ROLLING STONES Satanic Majesties LP 1967 DECCA 1st Press RARE STEREO SAMPLE

	£		108
	$		143

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:-

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Rolling Stones called "Their Satanic Majesties Request" and is an ORIGINAL 1967 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press UNBOXED Decca label!!!!  It is also worth noting that this LP was released just before Decca removed the 'groove' from their labels - so this one probably dates from about 1 or 2 months after the release date, though obviously completely continuously from the day of release (it was not a re-pressing or re-issue!)!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE ROLLING STONES RAREST LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER LPs ON THE DECCA LABEL, AND IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP EVEN RARER STILL, IS THAT IT IS 1ST PRESSED IN MEGA RARE STEREO!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED BACK IN 1967, NEARLY EVERY 1ST PRESSING WAS MADE IN COMMON MONO - WITH VIRTUALLY NONE IN MEGA RARE STEREO AT ALL!!!!  AND DEMAND FOR STEREOs WAS SO ABSOLUTELY TINY, THAT MOST SHOPS DIDNT EVEN STOCK STEREOs AS STANDARD BACK IN 1967 - AND STEREO 1ST PRESSINGS WERE ONLY AVAILABLE BY 'SPECIAL ORDER' ONLY!!!!  AS A RESULT, FINDING A 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP IN MEGA RARE STEREO IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE - AS BARELY ANY WERE EVER MADE!!!!

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!!!! 

NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION - AND CLEARLY HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  EVEN THE RED 'SMOKE' INNER SLEEVE IS IN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT CONDITION - AND IS COMPLETELY UNSPLIT!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1967 UK STEREO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS UNBOXED DECCA LABEL, 1ST PRESS 'RED SMOKE' INNER SLEEVE, AND ORIGINAL 1ST PRESS 'ROBERT STACE' GATEFOLD LAMINATED '3D' STEREO COVER!!!!  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 1967 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is TXS 103 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press UNBOXED 'Grooved' Decca label (see picture) and is a much MUCH rarer UK Stereo 1st Pressing!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and only a few VERY light spindle marks!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HASN'T BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  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 MEGA light hairline traces, NO scufflines, only 2 or 3 VERY small surface marks, 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 light clicks (though mostly NONE!), NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  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 'Red Smoke' inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition - and for once there is NO splits, and NO repairs either!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Robert Stace' Gatefold Laminated '3D' STEREO Cover is in absolutely BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), NO rips, NO tears, only a VERY few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), STUNNING shiny laminate, NO splits, only 2 or 3 TINY laminate lifts on the spinal edge, only some very VERY minor evidence of 'tipping in' to the corners, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The '3D' Front Panel is still VERY clear indeed - with NO frosting!!!!  The opening edges are beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the unlaminated inside of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO grubbyness, NO ringwear, NO rubbing, NO yellowing, and NO writing!!!!  And importantly the inside 'Maze' has NOT been attempted and there is absolutely NO writing here AT ALL!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  BRILLIANT COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS (ESPECIALLY IN MEGA RARE STEREO - AND AS A 100% GENIUNE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS PROMOTIONAL 'SAMPLE' COPY!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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