MFSL ROLLING STONES RESEALED AUDIOPHILE ORIGINAL MASTER

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MOBILE FIDELITY SOUND LAB

ORIGINAL MASTER RECORDINGS

These LP’s are one of the most sought after collectors items ever produced.  They paid homage to a wide variety of music and did it with style.  To own one of these LP’s is to hold a true masterpiece of reproduction.

ARTIST:      THE ROLLING STONES

TITLE:         STICKY FINGERS

LABEL:       MOBILE FIDELITY SOUND LAB

VINYL:        RE-SEALED  

SLEEVE:     VG

STILL SEALED quality recording – LIMITED

 EDITION COLLECTABLE.

The Mobile Fidelity titles are becoming more

difficult to obtain, so take the opportunity

to add this one to your collection.

  NO RESERVE AUCTION

I HAVE A FEW RESEALED MFSL TITLES THAT I OBTAINED FROM A CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE WHO OWNED AND OPERATED A RECORD STORE BACK IN THE DAY.  AS HE STOCKED THE MFSL LINE HE ALSO HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO PURCHASE SOME OF THE RETURNS DIRECTLY FROM MOBILE FIDELITY.

AS MFSL DID WARRANTY THEIR LP’S TO BE FREE OF MANUFACTURING DEFECTS THEY WOULD ON OCCASION GET RETURNS.  MY UNDERSTANDING ON THE MATTER WAS THAT AT TIMES THERE WERE LEGITIMATE REASONS FOR A RETURN BUT THEY ALSO WOULD RECEIVE TITLES BACK WITH NO ISSUES.  MAYBE THE BUYER JUST DIDN’T LIKE THE MUSIC OR POSSIBLY HE TAPED THE RECORDING TO CASSETTE BEFORE SENDING IT BACK.  NEVER THE LESS MFSL WOULD QUALITY CONTROL THE RETURNS AND REPACKAGE THE RECORDS.  SOMETIMES THEY WOULD NOTCH THE SLEEVE, LEAVE OUT THE PROTECTIVE INSERT OR TURN IT AROUND.  THE LP’S WERE THEN SOLD TO THE RETAIL OUTLET’S AT A REDUCED COST.   THE RETAILER WOULD THEN MARK THEM DOWN AND SELL THEM IN HIS CUTOUT BIN.

I COLLECTED QUITE A FEW AND DID OPEN AND PLAY SOME OF THEM AND USUALLY THEY WERE GREAT COPIES.   I HAVE NOW DECIDED TO LET THE REST OF THESE GO AS I HAVE OPEN COPIES OF THEM ALL.  AS THE RECORD IS STILL (RE)SEALED I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE AS TO THE EXACT CONDITION OF THE VINYL RECORD INSIDE SO - CAVEAT EMPTOR.

THERE ARE NO SEAM SPLITS, RIPS OR TEARS TO THE SLEEVE BUT THERE IS A SPOT OF SLIGHT DISCOLORING AT THE TOP LEFT CORNER.  THIS IS IN A TIGHT CELLOPHANE WRAP WHICH IS OPEN ON THE SPINE ABOUT 5 INCHES.    NO PROTECTIVE INSERT IN THIS COPY. 

Although sessions for Sticky Fingers began in earnest in March 1970, they had done some early recording at Muscle Shoals Studios in Alabama in December 1969 and "Sister Morphine", cut during Let It Bleed's sessions earlier in March of that year, would be heldover for this release. Much of the recording for Sticky Fingers was effected with The Rolling Stones' mobile studio unit in Stargroves during the summer and fall months in 1970. Early versions of songs that would appear on Exile on Main St. were also routined during these sessions.

TRACK LISTING

Brown Sugar 

Sway   

Wild Horses 

Can't You Hear Me Knocking 

You Gotta Move 

Bitch 

I Got the Blues 

 Sister Morphine  

Dead Flowers  

Moonlight Mile

ALL BIDS WILL BE CANCELLED BY THOSE WHO HAVE THEIR FEEDBACK LISTED AS PRIVATE.

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 ADDITIONAL QUALITY RECORDINGS.

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 GRADING

Record conditions are determined using the tried and true "Goldmine" grading scale found in Tim Neely's Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. For your reference the grades are reprinted here:

Mint (M): Absolutely perfect in every way - certainly never played, possibly even still sealed. Should be used sparingly as a grade, if at all.

Near Mint (NM or M-): A nearly perfect record. Many dealers won't give a grade higher than this, implying (perhaps correctly) that no record is ever truly perfect. The record should show no obvious signs of wear. An LP jacket should have no creases, folds, seam splits or any other noticable similar defect. No cut-out holes, either. And of course, the same should be true of any other inserts, such as posters, lyric sleeves and the like. Basically, an LP in Near Mint condition looks as if you just got it home from a retail store and removed the shrink wrap. Near Mint is the highest price listed in all Goldmine price guides. Anything that exceeds this grade, in the opinion of both buyer and seller, is worth significantly more than the highest Goldmine book value.

Very Good Plus (VG+): Generally worth 50 percent of the Near Mint value. A Very Good Plus record will show some signs that it was played and otherwise handled by a previous owner who took good care of it. Record surfaces may show some slight signs of wear and may have slight scuffs or very light scratches that don't affect one's listening experience. Slight warps that don't affect the sound are OK. The label may have some ring wear or discoloration, but it should be barely noticeable. The center hole will not have been misshapen by repeated play. LP inner sleeves will have some slight ring wear, lightly turned-up corners, or a slight seam split. An LP jacket may also have slight signs of wear and may be marred by a cut-out hole, indentation or corner indicating it was taken out of print and sold at a discount. In general, if not for a couple minor things wrong with it, this would be Near Mint. All but the most mint-crazy collectors will find a Very Good Plus record highly acceptable. A synonym used by some collectors and dealers for "Very Good Plus" is "Excellent."

Very Good (VG): Generally worth 25 percent of the Near Mint value. Many of the defects found in a VG+ record will be more pronounced in a Very Good disc. Surface noise will be evident on playing, especially in soft passages and during a song's intro and fade, but will not overpower the music otherwise. Groove wear will start to be noticeable, as will light scratches (deep enough to feel with a fingernail) that will affect the sound. Labels may be marred by writing, or have tape or stickers (or their residue) attached. The same will be true of picture sleeves or LP covers. However it will not have all of these problems at the same time, only two or three of them.

Good (G), Good Plus (G+): Generally worth 10-15 percent of the Near Mint value. Good does not mean bad! A record in Good or Good Plus condition can be put onto a turntable and will play through without skipping. But it will have significant surface noise and scratches and visible groove wear (on a styrene record, the groove will be starting to turn white). A jacket or sleeve will have seam splits, especially at the bottom or on the spine. Tape, writing, ring wear or other defects will start to overwhelm the object.

As no two individuals will grade the same record the same way, I put an honest effort on all grading.  As grading is an approximation, please view and consider each selection carefully.  Realize that vinyl listed as used is so and verify the grading it is given before placing a bid.  All grades given are visual unless otherwise noted as I do try to play grade the record if time permits.

If the record is STILL SEALED then I have no way of verifying the condition of the disc itself and can not guarantee its playability other than noting it is in a sealed state. 

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