ROLLING STONES Sticky Fingers 1971 UK *COMPLETE* 1st PRESS NEAR MINT
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ROLLING STONES Sticky Fingers 1971 UK *COMPLETE* 1st PRESS NEAR MINT
THE ROLLING STONESSticky Fingers
1971 UK ROLLING STONES RECORDS (COC 59100) FIRST PRESSING
BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL COPY WHICH LOOKS BARLEY, IF EVER PLAYED
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL ANDY WARHOL ZIP COVER
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PHOTO/INFO INSERT WITH THE 'LIPS' LOGO (this was the first appearance of the "Tongue and Lip Logo" designed by John Pasche)
AND THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE DIE-CUT INNER SLEEVE WITH UK PATENT NUMBER AND “MADE IN ENGLAND” PRINTED IN BLUE
Matrix Numbers & Etchings: Side One: COC - 59100 - A4 (stamped), T.M.L. ROLLING STONES RECORDS (etched)
Matrix Numbers & Etchings: Side Two: COC 59100 B3 (stamped), T.M.L. ROLLING STONES RECORDS (etched)
Pieced together from outtakes and much-laboured-over songs, Sticky Fingers manages to have a loose, ramshackle ambience that belies both its origins and the dark undercurrents of the songs. It's a weary, drug-laden album -- well over half the songs explicitly mention drug use, while the others merely allude to it -- that never fades away, but it barely keeps afloat. Apart from the classic opener, "Brown Sugar", the long workout "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" and the mean-spirited "Bitch," Sticky Fingers is a slow, bluesy affair, with a few country touches thrown in for good measure.
The laid-back tone of the album gives ample room for new lead guitarist Mick Taylor to stretch out, particularly on the extended coda of "Can't You Hear Me Knocking." But the key to the album isn't the instrumental interplay -- although that is terrific -- it's the utter weariness of the songs.
"Wild Horses" is their first non-ironic stab at a country song, and it is a beautiful, heart-tugging masterpiece.
Similarly, "I Got the Blues" is a ravished, late-night classic that ranks among their very best blues.
"Sister Morphine" is a horrifying overdose tale, and "Moonlight Mile," with Paul Buckmaster's grandiose strings, is a perfect closure: sad, yearning, drug-addled, and beautiful.
With its offhand mixture of decadence, roots music, and outright malevolence, Sticky Fingers not only set the tone for the rest of the decade for the Stones but in hindsight reveals itself as one of their finest records.
Side 1:
Brown Sugar (3:50)
Sway (3:45)
Wild Horses (5:41)
Can't You Hear Me Knocking (7:17)
You Gotta Move (2:32)
Side 2:
Bitch (3:42)
I Got The Blues (4:00)
Sister Morphine (5:34)
Dead Flowers (4:05)
Moonlight Mile (5:56)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
An immaculate set of clean, unmarked labels with possibly one spindle trace
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Nice deep shine to both surfaces with harmless hairlines brush marks on one edge and a couple of marks
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Apart from an occasional couple of ticks the record plus beautifully with nothing else to fault the clear, clean sound
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
As crisp, clean and sharp as the day it was made, practically MINT apart from the fact the the zip is fused stuck with age as it's never been opened in the last 40+ years, if ever.
All text on the thins spine is clear and bold
INSERT: MINT
The insert (printed in England by Richard Davis Ltd) is again like new
PLEASE SEE ALL 14 PHOTOS
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1516 (GS 9.3 (1516))
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