ROLLING STONES Let It Bleed UK Mono Unboxed Decca 1969

	£		138
	$		183

THE ROLLING STONES ~ LET IT BLEED ~ MONO UK LP 1969

Unboxed red/silver Decca labels LK5025

This is a very first Let it Bleed issue from November 1969 as indicated by the unboxed

 labels and the early matrix details. I can still remember taking a day off from school to

 get my own copy on the first day of release! This is an excellent copy of this album,

 not mint  perfect of course but an above average record, sleeve, inner and poster.

LABEL AND COVER DETAILS

Unboxed Red-Silver Decca Mono labels

Label/Catalogue number LK 5025

Matrix Numbers XARL 9363P 2A (side one), XARL 9364P 1A (side two)

Excellent Stickered Cover

Excellent Plus original inner sleeve

Superb near mint poster

Track Listing

SIDE ONE : Gimme Shelter, Love In Vain, Country Honk, Live With Me, Let It Bleed

SIDE TWO : Midnight Rambler, You Got The Silver, Monkey Man, You Can`t Always Get What You Want

GRADING - All of my records are carefully visually graded under bright light and fully play graded before auction.

The Record is visually graded Very Good Plus

The Record Labels are graded Excellent

The Cover complete with Rolling Stones Poster sticker is graded Excellent

The record comes with the red decca let it bleed inner sleeve which is Excellent Plus with no seam splits rips or tears. The London Bach Choir credit has been censored.

The rolling stones poster is in as new condition so is graded Mint Minus

The sound quality is Superb apart from one sound blemish (see details under sound quality below)

Record

The record still has a very nice clean glossy appearance, lays 100% flat on the turntable and has no warping. Under bright light there are the usual thin hair-lines and side one has two long fingernail type surface marks visible. There is no scuffing or soiling marks present however. Overall I am going to grade this Very Good Plus only because of the side one surface marks that are present. I would the album easily be a full excellent if these were not present and I`m sure many sellers would list it as such.

Labels

The red mono labels appear in lovely condition. The spindle hole shows no wear and although spindle lines do not show very easily on the decca labels there are around five to six spindle lines visible when viewed in bright light. The labels are graded Excellent.

Cover

The Clarifoil laminated stickered sleeve is in excellent condition. There is no ring-wear to the front or back, and no rub wear through storage to any of the edges. The spine with its tapered ends is superb with all of the text perfectly clear, just a hint of compression towards the top is the only thing to mention. The corners are nice and square with only the tiniest evidence of wear. The front is lovely with just a few small laminate wrinkles near to the spine, one or two general light marks, and a small half moon laminate wrinkle on the gramophone arm head. The rear sleeve is also fine with no creases or ring-wear just some very light fine crease lines parallel to the record entry edge. The cover is easily graded Excellent

Inner Sleeve

The record comes with the red let it bleed original inner in excellent plus condition with no seam splits or other unwanted marks. This has the London Bach Choir censored sleeve.  

Sound Quality

The sound quality is absolutely superb throughout the whole album with the exception of the beginning of Live With Me where there one very brief swish sound heard where the stylus tracks through a surface scratch. This is NOT a jump and is the ONLY sound blemish on the entire album. The rest of the album plays with beautiful sound quality, no distortion, hiss or crackle, and even the between track grooves are silent. Ignoring the blemish, the album plays virtually with the quality of a mint new record.

Please see scans of cover and labels below

TERMS AND CONDITIONS – PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

The grading system I use is from Record Collector: - Mint, Excellent, Very Good with +/- to distinguish borderline grades.

All records are carefully visually inspected under bright light and play graded before auction to avoid any disappointment to buyers, so bid with confidence.

A full no quibble refund for the cost of the record will be offered if you are not satisfied for ANY reason.

I treat all vinyl with the greatest respect whether £5 or £50, so all records are sent out with plastic covers in professional mailers

and two protective cardboard stiffeners. I always separate records from their covers and original inner sleevesfor posting to prevent

seam splits occurring during shipping.

It is the buyer’s responsibility to take out any insurance cover required. I would advise insurance to be taken out on any item sale greater than £30.00 as protection against loss or damage during shipping. Without this additional insurance the full value of items above £30.00 that are lost or damaged will NOT be able to be recovered.

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Please do not bid if you have significant negative feedback unless checking first please.

POSTAGE RATES

LP POSTAGE

UK, £2.80 1ST CLASS

UK, RECORDED £3.30

UK, SPECIAL DELIVERY£6.00

EUROPE, AIRMAIL £4.00 

EUROPE, AIR MAIL INSURED, SIGNED FOR £8.00

REST OF THE WORLD, AIRMAIL £7.00   

REST OF THE WORLD, AIRMAIL INSURED, SIGNED FOR £11.00

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I AIM TO PROVIDE TOP QUALITY RECORDS WITH A TROUBLE FREE TRANSACTION.

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