RARE 1ST U.K. -- STICKY FINGERS -- ROLLING STONES

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THE ROLLING STONES - STICKY FINGERS -- MADE IN ENGLAND -- WITH INSERT - 1971 ROLLING STONES RECORDS COC 59110 TRAIL OFF MATRIX T.ILL. ROLLING STONES RECORDS COC 59110 A3   This is a A GORGEOUS UNPLAYED COPY OF THIS CLASSIC FROM THE ROLLING STONES. 
THIS IS THE ULTIMATE VERSION OF THIS LP, WITH THE LEGENDARY WARHOL ZIPPER COVER THAT OPENS TO BULGING UNDERWEAR SHOT INSIDE.
THE COVER IS EX PLUS WITH SLIGHT  WRINKLING AND EDGE WEAR FROM STORAGE, AND SMALL RIP OF PULL TAB ON TOP OF BELT BUCKLE ABOVE REAL ZIPPER THAT OPENS TO INSIDE UNDERWEAR SHOT.  OTHERWISE CRISP AND CLEAN. 
THE VINYL IS MINT UNPLAYED.
Sticky Fingers is the ninth British and eleventh American studio album by English rock band The Rolling Stones, released in April 1971. It is the band's first album of the 1970s and its first release on the band's newly-formed label, Rolling Stones Records, after having been contracted since 1963 with Decca Records in the UK and London Records in the US. It is also Mick Taylor's first full-length appearance on a Rolling Stones album, and the first not to feature any contributions from founding guitarist Brian Jones. In 2003, Sticky Fingers was listed as number 63 on Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[1]

The album's artwork emphasizes the suggestive innuendo of the Sticky Fingers title, showing aclose-up of a jeans-clad male crotch; the cover of the original (vinyl) release featured a workingzipper and mock belt buckle that opened to reveal cotton briefs. The vinyl release displayed the band's name and album title along the image of the belt; behind the zipper the white briefs were seemingly rubber stamped in gold with the name of American pop artist Andy Warhol, below which read "THIS PHOTOGRAPH MAY NOT BE--ETC."[4] While the artwork was conceived by Warhol, photography was by Billy Name and design by Craig Braun.

The cover photo of Joe Dallesandro's crotch clad in tight blue jeans, was assumed by many fans to be an image of Mick Jagger, however the people actually involved at the time of the photo shoot claim that Warhol had several different men photographed (Jagger was not among them) and never revealed which shots he used. Among the candidates, Jed Johnson, Warhol's lover at the time, denied it was his likeness, although his twin brother Jay is a possibility. Those closest to the shoot, and subsequent design, name Factory artist and designer Corey Tippin as the likeliest candidate. After retailers complained that the zipper was causing damage to the vinyl (from stacked shipments of the record), the zipper was "unzipped" slightly to the middle of the record, where damage would be minimized.

The album features the first usage of the band's "tongue & lips" logo, which was originally designed by Ernie Cefalu. Although Ernie's version was used for much of the merchandising and was the design originally shown to the band by Craig Braun, the design used for the album was illustrated by John Pasche.[5]

In 2003, the TV network VH1 named Sticky Fingers the "No. 1 Greatest Album Cover" of all time.

Track listing

All songs written by Jagger/Richards, except where noted.

[edit]Personnel

• Mick Jagger – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, percussion
• Keith Richards – electric guitar, six & twelve string acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Mick Taylor – electric, acoustic and slide guitar
• Charlie Watts – drums
• Bill Wyman – bass guitar, electric piano

• Paul Buckmaster – string arrangement
• Ry Cooder – slide guitar
• Jim Dickinson – piano
• Rocky Dijon – congas
• Nicky Hopkins – piano
• Bobby Keys – saxophone
• Ronnie Lane – vocals
• Jimmy Miller – percussion
• Billy Nicholls – vocals
• Jack Nitzsche – piano
• Billy Preston – organ
• Jim Price – trumpet, piano
• Ian Stewart – piano

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