The Rolling Stones - No.2 - 1965 GERMAN 1st Press Decca Mono LP

£ 171

$ 227

£ 171 Sold For

Jan 26, 2014 Sold Date

Jan 16, 2014 Start Date

£ 10 Start price

12 Number Of Bids

Austria Country Of Seller

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Description

THE ROLLING STONES - 'No.2'
This EXCELLENT German 1st pressing of their 2nd studio album dates from initial 1965 release

On the burgundy & gold Decca label: BLK 16325-P

Matrix numbers: XARL-6619-X & XARL-6620-X

'Manufactured in Germany' is also machine stamped into each run-out

Vinyl weight: 151g

Housed within a German printed 'Wabbel' cover complete with original manufacturer 'TELDEC' poly outer cover & lined inner-sleeve

CONDITION

Disc

Labels: EXCELLENT +

An extremely vibrant and unworn pair with a small number of light spindle trails and perfect gold print on both sides.

Visual: EXCELLENT +

Totally unworn, deep-gloss playing surfaces which apart from a single 1cm surface line on side 1 are 'as new' and unmarked in strong daylight. Even close examination directly beneath my unforgiving halogen desk lamp reveals nothing more than a sparkling rainbow shine.

Sound Quality: EXCELLENT

This copy has received minimal careful play on good equipment and there is no significant deterioration to the sound quality or any major faults throughout. My playcheck detected a touch of background on a few tracks, but no clicks, pops or any other audible distraction of any kind. A tough one to upgrade.

Cover: EXCELLENT -

A very respectable example of this fragile cover of thin, semi-gloss card which has survived the past 49 years in fine shape.

The easily worn front panel is clean & unrubbed from storage with just a faint, unavoidable disc impression and a few tiny 'thumbnail' wrinkles towards the opening edge. There is minor shelfwear to the corners but no heavy bumps or bruising to any. The rear panel is perfectly clean and bright white with no discoloration, writing or missing paper. There are two small tears to the rear opening edge.

Both seams are unstressed & unsplit and the spine is fully worded.

Inner-sleeve: EXCELLENT +

Our grading is strict & conservative grading in strong daylight & directly beneath a halogen desk lamp to UK 'RECORD COLLECTOR' standards.
Each record is professionally & securely packaged in custom-made record mailing boxes with the disc removed from the cover.
This item is located in and will be shipped from AUSTRIA. Tracked airmail postage to UK addresses will be 12 GBP**
We have play-graded this record on an EMT 950 transcription turntable fitted with a 'TSD 15' cartridge.
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