line on track three, Side three has a light scuff on track four, and side four has a couple of lines, one on track three and the other on track four. None of these marks jump out at you, and nothing draws your attention to them when listening to the records which are a great listen!            

Sleeve: Good +  

This is conservatively graded as G+ because the wide spined gatefold sleeve has a very worn spine. However, the spine has been reinforced inside the gatefold with a strip of card neatly glued to the inner spine, otherwise this would have graded VG to VG+. All of the surface print on the spine and the top layer of paper, has been worn away, and without the reinforcement down the inner spine, the sleeve would eventually have fallen apart - it's now very robust. The other sleeve edges are pretty good with only minor edge wear. The corners have a little bumping and there is a superficial vertical surface wrinkle on the right hand side of the inner gatefold. Both of the printed card inner sleeves are in excellent condition with no seam splits, and both have matching generic white paper inners that are original to the release. Sadly none of the postcards are present.    

Side One:    Rocks Off / Rip This Joint / Shake Your Hips / Casino Boogie / Tumbling Dice           

Side Two:   Sweet Virginia / Torn And Frayed / Sweet Black Angel / Loving Cup     

Side Three: Happy / Turd On The Run / Ventilator Blues / I Just Want To See His Face / Let It Loose       

Side Four:   All Down The Lone / Stop Breaking Down / Shine A Light / Soul Survivor                 

Combined postage offered to UK destinations ONLY. I'll send an invoice if you've bought more than one record.

A few words on Vinyl Grades.........

My vinyl grades are pretty much in line with those commonly used here on eBay and other specialist vinyl sites. The descriptions I provide are of equal significance as they will include any details I would consider useful to know when deciding whether to purchase a vinyl record. I normally examine a record’s playing surface in more than one daylight condition, this is because the lighting at different times of day tend to reveal details that might not be noticeable at other times of day. For example, bright angled morning light shining through a window will reveal a multitude of fine lines and dust that are often superficial, and these can distract from significant surface imperfections which might be more noticeable later in the day. Sleeve grades shouldn't really require an explanation, needless to say, the photos and descriptions should speak for themselves.    

Mint (M) : Never played, and the only way you can be fairly confident that it hasn’t been played, is if the record is still sealed (and that’s not foolproof).

Near Mint (NM) : A record that shows hardly any evidence of being played – both in appearance and sound quality.

Excellent (EX) : A record that may have minor surface marks and/or minimal surface noise or tics.

Very Good + (VG+) : The record will be close to excellent but may have some distinct marks or hairlines that may even be feelable - but not to excess. Sound quality may be slightly impaired with light surface noise/crackle or tics.

Very Good (VG) : The record will have several marks or scratches, and/or sound quality that isn’t that great

Good+ (G+) : This will be a record that has many surface marks or scratches and poor sound quality. I wouldn’t normally sell anything that would grade below this (ie ‘good’ or ‘acceptable’). Anything below this grade would probably have skips and I rarely sell records that have skips.