ROLLING STONES Aftermath LP 1966 MONO 1st Press 1A/1B SAMPLE COPY

	£		182
	$		241

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS AUCTION WILL END LATE WEDNESDAY 21ST DECEMBER (INTO EARLY MORNING THURSDAY 22ND UK TIME)!!!!!  OF COURSE, MY USUAL SUNDAY AUCTIONS WILL STILL CONTINUE ENDING EVERY SUNDAY - AND I WILL EVEN HAVE AUCTIONS ENDING ON SUNDAY 25TH DECEMBER (CHRISTMAS DAY)!!!!  SO PLEASE READ ON ABOUT THIS AMAZING ITEM BELOW - AND GOOD LUCK IF YOU DECIDE TO BID:-

FOR ONCE THERE IS FULL HISTORY WITH THIS ULTRA RARE ‘PROMOTIONAL’ LP:-  It is very VERY rare indeed to have FULL history of any LP today.  And it is even RARER to know a FULL history of a ‘sample’ PROMOTIONAL LP.  Many ‘samples’ have had stickers put on them at the later date, are fake printed ones, and even more laughably they are often the wrong ones!!!!  Every different company used different factory sample stickers – and some just didn’t use them at all (like Pye for example) so they are not inter-changeable!!!!  So it is very VERY important indeed to have the FULL history of a ‘Factory Sample’ LP to 100% GUARANTEE it is 100% GENUINE (which I am VERY happy to do in this case!).  The 1 previous owner of this LP worked for the UK’s BIGGEST record shop chain in the 1960s and 1970s namely Woolworths.  And for those outside of the UK who don’t know?  Woolworths literally had a shop in almost EVERY town in the UK in the 1960s, and at one point took up 65% of the UK market share in record sales.  The 1 previous owner of this LP worked in Woolworths head office, in the music department – compiling the charts for the record stores each week, monitoring sales (stock control), and deciding (along with others) which LP was going to be stocked in Woolworths stores in any given week.  And this was a very VERY big deal indeed for any band!!!!  If your LP was stocked by Woolworths in the 1960s and 1970s – it was almost GUARANTEED to sell VERY well indeed.  Whereas if Woolworths decided not to stock your LP, you had to rely on the independent record shops only, and sales would undoubtedly be very poor indeed!!!!  And so almost every record company sent copies of their LPs into Woolworths to promote their LPs, along with what were in many cases ‘begging letters’!  Especially with ‘new’ bands – as it was VERY hard to get Woolworths to stock them.  And even the biggest artists who were guaranteed to be stocked in Woolworths, sent in LPs and letters to try and gain a better shelf space than their competitors.   Clearly after the LPs came in, and decisions were taken 99% of them were thrown away.  And of course, whilst ‘Demos’ were sent to Radio Stations, Woolworths didn’t play their LPs on the radio – and so they were sent ‘Factory Samples’ instead.  According to the 1 previous owner, they were free for ANYONE to take home at any time after they had been evaluated.  After all, clearly there was no use for them at Woolworths head office!!!!  This 1 previous owner amassed a collection of over 600 LPs in his time at Woolworths.  Many were classical and some were mainstream Jazz (neither of which has any interest to me).  However he did have a small selection of 1960s pop, beat, rock, and blues (which will be appearing in the coming weeks) – of which this LP is just one from that collection.  IMPORTANTLY all the stickers are 100% GENUINE in EVERY way, and each record company has the CORRECT sticker.  So you can tell immediately that these ‘Factory Sample’ LPs are 100% CORRECT and 100% GENUINE in EVERY respect!!!!  This is just one 1 LP from this AMAZING collection – so please read on below:-

THIS LP ALSO HAS AN ULTRA RARE AND 100% GENUINE 'SAMPLE' STICKER ON 1 LABEL - WHICH IS COMPLETELY CORRECT IN EVERY WAY FOR ALL DECCA LPs FROM THIS PERIOD, AND CAME FROM THE SAME AMAZING COLLECTION OUTLINED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DESCRIPTION!!!!  EVEN RARER STILL - NOT ONLY DOES IT HAS THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESS 1A/1B MATRIX ENDINGS (AS STATED ABOVE!), BUT IT ALSO HAS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 1/1 MOTHER CODINGS ASWELL - CLEARLY SHOWING THAT THIS LP WAS MADE WAY BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN GREAT CONDITION OVERALL - AND IS STILL A VERY VERY PRESENTABLE EXAMPLE INDEED!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1966 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING ON 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS UNBOXED 'GROOVED' DECCA LABELS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS '1A/1B' MATRIX ENDINGS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 1/1 MOTHER CODINGS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'PATENTS APPLIED FOR' INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS 'ROBERT STACE' LAMINATED MONO COVER (WHICH IS THE 'STANDARD' COVER - AND NOT THE 'SHADOW' VERSION)!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Decca UK 1st Pressing from 1966 and is in GREAT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is LK 4786 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press UNBOXED 'Grooved' Decca label (see picture) and is a UK MONO 1st Pressing!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and only a few VERY light spindle marks!!!!  The vinyl is in GREAT condition overall - and still VERY bright & shiny looking indeed!!!!  Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO nasty concentric marks AT ALL, only 2 or 3 light scufflines, only 2 or 3 TINY surface marks, only a few VERY light hairlines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO skips, only a few VERY light clicks, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some VERY slight background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must MEGA STRICTLY grade Good++++ (PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed!) if not better - though most I am certain would call this record Very Good if not better, as it is VERY bright & shiny looking indeed, and plays well!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The record comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Patents Applied For' inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Robert Stace' Laminated MONO Cover is in GREAT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), NO edge splits, only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking!), shiny laminate, NO rips, NO tears, a TINY touch of laminate rubbing to the top right, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in GREAT condition with NO grubbyness, NO sticker marks, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, NO yellowing, a VERY minor small feathering re-stick on the left opening edge (VERY hard to notice!), and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good(Minus) (PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed!) if not Very Good - and is still a very VERY decent cover indeed!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE (ESPECIALLY AS THE 'EARLIEST' MONO 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - AND AS A 100% GENIUNE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS PROMOTIONAL 'SAMPLE' COPY!!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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