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ROLLING STONES

" 12X5 "

SUPERARE UK EXPORT EDITION

ON LONDON LL-3402

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EXPORT  LP WITH 1A /2A EARLIEST MATRIXES & TOTALLY UNIQUE FLIPBACK COVER FEATURING THE MISTAKEN SPELLING OF THE THE SONG "CONGRADULATIONS".

UNKNOWN & UNSEEN FOR DECADES BY EVEN THE MOST FANATICAL ROLLING STONES COLLECTORS, IT WAS ONLY RECENTLY THAT A CONSENSUS WAS ARRIVED AT  AMONGST COLLECTORS & DEALERS WORLDWIDE THAT THIS UNIQUE UK DECCA MANUFACTURED EXPORT ONLY FFRR LABEL HEAVY VINYL PRESSING OF THE AMERICAN 12 X 5 LONDON LABEL  LP WAS ONLY  EVER RELEASED FOR SALE IN HONG KONG.

THIS ORIGINAL 1964 <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />UK DECCA PRESSED, HEAVY VINYL ORIGINAL FFRR MADE IN ENGLAND EXPORT ONLY  PRESSING MAY WELL BE THE RAREST ROLLING STONES LP EVER RELEASED.

WHAT IS UNQUESTIONABLY TRUE IS THAT 12 X 5  IS A CANDIDATE FOR THE STONES FINEST LP OF THE BRIAN JONES ERA.

RECORDED AT CHICAGO'S CHESS STUDIO'S ON JUNE 10 & 11, 1964 DURING THE ROLLING STONES FIRST USA TOUR, THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECORD AT THE HOME STUDIO OF THEIR HEROES CHUCK BERRY, MUDDY WATERS, BO DIDDLEY, HOWLIN' WOLF, LITTLE WALTER & SO MANY OTHERS WAS A DREAM COME TRUE FOR THE BAND. AND THEY ABSOLUTELY ROSE TO THE OCCASION, RECORDING A DEFINITIVE CATALOG OF WHAT WOULD BE COME TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED AS SOME OF THE GREATEST PERFORMANCES THE BAND EVER COMMITTED TO VINYL.

THIS IS WHERE IT GETS INTERESTING FOR THE DEDICATED ROLLING STONES COLLECTOR.

THE RESULTING LP, CULLED FROM THE BEST OF THE RECORDINGS MADE AT THESE SESSIONS, BECAME THE LEGENDARY 12 X 5.

BUT THIS LP WAS NEVER ISSUED IN THE U.K.!!!

RELEASED  IN ONLY A FEW OTHER COUNTRIES, SUCH AS NEW ZEALAND, (WHICH, NOT INSIGNIFIGANTLY, UTILIZED A DIFFERENT MASTERING FROM  THE UK DECCA EXPORT PRESSING ) THE UK ISSUED LP RESULTING FROM THESE SESSIONS WAS "ROLLING STONES 2", FEATURED A DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT TRACK LISTING.

IT IS CERTAINLY A FANTASTIC LP, BUT LACKING TRACKS SUCH AS "AROUND & AROUND" , "EMPTY HEART" and "IT'S ALL OVER NOW" IT IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT LISTENING EXPERIENCE.

NOT BETTER OR WORSE, JUST DIFFERENT.  IF ONE WANT'S TO HEAR THESE TRACKS, AS WELL AS OTHERS EQUALLY GREAT, ON THE HIGHEST QUALITY  ORIGINAL PRESSING, THIS UK PRESSED, EXPORT ONLY LP IS THE SOURCE OF PREFERENCE.

AND OF COURSE THIS PARTICULAR DISC IS THE MUCH MORE DESIRABLE MONO VERSION.

THIS LP OCCASIONALLY TURNS UP IN STEREO, IF FACT A COPY OF THE MUCH MORE COMMON STEREO PRESSING RECENTLY SOLD ON EBAY FOR £1550.00 UK POUNDS STERLING / $2500.00 US DOLLARS.

THIS COPY IS THE MUCH MORE DESIRABLE, AND CONSIDERABLE RARER MONO PRESSING

THE LOUD FULL SOUND OF THIS UK PRESSED MONO STONES LP IS THE VERY IDEAL OF SIXTIES ERA PRODUCTION.

THE FACT THAT THIS RECORD CONTAINS THE SESSIONS RECORDED AT CHESS STUDIOS WITH THE LEGENDARY RON MALO ENGINEERING LENDS AN ADDED DIMENSION TO THE SOUND.

THE ECHO ON THE GUITARS IS TRULY MINDBLOWING, CHARLIES DRUMS ARE ROCK SOLID, AND EVERY GUITAR LICK, HARP BREAK, BASS RUN & VOCAL INFLECTION IS REVEALED TO OPTIMUM STANDARDS. 

THIS IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE HARDEST ROCKING RECORDS OF THE ENTIRE BRITISH INVASION, THE STONES FIRST FULLY REALIZED STUDIO SESSION, AND A BENCHMARK FOR ALL THAT WAS TO FOLLOW THIS LP.

RECORD AND SLEEVE ARE IN EXCELLENT  CONDITION WITH VERY LIGHT SURFACE MARKS

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